Nirmala Banerjee being interviewed at her home in Kolkata. Photo: AP
Opinion
Opinion
Akanksha Singh
Abhijit Banerjee won the Nobel Prize and Indian media can’t get enough of his mum
The poverty researcher has just jointly won one of the world’s most respected awards – therefore his mum is at the centre of media attention
As curious as it sounds, the phenomenon is not strange in India, where patriarchy is deeply rooted and the mother-son relationship is idealised above all others
Akanksha Singh is a writer and culture journalist based in Mumbai, India. She has been published in Explore Parts Unknown, HuffPost, The Independent, The Sydney Morning Herald and many more. You can find her written work on akanksha-singh.com