Editorial: Urban chaos, civic silence

• Bengaluru has its share of problems, which are common to other rapidly growing Indian cities and the four burgeoning metropolitan cities. Given its importance to the Indian economy due to the flourishing technology sector and its entitled, upwardly mobile, aspirational middle and upper middle class, there is a lot of whining and complaining on social media, which in turn gets amplified by the mainstream media. The recent squabble between some industry leaders and Karnataka’s political leadership over the poor infrastructure in India’s own Silicon Valley would have been just another storm in the social media teacup, but it spun out of control. The billionaire entrepreneur and Biocon’s head honcho had ruffled the feathers of political bosses and subsequently had to make overtures to sooth