But I’m too angry and heartbroken to offer any moral ambiguity and equivocation. I find myself in no mood for subtlety or nuance when it comes to describing the women in India. And the data supports my strident lack of balance or sophistication. Let me be clear—there is no meaningful dimension of well-being on which men and women are equal in India. None. Within each class and caste bracket, women fall far behind men. All the data on gender in India, despite progress since Independence, confirms that our country is profoundly unequal and that the gap between male and female achievement and
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