Anas Khan's Article in Current Events

1612 What the Anna Hazare movement says about our patriotism
Time was when not everyone could get to brandish the national flag. Today, anyone can. On select occasions, like Independence Day, they erupt all over the place like multicolored mushrooms. And at Ramlila Maidan last week, everyone was armed with a flag. Or so it appeared on TV. Not a good sign.
Posted on Sep-03-2011

1225 Shashi Tharoor-Anna Hazare not voice of the people
Shashi Tharoor is an author, peace-keeper, refugee worker, human rights activist and a member of the Indian Parliament for the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala.Member of the Indian Parliament, previously served as the UN Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information and as the Minister of State for the Ministry of External Affairs.
Posted on Sep-02-2011

1218 Square Four or Square one- Lokpal
The huge national performance of the largest running theatrical show is nearing its finish. But then as usual there is always the final twist right towards the end. And before the twist, are the set of scenes that are most predictable. But what I am referring to with the theatrical show is the Anna fasting. It has been 11 days since the old man has been fasting, presumptuously for the sake of this nation.
Posted on Sep-01-2011

7398 Anna Hazare - The Dilemma this Nation is Facing
It was on Tuesday that Mr. Hazare was arrested for having violated the conditions put forward by the Delhi police for the fasting at Jai Prakash Narain Park. In the past 48 hours the entire country has been engulfed in the hype, behind the new self proclaimed Gandhian’s fight against corruption.
Posted on Aug-30-2011

1240 Jan Lokpal Bill: Has Anna Hazare really won
Victory, especially when it comes after a long, hard and unequal struggle, can taste very sweet. The fact that the Anna Hazare-led movement against corruption has forced the Parliament to agree to key elements from its draft of the Jan Lokpal Bill is an extremely significant one and can potentially mark a turning point in the manner in which democracy is practised in India.
Posted on Aug-29-2011

1288 Rahul thanks Anna Hazare on Lokpal Bill but warns of dangerous precedent
As the government searches for a solution that will persuade Anna Hazare to end his hunger strike, it played its ace on Friday. Rahul Gandhi chose Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha to break his silence on the Lokpal Bill - thanking Anna for articulating the sentiments of the poor on the issue of corruption, but also warning that democratic processes could not be undermined.
Posted on Aug-27-2011

1246 Deal seems close to end fast of Anna Hazare
The campaign by 74-year-old Anna Hazare has sparked the biggest protests in decades, uniting millions of Indians, including its growing middle class, against a Congress Party-led government beset by corruption scandals in its second term.
Posted on Aug-26-2011

1238 Anti-corruption leader Anna Hazare cannot yet be compared to Gandhi
The anti-corruption movement that Anna Hazare and his associates have launched rocked the establishment in Delhi to its foundations; but it is utterly hyperbolic to describe this movement as a second independence movement and to liken Hazare to Gandhi.
Posted on Aug-24-2011

1327 Arundhati Roy blasts anti-corruption saint Anna Hazare
Booker prize-winning author Arundhati Roy launched a scathing attack on Monday on the "aggressive nationalism" behind the anti-corruption drive led by hunger-striking campaigner Anna Hazare.
Posted on Aug-23-2011