One cant be serious about this!!

Technological wonders of streaming video enable me to follow the domestic news channels regularly. The morning newspaper on the pot routine has been replaced with the laptop on the pot routine but without getting more graphic I think you get the idea that I am well connected with what is happening back home as well as rest of the world -
So the rest of the world is grappling with the worst ever global depression or actually the first real global depression; with the ever worsening situation in the Gulf, Afghanistan and other hot spots; with a new American president ( topic of my other blog ) trying to put the pieces in place to recover from the mess we all find ourselves in; economic leaders getting together in Davos to take stock of where we stand; pilots landing on frozen rivers etc. what I see on domestic new channels is this nonsense of "moral policing" being played again and again.
Yes, lets accept the fact that our country is a country full of contrasts and contradictions like any other country. Yes we have these idiots who want to control where women should go and where women should not go. This is not just one bunch of idiots but we also have more people who want to control what should be portrayed in our cinemas and what not, people who want to control what should be available as content on our media and what not, people who want to control what should be sold in shops and what not and so on....there is no reasoning to this but if one really tries to analyze why we have so many of these lunatics floating around one could come to the conclusion that like any other society which underwent churn India is going through a "coming of age" syndrome. We as a country are progressing and progressing rapidly but chunks of Indians are being left behind or feel left behind in the change which is enveloping India as a whole. It is from these disgruntled and envious sections of the society the executors of this foolish disruptive and repressive agenda emerge.
Don't get me wrong I am in no way making the case of condoning these loonies by pointing out the social churning but I am questioning the wisdom of focusing on the actions of these few, 24/7 on different news channels. Absolutely ridiculous questions like "Who will protect the respect of our women" form the basis of talk shows and discussions where eminent personalities come and either support or disapprove these actions / questions. Does anyone have the time and the patience to listen to this nonsense? Don't by overplaying these aspects we provide with these people cheap publicity ( which was probably their intention in the 1st place )? Don't we run the risk of making these lunatics appear as heroes to some section of our society encouraging more people to resort to hooliganism?
I really would like to see one hour of positive news one day! Yes we are a nation which sends an exploration mission to moon but can't ensure safety of women who go to a pub. The solution doesn't lie in talking and having talk shows about this but by taking concrete actions in the short term by not giving these people publicity, upholding rule of law etc and in the long term trying to make our progress more pervasive.