[Assam] Guwahati - not the city I knew

[Ram Dhar]

 Nitin Gokhale, a well known jornalists writes  in NDTV blog page -  http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/blog-on-guwahati-case-not-the-city-i-knew-243366?pfrom=home-topstories  from the blog - a. The absence of fear of law among lumpen elements is particularly noticeable in the past decade.b. Wanton display of wealth led to emulation of all the negative traits of a big, bad metro.c.Funded by dubious business houses and politicians,media houses are forever looking to grab eyeballs and readers by any means.d.Police, at least a section of them have preferred to turn a blind eye to increasing incidents of petty crimes since they had got into the habit of looking the other way when underground outfits ruled the roost in the Nineties and first half a decade of this century. Worse, a section of police have got into a cosy relationship with militants-turned-big mafia under the patronage of some politicians further giving a fillip to the culture of impunity that has percolated down to the lowest strata of society.