Locals opened their homes to strangers when public transport failed in the August rains. While some offered shelter, others took to the streets carrying flasks of tea

It's a lot easier to talk about things that go wrong these days, in a country that encourages anger, actively promotes hatred and celebrates bigotry in a manner that Germany would have undoubtedly approved of in the 1930s. It's normal to sit back and watch in horror as elected leaders drag each other through the mud, naming and shaming each other on national television without a thought for children watching, not caring about the poor examples they set, obsessed only with their desperate need to hold on to power at all costs.