India and grammar of anarchy

Your strongly worded editorial 'India and the grammar of anarchy' unfortunately fails to identify the genuine reasons why Mr Anna Hazare has to fight the elected Government taking the public support against widely prevalent corruption which make the life miserable for the common man in India. (August 20,2011) It is incorrect to interpret that Mr Hazare demands parliament to create the unelected post of ombudsman, chosen by a panel of worthies, with sweeping powers to haul up any public official on graft charges, without having a full grasp of the whole issue.
The issue of corruption and the suffering of common masses in India have been there since decades and the successive Governments in power have failed to find proper solution to eradicate / minimise the problem. The movement by Anna Hazare against corruption got its momentum in the recent past because of indifference of the Government and casual approach to take action against series of scams detected at Government level and put in place a meaningful system to prevent mal and corruptive practices. The suffering of the masses In India for their day to day life because of corruption at various levels is perhaps unimaginable in US and hence such an editorial.
It is right to say that the remedy to fight corruption through an institutional set up as per the well established Constitutional procedure is more ideal and appropriate. But the Government's response and intentions are not convincing. The bill proposed by the Government to fight corruption is only an eye wash as per the civil Society headed by Mr Anna Hazare and will not serve the purpose. The only way available for the public to fight for an anticorruption bill passed through Parliament is through this movement led by Mr Hazare. The insensitivity and inaction of the Government to understand the suffering of masses due to rampant corruption has forced the public to resort to this sort of agitation. Anarchy in Government's functioning is the cause and Anna Hazare's fight is the effect. Exceptional situation demands exceptional solution and Hence Anna Hazare's most appropriate method to seek solution for the perennial problem.

Dr.T.V.Gopalakrishnan,

( This was sent to The Wall Street Journal).