Vengeance: India After the Assassination of Indira Gandhi - Hardcover

Gupte, Pranay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393022307 ISBN 13: 9780393022308

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1985

Synopsis

Part political travelogue, part autobiography, this book, by the only foreign correspondent permitted to file dispatches from the Punjab--the center of India's Sikh population after Indira Gandhi's assassination, provides richly detailed portraits of Indi

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From Library Journal:

Gupte, formerly New York Times correspondent in New Delhi, toured India in the critical months following the assassination of Indira Gandhi. In this sharp and compelling snapshot of the changes in Indian society, he presents both the settled and tangled problems and the hopeful energy of the new and pragmatic generation of leaders who are attacking them. Most fascinating is the array of interviews and sketches of these young leaders, many of whom are Gupte's friendsnot only politicians, but also artists, film makers, journalists, and doctors. Of Indira Gandhi, a central topic of evaluation, Gupte muses that she ``may not have been good for the country, and she may even have been disastrous,'' but she was ``always splendid.'' Highly recommended. Charles W. Hayford, History Dept., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill.
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About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0393022307
• ISBN 13: 9780393022308
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368