Why should India, ranked fourth strongest in military strength in the world with 1.3 million active and 2.8 million reserve military personnel look helpless in dealing with internal disturbances like the August 2017 “Panchkula” riots? Why should our police, the largest law enforcement system in the world with 3.1 million active policemen, find it difficult to prevent growing “Cow Vigilante” violence? How will this trend play out when India is expected to surpass China by 2030 as the most populous country with 1.5 billion population? Could government’s ambitious aim of accelerating economic development materialize without peace in the states? Is our internal insecurity inhibiting Chinese tourists from visiting India as reported by New York Times (30 September) even as Indian visitors are preferring China as their No: 1 destination?