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Q: If you don't believe in Jesus Christ, do you still celebrate Christmas?A: No, I have a few days off.It also involves traditional gift-giving, traditional pickled herring, traditional ham, traditional television programming, traditional julmust, traditional dad standing in for Santa, and traditional children getting upset for not getting what they wished for.Q: If so, why?Note how little of the above has anything to do with Jesus.You could argue that the gift-giving stems from the Eastern saint Nicholaus of Myra, but up here in Scandinavia, giving gifts were traditionally handed our by the Yule goat, which stems back to pagan Midwinter traditions. You can see a little bit of that in the Austrian Krampusnacht tradition. It took until the early 20th century before the tradition of the yule goat, the house gnome and the modern St Nicholaus-derived Coca-Cola Santa Claus merged into something that is somewhat similar to the “international” Santa.There will probably not be as much of it this year because COVID-19.But the point is that there is very little Jesus in the modern Christmas tradition. It has evolved beyond Christianity into a secular, mundane, commercial midwinter festival.

Really? Even this is Modi’s fault?The world’s largest government run health insurance scheme is set to go live in less than a month, and there is virtually no coverage for it.On Google News India’s front page, the top stories (in order are):Rahul Gandhi targets PM Narendra Modi, government on Rafale deal, demonetization (ToI)Flashback: Vibrant scenes from Pune’s Elgaar Parishad, which led to the Bhima Koregaon case arrests (Scroll)Alagiri's Climbdown: "Will Accept Stalin As Leader If DMK Takes Me Back" (NDTV)Activists’ arrest: BJP will try to derail everything with some surprise attack, says Arundhati Roy (Financial Express)CMs, Chiranjeevi, Pawan Kalyan, Anushka, Rajamouli pay last respects to Harikrishna (Deccan Chronicle)CAG report shows Kerala disaster could've been prevented: Poorly-managed dams, ineffective forecast system part of mismanagement (Firstpost)In UP’s Bareilly, 20-year-old allegedly lynched over suspicion of cattle theft (Indian Express)SC/ST members from one state can't claim quota benefit in another: Supreme Court (Indian Express)https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/arun-jaitley-hits-out-at-note-ban-critics-says-demonetisation-fulfilled-objective/articleshow/65609117.cms (ToI)My Name is Arundhati Roy and #MeTooUrbanNaxal (The Wire)See?All are on topics of either the Urban Naxal drama, stupid shit stupid politicians like Rahul Gandhi, MK Alagiri said, lynching, how SC and ST folks are being troubled. All of them aim to subtly portray the current government in a negative light.This is the coverage for Ayushman Bharat (and that too if you search for it).6 articles by 5 media houses/publications.On the other hand, Urban Naxal has too many to need a dozen screenshots (check it here: q=urban+naxal). A total of 36 articles by more than 2 dozen outlets.Makes you wonder where Indian media’s priorities lie, eh?Coming to the topic of the question, the entire fucking scheme is called Ayushman Bharat, which translates to “Live long (and healthy), India”.If it was launched 5 years ago, it would have been “Bharat Ratna Shrimati Indira Gandhi National Oppressed Caste Health Rejuvenation Program” or “Rajiv Gandhi The Greatest Indian PM Tandurusti Yojana”. But no, the current government decided to go by a simple, effective name that has no inkling of any castist, or religious affiliations, or subtle celebration of one particular individual.It is set to benefit 10 fucking crore Indians families, or about 40% of the total 25 crore Indian households.The beneficiary list has been derived primarily using the beneficiaries in existing schemes lie NHRM and RMNCH+A, and is based purely on the financial position of the families.Forty per cent, or 4.21 crore of the 10.5 crore families selected as beneficiaries under the flagship National Health Protection Mission, belong to the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe category, according to data accessed by ThePrint.Although this proportion is higher than the overall proportion of SCs and STs in the country’s population, some experts said it may not be such a huge surprise as the healthcare programme targets the underprivileged.According to the 2011 census, SCs comprise 16.6 per cent of the population and STs 8.6 per cent. Under Ayushman Bharat, SCs represent 19 per cent of beneficiaries and STs 22 per cent.(From: SCs, STs set to benefit big time from Modi’s mega healthcare scheme)Which all makes sense. On average the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are financially less well-off than the general category.Now, our own Co(mmo)n Man and his party of voluntarily homeless and bohemian-bourgeois want it to be renamed for Delhi to “Mukhya Mantri Aam Aadmi Swasthya Bima Yojana-Ayushman Bharat” or “Chief Minister Common Man Health Insurance Scheme - Ayushman Bharat” which literally is a way to promote AAP further at no cost.Why should a national scheme be renamed at the whims and fancies of a State government?Also, AAP is demanding that instead of the 20 lakh beneficiaries from Delhi who have been enlisted for the scheme, 50 lakh should be. Considering that Delhi’s population is 2 crore, and an average Indian household has 4–5 people, that would virtually mean that the entirety of NCR will benefit from it. If for the entire country, 40% of the least privileged are getting the benefit of this scheme, why should Delhi be an exception?AAP is a disgrace right now.To itself.To the common man it professes to fight for.To Anna.Just shut up and fade into obscurity already.

Q “Is Boris Johnson in an NHS hospital for his COVID-19 treatment, or a private one? Sources I’ve found to date are vague.”The sources aren’t vague at all. He’s in St. Thomas’, which is very close to the Houses of Parliament. It’s an NHS hospital, and one of the finest teaching hospitals in the country.It’s history dates back to 1215.nb. it is St. Thomas’ and not St. Thomas’s for some peculiar reason lost in history..