Manjul Kumar, husband of the first-ever female Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar, is her greatest fan. He reveals that it was her grasp on a range of literary works that bowled him over. It was remarkable that despite her busy schedule she had developed sound knowledge on everything from Tulsidas’ Ramcharit Manas to the works of Munshi Premchand to Saratchandra Chattopadhyay, among other writers and thinkers.
A lawyer by profession, Manjul Kumar points out that his wife's greatest strength is that she is an extremely sensitive woman. She is, he says, endowed with the innate ability to empathise with people. In fact, she spends a considerable amount of her time in sharing the grief of people known to her.
Talking about her career as a diplomat and later as a politician, Manjul says that he never ever interfered with her career moves. In his family, women have always been free to choose the course of their own lives.
He points out that his maternal grandfather, Devrat Shastri, who was based in the backward hamlet of Chandwa, had, in 1930, sent his mother to a boarding school in Hatras – a courageous feat at that time. He did not heed what people said and that resulted in her daughter – Manjul’s mother, Sumitra Devi, joining politics.
Meira Kumar’s decision was seen as mere logical extension to that family tradition. He, therefore, insists, that women must as a rule join politics as “they are known to perform their political duties with distinction". He has a shining example at home to substantiate his assertion.
A lawyer by profession, Manjul Kumar points out that his wife's greatest strength is that she is an extremely sensitive woman. She is, he says, endowed with the innate ability to empathise with people. In fact, she spends a considerable amount of her time in sharing the grief of people known to her.
Talking about her career as a diplomat and later as a politician, Manjul says that he never ever interfered with her career moves. In his family, women have always been free to choose the course of their own lives.
He points out that his maternal grandfather, Devrat Shastri, who was based in the backward hamlet of Chandwa, had, in 1930, sent his mother to a boarding school in Hatras – a courageous feat at that time. He did not heed what people said and that resulted in her daughter – Manjul’s mother, Sumitra Devi, joining politics.
Meira Kumar’s decision was seen as mere logical extension to that family tradition. He, therefore, insists, that women must as a rule join politics as “they are known to perform their political duties with distinction". He has a shining example at home to substantiate his assertion.
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