World's largest democracy

that would be India... but this piece from the NY Times suggest otherwise, at least on some fronts...

lack of self-critics and extrajudicial killings are still common, and the idea that a wife is killed every 77 seconds by her hisband for failing to bring home sufficient dowry (dote?) is altogether repulsing to me.

still, it happens.

I hope things will get better, there and in china. If these two countries are going to rule the world, one day, we all better hope so...