Indira Gandhi: An Intimate BiographyPantheon Books, 1992 - 410 من الصفحات When Indira Gandhi was brutally assassinated in 1984, she had lived through India's tortured liberation from the British Empire, the bloody era of partition and the monumental difficulties associated with creating and sustaining the world's largest and most troubled democratic nation. This unique, intimate biography of one of the first women heads of state in modern history shows Indira growing from the shy daughter of the great Jawaharlal Nehru to the accomplished politician she eventually became. Very few people knew Indira beyond the facade, and there has been nothing written about her that illumines the conflicting aspects of her character: aloof but charming; lonely but ferocious in defense of her own - particularly her son Sanjay; sensitive and cultivated but capable of cold arrogance; devoted to her nation but blind to some of the cruelties she inflicted; a warm mother and grandmother but a calculating politician. A friend of Indira's for more than thirty years, Pupul Jayakar is uniquely qualified to assess and illuminate this complex woman in depth. Jayakar reveals Indira's thoughts and feelings, her loves and emotional entanglements, her blunders and her great courage. She is also able to situate the Nehru family in the context of modern Indian history in a way that is vivid to the Western reader. In Indira Gandhi, Pupul Jayakar gives us a penetrating but balanced account of one of the twentieth century's most remarkable women, a towering figure whose virtues and vices will be debated for a long time to come. |
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... reached them . They were greatly concerned over these developments and with the decision of the Opposition to surround the Prime Minister's house and so paralyze her functioning as head of the government . Most of the ministers present ...
... reached them . They were greatly concerned over these developments and with the decision of the Opposition to surround the Prime Minister's house and so paralyze her functioning as head of the government . Most of the ministers present ...
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... reached the river , stormy winds made the crossing on foot impossible . Boats were not available , nor were the boatmen prepared to take any passenger across . Villagers who had to come out of their huts to join her procession begged ...
... reached the river , stormy winds made the crossing on foot impossible . Boats were not available , nor were the boatmen prepared to take any passenger across . Villagers who had to come out of their huts to join her procession begged ...
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... reached Mercara late in the evening . She had planned her timetable meticulously . On reaching a rest house , she would tidy her room , make her bed , straighten a photograph on the wall . It was only then that she would relax or sleep ...
... reached Mercara late in the evening . She had planned her timetable meticulously . On reaching a rest house , she would tidy her room , make her bed , straighten a photograph on the wall . It was only then that she would relax or sleep ...
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