Seldom has the State’s concern to protect one half of its citizens been so high So many laws, still no solution. Perhaps because there’s a contradiction here. The contradiction in wanting to protect women but within the decorous folds of patriarchy (Hindustan Times) Seldom has the State’s concern to protect one half of its citizens been so high. In Andhra Pradesh, a Disha law. In Maharashtra, a Shakti Bill. And “love jihad” ordinances in three states. All in the name of protecting women. We should be so reassured. But even as Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was launching a…