The " M "class

I was bemused about my next blog topic when it hit upon me to write about something that the whole world is watching and commenting. So, I opened YouTube and had a glance at the most watched videos. But still nothing amused me so much except for that regular guy who makes funny videos on Justin Bieber and Rebecca Black and so I reverted to some less popular ones and suddenly “Anna Hazare” came to my mind.

This man has gained so much importance in the past few days. He is there on Facebook, twitter and all the news channels are recording every act of his. All young people are joining hands asking each other to forward his message and so the internet factor is working for him. I even received an email from a website that guides IAS aspirants about his earlier achievements and his new plan about the Lok pal bill and related specificities. Daily newspapers are full of editorials expressing their take on the kind of protest that he is leading.

Well I am not here to give my views on his way of protest, to which some feel offended apart from the politicians. What vexes me is the behaviour of the people. We all must accept that we suffer from the NIMBY syndrome (NOT IN MY BACKYARD) and for us especially the middle class it’s a clichéd topic. We prefer to bribe the traffic police than to pay him the exact penalty. Middle class people like you and me vote the least. I am 20 and I am still to vote.

To tell you the fact at one level or the other we are all corrupt. Its only when the world presents itself in a more corrupt way that we start shouting and abusing the system, calling for a reform. So the sudden outpouring in a way suggests that the level of corruption has increased much beyond what is being done by the middle class. So what happens when things get back to normal and we don’t come across any big scandal???Yes you are right we will become calm and this whole Lokpal bill will become a trash. I am not being pessimistic, I am just trying to analyse the issue based on previous response( the JP movement in 1970 and the V.P singh movement in 1980).

Things have worked like RTI but you see the MP’s have stopped giving funds to such schemes as it acts against their position and I am sure they are going to make it(Lokpal bill) impossible to pass. Hope the middle class shows the same amount of enthusiasm at that time.