Rahul connects with his paternal roots

Date

March 11, 2009

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arZan

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Events | News | Occassions

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi connected with his paternal roots and met up with his Parsi relatives at the wedding of his distant cousin Tanaz Patel at a gala traditional function at the Jeejeebhoy Dadabhoy Agiary at Colaba in south Mumbai on Tuesday evening. rahul gandhi parsi wedding

Rahul’s grandfather, Feroze Gandhi (husband of the late prime minister Indira Gandhi), was a Parsi whose surviving family members are based in the city. The Congress scion’s Parsi aunt, Ratu Dastur, is Firoze’s cousin.

Rahul’s grandmother Indira Gandhi and his father Rajiv had also attended similar functions of their Parsi relatives in the city.

Tuesday night’s function had a traditional, sitdown dinner on plantain leaves and consisted of jardalu chicken (chicken in apricots), sauce ni machi (fish in white sauce), bhona gosh, akuri and pulao dal.

Original article in the TOI.

3 Comments

  1. gb

    Rahul Gandhi must join Active politics and take a very senior posting as a Central Government Minister soon. He has great chances of becoming Future Prime Minister of India. God Bless Him.

  2. gb

    Rahul Gandhi must join Active politics and take a very senior posting as a Central Government Minister soon. He has great chances of becoming Future Prime Minister of India. God Bless Him.

  3. gb

    Rahul Gandhi must join Active politics and take a very senior posting as a Central Government Minister soon. He has great chances of becoming Future Prime Minister of India. God Bless Him.