A Letter to Anna

Dear Anna,

your revolution can not be equated with the Freedom struggle or be termed as a
Gandhian struggle in its true sense. The unprecedented success to the agitation
of Jan Lokpal Bill by mobilizing crowds stimulated with momentary patriotic sentiments
and anti-governmental hostility across the nation by the direct or indirect
well maneuvered intervention of certain political groups is one thing; to turn
it into a long term institutional change is absolutely different thing. This kind of crowd is obviously without a clear analysis of how
the problem will be managed or tackled. These peoples are simply concerned
about the dramatic altogether changes in the corrupt system. They do have
involvement in some kind of corruption; but ironically, like to declare others’
as the root cause of corruption. They are not like Saint Kabirdas or Jesus who
could never trace fault on others when peeped through their own hearts
candidly.
बुरा जो देखण मैं चला, बुरा न मिलया कोए
जो मन खोजा आपणा मुझसे बुरा ना कोए (कबी र दास)
(I searched for the crooked, met not a single one. When searched myself, “I”
found the crooked one.)
The person who has never committed a sin will stone the lady accused of
adulatory-”Jesus”
“God forgive them as they do not know what they are doing”-Jesus
“Love the sinner and hate the sin”-Mahatma Gandhi
Anna, you have nurtured overwhelming hatred and anger for congress peoples. You
have not suggested any practical mechanization for the eradication of
corruption. You have, undoubtedly, won the heart of public by taking them into
confidence that you have magical wand of JLB which will convert the society
into an absolute corruption free society. All are waiting for this magic to
happen. Please, do not break the heart of millions of peoples who have laid
absolute confidence in your path. Let me remind you when Gandhi resorted this
weapon of Amaran Anshan (fast unto death):
1. Gandhiji used this to bring changes in the hearts of the perpetrators rather
than forcing the system tyrannically to accept one’s demands.
2. Gandhiji never allowed any issue to reach to some alarming stage and encased
matured issues for some political mileage. He initiated his efforts when the
issue was at its nascent stage.
3. Gandhiji never tried to stimulate the common masses for a momentary
solution.

4. You wants “Kasav’ to be dragged in streets and killed mercilessly’…a violent revenge against terror attack…Gandhiji never advocated an eye for eye legal-theory..he believed in non-violent way of converting hearts of the perpetrators…