Saturday, August 20, 2011

Anna Hazare inspires middle-class awakening in India - The Washington Post

Anna Hazare inspires middle-class awakening in India - The Washington Post: As he waited in the rain for India’s veteran anti-corruption crusader to emerge from jail, call-center employee Amit Bhardwaj was still troubled by the bribe he was forced to pay three months ago to get a birth certificate for his firstborn son.

“I hated it,” he said, miming how the official had greedily counted the notes, worth about $20, in full public view. “I had hatred for myself and for him. This was the first thing I did for my newborn son.”

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