A mind without fear!

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high...

Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

At a chat session with a few friends from the industry, which I realized doesn’t really happen over a cup of coffee in Hyderabad, someone smirked at the TV and said, “Look at his expressions… he doesn’t have anything leader-like in him. No dialogue delivery, no slogan screaming, no powerful blows.” And as I saw the crowd Anna was addressing, I recalled the lines, ‘De di hamein azadi bina khadag bina dhal…”.

Is Anna still a magnet for the middle class India?

Let us rephrase the question above. Do people see an idol or a role model in Anna? That way we shall rid away Anna from the numbers of sycophants and obliging followers and concentrate solely on his intentions.

Some call it his stubbornness but some others look at it as Anna’s undying conviction. Some look at it as questioning the authority but some others look at it as rising up to the bullies. Some look at it as grabbing attention but some others look at it as awakening of minds.

Today, I see no one other than Anna and a few personal mentors guiding us to create, ‘A mind without fear’.

A well crafted marketing strategy; we observe that in India mythology has become a sought after theme for the cartoon channels. The toddlers absorb the values and morals from cartoons on Chota Bheem, Hanuman, Rama which they do not see anywhere in their environment. 

Anna is the much needed role model to us and numbers do not matter. We chose our idols. We evaluate their path. We get inspired by them. At the end of the day we might not change, but we open ourselves to improvisation.

 I have always intuitively liked Ram Jethmalani. I am in awe of him after listening to this speech. His presence at the venue was enough justification of what he holds in his heart.