India, March 21 -- The brutal assault on Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath, a serving Indian Army officer, and his 22-year-old son, Angad, in Patiala on March 13 is disgraceful to say the least. Over the years, training, discipline, conscientiousness and righteousness on the part of law and order enforcers, the police, has degenerated to an abysmal low. Their lack of a holistic and knowledgeable approach often lands them in a blaze, forcing them to resort to firefighting at which they are gaining an almost 10 upon 10.

The fault lines run deep. Just a little background to the police way of functioning will be in place. In more cases than one, it is the directive style of command and an even more directive style of control. It means that quite...