| Notas gerais | «This book is an absorbing account of the life of Indira Gandhi, one of the greatest leaders of our time. It deals with her own development and with her relations with her brilliant father, Jawaharlal Nehru. It is also a colorful picture of the people of India, their strength to unite in the face of a period of crisis, and the sophisticated political institutions they have developed. Krishan Bhatia, one of India's leading journalists, has written this important book with great objectivity, describring Mrs. Gandhi's mistakes as well as her extraordinary political achievements in maintaining India's freedom and democratic institutions. (...) His book must be read by those who wish to understand the political, economic, and social forces that are now shaping the world's largest democracy». |