India’s Democratic Politics in 2021: A Saga of Patriarchal Jibe and Defamation
Shubhangi Gehlot, [Law student at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat] From 2020’s Hathras case to 2021’s Bengal election, there’s one issue constant like the pandemic, which is misogynist comments by politicians on various public platforms without a sense of guilt. The year is passing with various impediments for the country’s growth including the rise in gender discrimination where India slips 28 places in the World Economic Forum's gender gap index with an app