India going down?

I have just seen the images of medicos being brutally lathicharged in Mumbai during the course of a peacful protest march against the insanity of the HRD Minister and probably the whole government. From looks of things, it seems the country is headed for a civil war led by the students. If the Prime Minister, who is regarded for his sensibililty and practical awareness over political ambitions, does not intervene soon, this country is headed for something on the scale of which the world has probably not witnessed in the past few decades.
India, with a population size exceeded only by China, is one of the countries with the majority of its population in the age group pf 20-40. What this means for the government is that, if a nation wide movement does take hold, its good-bye for many of the people in power today. Students form the single largest group in India today. So far, we have seen student unions backed by political parties wrecking havoc for some political "cause" or the other. In those cases, there have been only a handful involved (handful compared to the rest of the population). But today, we have an issue which unites the entire student community in one large fevicol bond!!
This cannot be taken lightly. And it will not be. Tomorrow hunger strikes and nation wide protests are being planned. What will happen to this issue only time will tell. But one thing is for sure, it will not die down lie many of the other controversies that have rocked the nation so far. This time, the lives of crores of students are stake. I can only hope and pray that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will open his eyes and ears for once and listen to someone other than "Madam" .