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...
by NWMI | Apr 17, 2014 | 2014 Parliamentary Elections
This is an interesting piece speculating on whether women will vote for Nitish Kumar in Bihar because he has initiated so many positive schemes that benefit women during his term. What is interesting about the story is that it notes that while hardly any women...
by NWMI | Apr 17, 2014 | 2014 Parliamentary Elections
The Hindu, in an editorial on Narendra Modi’s reluctance to reveal that he was married, a fact that has now become public knowledge as his party projects him as a prime ministerial aspirant, refers to this as “somewhat misogynist reticence”. Can...
