A dupatta for protection.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi today highlighted the achievements of Ayushman Bharat as the initiative marks eight years," and "noted that today more than 600 million beneficiaries have access to Rs 500,000 annual health cover, making it the largest healthcare scheme in the world." pib.gov.in. He forgot to mention that the rates for various procedures fixed by the government (hopehospital.com) may pay for the consumables, buy not for doctors' fees and other hospital expenses, such as investigations, utilities and food. It is, therefore, a surreptitious tax on private hospitals and doctors. However, subsidized healthcare is necessary because of an explosion of violent crimes in the country. "For two hours, a Delhi-based creator," "wore a dress, got his makeup done, covered his head and face with a dupatta (a piece of light cloth women use to cover their upper body) and set out on the city streets at night - while recording the experience along the way." "By the end of the two-hour experiment, the creator says the repeated attention had left him shaken." ET. "It is not safe for girls to go out alone at night," he said. Or during the day as well. "Police in India have detained a man after footage appearing to show a car striking a female motorcyclist in the city of Gurugram near India's capital Delhi sparked national outrage." BBC. The accused, Kalyan Singh Bainsla, was arrested from Rajasthan. At the police station he said "he wanted to urinate before attempting to flee. He allegedly ran away but fell and sustained injuries before police caught him again." TOI. After the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in a public park in Kalkaji's Astha Kunj area, "as students of gathered outside Lady Shri Ram College for Women in South Delhi to March for their own safety, many of them had wrapped dupattas and scarves across their faces or pulled on masks." They were afraid authorities might punish them. TN. Indians have to protect themselves from authorities in case the criminal is a relative or friend of a politician or a high official. "The annual summary revision of electoral rolls, an exercise that facilitates the inclusion of 18-year-olds into the electoral rolls, has been delayed past its May-June announcement deadline for the year 2026-27," despite two election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi 'strongly advocating and urging the need' to resume the practice." The Wire. This may be because of the Cockroach Janta Party, comprised of Gen Z, protests at Jantar Mantar in Delhi in June-July which forced the resignation of the Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan (wikipedia). "This came as the Modi government found itself besieged from multiple sides," with the protesters "shattering Modi's magic among youth through memes, parody and mimicry - so effectively that he took to Instagram at midnight in an unsuccessful bid to recover lost ground on social media." The Diplomat. If you cannot con them, disenfranchise them. There are more than 2,800 Registered Unrecognised Political Parties, or RUPPs. "A month-long BBC investigation examined six RUPPs that reported some of the largest donations in 20232-24. Together they received about 17bn rupees, despite fielding just 15 candidates in the 2024 election. None came close to winning." BBC. So, where is the money going? "Congress MP Rahul Gandhi...alleged with '100% certainty' that elections in India, including the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, were being rigged." ET. If that is true, this government is illegitimate. And passports issued by it. "Our passport is absolutely useless. Can't go anywhere good without waiting for days for the Visa or submitting a thousand pages," wrote Indian entrepreneur Jitendra Emmani on X. ET. Not surprising if we are having to hide our faces from our government. And its vicious stooges.