Posted on 06/21/2021 7:55:13 PM PDT by bitt
India in 1983 was still in its infant stages of economic development; however, like today, it was a popular destination among Westerners with its marketable poverty, a lingering sense of spirituality, mysticism and a rich history.
Around 20 years after United States President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, his son, John F. Kennedy Jr., was ready to take on the world as a fresh 23-year-old history graduate from Brown University. After finishing his education, he took a working year off in which he traveled to India to spend some time at Delhi University, where he researched topics of his personal interests like food production, health and education.
Having the fortunes, or misfortunes, of being attached to that famous American family name, Mr. Kennedy’s India trip was well designed to protect his identity through a collaborative effort by both Indian and American governments. In Delhi, instead of the American Embassy, Mr. Kennedy stayed at various places, from the dingy hotels of Pahar Ganj in the center of the city to the embassies of America’s allies.
At the same time, during Delhi’s winter season, Narendra Taneja, a journalist (who is also the father of this reporter), was a regular attendee of the city’s expat “wine-and-cheese” scene. At one such do at the Irish Embassy, he met a young man who was staying at the residence of the embassy’s second secretary, on the floor, in a sleeping bag.
“We just got talking, and I asked him where he was staying for his trip to Delhi, and he, with a smirk, pointed towards a corner of the room’s floor,” Mr. Taneja recalled.
“At that time, I had just shifted to Delhi and was staying in a professor’s house in .I.I.T,” the Indian Institute of Technology, he said. “The professor was traveling abroad
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interesting...
Very intereting indeed, read the article.
Is India where he learned his flying skills?
“He is a son of a king!”
Translation from Hindi “he’s a privileged rich brat of an election thief, and the grandson of a corrupt bootlegger!”
His death was no accident. He was about to enter politics and run for the senate seat Hillary had her eyes on. He was going to come out of the closet and run AS A REPUBLICAN. He was offed.
Here is my take:
His death was no accident. Raised in privilege and taught arrogance, he though he could fly in instrument conditions without full instrument training and certification. He might have been worth $40M, so how could he be wrong? Oops, into the graveyard spin he and his passengers went.
I think that is the best explanation for what happened. But what do I think of the impact of this death on our politics? Well, tough one to handicap, but if he had run for the Senate and blocked Hillary, perhaps that would have been the end of her career, which would have been a good thing. But, having someone like him, fawned upon by the media, in the Senate, not so good. Because you knew he was going to run for President someday.
very interesting....
How is this known?
I can’t imagine him going anywhere without bodyguards
Apparently he often traveled without “protection”, and often took off alone on fairly risky adventures. I respect the fact that he didn’t hold himself to be some “precious” person and instead made the choice to live his life fully. And I don’t believe there was anything more suspicious than bad judgement in his death...really a shame that he took his wife and SIL with him...
Low-time VFR pilot flying high-performance single* over water at dusk.
*aka “Doctor-killer”.
As predictable as getting AIDS from unprotected sex with a gay Haitian junkie.
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