Do you think Anna Hazare can prove to be an efficient MP?

Independent corporator from Pune Ujwal Keskar has appealed to social activist Anna Hazare to contest Lok Sabha elections from Pune. The ruling NCP and Congress in the state have challenged Hazare to jump into the poll fray. We the citizens of Pune appeal Anna to take up the challenge and contest next Lok Sabha elections from the Pune constituency. We need an MP with a clean image and citizens will fully support Anna, said Keskar.

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Praveen, Noida, 16 April 2011, 03:23pm IST

Yes, He can Prove. Yes, He can Prove.

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B M Chelvan, Nashik MS India, 16 April 2011, 03:57pm IST

B'cause if he thinks he is a Gandhian...........he cannot hold any govt. post, because Gandhi just s
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Ashraf, Europe, 16 April 2011, 02:59pm IST

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I think and hope so. Downfall of India is programmed if no-one has the courage to fight corruption. I think and hope so. Downfall of India is programmed if no-one has the courage to fight corruption. I experienced it personally. So much corruption like in India is the biggest hurdle for a common citizen.
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B'cause if he thinks he is a Gandhian...........he cannot hold any govt. post, because Gandhi just served the nation.
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John, Mumbai, 16 April 2011, 03:52pm IST

The answer cannot be a simple yes or no.If he becomes PM, the first questio will be - why political
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Y.N.Hanumanthaiah, Mandya, 16 April 2011, 02:58pm IST

Ajja Hazare can contest Elections Ajja Hazare can contest Elections
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The answer cannot be a simple yes or no.If he becomes PM, the first questio will be - why political Party???Congress - and work with the likes of Sonia, Rahul,Chidambaran,Pranab and Sibal???If BJP, there is a lot of infighting within the Party.Can he afford to form his own Party on National level???
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Maddy, Chennai, 16 April 2011, 02:42pm IST

Indian, Assam, 16 April 2011, 03:37pm IST

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Yes he is capable and let him be an example... Yes he is capable and let him be an example...
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No, he is working as a puppet of BJP and Sangh Parivar. He is not serious about checking corruption. No, he is working as a puppet of BJP and Sangh Parivar. He is not serious about checking corruption. He wants only publicity.
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mumkesh, mumbai, 16 April 2011, 02:34pm IST

yes, first thought and then execution is required.....and has done so many thing for the society...
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yes, first thought and then execution is required.....and has done so many thing for the society.......his thinking is clear so he can execute the things in right way......
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P.ANANDA, BHUBANESWAR, 16 April 2011, 03:20pm IST

if he would join politics he would be consumed by the system , same thing that would have happened t if he would join politics he would be consumed by the system , same thing that would have happened to gandhi, the bureaucratic quagmire would have eaten up the genius and left the just average genuine one
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Joseph Sequeira, Mulki, 16 April 2011, 02:32pm IST

If he is not efficient, who else can? If he is not efficient, who else can?
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manjula, bangalore, 16 April 2011, 02:09pm IST

rana, bhilai, 16 April 2011, 03:16pm IST

yes, he is a modern day Gandhi yes, he is a modern day Gandhi

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He is honest,no doubt, but runs from responsibility.Let him form a party, contest, win n take respon
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sathish, usa, 16 April 2011, 01:50pm IST

yes..i think Anna Hazare...with his Gandian style and anticorruption crusade....will prove to be be
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yes..i think Anna Hazare...with his Gandian style and anticorruption crusade....will prove to be best suitable to be an MP.....
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He is honest,no doubt, but runs from responsibility.Let him form a party, contest, win n take responsibility,.....but alas......like JP....like Ramdevbaba......he too wants to be revered but not take respnsibility of holding a post, become a doer and make india of their dreams....By the way can they share what is there dream for India and how they will go about it
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kirankumar, Bonn, 16 April 2011, 03:14pm IST

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Yes. He will be a great MP. People who do not toe his line (the honest line) will be exposed and wor
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I guess what he is doing is correct for the moment but in all time he can be a leader not a politici I guess what he is doing is correct for the moment but in all time he can be a leader not a politician. There is a difference between a both.
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Yes. He will be a great MP. People who do not toe his line (the honest line) will be exposed and work will get done atleast 30% faster.
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mmmreddy, secunderabad, 16 April 2011, 01:13pm IST

Arjun, Ghaziabad, 16 April 2011, 02:46pm IST

He is good in road shows, not good for serious

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The power of peace

The power of peace is greater than the power of violence. Peaceful methods are far more effective than violent methods. Constructive goals can be achieved only through peaceful means, while violent ways lead to destruction and ruin. I would like to give an example from recent Indian history. The freedom struggle of India started in 1857 and the leaders of that period wanted to achieve freedom by violent methods. This trend continued up to 1919, but the target was not achieved. Then Mahatma Gandhi entered the freedom struggle in 1919. After studying the situation, he decided to reverse the course of action. He declared that they would continue their freedom struggle, but it would be by a strictly peaceful method. He declared that where previous leaders had been using "bombs" of violence to protest against British rule, they would now use the "bomb" of peace to achieve the same goal.

