This sense of malaise was highlighted on India’s Independence Day (August 15). Confronted by multiple charges of corruption against his government, the prime minister’s address to the nation partly sought to divert attention from the scandals by focusing, bizarrely, on a litany of other problems, from high inflation and the Naxalite rebellion to persistent malnutrition and terrorist attacks.
骚动不安的感觉在印度独立日（8月15日）达到了高峰。面临针对政府的诸多腐败指控，总理辛格的治国方案试图将人们的注意力从丑闻上移开，而其办法十分怪异：专注于一连串的其他问题——高通胀、印度共产党叛乱、难以根治的营养不良问题、恐怖袭击，等等。但压倒一切的关注焦点仍然是腐败。除了腐败，还能是什么呢？毕竟，不管从哪个角度看，现任政府都可能是印度史上最腐败的一个。