By deifying Anna Hazare and BabaRamdev, India appears to have forgotten outstanding activists like Medha Patkar and Sunderlal Bahuguna, who have a long and stirring track record.
There is no denying that Anna Hazare and BabaRamdev have the right to galvanise their supporters to take on the scourge of corruption, despite their spotty ideologies and kooky prescriptions for social reforms.
First, in an act which many believe was one of embarrassing pusillanimity, it sent four of its most senior ministers to the airport to receive and talk with yoga guru BabaRamdev when he arrived in Delhi to begin his anti-corruption hunger strike.