The Hindu magazine of Sunday, February 6, had a bitingly thought-provoking analysis of India as it is today, by Nissim Mannathukkaren: India@61: An idea gone astray
Nissim has voiced what all of us who agonize over where India is headed, feel. With the striking disparities and contradictions that are only growing and becoming increasingly visible, we truly do need to get real. The twin opiums of religion and Bollywood are not working any more. It is unlikely that we will ever have a 1789-style revolution, caught as we are in the stranglehold of caste and karma. But, we do have voices that are shouting out, voices that are not ready to be stilled, voices that are crying out.
Why are we not listening?