Deeply saddened by Queen Elizabeth’s passing. We didn’t know her. Indeed she belonged to another universe but her influence was great. She was the one steadying factor through the years. The world experienced - and still continues to experience - the turmoils of war, illness, hatred, divisiveness, and what have you, but somehow this person sitting in faraway England remained a constant. She lived the values that were inculcated in her as she was groomed to rule. Regardless of the love-hate relationship Britain has with the countries of the world, this one lady held the imagination and respect of everyone. Her steady presence was the one sure factor in a world, totally fragmented and pulling in a thousand ways. She struggled too within her own family, in a differently evolving England, in a world rapidly changing for better and worse, and yet never lost her equilibrium on the world stage.
One needs heroes, and for me, she was one.
May her soul rest in peace.