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Mumbai Mirror 28th Nov 2014
Jashodaben
– Superhero!!
Let’s hand it to her – it takes one hell of
a lot of guts for the abandoned spouse of the powerful Prime Minister of the country, to file an RTI application
demanding to know what sort of privileges she is entitled to as the legally
wedded wife of Narendra Modi! Most women in her unfortunate position would have
either kept mum or taken full advantage of the situation ( read : perks).
Clearly, Jashodaben is made of sterner stuff. How cool does that make her?
When she toodled off to submit the RTI
application to the Mehsana police earlier this week, she was riding pillion (
with helmet? Without?) on her younger brother Ashok Modi’s scooty (she has been living with him at his modest house
in Unjha after her husband picked politics over his bride whom he married in
1968). Left to pursue her unfinished studies, Jashodaben was living a life of
total obscurity, even during the time her husband was the high profile Chief
Minister of Gujarat. And there she would probably have stayed even after he
rose to lead his party to victory in the historic elections, had the Supreme
Court guidelines not forced her husband to declare his marital status. For years
and years, Modi had left his marital status blank while filing his nomination
papers. But the Lok Sabha election papers made it mandatory for him to ‘do the
needful’. Virtually overnight, Jashodaben’s existence became known to the
public. One assumes she was fine with that, considering she remained under wraps even after Modi assumed office. It was
only after armed guards started to ‘protect’ her 24x7, that the lady decided it
was time to ask a few relevant questions. Such as : On whose orders was she being provided these
guards? She went further, citing Indira Gandhi’s tragedy (Indira was
assassinated by her own guards), and expressing her own fears that the ‘ambiguity’
revolving around the identity of these guards (who refused to tell her on whose
orders they were tailing her!), made her believe there was a grave danger to
her life. What an extraordinary charge to make, given her unique position!
Today, the plucky lady is seeking answers to
basic questions and wants to know ‘all
the protocol and facilities, including security details’ she is entitled to as
the wife of the prime minister. She says her guards do not carry any official
orders with them. And what obviously
bugs her equally is that these men tail her in comfortable, air conditioned
cars while she uses public transport! Oh
yes – the guards also demand to be treated like her family’s ‘guests’ - which must mean they expect khaana –peena from
her kitchen1 Hello????
Her RTI application is bold, blunt and to
the point. It reads, “ I am the wife of the prime minister of India and have
been extended security as per protocol. Which other service can be extended to
me under the protocol? Give me a detailed description of the protocol.” Hurrah!Good
on you, gurrrlll! She also stated in an interview to a journalist that she is
willing to go and stay with the Prime Minister as his wife in Delhi. Jashodaben
wears a mangalsutra around her neck and sindhoor in the parting of her hair – easily recognizable symbols of being a married
woman.
Now
the ball is in her husband’s court.
Will
he reinstate a lady in his life who he has not been with for 46 years ( well,
technically, they shared space for the first 2 or 3 years of their married life…
if that counts). Will Jashodaben be formally ‘presented in court’ as it were,
any time soon? Will she be his official hostess at State banquets? Accompany
him on his official tours overseas’? Receive Barrack and Michelle Obama when
they arrive for the grand Republic Day Parade on 26th January, 2015?
Even
more importantly, will someone – anyone – explain to this bewildered lady who
exactly those heavies are and why they are tailing her? Is it really for her
protection? If ‘yes’ – reveal their identities, produce relevant orders and
that will be that.
Her fears are understandable and entirely
justified.
On the other hand - and let me play the Devil’s advocate here -
for a lady who has timidly accepted her status and fate in life for close to
half a century, isn’t it a bit, ummm, strange, that she has suddenly picked up
the courage to ask tough questions to one of the toughest men in contemporary
India, who just happens to be her husband? Who is backing Jashodaben?
Over
to you, Mrs. Modi. It’s your turn to
answer the questions now.
