Quote of the day
From a 1986 Life magazine article by Anne Fadiman about Benazir Bhutto:
Cambridge, Mass., 1970. My next-door neighbor in Eliot Hall is named Pinkie Bhutto. She is the daughter of the former Pakistan foreign minister, which impresses no one, since Robert Kennedy's daughter Kathleen lives directly beneath her in a room covered with photographs of her dead father and uncle. Pinkie can't hold a candle to that.
Given recent events, what sounds like a very insider paragraph has a more tragic echo.
Another quote from that 1986 article:
Benazir looks radiant. She takes off her sandals (her toenails have fresh pink polish) and stands barefoot on the backseat so she can wave to the crowds through the sunroof. Muslim custom prohibits them from touching her, but the men hurl themselves against the windows, trying to get as close as they can. They chant, in Urdu, "We'll beat them / We'll die / But we'll bring Benazir!"
Posted by: Kevin | January 01, 2008 at 06:47 AM
Another eerie echo of recent events....
Posted by: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang | January 01, 2008 at 09:06 PM