There’s a government poster against female foeticide that has a picture of a very young girl, odhni draped over head, rolling out rotis. If there’s an equivalent of the Golden Raspberry Awards for advertising, this one should win it hands down. He will go home to a wife-cooked lunch, and tell the family about his amazing campaign to save the girl child. However, in a deeply patriarchal nation, essentialising women’s roles in society is not the prerogative of bigoted theocrats alone. It was a pointless rant, but she had fascinated fans asking if she had a sister they could marry.

Source: The Hindu June 01, 2018 10:30 UTC