As he concluded his two-day visit to neighbouring Bangladesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised his counterpart
...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums..
for her courage in fighting terrorism "despite being a woman".
"We know solution for everything, but not terrorism," the Prime Minister is reported to have said in his hour-long address to Dhaka University.
"I am happy that Bangladesh Prime Minister, despite being a woman, has declared zero tolerance for terrorism."
Even though the remark was meant to be a gesture of praise, social-media users interpreted it as an insult to women around the world.
Back home, Twitter started buzzing with tweets attached with pictures of women achievers of India: scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation, foreign ministers, sportswomen and more.