The woman with short curly hair, draped in a red saree, just uttered a single line—“All of you vote for the Congress”. As Rasheed Kidwai shows in the book 24 Akbar Road, there was utter madness.

Going Curly Is Controversial For Indian Women, But I'm Doing It Anyway “It’s not necessarily normal to see an Indian-American girl with hair like this in our community.” ...