Indian activist Anna Hazare prays in front of a statute of his idol and India's father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi before embarking on his 3 day-long fast at the Mumbai MMRDA recreation ground in Mumbai on December 27, 2011. The 74-year-old former soldier, Hazare, along with volunteers of his India Against Corruption (IAC) organization embarks on a fresh hunger strike against a proposed new law to tackle endemic graft. Former Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde is also with him. Photo by Sachin Halde/Indian Photo Agency