Against the Madness of Manu: B R Ambedkar's Writings on Brahminical Patriarchy, selected and introduced by Sharmila Rege (New Delhi: Navayana), 2013; pp 266, Rs 350.
M S S Pandian Geetha V One of the major reasons why in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections Jayalalitha was able to legitimise herself as the true heir to MGR's mantle while Janaki failed is that Jayalalitha and AIADMK(JL) used certain cultural presuppositions of patriarchy elaborated and reified by MGR.
