If you haven’t been in India or purposefully following the news here, it’s possible that you might have finally heard about the intense conversation about corruption that is going on here. That’s because this week zillions of people have been taking it to the streets to show their support for activist Anna Hazare. Seeing on the news that demonstrations were just around the corner at the iconic India Gate monument, I decided to grab my camera and check it out.
This blog has gone without updates for a long while, but I do have a bunch of interesting items to share so I decided to get warmed up by sharing some timely photos.
This story has finally broken into international news thanks very much to the decision of Delhi police to arrest Mr. Hazare for refusing to abide by a number of the conditions they had imposed for his next fasting sit-in. The purpose of the sit-in was to demand a particular piece of anti-corruption legislation to come before the Indian parliament just the way he think it should.
Long story short, they decided to release him from prison a few hours later but Mr. Hazare decided to stick around in the jail and begin fasting there. He finally decided to leave today and made is way to Ramlila Grounds in Delhi where he plans to continue fasting for the next 15 days.
A few more photos can be found in this new album on Flickr. For a good primer on the whole story, check out this article from the Globe and Mail.
Samuel Benoit 
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