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Not
a shrinking violet maybe, but certainly fiercely private, Jemima
Khan recently voluntarily stepped out of her self-created cocoon
of obscurity into the full blaze of television cameras – all for
a good cause.
The deplorable conditions prevailing in the Afghan refugee
camps in the Frontier so moved Jemima when she visited one last
month that she was propelled to take action.
Within a few weeks she had managed to muster several hundred
tents and assorted provisions for the refugees, and create an ongoing
relief operation. And of course when the reclusive Ms. Imran
Khan actually ventures into the public eye, can the cameras be far
behind?
Thus, there was Jemima, hair and dupatta askew, crumpled
clothes and all going about her business with missionary zeal, and
close on her heels the cameras and crews of assorted networks.
And for once the lady welcomed the attention because she
believes it’s time the world sat up and took notice of how the other
half lives.
Quite another Jemima – svelte in a sari and tressed to perfection
– attended, with a black tied Imran in tow, the L ondon-based Women
Achievers Award ceremony. This time she didn’t solicit the cameras –
but they found her nonetheless.
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