Fast-tedious-ness of it all.

I know we are all sick and tired of it but I do need to vent it out.

1. Anna fasts (after house-arrest/location controversy/time-period issues etc.)

2. People write (like they do about most things- in extremes)

3. Camera men shift focuses between an ever-increasing crowd and the figure on the pedestal.

4. Inter-State coverage of a 'freedom-like movement'.

5. Same panellists. Same comments. Same debates. Same critiques. Different channels. Different garbs. Different hosts. In the capital.

6. So called nukad natak performances/ celebrity appearances and reappearances.

7. The re-emergence of the Topi. The re-definition of fashion.

8. The weather report succumbs to the Doctor report.

9. Opposition parties get a free agenda to throw mud at the Centre.

10. So how many supporting Anna have actually read his bill?

11. Anna is Gandhi?

Well, more than anything else I am tired of the assumption that if one isn't supporting him, one is propagating corruption. Anti-corruption is, has and can only be Pro-Anna. Fail.

Why this sudden outburst? Credit goes to today's newspaper report that states that Anna will tour the country and answer those opposed to the Jan Lokpal Bill and not give up till the government passes the bill. "If required, I will again start an agitation again, if not from Jantar Mantar or Ramlila Maidan, then from some other place in Delhi," he said.

Are we ready for another round of mayhem? Is holding the government at ransom a picture of democracy? Many might not support me but I do not stand by this means of achieving an end that we aren't even sure of. At least I are sure that it isn't going to erase corruption the way we erased bad test scores from the face of the Earth while we were in school. Aren't we heading towards a parallel government? Is there a guarantee that the Lokpal won't be corrupt in the future? Aren't you scared that you might have to deal with two corrupt bodies, only one more powerful than the other? Time will tell which would bypass the other in terms of power.

Fasting is not a solution to problems, for otherwise the whole country can start starving until death to achieve ends. Anna is not Gandhi and , yes nobody can be Anna, so we can drop the 'I am Anna' slogan.

I don't wish to call this a 'people's victory'. It is Anna's victory. He got his candy bar. Or at least got the government to ponder over the provision of his candy bar.

We live in a country where The Butterfly Effect is best seen; actually better still, cause we needn't go to other side of the world to see the blizzard. One flutter in the capital and the nation has a storm. I don't mean to say we are a bunch of idiots but its true that it doesn't take much to gather a crowd. We are a bhed-chaal republic.

I believe in civil society. I am a part of it. We all are. Civil society does not mean being anti-government. Really. (Note- I am not vouching for a cabinet position by making this statement)

I have my own grudges against politicians/ redundant policies/ criteria of election candidacy etc. But I wish to have a more civil-intelligent-educated approach to dealing with the issues at hand. I seek an aversion from the immediacy to tread towards extremities. Strengthen democracy by working with it and not against it.

Enough for now. I am going to go and attempt fasting until death till I get to act with Naseerudin Shah on stage. Harming democracy? Hardly.