'What Modi displayed was chauvinism of the worst kind'

November 01, 2012 18:14

Calling the very much married Sunanda Pushkar a 'Rs 50 crore girlfriend,' though, is not just crude, but is meant to demean her. Women may come for a price in Modi's world, but that's hardly the mindset we want to see in a modern day leader, argues Sherna Gandhy on Rediff.com. Read

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Pictured: The Amul ad on Modi's Rs 50-cr girlfriend comment.

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