21 Aug March for Anna HAzare

Anatomy of the March

Start : Bandra Railway Station -( West ) @ Rickshaw Stand.
End : Juhu-Ville Parle (J.V.P.D) Circle , Andheri West
Distance : 9 kms
Route : Bandra Station - Linking Rd - Santa Cruz (Juhu Garden ) - Juhu Tara Road - Guru Nanak Rd - JVPD Circle
UP/Left lane ( Bandra to JVPD ) fully occupied by March.


Reached Bandra Station with friend @ 4:40
Saw a huge mass of people, waving tricolor, raising slogans, Lots of Police and quite a few TV Vans from the Overhead Bridge.
First thought, wow good turnout. If they haven’t started moving yet then when will we reach JVPD.
Joined the march and realized that it was moving slowly.
Was asked by Volunteers to help form a human chain to help demarcate the border of the March and ensure smooth flow of other traffic.
Walked like that till Bandra Talao, then decided that this was so slow and went off to find the head of this snake. Took the footpath and walked and walked and finally found it @ end of Linking Road. WOW that was unbelievable. Had not expected rally to be so massive. Moreover people were still adding to the Tail.
Encountered slight drizzle @ Santacruz and heavy downpour @ Juhu Tara Road.
But it did not dampen the spirit of the March. I enjoyed the rain, getting drenched (felt like i was in college )
People distributed water bottles, Parle Biscuits. God bless them.
A girl was walking about with garbage bag, collecting empty bottles and asking people not to throw empty bottles on the road.
Reached JVPD by 8:45.The Half of JVPD Circle was blocked. People started lighting candles. Walked to Andheri Stn ( Juhu Galli ) and took an Auto for home.

Demography

The crowd was predominantly middle and upper middle class.
Volunteers/ organizers were mostly students.
Plenty of families. Parents with Kids, sprinkling of Sr Citizens (braving the rains - hats off to them )

Question.
What if the Govt doesnt cave in to the demands ? Do i have it in me (TIME) to march again next week ?
I sincerly hope i do, i dont want to give up. I HAVE to do this for my daughter's future.
Guess only time will tell.

Manufacturers - Cars

BMW owns:
-BMW
-Mini
-Rolls Royce

Daimler/Chrysler owns:
-AMC (brand discontinued -- Chrysler bought AMC primarily for the Jeep brand which was owned by AMC)
-Chrysler
-Dodge
-Eagle (brand discontinued)
-Hyundai (Daimler/Chrysler only owns 10% --13 May 04 changes!)
-Jeep
-Maybach
-Mercedes-Benz
-Mitsubishi (Daimler/Chrysler owns less than 20%)
-Plymouth (brand discontinued)
-Smart

Fiat owns:
-Alfa Romeo
-Ferrari
-Fiat
-Lancia
-Maserati

Ford owns:
-Aston Martin
-Ford
-Jaguar
-Land Rover (bought from BMW)
-Lincoln
-Mazda (Ford owns 33% of Mazda)
-Mercury
-Volvo cars

Fuji Heavy Industries owns:
-Subaru

General Motors owns:
-Buick
-Cadillac
-Chevrolet
-Daewoo (GM owns 44%)
-Fiat (GM owns ~20%) (GM has decided to divorce itself from Fiat as of Feb '05)
-Fuji Heavy Industries (GM owns ~20%)
-GMC
-Holden
-Hummer
-Isuzu (GM only owns a percentage)
-Oldsmobile (brand discontinued)
-Opel
-Pontiac
-Saab
-Saturn
-Subaru (GM owns 20%)
-Suzuki (GM only owns a small percentage)
-Vauxhall

Honda owns:
-Acura
-Honda

Hyundai owns:
-Hyundai
-Kia

Mitsubishi Heavy Industry, Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. (MTFG) owns, 33.4%:
Mitsubishi (DC owns about 20%)

Nissan owns:
-Infiniti
-Nissan
-Renault (Nissan owns 15%)

PSA Peugeot Citroen owns:
-Citroen
-Peugeot

Porsche:
an independent company (they do work very closely with VW, however)

Renault owns:
-Nissan (Renault owns 44%)

Toyota owns:
-Lexus
-Scion
-Toyota

Volkswagen owns:
-Audi
-Bentley
-Bugatti
-Lamborghini
-SEAT
-Skoda
-Volkswagen