Riya Joy is a Senior Subeditor with Malayala Manorama, and an award-winning author. She writes poems and short stories, and is also a lyricist. She loves to write on music, culture and gender.
Patriarchal language in politics, highlighted by Donald Trump's claim that Giorgia Meloni 'begged' for a photo, is often used to undermine the dignity and achievements of powerful women
It is not about one Himanshu or one Pranit. The most unsettling aspect was that almost everyone gathered for the crowd-work segment received the comment as an innocent joke