Word: hindy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...function, and in some cases force has been used to compel members to resign in order to dissolve lawfully elected assemblies," she declared. "Agitations have surcharged the atmosphere, leading to violent incidents." Although she did not mention the apparent attempt on her own life in March, when a Hindi newspaper editor was arrested with a loaded pistol as he entered the courtroom in which Mrs. Gandhi was testifying, the Prime Minister did cite the "brutal murder" of Railways Minister L.N. Mishra in January and the unsuccessful assassination attempt on India's Chief Justice three months later...
...year ahead of schedule, she called for a general election, then campaigned on the populist Hindi slogan Garibi hatao ("Abolish poverty"). The result: the New Congress Party won two-thirds of the seats in the Lok Sabha, or lower house of the Parliament...
...intense, Mrs. Gandhi is no spellbinder as a public speaker, but she nonetheless sways audiences. As Prime Minister, she has carried on her father's custom of holding frequent darshans-in Hindi, literally, "showing oneself-at which she appears on the lawn of her official home in New Delhi to accept petitions and listen to the problems of ordinary people. Like Father Jawaharlal, Mrs. Gandhi was educated in England. Like him also, she has little interest in small talk, suffers fools poorly, and governs imperiously-although she tends to delegate more business than he did. About the only time...
...case has been in the courts ever since. When it finally came to trial, Mrs. Gandhi, in an unprecedented move, took the witness stand for 6% hours in her own defense. Her appearance turned into a sensation when the editor of a Hindi newspaper was caught entering the court with a loaded gun and arrested on suspicion of planning to assassinate her. Two days later, would-be assassins also attempted-unsuccessfully-to kill the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court...
...opulence of their screen counterparts. Operating their own fleets of fast, radar-equipped dhows, motorboats and trucks, they bring in gold, jewels, liquor and such luxury items as TV sets and hi-fi equipment for the benefit of a small elite of conspicuous consumers. They spirit out silver, Hindi movies (frequently financed by smugglers), which are much admired in the Middle East and South Africa, and other Indian goods...