Bursts of intolerance in India

Suddenly it feels I am living in a different country than India. Almost everyday I get to read some or the other incident that shows the growing intolerance. Be it the MNS staged 'Chase Outsiders' or Sri Ram Sena's 'Pub Brawl' or moral policing lessons doled out by politicians/cops.

Somewhere I feel, this is motivated by political vendetta. Such incidents capture the imagination of a wider audience and gets all the publicity. I strongly feel all the political parties should condemn any such of infringement of personal liberty.

India has bigger issues to handle, why these retrograde steps?