1. SUBJECT: Communication Skills
FACULTY: Parveen Sir
TOPIC: ‘How Media Built and Blew
the Anna Movement’
PREPARED and PRESENTED BY:
Students of MJMC-1. 2012-14
2.
3.
4. Born on 15 June 1937 in Bhingar, Bombay Province, British India.
Served in the army during the 1962 Chinese aggression.
Sole survivor of an aerial attack in the Indo-Pak War 1965, was driving the
truck.
After serving in the army for 15 years, took voluntary retirement in 1978.
At one point of time in his life, he almost committed suicide questioning the
meaning of his life.
Inspired by Swami Vivekananda, Gandhi and Vinoda Bhave’s writings , he
decided to reform his village-Ralegaon Siddhi.
After modernizing Ralegaon Siddhi, he decided to work against corruption.
Carried out a number of anti-corruption protests in Maharashtra which
resulted in the indictment of a few politicians as well administrative officers.
Responsible for the enactment of the Right to Information Act 2005 (RTI)
Involved himself in the nation’s struggle against corruption in late 2011 and
soon became the face of the movement against corruption.
5.
January 30: Public marches in over 60 cities to demand anti-
corruption Lokpal bill. Social reformer Anna Hazare, former top
cop Kiran Bedi, activist Swami Agnivesh and lawyer Prashant
Bhushan participate in Delhi rally.
February 26: Hazare announces fast unto death from April 5 if
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh does not decide on civil
society’s inclusion in drafting the bill.
April 5: Hazare starts fast at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
April 8: Hazare announces decision to end fast as government
agrees to form 10-member panel of civil society members and
union ministers to draft a stringent anti-corruption law.
April 9: Hazare ends fast.
6. April 16: Joint committee’s first cordial meet. Both sides exchange drafts.
May 30: Differences appear as government disagrees on including prime
minister, Supreme and High Court judges and MPs’ conduct in parliament
within Lokpal’s ambit.
June 6: Civil society members boycott meet a day after police crackdown
against yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s fast in Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan.
August 15: Hazare denied permission to fast at Delhi’s JP Narayan Memorial
Park after Team Anna agrees to accept only 16 of police’s 22 conditions.
August 16: Hazare begins fast, detained early morning and sent to seven-day
judicial custody to Tihar jail.
August 19: Hazare leaves Tihar Jail, continues fast at Ramlila Maidan.
August 25: After meetings with political parties and Team Anna, government
agrees to debate all versions of Lokpal bill in parliament.
August 27: Both houses of parliament debate Lokpal bill, adjourn after
adopting ‘sense of the house’ and agreeing to Hazare’s three demands that will
be sent to standing committee on Lokpal bill.
August 28: Anna breaks fast on 13th day.
7. We live in a country or society where each one of
us is carrying a set of opinions regarding a
particular topic, event, process or an individual.
These opinions drive the nation into a certain
direction.
Therefore, it becomes very important to observe
the nature of these opinions and also respect
them before we engage.
Several factors affect our opinions. Some internal
and others external.
8. 1. History
2. Experiences
3. Ideologies
4. Religious and Cultural Traditions
5. Values
6. Social and Educational Background
7. Media
9. Round the Maintaining Neutrality Involving the
clock coverage the pitch masses
Educating the Anna On Media International
masses Coverage Exposure
10. 1. Sudden 2. Too Much 3. Far Too Many 4. Highlighting
Desertion Coverage Discussions the Anna-
Kejriwal-Bedi
Conflict
5. Telecasting 6. Image Makeover 7. Question Of
Biased Opinions for the Media Media Ethics
11. The Anna Movement died a slow death. Though the media did
project itself as a neutral party, but hints of it being an ardent
supporter of Anna could be seen here and there.
After several allegations against certain Team Anna
members, the media felt the need to leave the playground. It
started acting as a pragmatic observer all of a sudden.
In one way or another, the media was responsible for fuelling
this mass movement. The sudden withdrawal drained out most
of the energy from the movement.