Sunanda Pushkar is one such name that evokes memories in the mind. Born in 1962 she lead a short & happening life. “The extraordinary life & death of Sunanda Pushkar’ by Sunanda Mehta leads us to the times she lived.
Another Sunanda writing for her is one great achievement. Because her untimely death in 2014 leads to too many questions. She was just 51. Being the wife of Shashi Tharoor we expected the high profile death to be investigated properly. It needs complete closure. So, she remains an enigma today.
Marriage to Shashi Tharoor was her third marriage. Third time lucky? No, as it went. It was his third one too. Her earlier marriage with Sujith Menon in 1991 was a success. A son born in 1992 gave her joy. But it was short lived with Sujith meeting with an accident in 1997.
In 2007, Tharoor met her in Dubai with his Canadian wife, Christa Giles. Sunanda married him in 2010. They had a Malayali wedding ceremony at Tharoor’s ancestral home in Kerala.
A Twitter controversy followed & the very next day she was found dead in her hotel room. It remains one of the unsolved cases reported so far.
May the writer’s namesake then live in peace wherever she is & have the solace denied to her in her lifetime.
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