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“This is a real page-turner. It’s…an account of Indira Gandhi as a person and her complexity as a leader. It’s a sympathetically written book – clearly the author likes Indira Gandhi and is fascinated by her. There are two points in the book that read like a Greek tragedy, like fiction. The first is the day before Indira Gandhi declared an emergency and took over dictatorial control of India from 1975-77…That most remarkable day in India’s history is described beautifully. The other point where the book really builds up is the day before her assassination.” Read more...
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