Bhargavi,

When we have a problem and we know we have a problem, we have 2 options:

(i) Lament that problems will be problems no matter what, and make profound statements like "We get the Government we deserve", and do nothing. This is precisely what most of us have been doing since independence. Like someone said, also profoundly, "The silence of the good is far worse than the actions of the bad."

(ii) Try to see if something can be done. Which is what Anna Hazare has set out to do. And a few of us are lending our feeble hands. Yet, we're hopeful something can be done. Because, again profoundly, "Nothing can stop an idea whose time has come." While it is true that we have a long way to go, let's not forget that, given the fact that we're Davids in front of the Goliath, we've covered quite some ground and made a good beginning. Since fish starts rotting from its head, if the head is set right, the head will set the society right. If we need impeccably pure people to set things right, we're making it impossible to start; even a Gandhi may not qualify. How have corrupt societies (like the West, HK, etc.) been set right? Did they have pure people?

Ganesan.