With 171,000 shares on Facebook, an article detailing Indira Gandhi’s alleged affairs from her husband has caught the attention of the masses. But why is a dead Prime Minister’s sex life important?
India is a nation obsessed with celibacy – on the surface. For, if this obsession were practical, there wouldn’t be 1.3 billion people on the subcontinent. Sex sells – articles, headlines and preconceptions. And India’s female politicians are always suspect of overdoing it.
Why does Indian politics reek of chaste misogyny?
Chasteness, or sexual abstinence, is commonly seen as a virtue in India. From Mohandas K. Gandhi to Narendra Modi – being chaste in a position of power is a marketable virtue. It stems from the long-held beliefs around the virtues of the “Brahmacharya” – a word meaning a chaste bachelor.
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