I, the people

摘要

Squelching barefoot in the sludge at Ramlila Maidan, a park in central Delhi, a middle-aged man praises the people's love for his guru, Anna Hazare. His eyes shine with zeal and hunger. His legs have cramp from fasting, for over a week, beside his 74-year-old leader. So what? We train our bodies to go without food for 30 days, he says. To lose flesh is to gain energy.