The Joan of Pashtun / The Girl Gandhi

I was on an official tour in Delhi. Post a hectic day at work, was shifting news channels on TV before I finally got off to sleep. That’s when I heard her speak. The Nobel Peace Price has just been announced.  Conferred jointly, to 60 year old Kailash Satyarthi of India and 17 year old…

Through Sonia’s eyes…

There’s always that enigma which surrounds Sonia Gandhi nee Maino. It continues to perplex many. What the human mind is unable to place in a pattern, it worships blindly, hates mindlessly or endeavours to seek the missing pattern. Surely, not of the first variety, I have always wondered what made Sonia – who seemingly hated…