general secretary of the national students' union of india she writes about politics and gender anjelica it's interesting in that earlier report the candidate was pretty adamant she didn't want to be referred to as a female candidate now identity politics is tricky what do you think is going on there is she afraid she's going to lose votes from men. generally you know that is one of the reasons i believe because the fact that the woman has to distance herself from agenda is the best i'm one of the identity politics is very crucial because generally even when you look at the u.s. elections hillary clinton how do we do distance ourselves more often and present herself as a strong and capable leader similarly in india we have this all just. ensures that women do not you know women candidates are often not vote that is very seen as a woman because of the student dives where they are seen as we and in capital but if different then and if they try to fit in as a male candidate when more often than not there's water to devour the thing is even when when you go and ask a male candidate whether h