Hurt Sentiments “Hurting Our Sentiments...” The above phrase currently provides both excuse and justification for certain special interests to indulge in wanton rioting and vandalism. What India needs is tough legislation, backed by even tougher police action and legal penalties to hurt the ability of such groups to hurt public order – and property. Playboy once released a satirical video depicting a caricatured Mahatma Gandhi carousing with scantily-clad women. This televisual trash may have “hurt the sentiments” of the Indian diaspora but they had the good sense to deplore it in a civilized way. The tough attitude of the Chicago Police Department and the American Courts towards overly violent public demonstrations of moral outrage might have also had something to do with such model restraint. A Rajput caste grouping has recently threatened to “burn the nation” if the controversial film Padmavat about a fictional 13th - 14th century legendary que...