Indians are the worst informed citizens in the world. Every few years we are asked to vote for some politician who is most likely to be a criminal or a relative of another politician. Once elected they take off for the state capital or for Delhi where they reside in palatial government accommodation at taxpayer expense and roam around in white Ambassador cars with red beacons and sirens and are guarded round the clock by heavily armed police. High ranking civil servants, usually of Indian Administrative Service, also live in protected houses provided by taxpayers and work anonymously behind high security. Ordinary citizens, therefore, have no information on how decisions are taken and no say in how laws are formulated and taxes levied. No information means complete lack of power so we suffer extortionate taxes and bad punitive laws in silence. No one can understand what is happening at Maruti's Manesar plant where workers have been on strike for over a month. Maruti was the brainchild of Sanjay Gandhi who was given land and a lot of money by his mother, Indira Gandhi to set up a completely indigenous car plant but when he died there was nothing. Suzuki was selected to set up a plant and was given a lot of official help. From the dribble of news we understand that Suzuki treats its workers very badly. They are paid poorly, are expected to work long hours and have time allotted for everything from tea break to toilet break. The slightest deviation is fined. They also want workers to sign a good practice oath which bans all strikes. This is against Indian laws so why is the Congress siding with Suzuki? Mystery!