Conversation between Kamala and Merrily “During the Emergency when I was about to be arrested, help came from my own state government.” Kamala says, “Chief Minister Achyuta Menon, probably the best Chief Minister Kerala ever had, knew I would be arrested. ‘We’ll call her a state guest,’ he said. ‘She can find spots to construct tourist complexes.’ He assured Prime Minister Gandhi I would be like a prisoner, and Padmini was assigned to be my security guard. She told me it was a pleasure serving me because it is a rare person that has courage. Until the day the Emergency was lifted, we were on the move with my nine-year-old son, in cars, boats, from one government guest house to another, no freedom or privacy, but mobile, ... journeying through the deep woods dividing The State of Kerala from Karnataka The bewitched Mutanga forest Flecked with the green glitter of eyes Where the cheetah crossed our path and forgot to stop And the monkeys with fly-whisk tails jabbered in fear…
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:42:59 +0000
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