The three have been prominent members of the Anna Hazare team. They have often proclaimed themselves to be fit enough for the task of fighting corruption, on the basis that they have no skeletons in their own closet. Here is a small synopsis on what the media has been able …

If you happen to watch television news or read the newspapers, you may feel that the nation is on the brink of a revolution unleashed by an austere man in a white cap not many wear anymore. Anna Hazare, a former driver with the Indian Army who has the useful …

Second Independence Struggle ?  We think not
The media has been all agog for the past couple of months with the spectacle of the anti corruption movement. Some have dubbed it the Second Freedom Struggle, other have called it participative democracy, whatever be the case it is very hard to find …

Gandhi’s struggle was to get Indians to choose their destiny, not letting a moralist to decide on their behalf…

During the 12 days of melodrama when India apparently solved the problem of corruption, one claim Kisan Baburao Hazare’s followers consistently made was that his fast was a non-violent, Gandhian protest. If …

- The nation’s problems cannot be solved by a supercop
About 20 years ago, I found myself in the same room as Anna Hazare, at a meeting organized by the Centre for Science and Environment in New Delhi. Mr Hazare was becoming known in environmental circles for the work he had …

Contesting an Income Tax notice to him over money he owes the government, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal has claimed he did not breach any bond norms. However, in a June 2007 letter, he had admitted to having violated the pledge he had signed before proceeding on a two-year study …