Dissent, Disorder and Desire...

What is right way of dissent?.... an armed revolution or civil disobedience.

One can argue at length and being born in the country that calls Gandhi - an apostle of peace - its father i believe we have more who would side with Satyagrah. But does that mean that armed revolutionaries have done something wrong, I would argue not, for they have merely taken the alternative way to sort difference and possibly after a civilized argument. So in my opinion there is a time and reason for everything, there was a time when civil disobedience caused enough systemic breakdown that the British had to give up...and possibly out of frustration. Well, in life and in today's times if you follow the Gandhian principle of putting forward the right cheek after being slapped on the left is bound to fail, and to some extent that was seen last year with Anna's fasting failures. 

Those were different times when one man was much more educated, had the control of the entire political frontline and could argue for good with those mightier and those lesser privileged with equal elan and in good faith. No amount of cursing can take away the credit the nation has endowed upon him, and while i am no big fan of his i do acknowledge the impact he had - and there was definitely a good reason.

But again, will that model work today?