“…The populist party, in this scenario, caters to and works with the large swathes, to whom these 'islets of feminism' remain alien, and even toxic to the very structures of society, culture, marriage, and family. Everyone, it seems, is a feminist now (Singh, 2022), with the populists keeping the culturally ordained hierarchical structures the same and positing them as the grand ideal of the ideal society, where Indian (Hindu) women step out in service to this nation and for the cause of securing their religion. This view, however, sees the liberation of women in their instrumentalization for these causes, not beyond them, a complete effacement of an independent self.…”