Anna to launch blog to fight corruption

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare is all set to go online to fight corruption. He will launch his blog-annahazaresays.wordpress.com-on Thursday. He will thus join the big bracket of star bloggers such as Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan. On the portal, Anna stated that people from all over the world wereeager to know his thoughts and views on many issues. However it often happens that even those close to me do not "collaborate" (sic) with my views. The reference is to some of his colleagues who have been accused of exercising complete control over Hazare, say political observes. The Marathi and English versions of the blog will begin immediately and will be followed later by Hindi and other Indian languages. The social activist--Hazare even plans to reach out his admirer to France and Germany, it is learnt. Noted commentators Vijay Kuvalekar and Raju Parulekar will help Hazare expressing his thoughts on the blog. In his opening remarks, Anna stated that the content posted on the blog will be entirely his work, penned down by Kuvalekar and Parulekar. During the anti-corruption stir, Hazare's close aides had extensively used SMSs and social media to get their message across. Also it is reliably learnt that Hazare in content of his first blog has extended his thanks to a channel owned by Times group (Times Now) for its coverage on his fast that he had started to fight against corruption. Besides blog, Anna will shortly join the league of Lata Mangeshkar, Shah Rukh Khan and Asha Boshale. The noted Gandhian on his blog has stated that he will soon join Twitter and Facebook to make Gen-next part of the non-violent revolutionary fight for the second Independence for young and vibrant India, said a close associate of the Gandhian. Aruna Pendse, associate professor (politics science) ofMumbai University, said, "If technology is being used to reach out to the people and mobilize the masses then it is a welcome move. However, one cannot guarantee that Anna's movement will be successful due to this technology." Meanwhile, a senior Mantralaya official, on condition of anonymity said, "Computers and the internet were there in India for over a decade. However,The potential of this technology to reach out to citizens was realized by politicians only after the successful presidential campaign of Barack Obama." Anna Hazare is all set to go online to fight corruption. He will launch his blog annahazaresays.wordpress.com-on Thursday. He will thus join the big bracket of star bloggers such as Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Shilpa Shetty and home minister R R Patil. Hazare on the portal stated that people from all over the world were eager to know his thoughts and views on many issues. However it often happens that even those close to me do not "collaborate" (sic) with my views. The reference is to some of his colleagues who have been accused of exercising complete control over Hazare, say political observes. The Marathi and English versions of the blog will begin immediately, and will be followed latter by Hindi and other Indian languages. The social activist--Hazare even plans to reach out his admirer to France and Germany, it is learnt. Noted commentators Vijay Kuvalekar and Raju Parulekar will help Hazare in putting his thought on the blog. In his opening remarks, on the blog Anna stated that the content posted on the blog will be entirely his work, penned down by Kuvalekar and Parulekar. It may be recalled that Hazare's close aides had extensively used hi-tech devices such as smses' and twitter during his fast against corruption that became 24*7 media spot light. Also it is reliably learnt that Hazare in content of his first blog has extended his thanks to a channel owned by Times group (Times Now) for its coverage on his fast that he had started to fight against corruption. Besides blog, Hazare will shortly join the league of Lata Mangeshkar, Shah Rukh Khan and Asha Boshale. The noted Gandhian on his blog has stated that he will soon join twitter and Facebook to make Gen-next part of the non-violent revolutionary fight for the second Independence for young and vibrant India, said a close associate of Hazare. Aruna Pendse, associate professor (politics science) University of Mumbai said, "If people and politicians are using technology to reach people and mobilize the crowd it should be welcomed move." However she further stated that one cannot guarantee success for the moment of Anna's due to use of this technology. Meanwhile a senior Mantarlaya official on condition of anonymity said, "Computers and internet are there in India for over a decade. But the use of this technology and its potential to reach citizens was realized by our politicians only after the victory of US president Barack Obama." Obama made extensive use of internet during his campaigning for the election of US president post.