In the last year, the widely discussed topic and read by the people was the revolution movement that happened in the several parts of the Middle East. Though Egypt and India can have their differences demographically, economically, and even culturally, but they hold a commonality of facing the rebellion movements at the same time. Egypt succeeded in the movement by triggering a change in political scenario. Unfortunately, the movement in India created ripples in the sea and evoked benign waves.
The trigger for the movement in both the countries were same, the rampant corruption. The corruption held the diverse angry masses together in the uproar. If the cause is same, and the effect created by it is also same. Then, why do we have different results/conclusion for this logical question. The answer is very simple. The angry mass in Egypt was the frustrated unemployed youths. The deprivation for long years under a regime pushed them to the Tahrir square. The situation was pervasive and this pulled in the participation of people from different walks of life. They really needed a change and they were deliberate to attain it.
In Contrast to it, the Indian masses in the movement were unsure of the reason and the solution. They pushed for the Lokpal bill but beyond the name not a majority of people had read the proposal that was submitted to the government. In Egypt, Mubarak clan was the beneficiary of their regime. The looted money was stashed in their pockets safely. No middlemen and competitors. India carried a different portfolio for it. To find a corrupted people in India is an easy task. It’s more or less finding a blond in Europe. The people participated in the uproar were corrupted or encouraged corruption in one or the other way.
Luckily, during the uproar I happened to study in Delhi. The mass went for march from Jantar Mantar (Anna Hazare observed his fast in this place) to India gate. I still remember an optimistic well off father handed over a lighted candle to his school going teenage boys. It is encouraging to see that youngsters come to the fore in the movement. Irony, even the father would have encouraged the corruption directly or indirectly. We spill extra money to get our kids enrolled in reputed colleges and schools. We corrupted our cops when we drove our bike without the license. The municipal worker will collect your house garbage only when you grease his palm. It’s simple in India, the rich can survive and the poor has to struggle.</p>
<p>The country has a wide range of the pirated collections of movies to software and to the best-selling books. You name it, we get it for you. The movement pointed only the politicians and the government officials as corrupt. It conveniently neglected the billions by counting the thousands. Anna Hazare can hold numerous fast and the people will like to see it too. May be in a short span the people can lose their interest in it. Because no one frisked them before entering the Jantar Mantar whether they are corrupt or stopped being corrupt. Unless the masses know what we are here for, the movement will fizzle out every single time. Now, its time for the rebel inside us to wake up to make a real serious uproar for the change. As we know, the change is the need of the hour.</p>
<p>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_V6zMwaL04&w=420&h=315]</p>
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