Girls in North India told to stay in kitchen, bear children: DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran

Jan 14, 2026
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The Hindu - National
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Key Points

  1. Dayanidhi Maran, Chennai Central MP, made remarks on January 14, 2026, regarding education and roles of women in Tamil Nadu and North India.
  2. 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.
  3. The DMK government in Tamil Nadu, led by M.K. Stalin, follows the 'Dravidian model' with the ideology 'Ellarukum ellam' (everything for everyone).
  4. Maran highlighted the distribution of laptops to students in Tamil Nadu to prepare them for interviews and post-graduation.
  5. Maran attributed the influx of global companies to Chennai to the high education levels and English proficiency of the population.

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