![]() This is a pity, as a dispassionate analysis of that era could throw valuable insights into some conundrums that plague us in the present. ![]() As in life, so in death, Indira Gandhi has elicited comment around her personality rather than the social, economic and political issues that dominated the public arena during her tenure. It is thus surprising to find that even hindsight has not produced a meaningful evaluation of her role at a momentous crossroads. Her tenure was dogged by forces that were powerful but still in the process of crystallization. Gandhi was the product, rather than presiding deity, of a momentous transition in the life of the nation. ![]() The eighty-fifth birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi sparked off some reminiscences about one of the most towering personalities in independent India. ![]()
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