Madam would-be mukhya mantri, Kiran Bedi, once set the stage on fire. At the height of the Anna movement at Ramlila Maidan she performed a pantomime act, covered her head with a shawl and in a series of grimaces and gestures essayed a stand-up routine of two-faced politicians.
Two years later she had become a politician herself. “What’s wrong?” she cried. “I am an open book!” Nursing a sore throat on the campaign trail, with hot water and lozenges at the ready, she kept up a scorching pace even as the media relayed her daily Sarah Palinesque gaffes. Did she think before she spoke? “Am totally aware of what i say,” she retorted.
Indomitable, exceptional and an urban legend for generations, she Read More
