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#WomenLead (Issue 23): Your weekly round-up on women in politics

Hello and welcome to Issue 23 of #WomenLead!

It's the festive season in India, though it barely feels so amid the pandemic. But the weather in Delhi has taken a very pleasant turn (the air quality, just the reverse), and it's time to be contemplative, and snuggle with books and lots of tea and coffee.

I've been pretty absorbed reading Mary Beard’s Women &…