An Early Start

SO, how did this BoBo Babe, who once swung from discos to bistros, get fired by this neo-fellow-feeling and speedy benefaction? Sule has led the charmed life of political royals—a graduate of micro-biology, she found a husband when her parents arranged her marriage with Sadanand Sule.

“We spent a year together before we decided to get married,” she says. “It was not as if I had walked in with a tray of chai and poha and my marriage was fixed,” she grimaces.

Supriya moved to California with her husband and spent five years there. She attempted post-graduate study in water pollution at the University of California, Berkeley, but abandoned it a year later, and then worked in a landscaping company.

Later, she moved with her husband to Indonesia. “I was the perfect expat wife and I enjoyed every moment with my kids, husband and friends,” she says unabashedly. “I played mah-jong every afternoon, went to museums and clubs, and learnt to appreciate family life and values.

“Today, my husband runs a legal portal in Mumbai, has a software business, a travel company and shares in restaurants like Indigo in the city.’’

Supriya is clearly thrilled and energised by the thronging crowds as she weaves her way out. “I am genuinely passionate about my work,” she says intensely, “but to improve things, we’ve got to have accountability. Everyone in public service—NGOs, government officials, politicians—has to be accountable. Let’s not criticise or blame anybody anymore, let’s get on with our job, and make it right.”

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