"Didn't you get the memo?!"

For the past few weeks, the American have been all riled up about the torture memos that their government made public. A hell lot of debate is going on about whether it was right to torture those suspected terrorists. 

Will such a debate ever arise in India? In India, I think, it's like a given. You will be tortured if arrested for some suspected crime or may be even for nothing. No one makes a big deal about it.It's like a fact of life. We still have a huge baggage from the British colony days. We still fear the police. 

Now that terrorism is on a high and more and more people are under the scanner, including innocent people, will this be an issue in the next election at least?

Like the American President says boldly "America does not torture", will our PM be able to say "India does not torture" in future?

I know it will take lot of time to unload the historical baggage but, an earnest effort should start now.