Indira Gandhi Quotes

“पापा का देर रात तक रेडियो पर 'हवामहल' सुनना मुझे याद है। रात के आर जे की बातों पर हम सबका हँसना, उन रातों की रौनक बढ़ा देता था। ऐसी ही एक रात को एमरजेंसी के बाद चुनाव परिणाम घोषित हुए थे। निर्णायक परिणाम आ चुका था। इंदिरा गाँधी चुनाव हार गई थी और इस घोषणा के साथ रेडियो ने गाना बजाया, 'सबेरे वाली गाड़ी से चले जाएंगे, कुछ ले के जाएंगे, कुछ दे के जाएंगे, सवेरे वाली गाड़ी...”
― Vandana Yadav, आई डोन्ट लाइक यू

“Indira Gandhi had recently been assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards and the whole Sikh community of Delhi was paying the price. The Rajiv Gandhi prosecuted nobody for these murders, in spite of much hard evidence identifying many of the killers.”
― Salman Rushdie, Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002

“Consider a device she has used so skilfully in the past: identify

the weakness of a man, exploit it. True, the device works and
for a long time. But in the end, and the end has come-I don't
mean chronologically, of course, but in terms of effectivenessthe ability to manipulate the weaknesses of others does not suffice.
You must reckon with your own weaknesses and with how they
incapacitate you in dealing with the cruel march of time, of
events”
― Arun Shourie, Mrs. Gandhis second reign