According to a study sponsored by the World Health Organisation Indians are the most depressed people in the world. At least 9% of Indians suffer an extended period of depression in their lifetimes while 36% suffer a Major Depressive Episode. Comparable figures for China are just 6.5% and 12%. The reason for depression is that most people feel powerless and helpless which leads to stress. We do not feel in control of our lives and have no hope of changing anything for the better. Indians are cheated by the private sector, bullied by thieving civil servants, lied to by criminal politicians, unable to put any faith in the police or justice system and have to struggle and pay bribes for basic services. China is an oligarchy where the Party is supreme and brooks no defiance or criticism. So the Party is relying on high speed growth so that the people are so occupied in collecting more and more material material wealth that they will be contented with what they have. In their ever expanding aspirations for wealth people will willingly sacrifice political freedom. That has worked up till now but the Chinese economy is so huge that its demands are pushing up global prices of commodities and is bound to cause inflation. At some point the insatiable demands of the Chinese economy will make things so expensive that it will be unable to feed itself. For India there seems little hope of any change for the better. The political scum have come out with a Lok Pal bill which is an insult to the people. They want the Lok Pal to be accountable so that they can remain completely unaccountable. The only cure for our depression is to hang all politicians and civil servants. Will that day come?