You've heard that expression, "to show the flag," which is mostly used now in a business context to mean a symbolic visit or tour by managers to show workers in far-flung offices that the managers at headquarters really do care about them, and even remember they exist.
Apparantly in India they take the expression quite literally. After riots last week enveloped parts of bangalore after the death of a revered film actor, police officials staged a "flag march" today in which they literally paraded -- one assumes with flags flying -- around parts of the city to "instill confidence" that they were still in business.
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