Agnes and Diana: Two models of charity

Diana's death attracted 24X7 coverage for almost a week

Twenty years ago on August 31, Diana Spencer, aged 31, died in a car crash in France after a high-speed chase with the paparazzi. Her death attracted 24X7 coverage for almost a week, no less for the sensational circumstances of her end than the right royal drama — literally — that was her adult life.

As breathless commentators reflected on the life of a woman whose life and death were the epitome of luxury, a frail 87-year old Albanian nun, for whom austerity was a lifestyle choice, lay dying in a Kolkata hospital. Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known to the world as