Social activist, 72 year old Anna Hazare is on indefinite fast at the Jantar Mantar in Delhi in protest against corruption. In particular he wants he wants ordinary citizens to be part of a committee formulating the Lok Pal bill to be introduced in the next session of the parliament. He demands that the Lokyukta in the states and the Lokpal at the center be completely independent, should have the power to investigate any politician or official, should incorporate investigating agencies which operate separately at the moment, will have the power to prosecute and will fine any official who refuses to cooperate. Also any case should finish within two years and all of the money gained through corruption is to be repaid. The government's bill will allow investigation only with the permission of leaders of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, does not give the Lokpal power to prosecute, does not empower it to prosecute officials and does not mandate the government to accept its findings. In short as stinking a pile of steaming dung as one can imagine. The politicians have tried their usual tricks ranging from threats to lies but public support has been growing for Mr Hazare. So Mr Kapil Sibal, a lawyer, was sent to negotiate or, most probably, to confuse the issue with a lot of legal mumbo jumbo but was quickly sent back. The politicians are the public face of corruption and crime, the real criminals are the civil servants. Senior civil servants have been around for years, know the intricacies of government and are completely unaccountable. They form an evil cloud over the country and must be eliminated if the nation is to survive.