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Arundhati Roy- heavenly body on a earthy India

The below link was published in a region centric, oldschool thought & one side aligned newspaper about Jan LokPal and phenomenan Anna. The Link below where she dwells in detail- http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article2379704.ece I would like to counter as much to my knowledge on how her argument fails to grasp the popular sentiment and her idea of corportization of even fasts 1. She belittles the idea of protesting against the evils in society- yes one needs to debate which is bigger evil- communalism, naxalism, corporate cronyism, bureaucratic excesses, unequal spread of wealth- all well said but does she have a magic wand which we are now asking Dr. Singh??????????????????. Aruna Roy, Medha Patkar, many more have taken to streets for justice why havent they been able to create a magic? Mallika Sarabhai, a danseuse and critic against Modi stood for elections why has she lost? is she corrupt? Why has people stopped voting in large numbers in Urban India when rural people thro