Mentality of stealing observed among the common public is a result of scant respect/fear of law, which inturn is a result of very loose and poor implementation of law by the respective govts since independence. It is rightly said "Bhay bin preet nahin"
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* Enforcement of law (among /Indians) by the British rule was strict.
* After independence there was a period of...
more... joy of freedom and not much was done to enforce laws on the people already opressed since their birth.
* Gradually the rulers started breaking laws to filfil their vested interests of Power and Money. But due to weak media, people were mostly ignorant of such deeds.
* As Media became active and free, people grew wiser & wiser, deeds of big shots became known to people, the image of netas changed from freedom fighters to the corrupt & power hungry persons. The acceptance of stealing public property and flouting the rules became more and more acceptable to people. And this report is just one of its manifestations.