True signs of Kali Yuga

After both our daughters were married in 2010, my wife, Geetha and I travelled to many parts of India. We went to various places for sightseeing, meeting Holy men and women, visiting some of our relatives, observing silence, doing research on our charitable work and generally having a good time.
I am sixty two years old and left India to migrate to the USA in 1977. I am an NRI, whatever that means. In some quarters within India I am not qualified to talk about India. In some circles, I am considered objective. In the USA, I am looked upon as an immigrant, with all the baggage that goes with that term. Some good, and some not so good!
Our travels were between June 26th, 2011 and August 31st , 2011. This is one of my observations.

True signs of Kali Yuga/ Demand for a separate Telangana

Our Puranas say that we now live in the age of Kali. Right conduct, a sense of morality, doing what is good for the society and the country will not factor into the decisions of the citizens at large.
To maintain my physical and mental health, I generally do not read newspapers. In fact, my mother was very surprised that I do not want the Hindu newspaper or The Indian Express delivered to our home as I do not intend to read them.
However, I noticed that on some days traveling around Hyderabad was not easy. The Telangana agitation was back. Crowds were everywhere. Slogan chanting, flag waving, compulsory shut down of businesses, public transportation at a standstill. Utter chaos. I lost one year of my life as I could not attend college in Secunderabad back in 1969. After almost forty two years, it is the same demand. The separatists, do not appear to take into account the plight of students, workers who need to feed their families, the businesses who lose revenue everyday or how the world looks at an unstable Andhra Pradesh. To make matters worse, The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) decides to investigate the “disproportionate “ assets accumulated by Jaganmohan Reddy, son of the late Chief Minister, YSR Reddy. The net worth of the Reddy family is said to be around USD five billion. However shrewd a businessman the son claims to be, given the worldwide economic downturn, I am sure that this fortune did not suddenly materialize after the death of his father a few years ago.
Twenty nine MLA’s threatened to resign en masse. The result of such a resignation would be the fall of the State Government. The reason for the threatened resignation was simple: any investigation by the CBI of the “disproportionate” wealth of the Reddy family was clearly an attempt to “tarnish” the image and the “good name” of the late Chief Minister.
Now, you go figure this out. I can’t.