A whole lot of things have been said and heard about 57-year-old Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhoble over the past couple of weeks. We have done our fair share of bringing him a certain amount of attention, of course, but it’s interesting to see how all kinds of people have decided to send him and others like him a strong message.

Yesterday, Milind Deora, minister and Member of Parliament, spoke of how police enthusiasm should be calibrated to ensure only miscreants are targeted, rather than law abiding citizens. A member of the Mumbai Youth Congress asked about why overcrowding in pubs was suddenly a larger issue than overcrowding in trains. BJP youth leader Poonam Mahajan described Maharashtra as a progressive state where the youth understand their limits.