What happens if the country descends into anarchy?
There are not even remote chances of such a scenario for India, which is a very huge and diverse nation-state.
NewsBharati 24-Oct-2026 12:28:31 PM
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The new buzzwords
Today, the words ‘anarchy’ and ‘regime change’ are the flavour of the season. Some people, social media and even mainstream media have latched onto this so-called ‘phenomenon’. Most people do not even understand what it means- protesters and audience both!
If terrorism has no religion, then anarchy has no direction. It is a mob. It is replacing democracy with mobocracy now, even Streetocracy/Roadocracy, ruling from the streets.
In a startling statement, Prashant Bhushan, an advocate and supporter of this anarchy, said, ‘We are all out for regime change’! Another one – Ms Bora says, ‘I am inspired by what happened in Bangladesh’- a regime change in recent times where there was bloodshed and a government was toppled by anarchy.
Another perpetual protestor- maybe professional- Yogendra Yadav said: “Future of democracy in India will be settled on the streets and not in parliament or through elections.”
If you ask any of them what your end goal is and where you will take the nation and what life will be after ‘your so-called regime change ’-they will have no answer.
‘The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.’
Edgar Allan Poe
Some love the performance and theatrics
It appears that most people in India or Bharat have enough time on hand. You take a random look around a bus stop, airport lounge, railway station, a mall, a tea stall on the road or any place of your choice, you will find eight out of ten glued to their mobile phones, either talking or looking into the small screen. Age no bar phone baar-baar! This has become an epidemic- a mental sickness. This is a tool which is being fully exploited for mobocracy.
There are a few guys and girls who have suddenly found their freedom in danger and are stupidly linking it to ‘human rights, democracy, dictatorship and vote chori’ for God knows what reason- at least most of us feel. This particular protest was created on social media.
I feel India has fewer humans than human rights- enough is enough
This is a tragic critique of the American Dream, materialism, and the moral vacuum of the Jazz Age, written as a novel written way back in 1925, a hundred years ago.
We in India are facing the music of a similar kind today. The group called the Cockroach Janta Party or CJP is an insignificant bunch of boys, men, and women; many call them anti-national lumpens, who started a protest against the paper leak of NEET exam. They created chaos in the capital city, Delhi and used the filthiest language against the elected government and did not even spare the Prime Minister of the country. They took shelter of the mob and dared to beat up police personal in uniform at Jantar Mantar- many were injured grievously. Again, pleading that it was a students' protest, they almost got relief from the courts.
They keep changing the goalposts at the drop of a hat- to keep the pot on the boil perpetually. All of a sudden, they started doubting the integrity of the Election Commission and want the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), accusing him of vote chori.
Though the protests are engineered and limited to cities, especially large ones, it has caught the imagination of the public- whatever worth it is. Yet there is no support from the majority, and only those who are frustrated- political parties and free loaders- are making all the noise. Desperate opposition and parachuting people from abroad with their pants full of dollars, with leftist support of some hovering students, is a dangerous combination to deal with.
Stupidity personified?
Albert Einstein
Why does the government not act against these goons?
This is an often-asked question by people- mostly well-read and erudite citizens living in cities. Action and a heavy hand by the government are exactly what these guys and their ‘handlers’ abroad want. With so much abuse hurled by half-naked girls at the PM and home minister and even the judiciary, if the world wants to call it dictatorship, then what will you call Tiananmen Square / 1989 Protests (Beijing, China), where estimates say that 300 to over 10,000 were dead? I was told by a well-educated friend a few days back, ‘In salon ko goli se udaa do .Jab hazaar log marenge, taab samajh main ayegi’. It is easier said than done; remember most of us know what we see in the media, which is a fraction of the information the government has. They also have to keep the geopolitics in mind, and let me say loud and clear, if the government used a hammer, the same guys will cry hoarse, ‘I think the government is arrogant. Power has gone to their head!’
The New York Times and Washington Post must be ready with their pens and notebooks to report even a single lathi charge, let alone shooting a protester. This is the easiest thing for the government to do, but showing resilience despite so much provocation must be appreciated.
Anarchy and your plight as a citizen
There are not even remote chances of such a scenario for India, which is a very huge and diverse nation-state. Once the present drama gets over, it will raise its head in some other form for sure. This can be expected as repeated attempts to drag the nation down till the 2029 general elections!
I am writing this article just to paint a broad picture to inform the readers that if we are not careful and someone hijacks our freedom, what will happen to you? Remember, the government cannot do it alone; it takes a participatory effort. If you don’t take action against the miscreants, at least don't support them; instead, stand firmly behind the duly elected government, which has delivered results for the last twelve years, and that is what pains the miscreants.
When a country experiences anarchy alongside an attempted regime change, it typically enters a period of extreme instability, systemic breakdown, and unpredictable power dynamics.
The half Front (Internal Security Challenges) is the problem of the nation from within, which involves proxy elements supported by outside agencies to destabilise the nation from within through internal subversion and disinformation.
Right now, this is at play, and there will be repeated attempts in the future.
The sudden collapse or paralysis of central government structures creates a political vacuum. Armed militias, regional warlords, insurgent groups, or organised crime syndicates quickly step in to control territory, resources, and trade routes. There is a bloodbath on the streets, and the guys who lit the fire will be the first ones to escape- they have plans ready as an escape route. Cockroaches of all types fly out quickly. There are roughly 4,500 to 4,600 known species of cockroaches in the world, belonging to the insect order Blattodea.
FAUDA- aka Chaos
Competing factions (remnant loyalists, military juntas, armed rebel coalitions, or foreign-backed interim bodies) declare themselves the legitimate authority. Without recognised legal mechanisms, power is determined strictly by force. Basic public administration vanishes. Courts close, legal systems stop functioning, kangaroo courts come up, tax collection ceases, and official public registries or property records are often lost or destroyed. Attempted regime changes amid anarchy frequently descend into full-scale civil war, as competing groups battle for total dominance rather than negotiating power-sharing. Properties are set ablaze, including your cars. A citizen has no say, no way, and nowhere to go. Your cash, bank balance, gold, ornaments, furniture, white goods and property have no value whatsoever. You are a pauper all of a sudden.
Critical utilities such as clean water, electricity, fuel distribution, and telecommunications fail due to destruction, neglect, or lack of maintenance personnel. Severe Humanitarian Crises is bound to occur, with health systems collapsing, leading to unchecked disease outbreaks. Supply chains break down, producing severe food shortages, acute malnutrition, or widespread famine.
Confidence in the nation’s currency plummets, causing extreme inflation or complete monetary collapse, leading citizens to rely on barter, foreign currencies, or black-market trade. You can only see chaos and death around you. Without police forces or military, violent crime, looting, kidnapping, extortion, and localised revenge killings surge unchecked. Domestic businesses close, factories shut down, and educated professionals (doctors, engineers, administrators) flee the country. Only lumpen elements have to stay back, as no one will accept them.
Foreign powers who had a hand in this seek their pound of flesh. People run away to other countries across the border and take refuge at the mercy of other Governments, if they accept you. Would you like to be in such a situation ever? Answer this question honestly, and you will get the answer.
The end
‘Civilisation begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.’
Will Durant
The saving grace
Virender Kapoor
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