What do Rajesh Pilot, Jitendra Prasad, Madhavrao Scindia, Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi,Rajinder Vadra, Richard Vadra, and Michelle Vadra all have in common? They were all connected in one way or another with Sonia Gandhi (known also as Antonia Maino), the chairman of the Indian National Congress party, and the Maino family (her parents and siblings), and they all died prematurely.The mysterious circumstances revolving around the deaths of the first five have been the subject of speculation for many years now. There are still many unanswered questions regarding what happened on the fateful day each met with Death, and why and how. It would seem that all of them had some falling out with Sonia Gandhi and the Maino family, or were being seen as a problem politically by the latter two.
The most recent string of deaths has been in the family of Robert Vadra, Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law. The latest victim in the series of unexpected deaths is Rajinder Vadra, the father of Robert Vadra. It would seem that, in the last few years prior to his death, he was increasingly becoming difficult for the Sonia Gandhi family. His alleged financial ventures using Sonia Gandhi's name, and his increasing hostility towards Sonia Gandhi, was proving to be one sore spot in Sonia Gandhi's otherwise meticulously planned, managed and staged operations to dominate the Indian politics. Rajinder Vadra was found hanging from the ceiling, and his death was declared as 'suicide.' Some years earlier, his other son, Richard Vadra, known to be close to his father and estranged from his younger brother Robert Vadra, was also found dead. The verdict at that time too was 'suicide.' Robert's only sister, Michelle, was killed in a car accident in 2001.
The entire Rajinder Vadra family, except for the European mother, who was personally known to the Quattrocchi family, and seems to have made an exit from the Rajinder household with a divorce, and Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi, has been eliminated. It is possible that these three persons, estranged from Robert Vadra, were perceived as 'inconvenient' and possible hindrance to Sonia Gandhi's grand plan to dominate and control the Indian politics, and through it the nation's economic, defense, and social spheres.
Currently, the only survivor of the Rajinder clan is Robert Vadra, Priyanka's husband. He has been drawn into the 'Maino family.' But one can't help wondering for how long. That there was a growing rift between Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi prior to Rajiv's assassination was apparently known in the inner circles, and his assassination, before the rift was made known in public, would have been quite 'convenient' for the Mainos.
Robert Vadra has so far served useful to the Maino family. Being exempted from security checks at any Indian airport means Robert Vadra is able to walk in and out of domestic airports freely, like a personal courier, carrying any amounts of cash or assets that Sonia Gandhi or the Maino family might want him to transport on their behalf. He also probably undertakes any responsibility assigned to him by the family, without asking any questions.
Enough about Sonia Gandhi and the Maino family. Lets move on to discussing a fiction I just read. The novel is about a man married into The Family. The final scene in the last chapter goes something like this:
The man stands alone in the study looking out the window into the evening sky. The yard in front of him is bathed in the light of the setting sun, and filled with memories. His children are playing in the yard. They look up and see him standing by the window. They laugh and wave at him, and he smiles and waves back. His eyes mist over suddenly, as his gaze follows their little game of tag around the yard. He is wondering how long he will be seen as useful by The Family. The matriarch seems to have managed perfectly fine without the husband. There is no reason to doubt that her daughter also will not be able to manage without her husband, should it come to that in future. The woman has what he, the husband, doesn't really have and will probably never have - the support of The Family. His lifeline is tied to how much goodwill he can generate from the wife, and The Family, and how long he can sustain it. He can't help but wonder,as he stands alone and reflects on his past - on all the good times he had with his own family, his father and siblings gathered around him in laughter and fun - whether this has been worth the sacrifices. He knows he's alone, totally alone. His entry into The Family has changed his life forever. Everything that at one point he held sacred and close to him has been destroyed, and the blood ties connecting him with his father and his siblings have been severed completely and irrevocably.
As the reader leaves the man to his thoughts, he doesn't envy the man one bit. The reader can only feel sorry for him. The reader can hope that this solitary figure will live long enough to tell his tale.
References
http://www.janataparty.org/soniaisthemodern.html
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Priyankas-father-in-law-hanged-himself-Police-sources/articleshow/4356659.cms
http://us.rediff.com/news/2002/jan/20inter.htm
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/191362.cms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Vadra
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1381441.cms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priyanka_Gandhi
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