Sunanda Pushkar

Sunanda Pushkar, who in April 2010 voluntarily relinquished a stake in the Kochi IPL team estimated at Rs 70 crore,[1] belongs to a family of landlords and Army officers from Bomai, 8 km from Sopore in the Kashmir Valley, India.[2] She was sales director in a Dubai-based real estate company Tecom.[3] She is the third wife of well-known politician and former United Nations Under Secretary General Shashi Tharoor.[4] This is also her third marriage.[5] Her first husband was Sanjay Raina, a Kashmiri. After that marriage ended in a divorce, she married a Kerala businessman Sujith Menon but he died in a road accident in 1997. She has a 19-year-old, Shiv Menon,from her second marriage.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Sunanda Pushkar a last minute inclusion in IPL bidders group". Oneindia.in. April 18, 2010. http://news.oneindia.in/2010/04/18/sunandapushkar-a-last-minute-inclusion-in-ipl-biddersgroup.html. Retrieved October 12, 2010. 
  2. ^ Hassan, Ishfaq-ul- (April 14, 2010). "Sunanda Pushkar a rebel, family much revered by native village in Valley". Daily News and Analysis. http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_sunanda-pushkar-a-rebel-family-much-revered-by-native-village-in-valley_1371118. Retrieved October 12, 2010. 
  3. ^ Allana, Alia (April 18, 2010). "Suddenly SUNANDA". The Indian Express. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/suddenly-sunanda/607683/0. Retrieved October 12, 2010. 
  4. ^ "Shashi Tharoor, Sunanda Pushkar host wedding reception in Delhi". Daily News and Analysis. September 3, 2010. http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_shashi-tharoor-sunanda-pushkar-host-wedding-reception-in-delhi_1433241. Retrieved October 12, 2010. 
  5. ^ Prabhakaran, G. (August 23, 2010). "Shashi Tharoor marries Sunanda Pushkar". The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/23/stories/2010082357261800.htm. Retrieved October 12, 2010. 
  6. ^ "Sunanda Pushkar's father pleads that his daughter be left alone". Daily News and Analysis. April 14, 2010. http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_sunanda-pushkar-s-father-pleads-that-his-daughter-be-left-alone_1371300. Retrieved October 12, 2010. 

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