Talk about a leader whom you like – a sportsman, businessman or a politician - Who is he - What does he do - What are his qualities - What made him successful

·        I know of many leaders who are sportsmen, businessmen or politicians, but here I would like to talk about a leader whom I like very much.

·        He is none other than Anna Hazare.

·        He has recently been in the limelight because of his fight against corruption.

·        He has moved the entire nation to protest against corruption.

·        He is 73 years old.

·        His real name is Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare.

·        He belongs to Ralegaon Sidhi, a village in Maharashtra.

·        He is a school teacher in that village.

·        Because of him, the village won the award of a model village.

·        That is why he got the Padma Bhushan in 1992, from the government of India.

·        He calls himself a fakir – a man who has no family, no property, no bank balance and wears only khadi.

·        His simplicity is his biggest quality.

·        His simplicity and his oratorical skills are the reasons for his success.

·        He is also known as today’s Gandhi

·        He served the Indian Army for 15 years and took active part in the Indo China War

·        There was a time when he thought of committing suicide.

·        But then he came across a book by Swami Vivekanand and this brought a turning point in his life.

·        He learned that the ultimate motive of human life is service to humanity.

·        His tool of protest is hunger strikes

·        His target is corrupt politicians

·        Many Indians supported him in his latest struggle to get the Jan Lokpal Bill Implemented.

·         This fight against corruption is termed as the 2^nd Freedom Struggle of India.