On occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, which is being marked as the International Day of Non Violence by the United Nations this year, Sonia Gandhi today addressed the UN General Assembly.
Normally UN addresses are made by heads of state. So we’re guessing that she must be the prime minister of India. Or at least the president.
But hold on, the prime minister is Manmohan Singh, and the president is Pratibha Patil. So who is this Sonia Gandhi who is representing India at this forum? And who is her son, Rahul Gandhi who is so famously accompanying her on the trip?
Is the president of the Congress party a bigger deal than the official leaders of the country? Oh wait…it’s because she was married into the family that owns India?
Now we understand. Silly us.
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