India, Oct. 27 -- I read today that Iran, the same country where women are beaten, jailed and even killed for not wearing the hijab, witnessed quite a spectacle. The daughter of one of its senior defence and national security officials, a close aide to the Supreme Leader himself, walked down the aisle at her wedding in a strapless, low-cut gown that left little to the imagination. Her mother, too, it seems, wore a gown that proudly bared her back. The world gasped. The same man who signs off on punishments for women who forget to cover a strand of hair had no issue when his wife and daughter walked uncovered before cameras.

Now that is hypocrisy at its most royal level. And yet, before we wag our fingers at Iran, perhaps we should turn a...