Will 2013 be any better?

Every Indian will remember the end of 2012 when police used water canons, tear gas and sticks to beat up people protesting against the horrific gang rape of a young woman in a Delhi bus while politicians hunkered down and waited for the anger to abate and life to go on as before. The rage of the public made it easy for the politicians. They will increase punishment for rape, a few of the accused will be sentenced to death while compensation will be declared from taxpayer money. Not one politician asked for police reforms, freedom of the police from political control and community policing throughout the year. That is because every party has control of some state and does not want an independent police to start catching the real criminals - the politicians. While all this was happening in Delhi a woman was raped and murdered in Kolkata, a 4 year old girl was raped by her father's friend in Gujarat and a 14 year old was raped by her brother in law. On 26 December a mob of 800 workers at Kunapathar Tea Estate in Tinsukhia, Assam attacked the 70 year old owner, Mridul Kumar Battacharya and his wife, Rita for getting the police to arrest 2 workers for trespassing on their property. Both were bludgeoned to death and their bodies were burnt. Some of the attackers then proceeded to eat their flesh. Yesterday a young woman was stabbed to death in Delhi by a 20 year old man, Devender because she had refused his proposal for marriage. On 16 February 2 fishermen were shot to death off the coast of Kerala by 2 marines on the Italian ship, Enrica Lexie. The Italians have been claiming that they had a right to kill Indians and they were right. The High Court allowed the marines to go home to celebrate Christmas with their families on a bank guarantee of just Rs 60 million. If they do not return the money will go to the government and the families of the dead fishermen will be left crying over their photos over Christmas. The BSF says that at least 250 terrorists are waiting to cross over into India to kill and bomb while Pakistani cricketers are enjoying 5 star luxury inside India while earning tens of millions from ticket sales. We are having to buy 70 million tonnes of coal from abroad at high prices despite having 290 billion tonnes of reserve. This is because mining licenses were given to friends and families of politicians who had no experience of mining and were probably waiting to sell their licenses for higher prices. As happened to telephone licenses. Ponty Chadha died in a shootout and was estimated to have Rs 500 billion in assets. He had exclusive licenses to sell alcohol and to provide midday meals to school children in UP and part license to sell alcohol in Punjab. Meanwhile 2 girls were arrested in Maharashtra for asking why shops should be closed if Bal Thackeray had died. A nation of snarling beasts. So, will 2013 be any better?