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June 13, 2011 in In India

On the topic of Babas fasting for causes, here’s one who died while fasting to save the Ganga.

I know it’d make him happy if we gave him and his cause the fifteen seconds of fame.

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This news in invariably going to cause someone to compare Ramdev and the above Baba. But each time I read someone opine that we ought to talk about Irom Sharmila and not about Anna Hazare, I’m reminded that I need to read smarter folks and not them.

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June 14, 2011 at 3:30 am

aruna

i think if his cause is upheld, his soul will rest in peace.

June 14, 2011 at 3:56 am

woot

What do you mean by the last bit “I’m reminded that I need to read smarter folks and not them” ? I didn’t get that.

It might sound a bit insensitive, but I only got to know about Irom Sharmila’s fast due to this whole episode of fasting for corruption. If anything I learned from this whole so called satyagraha, that there are more unnoticed and unsung people out there fasting for various causes. But then I am just a student sitting and reading.

June 14, 2011 at 8:18 am

Deepak

Inserting an Irom Sharmila reference is a fine way to highlight her issue, but dismissing one saying the other is more important is a slippery slope and something I dislike.

P.S. I mean I need to read smarter bloggers and columnists