Hundreds of Lakshadweep's natives -- families and leaders -- are observing a Black Flag protest today as their new Administrator Praful Khoda Patel arrived in the island group. This is the first time he has gone there since his sweeping reforms, some of them proposed, sparked outrage in the Union Territory and in neighbouring Kerala some weeks ago. Amid a lockdown, locals raised black flags at home, while many wore black masks or badges.