Amit Varma writes evocatively.

The larger problem here is of the large number of under-educated and unemployed young men in this country, whose frustrations, which often find outlets like this, need to be addressed. That cannot happen through mere redistribution of wealth, for economics is not a zero-sum game, and redistribution never works. It can only happen if we enable all these people to become part of the free markets that have benefited some sections of the country, but not others. As I’d mentioned here, a complete removal of the license raj and a rehaul of our labour laws are essential if this is to happen. Entrepreneurship will get a big boost, the manufacturing sector will grow as it should have decades ago, and employment will consequently zoom.

Of course, they never listen, do they?

But I suspect the larger issues here will be ignored, and in the coming days we’ll just see politics in parliament, not statesmanship of the kind needed to take India forward.

Statesmanship=duh?