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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Why The Media Needs To Go Beyond Tamil Nadu’s ‘Freebies’ Narrative
By Editors Tamil Nadu’s ‘freebie’ culture has often come under criticism, especially from those who view it from outside the state. Elections in Tamil Nadu have also come to be defined by ‘freebies’. From colour television sets to gas stoves, the offer of ‘freebies’...
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...