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...that remained of Lai Bahadur Shastri was a small pile of ashes on the bank of New Delhi's Jumna River. Even as the nation mourned the death of its gentle leader, the search began for a successor. At week's end, as India's leading politicians huddled in one meeting after another, it seemed likely that the choice would fall on a candidate with a magical legacy in Indian politics: Indira Gandhi, 48, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru...
Hardly Shy. At first, Kamaraj seemed to consider Y. B. Chavan, 51, Shastri's Defense Minister and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra state. But he gave up on him (too many political enemies), passed over Interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda (lackluster), and ruled himself out on the ground that he speaks neither Hindi nor English. Increasingly, Kamaraj found that the person with the fewest serious enemies, the widest reputation and the most attractive personality was Indira Gandhi. Nor was the lady shy. "I will do what Mr. Kamaraj wants me to," she told reporters. Her main competition came from...
Though her post as Shastri's Information and Broadcasting Minister was her first Cabinet appointment, she had for years before been her father's closest confidante. She denies that she hews to any political philosophy, explains: "I don't believe in any ism." Yet she has usually been ready to defend Communist causes on the international level...
...Middle Way." Whoever succeeds Shastri inherits a nation that is the better for his leadership. He had a scant 19 months to cope with India's thorny problems; yet his patient, pragmatic approach helped to heal regional tensions and promote a more realistic sense of the nation's direction. When food riots broke out in 1964, Shastri wisely de-emphasized Nehru's overambitious industrialization schemes and gave top priority to increasing farm output. He halted the bloody language riots in the south by indefinitely shelving the law establishing Hindi as the sole official tongue. "We must seek...
Last month eleven members of Parliament introduced a resolution charging that T.T.K. had used his office to advance the business interests of his sons. Krishnamachari appealed to Shastri to personally exonerate him of the accusation. Shastri stalled, suggesting that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ought to examine the matter. Enraged, the Finance Minister walked in for a showdown. "You are not indispensable," said Shastri. Replied Krishnamachari: "I should have quit when Nehru died...