Why Lathika Subhash shaved her head to draw attention to stark gender skew in India’s politics, and other stories

#WomenLead (Issue 42): Your weekly round-up on women in politics

Hello, and welcome to Issue 42!

Here in India, we spent a lot of time last week wondering why the new Chief Minister of a state with several other burning issues is bothered about women wearing ripped jeans. Yes, you read that right. Tirath Singh Rawat, who heads the hill state of Uttarakhand, wondered recently at a public event what kind of message are …