At first look, the tragedy at R G Kar Hospital and the revelations from a report on sexual harassment in the Malayalam film industry may have a tenuous link with the latest Fortune India list of India’s 500 largest companies. But there is a connection. The first two highlight the lack of basic safety for women in the Indian workplace. The second probably explains why it’s likely to stay that way for some time to come.
The clue lies in the gender of the chief executive officers/managing directors of India’s largest companies by turnover. There is no
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