Shobha De was at her sarcastic best when she sneered at Sunanda Tharoor in one of her several weekly columns while justifying Narendra Modi’s disparaging remarks of ’50 crore girlfriend’.
Well, it is most unlikely for a columnist like De to look down upon a fellow female, given the fact that De herself has been victim of sexism and misogyny several time. (She told me once about people turning too nosy about her ‘sexy’ write-ups).
Why should De be so blissful when a son of a bitch tries to grope Sunanda and gets tight slaps for the job?
Maybe she is too attracted to Modi. Or so jealous of Sunanda for being Shashi Tharoor’s invaluable lady love. The Union Minister has always been any woman’s dream man at any given point of time, not just in India, but across the globe.
One can understand Modi’s frustration and his misogyny. We know he is getting frantic about the diplomat turned politician’s wealth – emotional, intellectual and material.
But De should have respected another woman. She should have extended unconditional support to Sunanda. But she didn’t. She is one wicked woman, Shobha DE.
There are women with spine and guts. They don’t advocate sexism and misogyny. They boldly fight it. Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard is for one. “I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. Not now, not ever,”she thundered, earlier this month, coming down heavily upon Tony Abbott, the leader of the Opposition Liberal Party.
Her angry rhetoric was during a debate on a debate about whether the speaker of the house, Peter Slipper, should resign for sending lurid text messages denigrating women to a former member of staff.
All woman haters around the world, you are as silly as King Fahd University to state that allowing women to drive would “provoke a surge in prostitution, pornography, homosexuality and divorce.”
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