India's youth and Anna's drive against corruption

Kargil 1999. Mumbai terror attacks 2008. And now, social activist Anna Hazare's campaign against corruption and enactment of a strong Jan Lokpal law. Very few moments in recent Indian history have been as electric as these three in bringing Indians of all hues together. Prasanna D Zore reports from New Delhi

Team Anna's agitation for a Jan Lokpal bill that brings the offices of the prime minister and the judiciary under its umbrella has brought one more element into sharp focus: India's demographic dividend -- the folklore of many a book by noted authors -- that favours our population in the age group of 15-35 was in full force as the nationwide protests against Hazare's arrest began on August 16.

It is not to say that agitators belonging to other age groups did not make their mark, since they too protested by organising peace marches, candle light vigils and other peaceful methods across the country to focus on just one man and his mission.