V for Vendetta; A for 'Anna'rchy

A former colleague of mine put my blog post headline.
I think that it's apt.
While I'm sure that Anna Hazare believes that what he is doing makes perfect sense,  what I've gauged from what India is today, a lot of people believe that he is doing the right thing as well. There are dharnas, candlelight vigils, messages, Tweetups, NRI gatherings - you name it, it's there.
But then, I think of what happened in Egypt and Libya earlier this year. So far, the protests in India have been non-violent, but it can take a snap of a finger to instigate a mob. We have seen riots in India in the past. While riots in general are not pretty, they can get quite gruesome here because the mob is huge.
We have peaceful mobs wanting the government to go, corruption to come to an end and let ultimate power remain with the people. If we look at it, we are the ones voting for the government in the first place. If the current government falls, who will they vote for? People are going to say the NDA and it's an obvious answer, given that there is nobody else. The Congress and BJP can never individually come to power for a while, unless there is someone who will change the face of either party.
The protest has also been an irony. From whatever I remember, people have always told me that Mahatma Gandhi was the worst thing that happened to India. They attribute that he was one of the principal people who got the British to leave us, but then he was blamed for playing what many have called 'dirty politics.' Suddenly Hazare, who claims to be Gandhian, is a national hero.
Hazare will be remembered most for his work in his native village. However, reports of his team assaulting villagers who did not abide by the rules have also come up. If the Jan Lokpal is passed, will we meet the same fate? Will it be the perfect case of 'Annar'chy? Only time will tell.