India keeps missing a step in fixing accountability correctly for stampedes. CBI’s questioning of Vijay shows we prefer to blame VIPs, not administration. Problem is of crowd mismanagement, not star power. Hauling Allu Arjun, Virat Kohli, Vijay gets easy headlines. Why bother with the unglamorous work of improving basic governance.
Mismanagement causes India’s stampedes, not VIPs. CBI questioning of Vijay misses the point
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