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Search for Bengal’s daughter and the casual sexism in a poll-bound state Search for Bengal’s daughter and the casual sexism in a poll-bound state The bid to promote Mamata Banerjee for a third term as Bengal’s chief minister has ended up exposing ageism and casual sexism that punctuate poll speak. advertisement UPDATED: March 4, 2021 10:56 IST West Bengal CM and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee | Illustration by Rahul Kumar for India Today Digital Bengal wants her own daughter. Reactions to this slogan from the Trinamool Congress in poll-bound West Bengal have brought to the fore the intellectual wasteland that the state has become. The bid to promote Mamata Banerjee for a third term as Bengal’s chief minister has ended up exposing ageism and casual sexism that punctuate poll speak. Even among those who talk down to others during TV debates and on Twitter by using highfalutin jargon. ....