Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal reminisces her 16 glorious years with Sushma Swaraj.
Sushma Swaraj shone as India's External Affairs Minister owing to her meticulous knowledge of foreign affairs, her hard bargaining for India and her nerves of steel.
‘A strong woman stands up for herself. A stronger woman stands up for everybody else,’ goes a famous adage. Well, Sushma Swaraj, by all means, was the stronger one.
She was also the only woman politician to break a male hold over the jacket, Nehru or Modi, depending on your politics, and make it entirely her own.
I met her last at her home on June 13 after the formation of the new government. This is how she spent her last days.
Sushma Swaraj was an extraordinary orator, a seasoned politician and a staunch ideologue. She was also a nationalist, till the very last.