1. Politics, Gender-Identity and Media Representation
The paper will examine Indira Gandhi, Mayawati, Mamta Banerjee, and Jayalalithaa, and try to understand what led to the personalization of power in all four cases. ... What do the invocation of mother or sister figures signify? ... "The simulacrum is never what hides the truth - it is truth that hides the fact that there is none. ... One exercise we will try to pursue in this context would be to contrast them with the rise of women politicians like Uma Bharti whose increasing prominence was part of the rise of Hindu nationalism in the country. ... Kaviraj's analysis of the politics o...
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