The misogynistic comments voters heard in the run-up to the Tamil Nadu election reflects a political culture that offers token support to women while denying them the basic right to dignity.
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Sexism on the political stage
By Kavitha Muralidharan It was a mask not many had expected to fall. In the course of heated campaigning in Chennai on a sultry March day, former Union Minister A Raja – often seen as the intellectual face of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and perhaps rightly so...
NWMI complains to Tamil Nadu CM about harassment of Chennai-based journalist
Kavin Malar, a Chennai based journalist, faced online harassment from Kishore K Swamy, a self-proclaimed AIADMK supporter, despite her police complaint. NWMI formally requested the Tamil Nadu CM to intervene urgently and act against the offender, through the following...