Dilip 6

...Why Indians are enraged more with lack of action against HS than people you named?

1. HS is in Pakistan. Inaction is by Pakistan. This is not a legitimate reason for feeling enraged, but then 'us v/s them' kind of communalism operates in many cases like religion, nationality, region, caste, etc. But I guess, you feel this is the only reason Indians feel enraged, whereas I'll point out how there are other (psychological) reasons.

2. Visual medium. When Indians actually see on TV a group of men carrying guns, & know that those men want to kill the viewer ('cuz he's an Indian), naturally survival instincts are heightened. And in face of that if a Pakistani official would say, "sufficient evidence is not available", it leaves an instant feeling of being cheated. Any kind of obvious deception hurts the ego much more than a likely deception. I am quite sure if the same video would've originated in India, outrage would've been the same. And in fact if the Indian government would've said "evidence is insufficient", Indians would've been much more outraged than they are with Pakistan government.

Also visual medium has a much stronger psychological impact. There was a video clip of a police officer slapping a Dalit woman. This had outraged people almost as much as HS video. Moreover, the officer was suspended the very next day. However, reading about someone dying of starvation would not outrage us that much despite the fact that we vaguely know the culprits (hoarders, government & officials) in spite of knowing someone dying of avoidable causes is much more unfortunate than someone getting slapped.

3. Seeing a 'terrorist'. This psychological factor is difficult to explain, but it's like this. Reading "this person is a rioteer", creates a mental image of a person usually going about his work, but one day he killed a few people of a certain religion. Killing people was not his priority in life. This mental image is frightening/revolting, but then mentally lazy people need not create a mental image as well! But when you see for yourself on TV, few men actually holding guns, nothing is left to imagination. You know those people have dedicated their entire life to killing you (because you are an Indian). Killing you is their profession. I believe such image creates much greater fright/revulsion in viewers' mind, & thus do the words - 'terrorist' & 'gangster'...