India, Sept. 14 -- The article examines two recent killings in Delhi and Kanpur, where men were murdered for objecting to noise and public urination, arguing these are symptoms of a deeper civic and social crisis.

It links rising intolerance, chaotic urbanisation, weak civic sense and gendered norms to a broader failure of behavioural change, urging investment in people, public spaces and humane urban governance.

Two recent incidents should make us deeply uncomfortable - not merely because two men were brutally killed, but because both were attacked for doing something that should be considered entirely normal in a civilised society: asking others to respect basic civic sense.

In one case, Chongtham Vikram Singh, a musician and music t...