It was election day in Bombay last week for three seats in the British-controlled Legislative Council of Bombay Presidency. Nationalists (Gandhites) are convinced that the only way to obtain a legislature that is "truly representative" is to boycott the present one. Early at the Town Hall polling place appeared 600 Hindu women in bright orange saris, grimly determined to keep their weak-kneed brethren from voting. More than 600 British police, many mounted, were ready for them. Events moved in a routine that has become traditional in such affairs.
Women picketers stood...
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