Not Only ‘Heart To Heart’ But Going To The Heart of the Matter
This interview transcript was first published in the print edition of Manushi Journal. (Issue-29, Jul-Aug 1985)
After I read Pushpa Bharti’s “heart to heart” interview with Sonia Gandhi in Dharmyug, I too felt eager to talk to Sonia Gandhi and ask her some questions, because I felt that Pushpa Bharti had left many questions unasked. Perhaps she did not have enough time since she was so lost in singing the praises of Sonia. Her lyrical ecstasies matched those of Mira’s devotional songs. All they lacked was the verse form.
But the problem is that I do not have a husband, let alone one who is the editor of Dharmyug, so how was I to reach Sonia Gandhi, encircled as she is by a vast security network?
I had to think of another plan. One night, before going to sleep, I concentrated all my mental energies upon her, in the hope of reaching her inmost soul. And sure enough, that night, I dreamt that I had met Soniaji. I not only laperecorded but also videotaped a long interview with her. Here are some extracts of our conversation, translated from Hindi…