Posts Tagged With: Anna Hazare
Anna-tics II
Anna Hazare called off his fast and his “Jail Bharo Andolan” (an act of protest that calls for mass voluntary arrest). Instead of three days, Anna fasted for barely a day and a half. His medical team announced that he could suffer kidney failure if he continued. His strategy team probably pointed out to him [...]
Anna-tics
To say 2011 has been a crap year would be putting it mildly. I don’t mean for myself but for Mumbai at large. We bemoaned the city’s apathetic response to terrorist attacks. We were aghast when two boys were killed because they tried to stand up to a group of thugs who were harassing girls. [...]
Protesting Against Protest
Some months ago, Mamata Banerjee won the West Bengal elections with a thumping majority and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) virtually disappeared from a state that was once considered its stronghold. Banerjee’s success should have been an example of how an insignificant figure can take on Frankenstein proportions if one mishandles the public relations [...]
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