Watch | KK Shailaja: ‘Women have the same power as men’
The Hindu
A video interview with former health minister of Kerala, KK Shailaja
KK Shailaja, former Health Minister of Kerala, caught the attention of the world for her efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala and before that, the Nipah virus.
Now the Chief Whip of the CPI(M), she recently released her autobiographyMy Life As a Comrade. Shailaja traces her transition from a school teacher to a much-lauded Minister, the influences that shaped her and what motivates her political work.
In a free-wheeling conversation with The Hindu, she talks about her style of functioning, her take on gender equality, her family and her collection of saris.
Also read: Teacher to rockstar | K.K. Shailaja on her new book ‘My Life as a Comrade’
Interview: Saraswathy Nagarajan
Videography: Aswin VN
Production: Shikha Kumari
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