The case of Ranee Narah: A new book asks why there has been a paucity of Muslim women in Parliament

The case of Ranee Narah: A new book asks why there has been a paucity of Muslim women in Parliament

Three days before Ranee Narah turned 47, on October 47, 2012, her then party colleague Himanta Biswa Sarma had tweeted, “Congratulations to Shrimati Rani Narah for her induction into the Union Council of Ministers.”At 11.56 am that day, Ranee had taken oath as a junior minister in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government. Sarma’s congratulatory tweet was sent exactly 36 minutes after the ceremony. To date, Ranee ha…