Nirmala Banerjee being interviewed at her home in Kolkata. Photo: AP
Opinion
Opinion
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
Nirmala Banerjee being interviewed at her home in Kolkata. Photo: AP