Gautam Sen writes on the arrest of his elder brother Dr. Binayak Sen, medical practitioner and president of the Chattisgarh unit of the PUCL.

My brother is fortunate that his social background and education ensure that he is linked to some pretty influential people, as the reactions to his arrest demonstrate. Most of the people he works for are not. If someone as well known as my brother is subject to arbitrary arrest, this is an index of the growing impunity among agencies of the state. Can you imagine what’s happening to others LESS well-connected? Unfortunately, most of people with some voice in our country are still relatively unaffected by these events, and some even stand to gain from them. No wonder the mainstream media is largely silent about such abuses, or will only report them as a minor counterpoint to the main celebration of India Shining.