Karan thapar interview with benazir bhutto biography
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Karan Thapar: Benazir was spontaneous and fun
At the time, Benazir was a spontaneous and fun person, though extremely conscious of whose daughter she was and the fact that her having an Indian friend could be misunderstood or, at least, misrepresented in Pakistan.
That meant that there was always a touch of tension in our friendship. Weeks later, when we were both presidents of our Unions, we invited each other to participate in debates. She returned to Cambridge to oppose the motion ‘That art is elitist—or it is nothing’.
Yehudi Menuhin, Clive James and Arianna Stassinopoulos were some of the other speakers on that occasion. In turn, Benazir invited me for her presidential debate when she was retiring as president.
These debates are occasions to praise the retiring officer and to laugh and have fun.
So I thought of a little joke.
Karan thapar interview with benazir bhutto biography
I gifted her a book. ‘Given how popular you are,’ I said, ‘the book I’m giving you could well be your biography. It’s called All the President’s Men!’