David frost interview with indira gandhi biography
David frost interview with indira gandhi biography in tamil.
David frost interview with indira gandhi biography
From the India Today archives () | I've never been slapped by anybody in my life so far, and he (Sanjay Gandhi) has never slapped anybody: Indira Gandhi
(NOTE: The interview was published in the INDIA TODAY editions dated August 15 and 31, )
It is ironical that Indira Gandhi, who castigated the foreign media for misrepresenting her, and consequently India's image, chose to break her silence to David Frost, the world's leading television interviewer.
The programme which went out at peak period was keenly watched by students of Indian affairs as well as historians and psychiatrists looking for clues to discover what induced Mrs Gandhi to declare the Emergency and her subsequent grooming of her son, Sanjay, to succeed her.
Chhotu Karadia, our correspondent in London, watched the interview. Excerpts:
Frost: When this year began, you were the leader of one of the two most populous nations in the world, always described as the most powerful woman in the world and so on; then