tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128859103258265367.post2523395661092805999..comments2024-03-07T20:42:19.599+05:30Comments on വര്ക്കേഴ്സ് ഫോറം: Afterword on a Movementവര്ക്കേഴ്സ് ഫോറംhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731641929122914433noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128859103258265367.post-41198447902715012042011-09-13T06:08:48.104+05:302011-09-13T06:08:48.104+05:30"Combating corruption", like "promo..."Combating corruption", like "promoting peace", can mean anything to anyone; and precisely because of this "fuzziness" it appeals to everyone. Some join the anti-corruption movement because they are against "corporate loot"; others join because they are against the Nehru-Gandhi "dynasty"; and still others join because they oppose the "corrupt practice of job reservation". The movement itself has a cathartic effect on all of them, because each comes to it to give expression to his or her pet hate, to overcome his or her sense of private oppression. Their objects of resentment may not coincide, but each gets elated by the sheer numbers of those who have gathered with similar motivations.<br /><br />The movement itself makes very little demand upon those who have gathered. There are no great intellectual demands: the nuances in the differences between the Jan Lokpal Bill, the official Lokpal Bill and other "civil society" proposals are left happily to the so-called "Team Anna" to mull over. There are no demands in terms of activism either, not even of an organisational kind for running the show, for the food and other arrangements are managed not by volunteers but by contractors. The movement in short brings catharsis at no cost.വര്ക്കേഴ്സ് ഫോറംhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00731641929122914433noreply@blogger.com