Granddaughter of one of the early leaders of the Indian National Congress; Daugher of independent India's first Prime Minister; Mother of another Prime Minister; Mother-in-law of an election-winning party leader; Grandmother of a young up-and-coming MP of whom much is expected; Indira Gandhi's ... Read review
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Advantages: A great mix of the public and private woman Disadvantages: The crowds can be overwhelming
...of whom much is expected; Indira Gandhi's place in Indian social and political history would have been ensured even without her own remarkable achievement. Indira was the first - and so far only - woman Prime Minister of the world's largest democracy. Her election in 1966 made her only the second woman to serve as president or prime minister in modern times. So much for the idea that India was a backward place - she took power 13 years before the ... ...In a BBC online poll Indira Gandhi upstaged the likes of Queen Elizabeth the First to be named as 'Woman of the Millenium".
Whether you love her or hate her, praise her achievements or despise her heavy-handed treatment of social and political issues (for example her 'transistor radios for vasectomies' campaign and sending troops into the Golden Temple at Amristsar) it's hard to deny that Indira Gandhi was a phenomenon. Like millions of people around ...
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Behind the Scenes at the Museum was Yorkshire mother of two, Kate Atkinson's first novel and this wonderful book it is definitely one to be celebrated.
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