The Peoples Movement against Corruption-Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdas

Two men have shaken the placid Indian political waters as never before.  This is something that has never happened for many decades as the mass of the Indian people thought it their fate to continue to subsist, while the politicians and their cohorts piled up billions in corrupt deals and stashed them away abroad.
The first was Anna Hazare. He led the way with a fast that made the government bend and agree to enact legislation for a national law on corruption, hanging fire for more than 4 decades. The second is Baba Ramdev the yoga guru who has taken up cudgels against black money and money stashed away abroad. The Baba is to commence his fast today i.e. 4 June 2011.
India is a democracy in name, but in reality it is controlled by a set of hard nosed leaders whose agenda is clearly partisan and certainly not nationalist. Take the Congress party, it is a far cry from the party of Gandhi. This party has ruled India for much of the period after independence.  But the period has been marked by rank corruption and big money deals that defy imagination.Thus corruption has eaten into the vitals of the system and the Congress party must be held responsible for this degeneration. Add to this the fact that the party has foisted a Prime Minister ManMohan Singh who cannot even win a Panchayat election, let alone lead any battle against corruption and the picture of nation in the throes of deathly corruption is complete.
It was assumed by the politicians all along that the Indian people would accept anything and lip service was the only thing required to pacify the masses. But perhaps they were not aware of the anger among the masses and this has been channelized by Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare into a mass movement. Mind you the government has tried all its tricks to cage these men, but the mass anger has borne fruit and the government is wary.
This is only the beginning of the road and the fight ahead is long and hard, but if the Indian people show resolve , maybe a new dawn may come. But for this we will have to support men like Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev.This is the need of the hour.