...Credit the Left for exposing patriarchy?
Nirmala Sitharaman has such a soft spot for Leftists. At an interaction with students at CMS Business School in Bengaluru, the finmin credited 'Leftists' for coming up with the 'concept of patriarchy'.
Why did she give her apparently ideological opponents undue credit for calling out a social system where men typically hold power and authority over women? Surely, it can't be the lingering influence of her alma mater on her.
Sitharaman means well. After all, she was pointing to the very valid point that you can't just shout 'Patriarchy!' if your prof flunks you for the right reason.
She cherry-picked the 'only man in her cabinet' Mrs G, Sarojini Naidu and Aruna Asaf Ali to drive home her point — sidestepping Tulsi, the 'feminist' (another Left invention?) character from 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi', played by a former colleague.
But just because the Rani of Jhansi rose through the ranks to lead her people doesn't mean women across India are a liberated lot unperturbed by male malevolence.
Similarly, casteism isn't an Ambedkarite 'invention'. It's as real as America — in finmin's words, 'a fantastic jargon' — was before Columbus 'discovered' it.
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