No slowing Shabana

At 75, Shabana Azmi continues to lead from the front. After spending three days protesting with students at Jantar Mantar, the veteran actor was set to join another demonstration at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park on Friday (July 24). But swine flu got in the way. Doctors initially suspected COVID, but a source tells mid-day, “She has contracted swine flu and has 102-degree fever. [Despite her health], she was keen to attend the protest, but the doctors advised her against it.”

Pa.Ranjith, Andrea Jeremiah and Vetrimaaran