Bureaucracies never die, and India's still uses genuine red tape.

Few people argue that it's OK for a woman, even an abused woman, to shoot a man in cold blood when she's not in danger at the time. There are shelters for battered women, and the staff know not to tell who's there. So why can't women just leave?

"It is the duty of every officer of His Majesty's Navy, to discharge powder and shot in the general direction of the enemy."