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Are we capable of another revolution?

We have seen the Anna Hazare movement fall flat on the ground after touching the peak and today it is just another topic of drawing room discussion. Are we too tired of revolutions?  May be, after the first war of Independence of 1857, the freedom movement, the war of 1971, the Kargil we seem to have lost interest in trying to make a change or to fight. The country has learnt to adjust and take whatever comes their way. That can include corruption, poverty, and terrorism. Nothing seems to affect us too much, it is a day or two of mourning and then back to normal. Is it natural human nature or are we too tired to make an attempt. Anna Hazare sahib had tried hard to get the nation together but he had forgotten, nothing affects until it hits you personally, we have become self-centred. The Gandhian way seemed to have failed; I guess it was to happen, there needs to be a change in the approach especially when the times are changing. How are people expected to fight against c...