India, Oct. 12 -- Sanae Takaichi, the new Prime Minister of Japan, has shown that courage of conviction and a determined course of action overcome great odds. Women are a blessing everywhere, yet centuries and even millennia of patriarchy have sought to box them into the Nazi formula of confining women to the tending of children, attending religious ceremonies and focusing on cooking food. All three functions are important, and should be free of gender bias. Fathers need to pay attention to the nurturing of children, not just the mothers, while some of the best chefs in the world are men.

In a country and a party dominated by men since inception, the new Prime Minister never hesitated to fight and beat the odds, finally succeeding in sec...