I am frankly sick and tired of the entire Anna Hazare melodrama. It is apparent to me and many of us from Anna’s home state, even if not to others who see in him a great saviour and a second Mahatma Gandhi, what is happening at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, August 26, 2011 at 7:24 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Anna Hazare, hindustan times, kapil sibal, Mahatma Gandhi, news, P Chidambaram, Ramlila Maidan, Sharad Pawar, Sujata Anandan, Team Anna, telecom minister, UPA government, Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushil Kumar Shinde
For the first time ever, I have found myself agreeing with a BJP leader. When Arun Jaitley said in the Rajya Sabha that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s troubles came from the fact that he was being advised by far too many lawyers, he unerringly hit the nail on the head. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, August 19, 2011 at 7:37 pm
Filed under India · Tagged A Raja, Anna Hazare, Arun Jaitley, bjp, british, Chidambaram, Congress, Dandi March, Digvijay Singh, Ganga, Hindustantimes, Jan Lokpal Bill, Kanimozhi, Kiran Bedi, Lokpal bill, Mahatma Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, New Delhi, Rajya Sabha, Ramdev Baba, Ramlila Maidan, Right to Information, Singly political, Sujata Anandan, Suresh Kalmadi, Swami Nigamananda, UPA
I still recall how many people jumped on me when I described Anna Hazare as a loose cannon during his anti-corruption crusade at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi a few weeks ago. Still fewer cared for my observation that he was impressionable and wont to quicksilver changes of mind. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, May 27, 2011 at 11:20 pm
Filed under politics · Tagged 26/11, Anna Hazare, Ashok Chavan, Bihar, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, bjp, Congress, Gujarat Chief Minister Narenda Modi, Jantar Mantar, Lok Ayukta, Maharashtra, Mahatma Gandhi, New Delhi, Sharad Pawar, Sujata Anandan
Why am I not so impressed with the hoopla surrounding Anna Hazare and his fast unto death at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi? Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, April 8, 2011 at 7:42 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Anna Hazare, Bal Thackeray, Congress, Gopinath Munde, Jantar Mantar, Lokpal bill, Maharashtra, NCP, New Delhi, Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena, Smita Prakash, Uma Bharti