The companies of this duo are running on auto pilot.They have not been home for the last four days. Yet, Ajay Sanghi and Anup Dave, city coordinators of India Against Corruption (IAC), have left no stone unturned in mobilsing citizens to participate in the 'second struggle of independence'.
Inspired by the march taken out by Anna Hazare in Delhi, they made up their minds to do their bit for the noble cause and organized the first meeting of IAC in February. "After seeing the live telecast of the march, we downloaded the salient features of Lokpal bill and Anna's demands. We were convinced that we could bring about a positive change in our country and immediately registered ourselves with IAC," they recounted. Starting with merely 15 members, they managed to draw together people from different spheres of life. Today, thousands of Nagpurians are participating in the drive.
Interestingly, their unattached status proved a boon for them. Sanghi is the director of a software company, while Anup used to run a travel firm, which he has shut down to be able to devote complete time and energy for this mission.
"My parents keep telling me that corruption has not come in a day and will not go away in a day either. But I believe that no one is corrupt, only the system is," he said. Sanghi, on the other hand, is trying his best to manage the office work. "I have to do most of my office work early in the morning and then keep interacting with my clients on phone," he said.
"Initially, all I wanted to do was facilitate the citizens and bring them on one platform. But they started looking for leadership from me which was totally unexpected," laughs Sanghi. Recalling the early days, he said that pulling together a passionate lot of people was easier said than done. "When it comes to creating awareness, text messages and social networking sites get limited response. So,we went to various schools, colleges and offices to mobilize people. I used to carry the recordings of speeches given by Anna and Kiran Bedi to motivate the youth," he said.
Dave said people always offered to volunteer in any way they could. "This is not an organisation or association, it is a movement," he added.
Inspired by the march taken out by Anna Hazare in Delhi, they made up their minds to do their bit for the noble cause and organized the first meeting of IAC in February. "After seeing the live telecast of the march, we downloaded the salient features of Lokpal bill and Anna's demands. We were convinced that we could bring about a positive change in our country and immediately registered ourselves with IAC," they recounted. Starting with merely 15 members, they managed to draw together people from different spheres of life. Today, thousands of Nagpurians are participating in the drive.
Interestingly, their unattached status proved a boon for them. Sanghi is the director of a software company, while Anup used to run a travel firm, which he has shut down to be able to devote complete time and energy for this mission.
"My parents keep telling me that corruption has not come in a day and will not go away in a day either. But I believe that no one is corrupt, only the system is," he said. Sanghi, on the other hand, is trying his best to manage the office work. "I have to do most of my office work early in the morning and then keep interacting with my clients on phone," he said.
"Initially, all I wanted to do was facilitate the citizens and bring them on one platform. But they started looking for leadership from me which was totally unexpected," laughs Sanghi. Recalling the early days, he said that pulling together a passionate lot of people was easier said than done. "When it comes to creating awareness, text messages and social networking sites get limited response. So,we went to various schools, colleges and offices to mobilize people. I used to carry the recordings of speeches given by Anna and Kiran Bedi to motivate the youth," he said.
Dave said people always offered to volunteer in any way they could. "This is not an organisation or association, it is a movement," he added.
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