Inspired by Yashwant Sinha’s offer to resign a former unnamed bank manager who wished to remain anonymous drafted a “non-members bill” in parliament. Alleged NDA convenor Sharad Yadav’s threat to activists to not mock politicians was the final trigger. Yadav somehow implied that politicians hadn’t been relentlessly trying to discredit Team Anna for the...
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Brazen corruption indulged in by the UPA, hyper-inflation, complete absence of even a semblance of leadership in both the ruling party and the opposition combined with complete inaction of the government in furthering any reform agenda has combined to result in the street anger that India is witnessing. The anger against corruption that was...
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It was Robert F Kennedy who said “One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.” So, who’re the people who’re opposing Anna Hazare? Nuanced or otherwise, without passion I have arbitrarily put these tags: 1. Traitors: There are people who simply want to see the Indian Republic fail. They want us scattered...
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Rumours indicated that the Delhi Police was almost about to take a suggestion from Mindry.in core writer Harish regarding sanctioning ground to the Hazare protest. The government of India had allegedly started monitoring Facebook and twitter due to a genuine fear of serious subversive activity. But it is not above plagiarizing creative ideas on...
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Residents of flat 3C alleged to residents of flat 8B that Lalit Modi of IPL fame was about to start an Indian Fasting League. The Indian Fasting League would package the current form of 20 day fasts, reduce the run up and focus on the marketing. Bollywood stars would also be roped in. Most...
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It is just two days to go before yoga guru Baba Ramdev becomes temporarily anorexic and refuses to eat food until the government meets his vague demands concerning black money. The government, afraid of fasts, is now planning to bring a constitutional amendment to not just guarantee right to food but also make it...
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So the government caved after they got a little scared. For now we cheer. The revolution will not be televised but it will be retweeted. Bookmark It Hide Sites
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The first reaction was “Look, look a guy who doesn’t want to be CM of his road and actually cares about the people!” Hope sprung forth and everyone was all for this non-bus burning protest. We should totally draft a Jan Lokpal bill and have interesting punishments for corruption like actually having the people found...
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