Sunanda Pushkar's death

First reports hint at suicide.Death reported by Mr. Tharoor's staff. May be due to poisoning.

Why would a wealthy, beautiful mother of a 21 year old kill herself over marital disharmony? She was proud of making it big in a man's world.

I used to enjoy reading Tharoor's column in the Hindu Sunday edition and welcomed his foray into politics. He was a UN official at the time. The fog cleared when the erudite Stephanian started his 'cattle class' comments. He isn't any better than the other politicians. And then followed the IPL controversy of buying a team for his wife.

If a sportsperson dopes or fixes matches, he is banned for life and ripped of all his achievements. Why doesn't the same apply to our politicians? They just change their portfolios!This is a bit off-topic.

There's some similarity between Ms.Pushkar's death and that of Bob Woolmer, the South African coach of Pakistan's cricket team. He too was found dead in a hotel room. The investigators suggested suicide, poisoning and then ended it with a heart attack. May be he knew too much and was about to reveal his knowledge of match-fixing. May be Sunanda knew too much?

This is the stuff of thriller novels and media speculation. The truth will probably never come out owing to the case's classification.