Minoo Bhandara
What a gentleman, what a parliamentarian, and what a human being! He was loved by so many. He mentored so many. He was a people’s person. Today as I write about him few hours after his death, I cannot help but think of what courage he demonstrated as a parliamentarian representing the minorities, by picking up the most controversial liberal progressive agenda. He ruffled so many religious sensitivities and yet he stood tall till the end, only to be taken away from us by his dream of seeing the famous Taklamakan desert in China.
Read more about this Parsi Brewer in Pakistan, who died recently…….
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=118856
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/aug/30/pakistan.declanwalsh
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,500347,00.html