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April 7, 2011 06:48 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/_rWb_HY63zI/india-corruption-sca.html
India: corruption scandal sparks "Tahrir-like" citizen movement
Boing Boing reader lokayukta says, "India is going through its 'Egypt moment,' and for our version of Cairo's Tahrir Square, we have the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, where a 72 year old social acitivist named Anna Hazare is fasting 'til death' to force the government to pass a comprehensive anti-corruption legislation, the Jan Lokpal Bill. The movement has already caught fire in hundreds of cities around India."...Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/_rWb_HY63zI/india-corruption-sca.html
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