This, in turn, leads us to enquire how women politicians in general and these four in particular, have negotiated with the existing power structures in a male-dominated, patriarchal political system. ... We are also interested, in this regard, to analyze the role played by their male mentors (Nehru, MGR, Kanshiram) and how it helped in mobilizing certain discourses. ...

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