India, May 10 -- There is a state relatively small in size but teeming with people. It was once the pride of the country but has now become a cautionary tale. In what follows will be depicted what many in the state have had to experience over more than a decade.

Those with influence, such as eminent journalists, or with money to spare, such as many businesspersons. are left alone. This leaves those who are judged to be vulnerable, to have neither money nor influence. In the cities, in case an apartment is fancied by a political influential for himself or herself, an offer to buy is made, at a low price. Should the owner decline, he may find his children accosted by unfamiliar men with an air of menace, who tell them their father is being...