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Dera Violence – is it a ominous sign from the Idea of India August 25 th will be marked in Indian contemporary history as the day Indian State twiddled its Thumbs while few cities burned and an area equivalent of western Europe was brought to a standstill by a few lumpen elements. To the many educated Indians and their counterparts in western democracies used to seeing rule of law being sacrosant in day to day life the visuals presented by 24/7 Media were nothing short of stunning, repulsive,and sheer callousness of state machinery. Needless to say the trumpeter of so called urban India  the media, specially electronic,  went overboard in expressing their anguish, anger, and all emotions. That the TRP’s went up for all was just an added benefit. What I found very strange amongst all the coverage across Hindi and English channels was that almost all were unanimous in expressing outrage at state government, anger at dera head  and sheer frustration at large m...