Oh, brave new India That has such babus and netas int!
(With apologies to Miranda in The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1)
I have always suspected that, no matter who be in power, under the veneer of democracy, the Indian State a Jurassic Age continuation of the British Raj tends to be callous, rapacious and ruthless in its dealings with the citizens. Now Im beginning to fear it has turned mindless, skirting dangerously close to senility.