This declaration by Mahatma Gandhi changed the whole scenario; it paralysed the entire machinery of the British Empire. Puzzled by this announcement, one British collector sent a telegraphic message to his secretariat, worded as follows: "Wire instruction how to kill a tiger non-violently." The violent method gives your opponents justification for violent retaliation, but if you adopt peaceful methods, the other party has no grounds for using force against you. This was the logic of Gandhian peace methods, and very soon India became free. This formula of peace is of a general nature, that is, it is applicable at both individual and national levels. Adopt a peaceful course of action, and you will be guaranteed success. The violent method is a highly risky affair. That it will entail losses is almost certain, while its benefits are indeed doubtful. But in the case of the peaceful method, which entails no risk, success is guaranteed. Why is the peaceful method so effective? The reason is that the peaceful method hits the conscience of a man. And when the conscience is hit, the person concerned has no option but to surrender to you. The violent method activates the other party's ego. When one's ego is involved, the result is a breakdown. Violence inevitably breeds violence. So, violence only aggravates the problem. It cannot solve any problem either for the individual or for the community, country and world. The peaceful method is the method of nature. This is an immutable rule. Thanks to nature invariably treading the path of peace, we see that in nature everywhere there is perfection. Nature may be involved in disparate kinds of activities, but this creates no problems. And, undoubtedly, the reason is that it is steadfastly peaceful in its line of action. A peaceful method saves you from wasting your time and energy. Remaining peaceful helps to normalise the situation and so is constructive. Moreover, violence only breeds hatred and intolerance, while peace fosters love and compassion. Peace is the greatest social good, for it inculcates positivity among people. Where there is peace there can be developmental activities. But without a peaceful atmosphere, there can be no progress whatsoever. The stars, the planets, and all other aspects of nature are active day and night, but they never stray from the path of peace. Peace is the culture of nature; peace is the law of the universe. Rivers flow carrying the message of peace, the wind blowing day and night conveys this message.

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Every object in this universe is endowed with four characteristics -- dharma, karma, prema and gyana. Of these, karma is the most talked about and the most misunderstood. The Bhagavad Gita says 'Gahna Karmanyo Gathi' which means: unfathomable are the ways of karma and yet it seems to be the only logic to explain this whole creation, its existence and the cycle of life and death. Karma is beyond all logic and reasoning. The more you understand it, the more amazed you are. It causes people to be together or separate. It causes some to be weak and some to be strong. It makes some rich and others poor. The literal meaning of karma is 'action'. There are three types of karma -- prarabha, sanchita and agami. The first is the latent karma which is karma as an impression or seed of action. The second is karma as an action, and the third is karma as a result. Prarabha means 'begun'; the action that is already manifesting and that is yielding its effect right now. You cannot avoid it or change it, as it is already happening. Sanchita is the gathered up or piled up

karma. It is latent or manifested in the form of a tendency or impression in the mind. Sanchita karma can be burned off by spiritual practices before it manifests. Agami karma is the future karma of the action; that which has not yet come and which will take effect in the future. If you commit a crime, you may not get caught today, but will live with the possibility that, one day you may get caught. Karma is also always bound by time, because every action has a limited reaction. If you do something good to people they will come to thank you and be grateful to you as long as they are experiencing the effect of your action. It is often asked, "Why do good people suffer?" No good action will yield a bad result and no bad action will bring a good result. This is the law of karma. As you sow, so shall you reap. Karma is that which propels reincarnation. Why are some people born in a very violent environment and others in comfortable environment? The stronger the impression, the greater the possibility of the next life being according to that. So, often you reincarnate like the person you hate or love. The mind which is full of different impressions leaves this body but the impressions wait for a proper situation to come back. So it is the last thought that is very important. Whatever you do throughout your life, in the last moment your mind should be free and happy. Getting rid of karma means getting rid of impressions. Some karma can be changed and some cannot be. As human beings we have we have the ability to erase fear through meditation. If you meditate, become hollow and empty, whatever the fear is will just dissolve and disappear. Our perception of suffering, of good and bad, is always relative. God is absolute reality; witness of all. See God as movie director, rather than as a judge. He has no ill feeling for the villain and no special favour for the hero. Each one is playing his/ her role. Live with the karma and not be attached to it. Awareness, alertness, knowledge and meditation will help erase past impressions. It has the strength to dissolve and destroy any karma and bring freedom to you.

