It's not just Congressman Kapil Sibal vs BJP's Vijender Gupta in Delhi 6, but wife against wife and bahurani too. MiD DAY pitches Gupta's wife Shobha against Sibal's wife Promila and his daughter-in-law Shivani as they campaign at Chandni Chowk

The chewing gum campaigner

Black shades, spotless white skin and grey matter define Shobha, the wife and campaigner to Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Chandni Chowk Vijender Gupta. She's a gum-grinding doctorate-holder in drugs and crime linkage, and walks out of a tinted-glassed SUV to insist that the rest of the talk be done in "our (MiD DAY's) car".
Amid blaring Bollywood-ised campaign songs and busy workers at their Shalimar Bagh office, the lady decides to take us on a rather unconventional ride. We hop in to track the gullies of the Walled City and Tri Nagar, humble roots and rebellion.

Love in Delhi University. Is that how it all began?
Actually, it started in Pilani. I was representing Daulat Ram College at a debate held at the annual fest of the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) there, and he (Vijender) was participating on behalf of Ramjas College. Our friendship continued to grow back home through his years at the Sri Ram College of Commerce and mine at Jamia University. And after seven years of friendship, we took our vows in 1987.