India, June 7 -- A victory celebration turned to tragedy. But when the state of our Police and the quality of our political leadership are tragic, we are bound to have tragedies.

It appears the reasons for the Bengaluru stampede were a collective failure of the Bengaluru Police, the politicians and the RCB marketing team.

The Police failed to act on the clearly growing crowd movement towards Chinnaswamy Stadium. The politicians ignored Police advice to postpone the event and the RCB team announced the victory parade without securing Police clearances.

But the real culprit behind this catastrophe is FOMO - the Fear Of Missing Out.

Once a harmless acronym, FOMO has now evolved into a full-blown cultural condition. It is no longer limite...