The ways of karma

Every object in this universe is endowed with four characteristics -- dharma, karma, prema and gyana. Of these, karma is the most talked about and the most misunderstood. The Bhagavad Gita says 'Gahna Karmanyo Gathi' which means: unfathomable are the ways of karma and yet it seems to be the only logic to explain this whole creation, its existence and the cycle of life and death. Karma is beyond all logic and reasoning. The more you understand it, the more amazed you are. It causes people to be together or separate. It causes some to be weak and some to be strong. It makes some rich and others poor. The literal meaning of karma is 'action'. There are three types of karma -- prarabha,

sanchita and agami. The first is the latent karma which is karma as an impression or seed of action. The second is karma as an action, and the third is karma as a result. Prarabha means 'begun'; the action that is already manifesting and that is yielding its effect right now. You cannot avoid it or change it, as it is already happening. Sanchita is the gathered up or piled up karma. It is latent or manifested in the form of a tendency or impression in the mind. Sanchita karma can be burned off by spiritual practices before it manifests. Agami karma is the future karma of the action; that which has not yet come and which will take effect in the future. If you commit a crime, you may not get caught today, but will live with the possibility that, one day you may get caught. Karma is also always bound by time, because every action has a limited reaction. If you do something good to people they will come to thank you and be grateful to you as long as they are experiencing the effect of your action. It is often asked, "Why do good people suffer?" No good action will yield a bad result and no bad action will bring a good result. This is the law of karma. As you sow, so shall you reap. Karma is that which propels reincarnation. Why are some people born in a very violent environment and others in comfortable environment? The stronger the impression, the greater the possibility of the next life being according to that. So, often you reincarnate like the person you hate or love. The mind which is full of different impressions leaves this body but the impressions wait for a proper situation to come back. So it is the last thought that is very important. Whatever you do throughout your life, in the last moment your mind should be free and happy. Getting rid of karma means getting rid of impressions. Some karma can be changed and some cannot be. As human beings we have we have the ability to erase fear through meditation. If you meditate, become hollow and empty, whatever the fear is will just dissolve and disappear. Our perception of suffering, of good and bad, is always relative. God is absolute reality; witness of all. See God as movie director, rather than as a judge. He has no ill feeling for the villain and no special favour for the hero. Each one is playing his/ her role. Live with the karma and not be attached to it. Awareness, alertness, knowledge and meditation will help erase past impressions. It has the strength to dissolve and destroy any karma and bring freedom to you.

Your joy is my joy

When India won the World Cup, more than a billion people were instantly overjoyed men, women, children, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Christians. Having never encountered so much happiness all at once, I was struck by how over a billion people could share in the joy of the Indian team. Let's take a moment to reflect on this. In the eighth chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, Shantideva suggests that we should care for all sentient beings as one singular self. If they are joyful, we should feel joy; if they are suffering, we should be concerned, just as over a billion people were concerned when Sachin Tendulkar was out. And then, as the team played well, everybody became hopeful. Of the more than a billion watching, few stood to gain materially from a win. Rather, it was a philosophical joy. Everybody made the team their own, so their emotions aligned with the emotions of the players. If a player did poorly, you were as concerned as if you yourself were playing badly; if a player had a good game, you felt happy. Over one billion people were sympathetically connected. Similarly, if we connect to all humanity with a sympathetic mind, we can leave the small self and focus on the bigger Self. For instance, if someone somewhere is suffering, as many are in Japan right now, we can spend some time praying for them; similarly if someone is happy as in India right now we can rejoice. Why do we not have the same joy and care for all humanity? When India won, a seven-year-old boy rejoiced in the same way as did a spiritual teacher. This shows that they both have the same potential, which, in the right conditions, manifested in the same way. So, if we choose to experience sympathetic joy, we can simply associate ourselves with another person and, whatever good happens to them, rejoice and be happy as if it happened to us. We can do this in big and small matters. For instance, if you save a bug that is drowning in a puddle of water, it might not be a big thing for you but for the bug, having its life saved is a big deal! If you use your power of mind to imagine what it is like for the bug to be saved, you can increase your joy by that much. This very small act can bring you as much joy as the World Cup victory! Winning the World Cup did not save anyone's life and if India had lost, nobody would have died, but, because you made that cause close to your heart, you shared in the joy of the team. When Dhoni hit that last sixer into the stands and everyone rose to their feet, I

