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...motion of no confidence in the government of India's Prime Minister Morarji Desai early this month. At the time no one took the motion very seriously. But within a few days, Desai's support in the ruling Janata Party, the five-group coalition that routed Indira Gandhi in national elections 28 months ago, had all but evaporated. Last week Desai, 83, was forced to resign, and Indian President N. Sanjiva Reddy asked Chavan to try to form a new government...
Desai's downfall had been in the making for some time. The Janata Party had never been united by anything but opposition to Gandhi. In recent weeks, disillusionment had grown over the government's failure to enforce a viable economic policy, despite huge food and foreign exchange reserves. In addition, intraparty disputes over the growing power of Jana Sangh, a right-wing Janata faction, had led to widespread defections from the alliance...
...Indira Gandhi, former Indian Prime Minister, posing for photographs with admirers: "I am one of the sights of Delhi...
Thatcher thus takes her place alongside Israel's Golda Meir, India's Indira Gandhi and Sri Lanka's Sirimavo Bandaranaike as modern women politicians who have made it to the top. In keeping with British tradition, Thatcher will be addressed simply as "Prime Minister." Even before she paid her first visit to Downing Street, her campaign aides had arrived, their arms loaded with paper work. The government of a determined woman whose work ethic had been forged in the heartland of England was taking shape with no delay...
What sets Chitrabhanu off from other modern theorists and spiritual leaders, from Freud, Thoreau, or Mahatma Gandhi? Possibly it is his simplicity. A man who once spiritually led millions of Indians, including the prime minister, now happily does individual counseling, but only after he has spent hours sharing and playing with his children. A man who once because of his vows could touch neither women nor money now insists upon introducing his wife to the interviewer. A man who spent five years in silence except for occasional conversation with his guru has taught at several universities and speaks ten languages...