A stint in the lock-ups, a charge of larceny and a case that dragged on for five years marked the beginning of a turning point in Karen de Souza’s life when she realized that living is much more than making oneself comfortable while others suffer around you.
Today de Souza is known as women rights activist, human rights activist, child rights activist and activist against any kind of wrong committed against humankind, but many years ago she was known as a politician. (We are all politicians simply by waking up in the morning, she remarked.)
“I think I am still known as a politician, probably among
