The apathy of the privileged has never been more apparent. A clip of a woman from Gurgaon pleading with the authorities to provide housekeeping staff security after communal violence erupted in parts of Haryana has gone viral on social media. The sector 70 RWA president Kiran Kapoor’s heartfelt appeal was not out of concern for their safety, but for the growing piles of garbage in the posh apartment complex she lives in. The privileged class is capable of outrage, but only when atrocities and violence come knocking on their doors. And only when the smooth functioning of every-day life stutters...