Driving from Delhi to Gurgaon yesterday I was surprised to see that all the buidings on both sides of the road were empty and partially demolished. Previously these same buildings had housed upmarket shops selling everything from clothes to jaccuzzis and fancy restaurants. Apparently all these buildings were unauthorised ( Indian political euphemism for illegal ) and were demolished by order of the courts. My question is why were these buidings allowed to be built in the first place? Which politicians and civil servants took bribe to allow them to be built? Have they been punished? Stupid questions. Today we read in the papers that well known politicians owe at least Rupees 50 million in back rent and the Supreme Court has had to intervene. Non Resident Indians or NRIs, as the Indian diaspora is known in official lingo, are an unhappy lot. They have written to the President saying that the awards dished out at the recent held Pravasi Divas were rigged and went to friends of the Minister involved. There are many other tales of political and beureaucratic crimes but the space here is too short too make a list of all. So what is being done to address this problem. One Minister has banned the tv channel AXN for showing sexy ads. I have not seen them but can imagine that they must have had scantily dressed women. The human body was designed by 3 billion years of evolution or by God according to your taste. It is a thing of mind boggling complexity and efficiency. It is also beautiful. An Indian politician concerned about morals. I would laugh if it was not so tragic.