When Narendra Modi made his wife Jashodaben scream in fear

by Guest Mon Feb 02, 2015 3:28 pm

In 2009, a journalist with the Indian magazine Open described going to meet Jashodaben at her school when Modi was still chief minister of the state of Gujarat. The journalist said Jashodaben was enthusiastic about being interviewed until the principal “admonished” her and ordered her back into the classroom.

According to the journalist, Haima Deshpande, the principal spoke to an unknown person on the phone before going to see her in her classroom. “After that, she became a different person. She smiled no more, her excitement was gone and she looked nervous. She kept wringing her hands. When I approached her again, she screamed, asking to be left alone.” Later cars full of unidentified men visited the school. “When the school day came to an end, Jashodaben almost ran out to a waiting auto-rickshaw. She pointed at me and told some villagers that I was harassing her.” In the incident, Jashodaben comes across as beleaguered, fearful and vulnerable.

Unlike other first ladies who live a life of luxury, the Indian first lady’s life has been largely untouched by comfort. Before she moved in with her brother, she lived in a one-room house in a village with no toilet. It is only natural that the immense imbalance of power between her and her estranged husband would lead to fear, embarrassment and insecurity on her part.

However, Jashodaben’s life is also a story of survival. Given how notoriously tough rural India can be for a single woman, Jashodaben’s self-reliance is certainly no small feat.

Yet, the most poignant aspect of her story is that she has repeatedly expressed the hope that Modi will invite her to live with him one day. Perhaps she can harbor such unrealistic expectations by virtue of living in a society where a woman’s worth is largely defined by her marriage. Unfortunately for her, the value of a man, especially one as powerful as Narendra Modi, does not rely on marriage.

http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/01/28/a-first-lady-who-is-treated-as-second-class/

by ashdoc Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:07 pm

at least modi is better than congressman n d tiwari .

here is a shayari on tiwari , since you are so steeped in mughal culture i think you understand urdu/hindi

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When Narendra Modi made his wife Jashodaben scream in fear

When Narendra Modi made his wife Jashodaben scream in fear

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