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 An old victory, like a wife of many years, loses charm as time goes by 

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Speaking at a Hindi-language poetry meet in the northern city of Kanpur on Monday night, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said, "An old victory, like a wife of many years, loses charm as time goes by".

The chairwoman of India's National Commission for Women, Mamta Sharma, slammed Jaiswal after the comments were broadcast on news channels. "The comments are derogatory and very unfortunate, he should apologize," she said.

The main opposition Bhartiya Janata Party also criticized Jaiswal for his "sexist remark" and demanded his resignation over the insensitive comments.

Jaiswal said his statement was meant as a joke should be seen in the context of humour and satire at a poetry meet. "I did not mean to insult women, but if I have offended anyone, I apologize," Jaiswal said.

Asked by broadcaster NDTV about the reaction from his wife on his comment, the minister replied he had not spoken to her since the controversy erupted.

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Sat May 18 13:02:31 SAST 2013 ::

Oct 3, 2012

Pointman

The "outrage" is hypocritical. The minister was insensitive to womens feelings even though he mentioned it was a joke. Now if you quote the bible which says that wives must obey their husbands or quote the koran which says that one man equals 3 women, these same outraged people will be quiet.
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Oct 4, 2012

imbabazane

Insensitive yes, but not false. We all loose our appeal with age.
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