Mind the gap between superior lifestyle & public service in Indian politics

The profession of politics in India is regarded as a means to accessing a superior lifestyle rather than a mode of public service

You know something is rotten in the state of India when Reuters puts out a report stating that the government of India has bought 140 air purifiers for the Prime Minister’s Office and at least six other government agencies. Why should this be news? Perhaps because it is an unwitting reflection of the growing distance between Indian officialdom — politicians certainly, but bureaucrats too — and the hardscrabble realities of living in India.
 
These machines, designed to improve indoor air quality in a National Capital Region (NCR) that chokes on all manner of air pollutants, is unavailable to the