All of you must have heard the old saying "The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton".
It means the discipline and tactical skills The Duke of Wellington learned in playing fields of Eton school helped
him to became a successful general he was against Napoleon.Now today when we analyze the secret behind the success of Anna Hazare's movement for Lokpal enactment we should remember this old saying.During last two months Indians were praying for their team's success in the cricket world cup.Over the years cricket has become a part of Indian nationalism.Every Indian imagines the success of his cricket team as his personal success.Today India is a "young nation".It has a young population more than any country in the world.This Young Population is the most vocal supporters of Indian cricket team.Today's Indian youth is disappointed
at the performances of politicians.Politicians have failed to keep pace with people's aspiration in a country which is seeing unprecedented growth in economy.With growing economy and rising education aspirations are also growing so is the awareness about citizen's rights.So we see more and more Civil society movement beyond the boundaries of political movements.This time the timing of the movement was quite perfect.It is interesting that just after India's spectacular win in the World cup this movement gained momentum.Through the last two month's journey to the world cup patriotic sentiments were at all time high.It reached its pinnacle at the grand finale.After the the world cup win every Indian identified this win as their own.Now they are on the top of the world they can do anything they want.They can uproot corruption,defeat Pakisthan, fight communalism,dethrone China.....they can do anything.So at this juncture when Anna Hazare called for a mass movement for enactment of Lokpal Bill everybody joined him.It is a rare phenomena when sporting success translates into movements against corruption.
It means the discipline and tactical skills The Duke of Wellington learned in playing fields of Eton school helped
him to became a successful general he was against Napoleon.Now today when we analyze the secret behind the success of Anna Hazare's movement for Lokpal enactment we should remember this old saying.During last two months Indians were praying for their team's success in the cricket world cup.Over the years cricket has become a part of Indian nationalism.Every Indian imagines the success of his cricket team as his personal success.Today India is a "young nation".It has a young population more than any country in the world.This Young Population is the most vocal supporters of Indian cricket team.Today's Indian youth is disappointed
at the performances of politicians.Politicians have failed to keep pace with people's aspiration in a country which is seeing unprecedented growth in economy.With growing economy and rising education aspirations are also growing so is the awareness about citizen's rights.So we see more and more Civil society movement beyond the boundaries of political movements.This time the timing of the movement was quite perfect.It is interesting that just after India's spectacular win in the World cup this movement gained momentum.Through the last two month's journey to the world cup patriotic sentiments were at all time high.It reached its pinnacle at the grand finale.After the the world cup win every Indian identified this win as their own.Now they are on the top of the world they can do anything they want.They can uproot corruption,defeat Pakisthan, fight communalism,dethrone China.....they can do anything.So at this juncture when Anna Hazare called for a mass movement for enactment of Lokpal Bill everybody joined him.It is a rare phenomena when sporting success translates into movements against corruption.
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well thought and right judgement Manoranjan!
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