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...Nehru's only child, Indira Gandhi, whose two sons, in turn, left legacies at odds with each other. The older son Rajiv, succeeded his mother as prime minister shortly after she was assassinated in 1984. Rajiv was later murdered in a 1994 terrorist bombing and his Italian-born widow, Sonia, now leads the ruling Congress Party. Rajiv's younger brother, Sanjay, however, had been their mother Indira's favorite and had been viewed as her heir apparent until his sudden death in a plane crash in 1980. Sanjay's widow Maneka is now Sonia Gandhi's implacable enemy. Maneka...
...popular story has the philosopher of political non-violence, who was Indira's godfather, allowing her fiance, a young Zoroastrian lawyer originally called Feroze Shah Ghandy, to restyle his surname as Gandhi, thus attaching prestige to a mixed marriage many Hindus would not have approved of. Priyanka Gandhi, Sonia's daughter, said that her cousin Varun's comments were against the traditions her family had "lived and died for." There might have been a bigger political spectacle if Priyanka's brother Rahul had been entered as a possible Congress candidate in the coming elections, but their mother nixed that suggestion...
Dining Hall: Subterranean: an unparalleled. if underground, dining experience. The ID-swiper, Sonia, makes a point to know every Winthropian’s name—and even the names of their most frequent guests. The dining hall stays open 24 hours, drawing problem-set troglodytes and mixer-seeking second-semester seniors on a nightly basis...
...understand that the meetings have been longer,” said Student Affairs Committee Chair Tamar Holoshitz ’10. “Quite frankly, it’s because we’re doing more things this semester.” UC Representative Sonia S. Dara ’12 suggested that perhaps meetings could be shortened if “people kept clapping to a minimum.” Representatives typically clap to celebrate the passage of legislation or to mark major speeches. This week’s grants package proved contentious, with the debate centering...
...might have been Pakistani.) So far, there have been little more than hints and platitudes from the steady stream of high-profile visitors to south Mumbai: the local strongman Raj Thackeray, Maharashtra state chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, Member of Parliament Milind Deora. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi are said to be on their way to the city, as is opposition BJP leader L.K. Advani. The question is, Will they do anything to better prepare this city, and the rest of India, for the next time...