Not Only Vadra,Brass also has an Italian Connection
Brass is an alloy of copper and Zinc.Bronze is principally an alloy of copper and tin.But not always tin-it can be arsenic,phosphorous,aluminium,manganese or silicon.Brass is generally used for applications where low friction is required such as locks,gears,bearings,door knobs and musical instruments including horns,bells and saxophone.Its melting point is relatively low:900-940 degree centi grade,like when Robert Vadra lost his temper at a cub reporter.Vadra family was selling brass wares in Moradabad in UP.
Brass was used in Roman coinage and military equipment.So when it comes to military,brass is older than Ottavio Quattrocchi or Bofors gun.Roman coins Dupondi and Sestertii were brass.Hence the Jews boycotted brass.They in Palestine were against Roman authority.As you know,the Roman Governor,Pontius Pilate washed his hands off the famous crucifixion.Not that he was pious.That is politics.
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| Rahul,Priyanka,Miraya and Robert at Vir Bhumi |
Robert Vadra met Priyanka Gandhi when he was 16.She was 13.I have always wondered how he manoeuvered the SPG to meet Priyanka.Once when I happened to enter the SPG ring around V P Singh in Rampur,UP,I had a horrifying time.The one important theory is that Robert's sister Michelle was a classmate of Priyanka; Robert and Priyanka met at a party.Priyanka's School was Modern School, Delhi.It is not easy to subscribe to this view,though there maybe a speck of truth in it.
There is a Quattrocchi connection to the love story. Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi grew up with Quattrocchi's son,Massimo.Robert used to visit the Quattrocchi home as a friend of Massimo.Robert studied in the British School,Delhi.He didn't go beyond plus 2,meaning he stopped studying after he met Priyanka.The Vadras were trading in brassware and artificial jewellery.Robert occasionally gifted the jewellery to Priyanka.Both Quattrocchi and Sonia Gandhi shared Vadra family's interest in antiques.Sonia,born as Edvige Antonia Albina Maino to a building mason,Stefano in Orbassano,Italy,is keenly interested in art.Data available with the Registrar of Companies shows that Robert along with his mother Maureen has stakes in Lambodar Art Enterprises India Pvt Ltd.Robert is proprietor of Artex Exports.He has antique stores in Delhi and Italy.
Some think that Sonia knew Quattrocchi in Italy.It is not so.An Italian,Molinari ,introduced Quattrocchi to the Gandhi family.During 1980-87 all major deals went to Quattrocchi.
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| Maureen Vadra with Priyanka |
Robert,who became friendly with Rahul too,was a regular visitor at 10,Janpath.Without any planning,Priyanka once went to Robert's Moradabad home.Their marriage was according to Hindu customs,on 18 February,1997,after a clearance from IB on Robert's family.Robert's mother,Maureen wanted the marriage to be consecrated in the Sacred Heart Church.His father,Rajinder was against the marriage and disowned his son." I was not keen on it after Bofors and the treatment meted out to Maneka",he had revealed to the Outlook on January 21,2002."He is one of the cleanest people I have ever met",Priyanka said of Robert years later."He is someone who is completely comfortable in his own skin",she added."I gave up my life for Priyanka,fighting every day to not be a celebrity",Robert confessed.His acquisition of Priyanka was disproportionate to all his known sources of talent.He was dealing in scrap while marrying Priyanka.He frequented the Oasis discotheque and danced non stop at his niece's birth day party.
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| Rajinder |
The Vadra family was originally from Sialkot,Pakistan.Rajinder's father with family had migrated during partition.Rajinder married Maureen Mc Donagh,an Anglo Indian of Scottish origin.By 2009 Robert's all close relatives were dead under mysterious circumstances.His sister Michelle died in a car accident in 2001 while returning from Jaipur.His elder brother Richard was found dead in September 2003 at his Vasant Vihar residence.It was said he "fell off the roof".His father Rajinder,who was called Eric, was found hanging with an ironing cord in City Inn guest house in Yusuf Sarai on April 02, 2009.By that time he had separated from his wife.Robert had issued a public notice in January,2002 saying he has nothing to do with his father and brother.Both of them used to make recommendations to Congress CMs and office bearers.
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| Michelle |
Rajinder,after his death was cremated emphasizing the fact that he was a Punjabi Hindu,the Punjabi family name being Vadhera.A report,Vadra Farm Hosts RSS School in The Indian Express dated 09 March 1998 said:"Sanjay Manu Vadera farm,the favourite retreat of the Vadras,has tastefully done-up farm house,a swimming pool and Saraswati Shishu Mandir-a school run by the RSS.Om Prakash Vadera,the family patriarch and uncle of Robert Vadra,says he donated the school to the RSS in 1995."
Mysteries and mystery deaths were not new to the Gandhi family.Sanjay Gandhi wed Maneka on 23 September 1974 at the house of Mohammad Yunus is a mystery.Why Yunus?You have the answer in MO Mathai's book.Sanjay had met Maneka,17,at a party in her uncle Major General Kapur's home on 14 December 1973.The party was thrown to celebrate the forth coming wedding of Kapur's son, Veenu,who was Sanjay's school friend.Kapur was the husband of Maneka's father's sister.
After Sanjay's accidental death,Maneka was thrown out of her house by Indira Gandhi.Maneka's father Lt Colonel Trilochan Anand was found dead in a field riddled with bullets.General Kapur killed himself.Maneka's brother disappeared.
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| Richard |
Robert is the only commoner in India who is exempt from being frisked at airports.The others are the President,Vice President,The Prime Minister,Chiefs of Armed Forces and the Dalai Lama.Robert's name was added in the Warrant of Precedence by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security on 28 September,2005.Please remember Warrant of Precedence is to position,not to person.The only one appearing by name is Robert.It gives him immense freedom to handle antiques.
It is a solace that Priyanka follows Buddhist philosophy-she was taught Vipassana by SN Goenka.
Coming back to Massimo Quatrocchi-he is Ad visor to the Luxemburg based Clubinvest on business in India.It has an office in Bangalore.Massimo was in India when his father was arrested in Argentina on 06 February 2007.Priyanka is said to have helped him sort out the CBI mess.
Brass is susceptible to stress corrosion cracking,especially from Ammonia.This defect was first discovered in Indian Army, in brass cartridge cases used for rifle ammunition during 1920s.Cartridges were stored in stables and ammonia concentration rose during hot summer causing brittle cracks.If something happens,Robert has a solace in the form of a Residency permit in Dubai.
See my post,QUEEN PROPOSES,GOD DISPOSES
See my post,QUEEN PROPOSES,GOD DISPOSES
