“What? When did that happen? Itne bade ho gaye tum ki beta bhi college ja raha hai!” Sheila aunty pulled me up for growing older the last time I met her. We had met just before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. She did not want to contest. However, since the party had asked her to contest from East Delhi, she did it unquestioningly.

The Congress has not seen a leader of her mould in the last two decades. She was a class apart. I’m drawing a blank at the moment, trying to grapple with the loss that is not just political but….

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