The attraction of the Anna movement apart from the topic of anti-corruption which is everyone's favorite whipping boy, was or is the fact that it is empowering.
It is weird to compare this movement to the Arab Spring as that would be like aspiring to scale the economic heights that Bangladesh has climbed.
Over and shrill nationalism is quite scary as it brooks no dissent.
India's core problem is clearly not corruption.
But people are easily swayed by symbolism rather than hard realities.
This happens even in developed economies such as the United States where opportunistic politicians are harnessing superficial problems such as outsourcing, illegal/legal immigration, big government rather than focusing on fundamental shifts in the nature of the global economic structure.
There will be disillusionment at some point. It remains to be seen what happens after that point is reached.
It's as clear and true as the Earth moving around the Sun that India won't become a developed nation.
It is weird to compare this movement to the Arab Spring as that would be like aspiring to scale the economic heights that Bangladesh has climbed.
Over and shrill nationalism is quite scary as it brooks no dissent.
India's core problem is clearly not corruption.
But people are easily swayed by symbolism rather than hard realities.
This happens even in developed economies such as the United States where opportunistic politicians are harnessing superficial problems such as outsourcing, illegal/legal immigration, big government rather than focusing on fundamental shifts in the nature of the global economic structure.
There will be disillusionment at some point. It remains to be seen what happens after that point is reached.
It's as clear and true as the Earth moving around the Sun that India won't become a developed nation.
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