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...Selassie of Ethiopia, one of the world's longest-reigning monarchs, and Fidel Castro of Cuba, still the archetypal revolutionary in his olive-drab uniform. There, too, was King Feisal of Saudi Arabia, exiled Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, President Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India and scores of others...
...India be saved?" Blitz, a supporter of Mrs. Gandhi, continued: "Political and economic problems of Himalayan dimensions threaten to crash upon the Indira Gandhi government unless it wakes up to the awesome realities...
What was more surprising was an out-of-character blast by India's ceremonial figurehead, President Varahagi-ri Venkata Giri. He said the government had failed to use the immense power that Mrs. Gandhi had won in 1971 in the national elections and in 1972 in the state elections-and, he might have added, the unmatched popularity she had gained after India trounced Pakistan and freed Bangladesh. Little more than a year ago, India and Indira alike were in a state of seemingly enduring euphoria...
Along with her initiative, Indira Gandhi has lost much of her charisma...
...leadership this year. Opinion polls, which gave her a whopping 93% approbation after her electoral and military victories of 1971-72, dropped her to 50% last June; and as conditions worsen, so do her ratings. India is suffering from a nationwide sense of depression, frustration and malaise. Yet, Mrs. Gandhi's only advice to her Independence Day audience was to stop complaining and instead "work to build a new India." But to that end, her own government has delivered more promises and slogans than productive work...