Some of you may not like this article. But in last two years, we have seen that mass movements against corruption has fizzled out.


It does not serve any purpose to analyse it.

But we have learned that:

1) Government will not bother about you even if you have 5,00,000 followers on twitter.
2) It will not bother even if you have lots of funds fighting against corruption and black money.
3) It will not bother even if you can organize large rallies and you are 24/7 on TimesNow and other TV Channels.
4) You cannot get anything done by threatening Government.
5) Nor can you get anything done by merely requesting Government without any force working behind the request.
6) Government also does not bother much about Supreme Court Cases or Scams or Negative Publicity.

How Gandhiji Used “Polite Peer Pressure” method to persuade Government to accept his requests?


I think he used three methods.

1) “Polite Peer Pressure” method.
2) Non-Cooperation method.
3) Civil Disobedience Movement.

How Polite Peers Pressure Method works.

These words “Polite Peer Pressure” do not find place in Gandhi Literature. But this can be spelled out from the fact that one of his close supporter was a foreign correspondent.

An Example of How this method works.


Without going into details, I may just give you an example:

Suppose a crime against woman has taken place, in a UPA ruled State. Chairperson, of National Commission of Woman is not acting because of some political embrassments.

Understandable.

Now instead of tweeting or emailing to NCW, you should send tweet and emails to British National Woman Commission, U.S.National Woman Commission, French National Woman Commission etc.

It costs nothing except some of your time. Some of this International Woman Commission will ask, India’s National Woman Commission whether facts in email are true?

Indian National Woman Commission will reply to International Commission that facts are not true, “We had already taken action on this two days back”

This will serve your purpose. This is called moral pressure from International Community or you may call it Peers Pressure.

Do not mind if International Commissions do not reply you. They will do their job as per their moral conscience.

Plz. also see How Citizens in U.S. and U.K. use twitter for Social Justice? and What Is Common Between Gandhij’s Charkha and  Twitter? on this blog on same subject.

Haresh Raichura
19/3/2012