An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale strikes New Zealand's second biggest city, Christchurch, with a population of 2 million, at 4 AM when everyone is in bed and no one dies. Just two people are injured. An earthquake of similar magnitude at a similar time in India would result in the deaths of hundreds of thousands. One obvious reason is the uncontrolled population growth with more and more people crammed into limited space but the real reason is that virtually all builders are criminals ignoring all safety precautions and using substandard materials to maximise profits. They are able to get away with mass murder because of criminal politicians and thieving civil servants. After every calamity politicians make lofty promises of tightening the rules but do nothing. Whatever rules that exist are blithely ignored because civil servants in charge of enforcing the rules take bribes and look the other way. All municipality workers and officials are thieves constantly on the look out for opportunities. They are convinced that taking bribes is an entitlement and the massive rise in property prices just increase their expectations. Indian politicians are all criminals and they are never punished. Madhu Koda and Sadhu Yadav are allowed out to attend parliament. Contrast this with the suspension of the three Pakistani players for spot fixing by the ICC. Who is the president of the ICC? An Indian poitician, who else. No wonder the Paki High Commissioner keeps insisting that the players are honest. After all a no ball is only one run. Collapsing buildings are a different thing altogether.