Women suffer collateral damage from the political battles of men—when will public discourse mature?

Across debates, social media and public rallies, rival commentators invoked her name repeatedly to trivialize Vijay’s political seriousness. In this toxic equation, Krishnan, with her two-decade acting career, was effectively reduced from a self-made, successful professional into a narrative weapon, her presence twisted into a tool signalling unreliability or moral compromise on the part of a male rival.