[sumedh]

> For that reason, the perpetrators are often not prosecuted by the police.

You also have to talk about the other side, in most of the cases the Police dont take any action if a local thug has the support of some big politician or bribes the police.

Lynching is the only solution people are left with.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akku_Yadav

[srean]

To a certain extent you are right. If the only way to get at some semblance of justice is by street violence, that is what you will get. This is essentially the failure of governance, a government that is selectively absent because it suits them that way.

That said, the Indian populace needs to grow up and not behave like insolent children throwing a tantrum. It should not be the job of the media companies to control what they read or don't. The more one acts towards them like protective parents shielding there eyes and ears, the more they will continue to act like tantrum throwing children -- they have nothing to lose that way, only to gain.

Catch a few, and make them public examples by throwing the book at them, they will fall in line -- but no the government will not do that because they have vested interests.

[sumedh]

> the Indian populace needs to grow up and not behave like insolent children throwing a tantrum.

Well that is the second order bit, the first order bit is that Indian populace needs have faith in its Police and Govt but as you said that is not going to happen.

[srean]

Agreed. Don't want to agree, but reality is not giving me many options. The way to fix this is to make quick public examples of the bad actors.

Truth be told, in the Akku Yadav case, I don't know how I would have reacted if I was there.

[sumedh]

> The way to fix this is to make quick public examples of the bad actors.

Totally agree, I really thought Modi might do something but I was wrong.