Off course, I cannot be Anna Hazare. Though my last name might sound a bit like Hazare. It’s not. And no, I am not remotely related to Bhupen Hazarika. So, you might as well be thinking why on earth is this guy writing again? Days were so good without him churning out a blog now and then. Well seriously, I had lost some enthusiasm in the last few months because nothing was happening around, at least nothing enough to turn me on.
See, basically whatever we are, we cannot do a rat’s ass to stop radiation from the Fukushima power plant. Some things are just beyond our control. Let’s face it and let’s be proud of the fact that we are mere mortals. Well, if you think, clicking a Like button on Facebook which is a video, or a post or a game having the words “Anna Hazare” makes you a better person, am sorry to say, dude… you are so much living in an Utopian world.
We are simple Indian people. If not exactly the “poor India, hungry India” (Courtesy : Munnabhai MBBS) kind, but definitely we are the typical average Indian . I don’t think, we can ever be as famous as Mukesh Ambani or Poonam Pandey (btw, did she strip?), do what you may. Possibly, you might do excellent in your field..You can be a great singer, or a great cricketer.. But let’s face it… none of you reading this article is gonna be as famous ever as Lata Mangeshkar or Sachin Tendulkar.
So, my point is – Why this drama of submitting fake medical bills to your company to save a few hundred bucks and then rush home to say “I support Anna Hazare…” in FB? Ain’t that corruption? You might well update your status msg “I support the JanLokPal Bill” from your laptop which is most probably running on a pirated windows 7 OS. And yes, the Bit-torrent is silently downloading the latest Bollywood flick. But these things don’t seem wrong to you, do they? You feel that you have the moral right to save a couple of hundred bucks through this. Well, you know what, Mr.Raja and Mr.Kalmadi too thought the same. The only difference is they have the option to think in crores.
I have no idea what Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare can do on this. Because, corruption is so deep rooted - subtly, obnoxiously in all of us. And yes, we are all responsible for that. The “Koi nahi, Chalta hai…” attitude has shaped us in this way. We are so damn confident about our hilariously funny legal system that we sometimes don’t just care. Take me, for example: I am riding a bike for 3 yrs now, and I never felt the need of having a 2 wheeler License. And obviously, we are one of the craziest nations in the world. We have a cheesy, funny double standard. We can drive some 10 kms. on a dry day to buy liquor twice the price and come back and bitch about the recent fuel price hike!
I know that am corrupt to a certain extent, but then that is how I am. I accept the fact. But it’s disgraceful to see 50% of your friend list changing their profile pic to an Indian Flag on 15th August, and come 16th August, everyone’s status message says : Anna Hazare arrested, Shame on India. And ohh.. the stupid faces are back again. Guys… It’s high time… make up your mind…!!!!
