On 8th April, the fourth day of the fast the crowds swelled so much at Jantar Mantar that I got only a small glimpse of Anna Hazare between the ears of those before me. Using one of the heads for tripod, I took some shots of the man, being hailed as the latter-day `Gandhi’, fighting for us another `Freedom’.
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But a dare is what Bhushan is always up for. He has been in the eye of the storm for this crusade for justice whether through his Public Interest Litigations or lending his voice to the marginalized. He openly declares his sympathy for the Maoists who he says have been pushed to the wall by an indifferent State and have no option but to pick up the gun
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