Plastic Makes Perfect

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An indefatigable pursuit of beauty is transforming India into a booming hub for cosmetic procedures
Plastic Makes Perfect
(Illustration: Saurabh Singh) 

 IT CAN TAKE NEARLY SIX HOURS TO COVER THE OVER 300KM distance that stretches between Itanagar and Guwahati on a bus. It is a journey that many in Arunachal Pradesh take every time a major illness befalls someone in the family. Guwahati, with its many private and government hospitals, is often their first port of call. Early September, Lishi Tania, a police constable in Arunachal Pradesh, boarded one such overnight bus. A nervous energy followed the 28-year-old as he made his way onto the bus, and remained with him throughout the journey, even when he stepped into the clinic in Guwahati the following day.