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India is one Huge country . We are a country of argumentative indians . Everyone has an opinion on everything . And because of that argumentativeness , what finally comes out of a debate in this country is generally the right choice . We have an imperfect , yet beautiful democracy . We elect our representatives who make laws for us and who run the country on a daily basis . We gave them certain privileges because running a country of 1.2 billion is not an easy task . They come back to us (atleast) every 5 years to seek our permission to carry on in office . We have the choice of giving them that permission or denying them that permisson .  We have a constitution .  It is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world, containing 450  articles in 24 parts, 12 schedules and 96 amendments, for a total of 117,369 words in the English language version. Our constitution gave us ,among other things , the right to freedom of speech and ...

India is one Huge country . We are a country of argumentative indians . Everyone has an opinion on everything . And because of that argumentativeness , what finally comes out of a debate in this country is generally the right choice . We have an imperfect , yet beautiful democracy . We elect our representatives who make laws for us and who run the country on a daily basis . We gave them certain privileges because running a country of 1.2 billion is not an easy task . They come back to us (atleast) every 5 years to seek our permission to carry on in office . We have the choice of giving them that permission or denying them that permisson .  We have a constitution .  It is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world, containing 450  articles in 24 parts, 12 schedules and 96 amendments, for a total of 117,369 words in the English language version. Our constitution gave us ,among other things , the right to freedom of speech a...

Starting from where I left off in my previous post ( http://dudurudh.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-have-not-so-far-blogged-my-opinion.html#more  ) , there has to be some way to tackle corruption and if the lokpal is not the complete answer to that , what is ? The problem with this agitation led by Anna Hazare has been the creation of this notion that if you don't support Anna and the Lokpal bill , you must be pro-corruption , anti-development , and neck deep in corruption yourself , which is why you are afraid of the lokpal bill . That is not the case and the sooner more people realise that , the more answers we will get to the question of how to stop corruption . The lokpal bill is not the last straw in the battle against corruption . It's not that the lokpal is not going to help . The mass agitation for it is a significant step, a crucial step  that has shaken the government and told them that the people are angry , fed up and disgusted by corruption and the inabilty...

Starting from where I left off in my previous post ( http://dudurudh.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-have-not-so-far-blogged-my-opinion.html#more  ) , there has to be some way to tackle corruption and if the lokpal is not the complete answer to that , what is ? The problem with this agitation led by Anna Hazare has been the creation of this notion that if you don't support Anna and the Lokpal bill , you must be pro-corruption , anti-development , and neck deep in corruption yourself , which is why you are afraid of the lokpal bill . That is not the case and the sooner more people realise that , the more answers we will get to the question of how to stop corruption . The lokpal bill is not the last straw in the battle against corruption . It's not that the lokpal is not going to help . The mass agitation for it is a significant step, a crucial step  that has shaken the government and told them that the people are angry , fed up and disgusted by corruption and the inabil...

I have not , so far , blogged my opinion about any major national issue that's been in the news . I always wanted my blog to stay politically correct ! But this issue of corruption , how to fight it , who should fight it and the lokpal bill and everything associated to it has become a matter of a great number of national debates . Kisan Baburao Hazare , the man known by the name Anna Hazare and his method of protest and the sheer number of people supporting him , and his recent confrontations with the government . All , initially appealed to me . Someone has decided to take it upon himself to clean up the mess that corruption has created and the people of the country were rightfully putting their might behind him . I was behind him too . That , however , has changed. The media calls them Team Anna : Kisan Baburao Hazare , Arvind Kejhriwal , Kiran Bedi ,Prashanth and Shanthi Bhushan . They took up the issue of a certain bill that was waiting to be passed for a very very long time ....

I have not , so far , blogged my opinion about any major national issue that's been in the news . I always wanted my blog to stay politically correct ! But this issue of corruption , how to fight it , who should fight it and the lokpal bill and everything associated to it has become a matter of a great number of national debates . Kisan Baburao Hazare , the man known by the name Anna Hazare and his method of protest and the sheer number of people supporting him , and his recent confrontations with the government . All , initially appealed to me . Someone has decided to take it upon himself to clean up the mess that corruption has created and the people of the country were rightfully putting their might