India, Oct. 11 -- Two killings in three days in Mysuru. A murder in broad daylight. Another alleged rape and murder of a minor. Both in the heart of the city. Once serene, Mysuru is trembling while criminals are fearlessly roaming.

Mysuru has witnessed a disturbing surge in lawlessness in recent years - from the murder of Vasumathi to R.N. Kulkarni; from the gang-rape at the foot of Chamundi Hill to Thursday's horrific rape and murder of a minor.

In all these cases, many perpetrators remain at large, and in the cases where arrests have been made, the cases have been going on and on and on. with no convictions yet.

Our once-safe streets now quake under the audacity of lawless thugs. Why this decay?

Because. when justice hesitates, auda...