UTTAR PRADESH is once again in the headlines and has become a serious subject of debate among politicians, intellectuals, journalists and YouTubers. The discussion, however, is not about development, the runaway rise in prices, the growing number of unemployed people, the rising crime rate, increasing violence against women, or the need to control crimes against Dalits because none of this seems to be happening. On the contrary, something or the other happens here every day that leaves people distressed and alarmed.