Nairobi, Nov. 1 -- The small bonfire at the back of Pio Gama Pinto's house at No. 6 Lower Kabete Road, Nairobi, consumed all that the freedom fighter and nationalist had written and received - his letters, articles, books, and speeches.
While an assassin's bullet on February 24, 1965, had ended his life, fear of what could befall his wife, Emma, and the family, erased the other chunk of history.
Pranlal Sheth and Sarjit Singh Heyer, the two men who burnt the documents, perhaps, meant well. They feared that whoever killed Pinto - or ordered his killing - could now turn to Emma, the nationalist's young wife. Emma, then only 37, was advised to leave and that is how she left with her three children, Linda, Malusha and Tereshka, for Ottawa, Ca...