The wailing of families outside the Air India crash site has not ceased, even after a year. Now, they demand a UK-backed DNA review, a move that speaks volumes about the crumbling faith in domestic institutions. We live in an age where the machinery of the state, once a monolith of competence, is now viewed with suspicion.
The British connection here is no accident: it is a admission that our own systems have failed. This is not merely a logistical hiccup; it is a symptom of a broader intellectual and moral decay. Compare this to the Victorian era, when the Empire's bureaucratic precision was a matter of pride.
Today, we outsource our grief to foreign coroners. The families are right to be angry. But their anger should be directed at the rot that has set in, not just at a single botched identification process.
The question is: will this trigger a reckoning, or will it be another footnote in the long, slow decline of institutional trust?
