Journey in politics: Sheila, in her own words: CWG to December 16
(WorldNews Politics)

While on a campaign trail in 1998, Sheila Dikshit walked down the `lanes of Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi, beating a thali with a rolling pin, to literally create a hue and cry about the impact of price rise so evident in the kitchens of ordinary Delhiites`. Advertising From nostalgia-ridden tales of her childhood in Lutyens´ Delhi and a college-era romance that culminated in marriage in 1962, Dikshit´s autobiography, Citizen Delhi, published in 2018, also offers a glimpse into the life of a Chief Minister and strategist looking to solve problems the city and its dwellers faced as they entered a new millennium. In a chapter titled `Real Politics of being a Chief Minister´, Dikshit wrote about...