Shiv Aroor’s take on Trinamool’s silence on Bengal woman whipping

There is an old adage: always be wary of those who only pretend to be warriors for a certain cause. There is no shortage of examples in our time, but nothing is more glaring than the total silence of Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress, her unleashed mahila brigade of elected officials and the slavery ecosystem that self-righteously claims to fight patriarchy. Silence about what? Well, this incident in West Bengal, where a woman accused of adultery was publicly whipped by a local strongman in front of a cheering crowd. Those who claim to embody the fearlessness of Goddess Durga in everyday politics are today as silent as they are serious.