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Dedicate it to my dear friends who are quite annoyed with the numerous updates and videos posted in the Social Networking websites regarding the ongoing protest by the Anna team. Their comments questioning the selfish motive behind the protesters, supporters and the broadcasters motivated me to write this blog. Here I am, trying to compare two movements that took place in our country, one which happened 6 decades ago and the other, which is ongoing. I was taught in my school that ‘standard’ freedom fighters of our country like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose fought for the freedom of our country. And I also happened to read that India got its current ‘shape’ (Not considering the POK and Chinese Invasion) because of the struggle of one man, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who negotiated with the princely states to merge with India. So, the question is, what is the ‘India’ they referring to in the ‘War of Indian Independence’ if the country was born afte...