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NDTV Blog 16
The Tyranny
of Notoriety…
Tarun Tejpal has always been something of a
rogue. There. I said it. So what? A rogue’s life is never easy… and eventually
things catch up. As they did in Tejpal’s case ( let me not bore everybody with
tedious details of ‘that’ dreadful
incident in Goa at Tehelka’s Think Fest / Bonk Fest last year). Tarun was
accused by a junior female colleague of indulging in some pretty loathsome
sexual misdemeanours – okay – rape. After which,all hell broke loose , with Tarun making it worse and worse for himself,
till finally the Goan authorities did what the law of the land dictates and the
swashbuckling Tejpal found himself in a grotty local lock up – disgraced and isolated for the most
part.
That’s the brief history.
I am not going into whether or not he ‘did
it’ (let the courts decide). Neither am I going to join the over- heated feminist
debate regarding the victim’s trauma. For me, this nasty scandal was less about
sex and more about abuse of power – an even worse offence. Let Tarun and his
lawyers figure out how to extricate him out of this monumental mess.
This piece is about a specific invitation
extended to Tarun by the organizers of the annual Times of India Literary
Carnival to be held in Mumbai from December 5th to 7th . The furor
that was generated by Tarun’s inclusion as a panelist in a topic aptly titled,
“The Tyranny of Power,” was such that
the invitation was promptly withdrawn, albeit with a jaunty if weak explanation
(“….the reaction to his inclusion suggests that our litfest was in danger of
being overwhelmed by an extraneous issue.”) Oh well… that’s elegant
understatement for you! ‘Extraneous issue’??? That’s a pretty cheeky euphemism
for a much discussed sexual assault case !
The man is not coming.
I wish he was.
Here’s the thing. It was an audacious move
on the part of co-organisers Bachi Karkaria and Namita Devidayal ( both veteran
journalists with the TOI) to have invited one of the most despised and
notorious men in India to the Lit Fest . It was even more audacious of Tarun to have accepted .This is the amazing
part. Did the organizers really believe Mumbai is ‘cool’ enough to handle his
presence without protest? Was that their only miscalculation? After all, it was
a perfect fit – the subject and the moderator ( Manu Joseph) would have ensured
a full house on 6th December. Controversy never killed a LiFest –
right? But the accusations both ladies faced on social media were different.
They were suspected of being part of a
complex ‘rehabilitation’ programme. This is rubbish! What would they gain by ‘rehabilitating’
Tarun??? Come on! Then there was the other thing about displaying insensitivity
towards the victim, when the case is sub-judice .What nonsense! I don’t think
there was ever a deep, dark, devilish plan to ‘exonerate’ Tejpal by giving him
some respectability at a Lit fest. I’d say all they were probably doing was
providing Tarun a platform. That’s what Lit fests are about it – or ought to
be. Is there an unwritten rule somewhere that says only pure, untarnished
saints can be invited to Lit fests?? How
dull and boring that would make these events! Is Tejpal the only person with a
dodgy reputation to be extended such an invitation? Hell, no! Half the people
who draw readers to Lit Fests are pretty colourful characters, some with
criminal records, others who have made being offensive in public their main
objective in life.
Tarun Tejpal would not have broken any law
by attending the TOI Literary Carnival. Neither would the organizers. And
that’s the whole point. People who have issues with Tejpal ( I certainly do)
were free to stay away, stage protests, boo. Ditto for writers taking the high
moral ground. By buckling to pressure, the organizers have surrendered a fundamental right, and given in
to shrill public opinion. I so wish Bachi and Namita had stuck to their guns
and boldly fought this round. Instead Bachi fell for the bait and responded to
media’s taunts by saying, “ We are not
film stars or a gossip magazine. The Litfest is serious business.” Oh dear. I wonder how invited film stars to
this LitFest are going to feel after
this?
Well….
someone has to self-lacerate and recuse himself/herself.
If not Tarun, then….?
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I suppose both Mrs. Modi and Mr. Tejpal are victims of power and fame.
Hats off to Mrs. Modi for doing all things on her own -truly independent women,a strong willed women married to a strong willed man.
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