Abstract The object of this study is to explore specific identity-formations that have occurred under specific cultural and socio-political contexts that have enabled women politicians in India to acquire political power. ... " This quote from Ecclesiastes (which actually is not from the Bible at all, but a sort of paraphrase) with which Baudrillard opens Simulacra and Simulation sums up the scenario. ... Their marital status assumes significance in the context of construction of particular gender identities they acquired in popular discourse, which does not preclude allegations of affair...

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