thought how wonderful it would be if people could always be this happy. Ostensibly it was the cricket match that made people happy, but the important thing was that the power of the mind lifted their spirits, and allowed them to rejoice in the accomplishments of others. If we use this power of mind, and broaden our horizon to see the world, it doesn't matter where our life is for something positive is always happening somewhere. With the power of the mind, one can always rejoice.

Mard ko dard nahi hota

Boy oh boy! He is a monster when it comes to show of stunts, but is otherwise a softie which makes him adorable. Theres no limit to his daredevilry. My heart does a somersault; every time I see him hop on the TV set placed on a 4-feet tabletop from a 2-feet bed and then dive for the bean bag down on the floor. Like a skilled acrobat, he swiftly tucks his chin in his chest lest he bangs his head on the tiled floor. But, he is not lucky always. One slip and he falls flat. But, is quick to collect himself and sits there with hands folded across his chest, silently. Did you hurt yourself? I ask him with my heart in my mouth. Nope, comes a stoic reply. I know he is hurt badly, but doesnt want to show his pain. Oh man, hes not even four! Mard ko dard nahi hota, rings an old friends humorous take on mans innate behaviour of restraining himself from shedding tears when hurt. He bears the pain to the point of being superhuman -- no matter "how badly he has been beaten or how cruel the torture has been". But, chot agar dil pe lagi ho to dard hota hai, says a journo friend, aur phir dil hi nahi, aankhen bhi zaar-zaar roti hain. If a heartbroken man says that he is not wounded, he is not bruised and bleeding, then he is lying, he says, citing the case of his close friend, who broke a dozen hearts before meeting the same fate. Tears roll down his cheeks even today while nursing his wounds. Salon terms the year 2010 as the year of tears for men. Citing an attorney, it states how male machoism dominated early 70s. Men were not supposed to publicly display emotions as it was viewed as a sign of weakness. But stoicism gave way over the years to sensitivity as a desirable male trait, and by 2010, there were few fears for tears left among well-known American men. I have seen my father and brothers weep at the bidaai of my two elder sisters. I understand their crying as it was done at a time and in a particular circumstance that allowed them to lower their guard without the fear of ridicule. I am sure that they wouldnt be moved enough by a good movie to let a drop out of their tear ducts. Not even by failure or embarrassment. How often we hear moms admonish their little boys, Stop crying, be a man! An oftrepeated phrase, be a man means to look failure, frailty and fear squarely in the face, and not blink, says a feminist and a writer. But down the years, men have become less inhibited in demonstrating emotions. In fact, we get to see more of this human side of the male now. What was once considered as unmanly, is now being viewed as a quality to have as an asset. The turnaround was ably captured in the Raymonds complete man ad series in 1990s. It broke the stereotypical image of a macho Indian man portrayed in Hindi films. Raymond actually robbed the man of his mardangi, says a columnist. And, instead emerged a sensitive, vulnerable, versatile, caring, intellectual and fun man. The next decade saw this softer side becoming more pronounced. Images of

men crying openly began to fill the small screen space. TV actors left behind the likes of Archana, Tulsi and Parvati in the tear terrain. Its cool to cry as it shows that emotions are same for men and women, says a TV actor. Not only on daily soaps, but also on the reality shows more and more men turned on the waterworks. Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur got so overwhelmed by the performance of a group of physically challenged kids on Indias Got Talent that he couldnt control his sobbing. Sanjay Dutt -- the icon of macho Bollywood heroes -- wept on the Indian Idol 5 show after hearing the soul stirring AR Rahmans Sufi number Khwaja mere khwaja. Remember Qutubuddin Ansari! The face that flashed across the world as the face of the Gujarat riots -- eyes welling with tears, face covered with mud and dried blood, and hands folded in a plea for mercy. Or, cricketer Kapil Dev, who broke down on Karan Thapars show when asked if he had a role in match-fixing! And, can we ever forget our Men in Blue shedding the tears of joy and jubilation after winning the World Cup?Yes, the man has arrived mard ko bhi dard hota hai