{"id":59808,"date":"2023-11-13T15:00:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2023\/nov\/13\/mahua-moitra-not-making-excuses-hypocrisy-in-indian-politics-and-her-terrible-taste-in-men"},"modified":"2023-11-13T15:00:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T06:00:25","slug":"grit-and-glamour-how-mahua-moitra-shook-up-the-misogyny-and-hypocrisy-of-indian-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=59808","title":{"rendered":"Grit and glamour: how Mahua Moitra shook up the misogyny and hypocrisy of Indian politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A divorcee who likes a glass of wine and a pair of Ferragamo shoes, the opposition MP has become a target for character assassination for Narendra Modi\u2019s conservatives. But she hits back twice as hard<\/p>\n<p>Mahua Moitra is a misfit in Indian politics. She rejects the notion that a woman must ideally be married, and if she happens to be divorced, single or widowed, should not openly date or be seen to be in a relationship. Nor should she drink or smoke in public or be seen arm in arm with a man.<\/p>\n<p>Moitra, 49, is a divorcee. She drinks wine occasionally, has her nails done once in a while, likes Ferragamo shoes and carries a Louis Vuitton handbag.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2023\/nov\/13\/mahua-moitra-not-making-excuses-hypocrisy-in-indian-politics-and-her-terrible-taste-in-men\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A divorcee who likes a glass of wine and a pair of Ferragamo shoes, the opposition MP has become a target for character assassination for Narendra Modi\u2019s conservatives. But she hits back twice as hardMahua Moitra is a misfit in Indian politics. She rej&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":589,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59,62,61,617,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-global-development","category-india","category-south-and-central-asia","category-womens-rights-and-gender-equality","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/589"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59809,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59808\/revisions\/59809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}