by NWMI | Apr 28, 2014 | 2014 Parliamentary Elections
The long headline, “Lofty ideas for women’s uplift, little to help ease their burden,” more or less summarises the theme of Subodh Varma’s report in The Times of India on 26 April. Calling attention to the fact that in an election supposedly being fought on the issue...
by NWMI | Apr 26, 2014 | 2014 Parliamentary Elections
Now this is a good piece from columnist Seema Goswami in Bruch – HT’s weekend lifestyle magazine. Now, that’s interesting in itself as we don’t need to look for women candidates in the news section alone…we can stumble upon them in the...
by NWMI | Apr 25, 2014 | 2014 Parliamentary Elections
Betraying an anti-woman streak, BJP’s Venkaiah Naidu demeaned women by saying that they are fit to rule states, but not India. His “Lady is Lady, Modi is Modi” formulation is that Jayalalithaa is suited for TN, while Modi is better for India. But various indices prove...
by NWMI | Apr 22, 2014 | 2014 Parliamentary Elections
I came across Seema Goswami’s hard-hitting description of “The sexist underbelly of Indian politics” only today, ten days after it first appeared. The story vividly highlights horrifying instances of sexual harassment and sexist language and...
by NWMI | Apr 18, 2014 | 2014 Parliamentary Elections
The second week of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections threw up two outstanding articles on women and politics. The first, by Prabhu Mallikarjunan, was a rare, in-depth piece that combined reportage, data and analysis in an interesting and insightful way. Reporting from...
