Encountering a vulnerable lioness!

All I remember of her are the charming smile, eloquent speech, twinkling eyes and daring attitude.  Such a charismatic leader, whose transformation from a gorgeous actress to an outstanding politician is captivating.

In order to realize her undaunted attitude, we would have to leap back to the year 2004, when she was interviewed for BBC by the Senior journalist, Mr Karan Thapar.

As someone born in Tamilnadu and grew up watching debates and interviews of the national leaders on the English news channels, there was a myth, and complex in me that our south indian politicians were not as articulate,  as daring, as westernised and as good as their counterparts in the northern india. It was long before the arrival of Mr Anbumani Ramdoss, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, Mrs Kanimozhi, and the young Mr Tejaswi surya to the national politics.

Infact, it was the time, when the national media too was scornful with a preconceived opinion of our south indian politicians and dismissive of their intellectual skills, in spite of themselves producing untutored Netas like Lallu Prasad, Rabri Devi, Mulayam singh yadav, Amar Singh, Mayawati and Uma Bharti.

When such was the opinion about the south indian politicians, here comes a convert groomed J Jayalalitha, who would not take no for an answer.

And the way she mauled Mr Thapar, and made him run for his life , speaks high of her spirit. The fact is that she had not shown interest for this interview for the reputation of Mr Thapar. However, she decided to take on him.

I am sure it is even the most favorite of Mr Karan Thapar; he has written so many articles about it on The Sunday sentiments, spoken a lot on the wire, focus and even on CNN -IBN & India Today.

- Sundaresan Thankappan