Is nothing sacred anymore?

hi all, just found this on Enaction and the Profession, by somebody who
signes as "young Architect/ designer", dangerously straightforward
question: how would one respond? Gita? people?

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Is nothing sacred anymore?

As one who has an active interest in the public realm and wishes that we
the future do have at least the remnants of secular space in this city, I
must be disillusioned.
Over the past year the development politics over the growth of this great
city appears to be the main reasons for doing so, in particular there are
three that I wish to deliberate on.
· The first is when the sensational petrol bunk scam was unearthed; there
was in fine print in few papers a story about the doling out of
institutional land to the saffron brigade and their political allies. But
this story was not highlighted. I ask you, how many of you actually care
if you purchase your petrol from a B.J.P. gas pump or not. Instead if all
the institutional land in the city which is the capital is owned by
communal organizations, isn't that more dangerous?
· The second project, which I intend to talk about, is the Temple, which
is Advani's Pet baby in the Yamuna's flood plain. If planned development
is essential for a healthy environment then I guess that is the dream that
the Master plan intends to bring about. But it is violated in such a way
that a natural habitat of the river is desecrated to achieve a place of
worship. To add to this, there is now a rapidly proliferating slum colony.
· The last conspiracy theory that was unveiled when the Prime Minster
inaugurated the " garden of the souls" - the Aastha Kunj. This particular
piece of land measuring about 200 acres is under the master plan a
district park. Do you not think it is unconstitutional that now it now
belongs to a particular religion?
On the same project i would also like to comment on the unprofessional
practice of an institution like S.P.A. where the Head of the Landscape
Department won the above design competition and how convenient it was that
the Jurors were the Director of the same institution along with the Head
of the Regional Planning department

I would like to ask what does a young professional like me do so as to
stop this kind of un-professionalism from spreading further.