When it comes to women, Indian male politicians, particularly the subaltern netajis from the north, don’t believe in vote banks. They may cultivate the Yadav votebank, Muslim votebank, mahadalit votebank but the women votebank? Nope, gender justice is bad politics in the Hindi heartland.
Sharad Yadav’s party believes in Bihari asmita but he clearly doesn’t believe in women’s asmita. His ideological ancestor Ram Manohar Lohia strove all his life for gender equality but Sharad prefers bahus and betis, dubbing all other women as “parkati mahila” and thus signalling that he’s a proud hater of modern women.
But why is Sharadji now fantasising about “dark” South Indian women and their bodies? Is the Ganga not curvaceous enough in Bihar or are Bihari ladies Read More
