Word: indira
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...Indira Gandhi is no more. Assassinated on October 30, 1984, she passes into legend as one of the most charismatic leaders of our time. For 16 years she dedicated herself to preserving the unity of a country of unimaginable cultural, social and ethnic diversity...
...hearts and minds of the people of India--the peasents in the fields, the blue collar workers in the factories and offices and the businessmen and lawyers in the air-conditioned high rises of Bombay and New Delhi. In her life and now, in her death, Indira had something to say to them...
...young woman of nineteen, married and draped in a sari, committed to her home and family, my mother first encountered a very young Indira at a local college, where she gave a speech about the role of college-educated women in the future of the country. To my mother, Indira Gandhi was and always will be a beacon of hope for the future of the Indian woman. For thousands of Indian women like my mother, she symbolized all that the Indian woman could achieve, given the limited opportunities of a social and cultural tradition that to this day requires...
...watched Indira Gandhi one afternoon, as she slowly drove down to one of the military units in my hometown in South India. People lined the streets and waved as always. Traffic came to a standstill as the official convoy went by. In the hot Indian sunshine, she seemed tireless and determined, her strong features and white-streaked hair lent her an air of invincibility. To me, she embodied the strength of India, its achievements, its aspirations and its very spirit. For many Indians, there is today a personal sense of loss. Indira was not always one of the world...
Something is gone that can never be replaced. In Indira's passing, the country's very will to exist is being threatened. While her son pleads in his mother's name, houses are being burned and people are turning upon each other in the cities of India. Indira did not merely inherit the legacy of her father and grandfather, she was the legacy that they gave to the country in their passing. My mother and I will never forget our brief glimpses of the woman who has embodied the colorful and contradictory nature of Indian culture and society; the country...