Can I ignore this movement?

I looked up the definition of "catharsis" before starting this blog , in the hope that this was the word I was seeking. One definition in the Net defines it as "a discharge of pent-up emotions so as to result in the alleviation of symptoms or the permanent relief of the condition"  

Could the people taking to the streets in support of Anna Hazare be termed as a  catharsis? I would wager that a very large proportion of them would have abetted corruption at some time or another, like I have on numerous occasions. I would also wager that many themselves are guilty of corruption in their approach to their jobs. All too often, only the monetary aspect of corruption is highlighted. The non monetary nature of corruption is, in my opinion, far more serious. In the former the giver is assured of a result. In the latter, the loss of time , the mental agony, the hassles, the patent injustice etc are "costs" the person incurs if not in  money terms certainly in health and discomfort terms.

If , therefore, this spontaneity results in a "permanent relief of the condition"  it is a welcome step to have been taken long ago. Would it be a  relief from viewing every interaction as one that requires a "whats in it for me" approach? Way back in my convent school one of my teachers highlighted the altruistic nature of Christianity ( thou shall help thy neighbor) and the Karma approach of my religion , where my fate is largely my doing and its resolution likewise of my own initiative. Many a Hindu ( including myself) have rationalized a self centred approach to an interaction  as being blessed from above. If I get the better of the other bloke its my Karma and also his!

Could we as Indians achieve that paradigm shift whereby in our jobs  we  interact with another with a spirit of well being for the other, not for the sole benefit of oneself ? How often do we view a supplier as someone out to benefit from us rather than one who can set up a mutually beneficial transaction? Is it in the genes of a Head Constable  recording a missing document, not to see the discomfort that I am going through coming to the Station to fulfil a procedural requirement to secure a duplicate, but wonder why I am not handing out the Rs 100 norm for such transactions?

Notice the lack of any stir in our rural heartland. Blame it on the urban centric media if you will . My take is that the rural folk are far more pragmatic of the outcomes of such street demonstrations.Tomorrow,  he would need to take the time ( the whole day ) and the expense to the city headquarters for a Certificate from one of the lads presently filling up the streets. Is not this total exclusion of the rural sector by the print and visual media a corruption of sorts , a selective "reporting" if you will. Even in their reporting of the street demostrations the TV cameras were hard pressed to show the "numbers" "thronging" the street. Thousands and millions are fairly extensible words!