Amid riotous scenes, India’s upper house passed a controversial legislation to reserve a third of seats in federal and state legislatures for women. The constitutional amendment — one that changes the scope of India’s Constitution — is likely to scrape through the powerful lower house, too. Despite overreaching itself, the government of the day will probably survive. Read More....

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