Two daughters and sons-in-law

November 07, 2017 13:32

AT the height of their popularity two of South Asia's greatest politicians -- and bitter rivals -- were struggling with an identical personal trauma, their Parsi sons-in-law. One a Kashmiri Brahmin, the other a Khoja Muslim, Nehru and Jinnah were household names in the 1930-40s. They had a daughter each to dote on but their sons-in-law were to give them grief. Both the leaders were secular but, on hindsight, betrayed a lurking conservatism that showed up when it came to their daughters' cross-cultural suitors.

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