Girls in North India told to stay in kitchen, bear children: DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran
Jan 14, 2026
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Overview
Key Points
- Dayanidhi Maran, Chennai Central MP, made remarks on January 14, 2026, regarding education and roles of women in Tamil Nadu and North India.
- Maran stated that in Tamil Nadu, girls are encouraged to study, contrasting this with North India where he claims women are expected to stay home and bear children.
- The DMK government in Tamil Nadu, led by M.K. Stalin, follows the 'Dravidian model' with the ideology 'Ellarukum ellam' (everything for everyone).
- Maran highlighted the distribution of laptops to students in Tamil Nadu to prepare them for interviews and post-graduation.
- Maran attributed the influx of global companies to Chennai to the high education levels and English proficiency of the population.