What will it take to get men to participate equally in fulfilling domestic responsibilities? When Subarna Ghosh’s husband shared her petition with his friends and colleagues, one of them asked, “You have been troubling your wife so much she had to ask the prime minister for help?" Ghosh’s Change.org petition, published earlier this month, is titled “PM Modi: Tell Indian Men to Do an Equal Share of Household Chores in Your Next Speech". “If Mr Modi can inspire us to light lamps and clap in solidarity, he can inspire us to correct an unfair norm that discriminates against women in every home," it says.
Most of us require no further explanation. When her husband shared it, one gent asked, “What does your wife expect the PM to do about