As the youth power was in full bloom expressing solidarity with Anna Hazare’s movement, the also knew how to bring the elements of fun and laughter to the movement.
As the youth power was in full bloom on Wednesday, expressing solidarity with Anna Hazare’s movement, the also knew how to bring the elements of fun and laughter to the movement.
College students skipped classes and sported black ribbons on their arms to register their protest.
As students, some of them in their uniforms, thronged Freedom Park, the main site of protest in the city, the venue suddenly had an air of college campus.
Boys and girls ambled around at the venue. Groups of students sitting on the lawns and munching on groundnuts and gorging upon ice candies were a common sight.
Many sat on the lawns of the entrance soaking in the sun as long as it lasted. A group of boys, who claimed to have come to show solidarity to the protest, were using the opportunity to woo girls.
For many students, the participation in the protest was all about raising slogans in support of Anna — and in between returning to their pastime.
Meanwhile, lakhs of Hazare supporters mainly housewives, techies and school students who have not been able to join the protest on the streets chose the virtual protest, by becoming part of social networking groups on Facebook and Awaaz.org.
The Facebook group called the “Support Anna Hazare against corruption” has more then 3.48 lakh members who state Corruption-Indeed is Indian National Cancer (INC).
Meanwhile, about 10,000 techies working in the electronic city on the outskirts of Bangalore launched an online petition for a corruption-free India.
The online petition has been launched at www.employeesagainstcorruption.com.
“The Anna Hazare movement against corruption has gained momentum to shackle corruption from the highest seat of governance to the greed of the common man. While the government is being targetted en masse, some of the questions raised are related to what is the private sector doing about corruption? What are individuals doing about it? How can employees of India Inc., take on this challenge boldly and decisively,” ipaidabribe.com coordinator T.R. Raghunandan said.
—With agency inputs
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