MMRDA Grounds. BKC

Anna Army's Clothes.

I'm as confused as you about how the screaming war against corruption is being fought. Even the war against terror is clearer than how this campaign is progressing. Like that war, the war on corruption is a war against yourself but you go around slaying everyone else. In the war against terror, the real enemy is the hatred within you for others that you cannot control and in this war, we are the corrupt. The foot-soldiers infantry-people who enthusiastically jump into the front line are lucky that this is not a war fought with bullets. They will survive and wonder for years about what went wrong they keep giving and collecting bribes.

Haryanvi winter dressing?



This is a language we Mumbaikars understand.



Joker from MP who came looking for TV cameras.



A man dressed as a colonial British red coat





One bag traveller.



What happened here?








Home-made Winter fashion.



I rather be in Goa









United Nations of Anna

Kurla (W)

Huh?

Answers via twitter:
@URM1 says:
Mother, has father come (home)?
@rajeshtahil rajesh
marathi for 'who's your daddy?!' (and mummy)

@aseemrane It means "Mother (and) Father Arrived", it is a statement and not a question.

@rin_supreme "huh" that was my reaction too when I spotted this one on the road. Only the auto owner could explain it I think.

MMRDA Grounds. BKC

Uncle Anna Wants You.



Gandhi, Tilak, Netaji and trying to be elevated to the same league - Anna.


Jhanda. Topi.
The Anna Cult of Personality

The crowd isn't that big and mMost of the people seem to be regular people who travel by train and bus. But there were people from all sections of society walking in but mainly to be part of the Anna Movement last evening.

The speeches from the stage are disappointing and just plain rant and slogans against corruption. Depth - a few inches. The Lok Sabha debate that was being beamed on the large screen without sound was probably better.

OK. We all know that we have a bad government at the centre and there is no point repeating it. It would have been nice if they used this expensive stage for a proper debate and not just sloganeering. And I don't think it was a good idea for having the children rant from the stage just because the sutradar thought that bachcha bachcha janta hain ki...

But this is India. The crowd, the mob, even this one which is not hired using biryani and spirit is not interested in a debate. Just decibels. And for Anna.

They are all here to see Anna and tell their children that they were here. Those woth kids brought them along. Bought Anna Topi for 10 Rupaiya. Flags for 50 and shouted Anna Hazare Zindabad.
















A lot of complimentary copies of this magazine were floating around.


The evening headlines before the parliament counted the Ayes, Noes and what they do best to avoid responsibility - walk-outs.





Anna's amplifiers


Strange bedfellows - Anna and PETA.



The ISKCON wallas were here too. Still selling Gita and making money since the spotlight was on their controversy thanks to some idiots in some krishna-forsaken town, with a population of a typical Mumbai Co-operative Housing Society, in Siberia. Hare Lakshmi before Hare Krishna. And yes, Shubh labh.



Anna CDs about RTI, Jan Lok Pal and his work in his gaon.


Anna Topi. Rs. 5





Me Anna


Dressed for television.


A volunteer t-shirt.




This farmer from marathwada supports all parties and carries their flag on a padayatra all around maharashtra. While he was at MMRDA a man approached him for a small role in a Marathi movie he plans to shoot in Wai. The flagbearer of the nation and its many political parties looked confused. The filmwalla was surprised that the Shetkari didn't have a mobile number. He however has legs that keep him mobile.








A family from interior Maharashtra who came for the protest.





War Cry: I'm signing up for the final assault.





And finally an old song by Living color: Cult of personality:

Deonar

I found this on the footpath outside TISS.

Even Anna needs a help from Rajni - Rajni's son-in-law.

Kurla + Dongri + Chuim + Madh

"जानवरका" शहर

Forget Dogs Vs Cats, Anna Vs Shard Pawar, Pandu Vs Bhais, Middle Class Vs Autowallas. This city has more goats, hens and in some places, ducks, pecking scratching and being eaten by each other including us.







Ducks and cats are fed from the same pail in most Mumbai villages. The leftover fish curry from the houses are mixed with water and poured into them. And as usual, the crows try their best to steal the best pieces.



I'm calling her Matsyagandha. She didn't know what to do with this rat she caught. Played with the scared little rat for half an hour and got distracted by this net smelling of fish. The little rat lived. I'll call him Jerry Bhai.