Sunanda, who keeps her father’s name as her surname, was married to Sanjay Raina, who is one of India’s first Punjabi rap singers.
Information about Sunanda Pushkar, who spoke to the media on Tuesday, is slowly coming out.
Sunanda, who keeps her father’s name as her surname, was married to Sanjay Raina, who is one of India’s first Punjabi rap singers.
Sanjay, then a resident of the posh Jawahar Nagar in Srinagar, did his schooling at the prestigious Burn Hall School, Sanawar, and later shifted to Delhi where he graduated from the Institute of Hotel Management, Pusa.
Sunanda was a student at the Government College for Women in Srinagar in the mid-80s. She later did a hotel management course and briefly worked in a hotel in Srinagar.
Their marriage, which took place in the late 1980s, did not last long with the couple divorcing in the early 1990s. Incidentally, Sanjay and Sunanda’s families migrated from Kashmir after the onset of militancy two decades ago.
After her divorce, Sunanda married a Kerala businessman, Sujeet Menon, who was a dealer in firefighting equipments and a Dubai-based event manager.
Menon was in India when he died in a road accident in Delhi. Sunanda has a son from Menon, who is now 15 years old.
Sanjay too remarried, and has a son, now in his teens. He and his family are now based in Delhi and his event management company organises entertainment shows in Australia. When DNA contacted Sanjay, he refused to speak.
Sanjay’s website, which describes him as the “raja of remixes”, states: “Sanjay Raina is one of India’s lead stage performer and pop singer. He is also a compère and heads an event management company. Sanjay released his first album Balle Balle Shera, the first Punjabi rap album, which was a hit.”
After their divorce, Sanjay’s family did not maintain any relation with Sunanda and they want to remain out of this controversy.
Meanwhile, her father, Lt Col (retired) Poshkar Nath Dass, who chased away reporters at his residence in Jammu, appealed to the media to respect Sunanda’s privacy. “Sunanda has gone through many ordeals and faced a troubled life. She should be left alone,” her father told a news agency.
“Please leave her alone. We have finally got her settled after great effort. We do not want any more trouble for her. Please understand the agony of a father. My daughter has suffered a lot in the past. I want her life to be a happy one devoid of troubles,” he said, adding, “The media should not forcibly chase us for statements.”
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