Sunanda Pushkar
| Sunanda Pushkar | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Sunanda Dass 27 June 1962 Bomai, Sopore tehsil, India |
| Died | 17 January 2014 (aged 51) New Delhi, India |
| Cause of death | Poisoning due to drug overdose |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Spouse(s) | Sanjay Raina (1988) Sujith Menon (1991-1997) Shashi Tharoor (2010-2014) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) |
Lt. Col ( Retd) Pushkar Nath Dass Late Mrs Jaya Dass |
Lt. Col ( Retd) Pushkar Nath Dass
Sunanda Pushkar Nath Dass (27 June 1962 – 17 January 2014) was an Indian businesswoman and the wife of Indian diplomat and politician Shashi Tharoor. She was a sales director in the Dubai-based TECOM Investments, and a co-owner of the India-based Rendezvous Sports World.
Sunanda Pushkar (Dass) was born on 27 June 1962 in a Kashmiri Pandit family of landlords and army officers native to Bomai. She was the only daughter of Lt Col Pushkar Nath Dass and Jaya Dass. Her father retired from the army in 1983. She has two brothers, one of whom works for a global software company in Dubai; the other is a brigadier in the Indian Army. The family moved from Bomai to Jammu in 1990, after their house was set on fire by militants. She graduated from the prestigious Govt women's College in Srinagar, where she studied during 1986-88.
While studying at the prestigious Government College for women, where she was the President of the college, she married a fellow Kashmiri Pandit and a hotel management graduate Sanjay Raina. The couple divorced in 1988. Subsequently, Sunanda went to Dubai in 1989 and married Sujith Menon in 1991. Their son was born in November 1992. In October 2009, she met Shashi Tharoor at a party organised by the billionaire Sunny Varkey. Tharoor had arrived in Dubai in 2007, with his Canadian wife Christa Giles. Sunanda married Shashi Tharoor in 2010, after he was elected to the Indian Parliament. The couple had a Malayali wedding ceremony in Tharoor's ancestral home at Elavanchery in Kerala, India. This was the third marriage for both of them.
In India, Sunanda's first job was as the front desk receptionist at the Centaur Lake View hotel in Srinagar, after doing a course in hotel management. After coming to Dubai. She started an event management business called Expressions, and became well known for her networking with sponsors and artists for fashion shows. Her company organised several model shows for product launches, featuring several Indian fashion designers and models, including Hemant Trivedi, Rhea Pillai, Vikram Phadnis and Aishwarya Rai. Later, she joined Bozell Prime Advertising as an Marketing Manager. She and her second husband Sujith Menon organised a show, which made a financial loss. Sujith returned to India, and died in an accident in Delhi in March 1997.
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