It is not unusual for India and Pakistan to spar with each other at the United Nations. But what is becoming a new trend is New Delhi unleashing its young women diplomats to take on Islamabad. Though diplomacy has long been a male bastion, New Delhi is increasingly deploying women officials to articulate the country’s stand on different issues. And Chakrabarti kept up the pressure on Pakistan, exercising her country’s right of reply to Pakistan’s envoys charges. Minorities in India have been prime ministers, presidents, vice-presidents, senior cabinet ministers, senior civil servants, cricket team captains, Bollywood superstars.

Source: Hindustan Times March 16, 2017 07:20 UTC