Stories from the grassroots | Thoughts on development | Lessons on leadership
The campaign is growing stronger with each passing day. This reflects the mood of the people and their bottled up agitation and anger against corrupt practices. It feels as though they are finally finding a reason to express themselves and their sentiments against mis-governance.… Continue reading
The third day of the protest was kicked off with around 300 members of the Jain Yuvak Mandal joining us and expressing their solidarity. Apart from pledging their support for the movement, they also assured us that they would try to keep their businesses as clean as possible.… Continue reading
Our campaign at Mysore entered the second day with a few of us continuing the fast. The campaign got a boost with Abids, a local shamiana merchant, putting up a waterproof structure at the venue at his expense. He wanted to make sure that rain would not deter the protesters.… Continue reading
The Nation woke up the news that Anna Hazare, the man leading the crusade against corruption nationally, was arrested by the police without mentioning any reason. This curbing of the constitutional right to protest peacefully reminded one of the emergency days that we as children had got exposed to.… Continue reading
Anna Hazare has announced that he will go on an indefinite fast from the 16th of August at Delhi in order to demand a strong Lokpal bill at the center. What was presented in the Parliament recently was termed by Team Anna as the ‘Joke-pal Bill’.… Continue reading
Other Salient features of the Jan Lok Pal Bill
There are a few other salient features that are unique to the draft prepared by the civil society representatives that do not find a place in the draft prepared by the Government.… Continue reading
Fighting corruption needs a law with clear, visible and timely punishments prescribed depending on the extent and scale of corruption. With the amounts involved touching unbelievable and astronomical levels, the punishment also needs to be relatively proportional.
The Lok Pal bill 2010 of the Government does not talk of increasing punishment that is mentioned under the Prevention of Corruption Act.… Continue reading
