BANGALORE: The Lok Pal bill has been a major topic of discussion everywhere. It has spared no one. From the country's youth to the senior citizen.Now even students across the city are choosing not to shy away from the same.They made up their minds to coming together to ask for a stronger Lokpal Bill.The Children’s Movement for Civic Awareness (CMCA) formed a gathering of students from 56 private schools who then together formed a human chain in and around St Joseph’s Indian High School to ask for a corruption free India in the form of a stronger Lokpal bill.Around 2,000 children from the civic club of the CMCA shouted slogans holding placards and banners supporting the movement whose main pioneer was Anna Hazare. They formed long lines on the pavements of Grant Road as well as Vittal Mallya Road. Discussions detailing every aspect of the Bill were held before hand in the classrooms so as to let the students know the cause they were standing up for.The chief guests of the event were MindTree founder Subroto Bagchi and Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) Managing Director, Mannivanan.The event was flagged off by Mannivanan who spoke of the youth being everything that the country needs in the future. He remarked, “Collective voice is always a strong voice. When unified, there is always a bigger impact.If these children can come together and stand up for something they believe in. We should also stand together.” Subroto Bagchi said, “The generation before ours fought for our independence.Our generation fought for our economic stability. The work of this generation lies in making up the character of the nation. It’s a huge burden to carry but if they carry it off, the country will reap the benefits.”A volunteer at the event, Tanya Bali, said, “I was very impressed by Subroto Bagchi’s speech. What he said made sense for most of us today. The children are the essence of the future and if our generation continues to build integrity and dignity, the country can look forward to the future.” Both the chief guests spoke also of the need for active citizenship that was required on the part of the children of today.The event was titled ‘Inspiration 2011’ as it was meant to motivate young kids to stand up for what they believe in.Last year, a walk of the same kind was held to support the Right to Education (RTE) Act. Sara, a volunteer expressed the hope that these kids had managed to instill hope in the adults. She said, “Adults are learning that when kids can take this step, they can too. I think the kids are quite appalled at what is happening in the country and if they have a problem with something, they do not shy away from expressing it.” The children were joyous at being given a platform to let the others know of their opinions.
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