Catching a train leaving New Delhi station at 6.50 am this morning nearly turned into a nightmare. Delhi police had blocked off the front of the station to prevent any terrorist attack. That was a correct. Usually the roads in front of the station are jammed with hundreds of vehicles of all description with thousands of passengers milling around. Any bomb, however small, in that congested area would result in unimaginable carnage. All cars, taxis and autos were stopped at least 100 yards away and people told to walk the rest of the way. However, Delhi Police being the callous, anti people force that it is there had been no prior warnings in newspapers. There was no effort at streamlining traffic and keep it flowing in one direction. Cars tried to approach the station from different directions to be turned away at every approach by a policeman. Not surprisingly there was traffic chaos. People stood helpless in driving rain with their luggage getting wet on the pavement. A few porters that were available were charging 3 to 4 times the normal rates. This was celebration of Independence Day in India's capital city where criminals drive around in official cars with red beacons and sirens protected by heavily armed police while the people are treated worse than cattle. Hemmed on every side by hostile countries, inflation out of control, the economy showing signs of collapsing we had to listen to the usual lies about getting rid of corruption, fight against terrorists, controlling inflation, improving infrastructure and all the usual garbage we have heard many times before. An Indian boot on our necks is no different from a British one. We are still prisoners.