Hyderabad, Sept. 24 -- The general perception in the media is that a sizeable percentage of women are still inclined towards Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar. What is not discussed in our television studios and Op-ed columns of the newspapers is that a big chunk of men hold an opposite view on their prohibition policy and the state government's decision to give 35% reservation to women in all its jobs.

Of late, almost every day, these men are being lathi-charged by the police in Patna as they are either demanding the filling of thousands of vacancies or an end to contractual jobs. On September 15, sub-inspector and constable aspirants were badly thrashed by the police when they were on the way to the chief minister's bungalow demanding ...