https://www.alterinter.org/ We are social and political movements struggling against social injustices, neoliberalism, imperialism and war. We are building solidarity between social movements at the local, national and international level. More... en SPIP - www.spip.net https://www.alterinter.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH42/siteon0-c616d.png?1749672047 https://www.alterinter.org/ 42 144 https://www.alterinter.org/?Unlikely-Echo-of-Gandhi-Inspires-Indians-to-Act https://www.alterinter.org/?Unlikely-Echo-of-Gandhi-Inspires-Indians-to-Act 2011-08-19T17:48:54Z text/html en Jim Yardley <p>NEW DELHI — In a “new” India often obsessed with wealth and status, where cricket batsmen and Bollywood movie stars are wildly idolized, Anna Hazare is a figure from an earlier, seemingly discarded era. His pointed white cap and simple white cotton clothes evoke a Gandhian simplicity. His rural, homespun demeanor ordinarily might elicit snickers from India's urban elite. <br class='autobr' /> Yet Mr. Hazare, 74, has emerged as the unlikely face of an impassioned people's movement in India, a public outpouring (…)</p> - <a href="https://www.alterinter.org/?-NEWS-AND-ANALYSIS-" rel="directory">NEWS AND ANALYSIS</a> <img src='https://www.alterinter.org/local/cache-vignettes/L150xH100/arton3624-14487.jpg?1749782602' class='spip_logo spip_logo_right' width='150' height='100' alt="" /> <div class='rss_chapo'><p>NEW DELHI — In a “new” India often obsessed with wealth and status, where cricket batsmen and Bollywood movie stars are wildly idolized, Anna Hazare is a figure from an earlier, seemingly discarded era. His pointed white cap and simple white cotton clothes evoke a Gandhian simplicity. His rural, homespun demeanor ordinarily might elicit snickers from India's urban elite.</p></div> <div class='rss_texte'><p>Yet Mr. Hazare, 74, has emerged as the unlikely face of an impassioned people's movement in India, a public outpouring that has coalesced around fighting corruption but has also tapped into deeper anxieties in a society buffeted by change.</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/world/asia/19hazare.html?ref=asia" class="spip_out" rel="external"><i>Read more...</i></a></p> <p>Source: The New York Times</p> <p>Photo: Ramesh Lalwani (Flickr)</p></div>