A true democracy is one when  leaders emerge from the masses and for the masses.It was Jaiprakash narayan who took the battle with Indira gandhi to the streets of Janpath from a small village in rohtas,bihar for civil liberties and another movement is shaping up yet again,The Anna Hazare movement,named after its leader.

"Who is Anna Hazare?" Is he just a mortal in flesh and blood like any of us are?Is he "THE MAHATMA" that some of 
us have made him.Anna hazare or Kisan baburao hazare,a 
man from a very humble background caught attention of the 
nation with his "fast unto death" againt corruption that has crept 
into the very social fabric of our nation.When write this piece of 
editorial on him,my sense of purpose is not the larger issue of 
corruption,or the glorification of the man called "Anna hazare",all I wish to understand is why this movement become 
such a mass movement and why is it ultimately dying a slow 
yet painful death.

Fasting as a method of protest is not a new concept in India

and has been put to good use even before Anna hazare sat in 
the ramlila maidan blowing trumpets against the United progressive alliance government in power at the centre.

 The biggest reason, most people feel,gave this movement life were the Youth of the nation.India is fortunate to have a very young population and the youth of today wants a greater say in the way this country is being run today.I had a personal feel of the first edition of the Anna hazare movement against corruption when i walked the length and breadth of Ramlila maidan asking people why they were there and if they felt if a change was really coming?

 As a young Indian,change is something that always catches 

my eye,and i witnessed a change when thousands of people 
thronged outside the jail premises when Anna Hazare had 
been kept and i also saw a government bow to the wishes of 
its people.

Reading through recent media reports criticising Anna Hazare's team and the civil society members for being 
unable to keep the moverment alive,I believe most people 
missed a point.It was right in front for all to see,yet,we missed 
it.

We failed to observe that the movement was fuelled by media 
and social networking sites,which can only go as far as 
bringing people to the change.The crowds did gather at 
Ramlila maidan but most of us who went there, knew the 
crowd wasn't one that would stay.

 Most of the youth were college students or freshers working for multi nationals in and around delhi and social networking sites are popular in this section of the youth.The bigger population of youth across India in colleges and cities of the rural diaspora remained largely aloof of the movement.

All major political parties capture and target this youth of rural India through their youth wings,but Anna hazare or the "INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION" movement lacked this intitiative.The movement will not reach the desired effect unless these people are joined to the main stream of the movement.