W is for Welfare, W is for Woman – What Jayalalithaa did for women

By Special Invite Lavanya Mohan, Chennai When Jayalalithaa regained power during the 2001, many political pundits attributed her rise to the opposition underestimating her pull with women. In the years to come, Jayalalithaa would be renowned for her legion of adoring women party workers who revered her like they would a goddess. Jayalalithaa’s electoral promises […]