by NWMI | May 9, 2014 | 2014 Parliamentary Elections
I’m not sure whether or not they can be considered part of media coverage of the elections, especially since The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy specifies that it is “not a journalistic resource,” but thought I’d flag two articles on the Centre’s website...
by NWMI | May 6, 2014 | 2014 Parliamentary Elections
Supriya Nair’s feature, headlined “Empty Promises,” in the May edition of The Caravan highlights the contrast between the apparent assimilation of women’s issues into campaign rhetoric – to a degree rarely seen in previous elections – and the reality on the ground,...
by NWMI | May 6, 2014 | 2014 Parliamentary Elections
A fascinating story about patterns in women contesting elections appeared in The Hindu on 5 May. Headlined “Tickets for women expand female representation,” the report by Rukmini S. included several interesting nuggets of information. The most intriguing of these –...
by NWMI | May 6, 2014 | 2014 Parliamentary Elections
A week before the last day of polling, a bouquet of stories on women and elections appeared in Mint. “Women in Parliament: the other 270+” by Kirthi V. Rao and Ashwaq Masoodi in the 5 May edition highlighted the startling fact that about half of India’s Lok Sabha...
by NWMI | May 3, 2014 | 2014 Parliamentary Elections
This election season has been unusual on many fronts. I don’t remember another Indian election during which personal relationships were brought to centre stage in quite the way they have been focussed on this time around, with social media adding to the...
