NEW DELHI, May 20 -- There's only one purpose a billboard or hoarding serves; to be noticed!

It cannot be hidden! It has to be glaringly visible! Telling the world, 'Here I am, look at me!' And that is exactly what the ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FEET BY ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FEET giant illegal hoarding that crashed during the sudden sandstorm in Mumbai told thousands, 'I know that the legal size for hoardings is only 40 feet by 40 feet! I may be nine times bigger, but nobody can catch me!'

Blatant, in-your-face illegality! The authorities did not take it down, but nature did, killing sixteen people and injuring seventy in the process!

This glaring tragic horror reflects our Bharat of today.

The question being asked, "Why didn't the munic...