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Off the record, Team Anna blamed it on Mumbai’s much-maligned “dhanda-paani” (earn-a-living) fixation. On record, the team insisted 50,000 Mumbaikars would flock to MMRDA Grounds once office hours were over.
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The enthusiasm of those who participated in the protest on Mumbai’s MMRDA Grounds, where Anna Hazare is holding the three-day fast, was hard to miss. But so were the red patches (picture taken at 4.22pm, several hours after the fast started) that showed the event did not attract a capacity crowd as the August protest in Delhi had. Picture by Gajanan Dudhalkar
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... the road to hell is paved with good intentions
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