Right cause, wrong time

If there is one thing one can count on in Mumbai, it is the avail-ability of people. Bursting to the seams, one only has to witness rush hour at the main local train stations to see the sea of people that inhabit this city. Yet, when Anna Hazare did his first-ever fast in Mumbai, people found the response tepid. The city of celebrities, artists and passionate people did not come to Anna's rally in expected numbers. An average music concert, a satsang or a Ganpati procession may attract more. The media, fully kitted out with OB vans on venue, was left underwhelmed when it did not find the spectacular visuals like the previous fasts.

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