Anna vs Manmohana

As Anna has ended his fast and the first step towards eradacating corruption is taken.... there is long way to go.....I wanted to put some thoughts on two personalities who were part of our lives for last 2-3 weeks...

Manmohan Singh
The higly educated economist and the man who got us the freedom from the socialism (Babu'ism) by implementing reforms in 1991. Due to MMS's reforms consumers have options to choose. In earlier days it used to take 7-10 years to get a Bajaj Scooter or to start a business due to license raaj. Money was not circulated to common man and people had faith in FD's rather than any other form of investment like the one which we are seeing today (mutual funds,bonds,stock market). People used to invest in these types earlier also but was not exposed to lot of people. Allowing foreign investment in lot of sectors made it possible for consumers to choose,learn and earn. Today we see best brands of cars on road (even though we have to go a long way in making a good infrastructure available for the growth...) and it is not now limited to the rich nowadays...anyone can make money with proper business idea and share it with people...the best example I can think of it, is Infosys.

In a way MMS got us freedom from License Raaj and socialism....

In the background of all this development there were some crooks who wanted to make money easily and loot ppl's money. They found easier way to make money as there was no thought given on the accountability, transferency and control of the institutes or individuals who were involved in making big decisions. They created a plan and executed it successfully by looting ppl's money and safely secured it in Swiss bank.

The stage was set for next revolution and Anna Hazare entered the stage.People were getting out of patience with everyday news of corruption of the so called Biggies. The Govt was trying its level best to save them as it would reveal all the trade secret of the business...there were arrests made...but with slow pace of movement after arrests. People wanted some thing to be done fast and people responsible for bad deals have to be punished.But nothing was happening in that direction... Anna Hazre and team were fighting to get good lokapal to be created so that the cases are resolved fast and people responsible are punished...

Anna Hazare
As social activist and a great leader along with his team, took a first step toward bringing the Lokpal bill. The method he followed was Ahinsa and fast ...in these days of crime everywhere no one thought this would be successsful...People started following him and we have seen nearly each and every city putting up an agitation against corruption... In the same time we have seem Libya,Syria,Egypt where people are using weapons to topple the Govts...Anna Hazare taught us that the Govts can be made to bow by Ahinsa...Anna Hazare's fast for 13 days and agitation did not see a single incident of fighting...

Hope the fight which is started by Anna Hazare against corruption continues and each and every citizen takes the responsibility of eradicating the corruption....

In a way Anna Hazre is trying to get us freedon from corruption...but we as the responsible citizens should act responsibly and commit not to give or take bribe. The battle has started but would need everybody's commitment and getting rid of "Chalta Hain" attitude.