Why is our nation so angry?

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The bludgeoning to death of a CEO in Noida is an eye-opener to every Indian. It happened in Calcutta in the late 1960s when the Naxalite movement was at its height but for some reason I always thought, as India evolved we would become a calmer and more mature nation. Sure we would face all the problems that any nation faces: there would be the big divide between the haves and have-nots; there would be the familiar pangs of development working for some and not working for others but somehow what happened in Noida last week is reflective of a deeper malaise and that has more to do with who we have become rather than what we wish to do. For me, this act was not an act out of uncontrolled anger; instead it was an act which suggested years of repression that many of our youth is experiencing and will continue to experience as we have frayed and unequal development. What is even more saddening is that the political system, which is supposed to correct some of these anomalies, has completely failed the people.

I still believe that the day is not far when politicians will be lynched or killed because they affect the economic progress of the citizens. Mamta Banerjee will be well advised to stay at home because what she has done in Singur is not just going to affect the farmers but will destroy the industrialisation of Bengal and in the process harm the economic agenda of not just the Government but also equally the citizen! It is that citizen who will unleash his anger in the most heinous manner and we as a society will then balk. But there is a lot we need to do in order to prevent this madness from being repeated.