On Arundhati Roy's comments on Anna Hazare

Arundhati Roy has said nothing new.She's only echoed what the govt is saying.Does she think Lokpal Bill that govt has approved could be capable of combating corruptions?Since Independence we've seen umpteen instances of scams.But how many of scamsters have been punished?Perhaps not many or none.Immediately after India won freedom one of our national leaders assured us that black marketeers would be hanged at the lamp posts.But so far how many of such people have been awarded punishment by our law enforcing authorities?Definitely the number is too small to mention.In fact, the corrupt people have a free run in our society and common people watch it helplessly.Lokpal Bill that was conceived in 1969 languished in parliament for last 43 years.Corruptions have been way of our life and for those in high places they are mind boggling.Sad to say, many of our elected representatives who're in the corridor of power are abjectly corrupt.Raja and Kalmadi are just tip of the iceberg.When we, common people, resigned to fate that perhaps our country was destined to be one of the most corrupt countries of the world ,it's Anna Hazare who came like a god send and launched his movement against corruptions through his fast unto death.It gave a jolt to the govt and a knee jerk efforts were made to draft Lokpal Bill.Then where was social activist Arundhati Ray?It's easy to criticise Anna's movement and try to vilify his honest effort.Mind it's for nothing almost the entire nation has rallied behind him for a strong Lokpal Bill.These people are no fools as you think them to be.It's Govt Bill that is intended to pamper and perpetuate corruptions.Do you support this Bill simply because it has been approved of by our people;s representatives.Have you ever thought why people have lost faith in our elected representatives and reposed confidence in Anna whom you might criticise as extra constitutional center of power?Because our representatives have betrayed us and let us down.Unfortunately, nevertheless they enjoy the patronage of people like you in the name of supremacy of parliamentary democracy.Really sad!