"If I die a violent death as some fear and a few are plotting, I know the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassin, not in my dying...." Indira Gandhi On October 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, was shot down while walking from her house to her office in New Delhi, India's Capital City (The New York Times). The fatal shooting was carried out by two men who were members of her personal bodyguard. The shooting marked an abrupt and tragic end to the lengthy
Indira Gandhi was an important historical figure in India. She broke through traditional gender boundaries, and became a woman leader of the largest democracy in the world. This was an accomplishment that even the United States has not achieved. She also marked the start of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty within a democratic India. Internal affairs such as the Hindu-Sikh conflict and the exponentially growing population led to Indira Gandhi changing her governance to that of an authoritarian. Indira Gandhi's
her own right. Four years thereafter, she was president of the party. It was finally in 1966 when Indira Gandhi was given her first opportunity to govern the Republic of India as Prime Minister, following the death of Prime Minister Shastri. Even though she was governing as a reserve, Gandhi had her first campaign victory in the national elections of 1971. For the subsequent years, Indira Gandhi and her administration had successfully governed India. She was in office for fifteen years over
in interrogating the spaces between men and women, Indira Gandhi, the first and only women prime minister of India, uses her 1966 ‘True Liberation of Women’ speech platform to give voice to an emerging feminist movement, as well as to raise awareness of the discrimination, including stereotyping, suffered by many women in order to promote the resilience and skills of Indian women. Hence, it is through distinctive voices that both Perkins and Gandhi uniquely position their audiences to reflect upon
Religion is one of the reasons why Parsis are a minority in Bombay, India. They believe in Zoroastrianism while most Bombayites are Hindus. The other religions that are minorities are Christianity, and Islam. One of Gustard's friend, Malcom, said to Gustard, "we are the minorities in a nation of Hindus" (Such a Long Journey, pg. 23). Malcom was a Christian and they used to fight about their different religions and who's religion came first. Gustard told Malcom "Our prophet Zarathustra lived more
Government in India Today India's present constitution went into effect on Jan. 26, 1950. At that time, the nation changed its status from a dominion to a federal republic, though it remained within the Commonwealth. A president, chosen by an Electoral College replaced the governor-general, appointed by the British Crown. The president is the official chief of state, but the office is largely ceremonial. In parliamentary government, the people in a country elect members of at least one house
a local gurdwara (Sikh temple). He learned there that Sikhs were a religious group a part from Hindus and Muslims, with a destiny to rule th... ... middle of paper ... ... blurred for Manny. Now as a grown man, he sees that Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had the resources and to carry out the attack in another way, but chose not to. Above all, there was no justification for demolishing the Golden Temple. Ultimately, in Manny’s opinion, a Sikh with both religious and military insight, Operation
internal political reforms, waged two successful wars against the Ottoman Empire and occupied vast territories on Russia's southern boundaries, eventually advancing the country's border to the Black Sea (Catherine the Great). Furthermore, wasn't Indira Gandhi... ... middle of paper ... ... females to higher positions making them the slaves of the society. The strength of the women, their intellect and determination should open the doors for them. However, still, the image of power and gender roles
not just about Gustad’s personal life journey but it also explores the political background during that time. The battle between India and West Pakistan during the Bangladeshi Liberation War that helped East Pakistan form their own sovereign state, Indira Gandhi's socialist and corrupt government and Shiv Sena's fascist regime led by their ethnocentric leader, Bal Thackeray influenced the background of the novel. There were growing tensions between East Pakistan and West Pakistan during 1971. After
Much has been said about India’s party politics. It has travelled though many phases. It has been characterised differently at different points of time e.g. One Party Dominant System, competition between national and regional parties, a clear fight between two broad alliances and a recurrent appearance of third front etc. This third front business usually represents the regional parties (though some of them claim to be national parties) and an uncanny opportunism disguised as regional aspirations
Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, B.R. Ambedkar shared a common desire for a strong Indian modern state however despite their ambitions for Indian state development, the modern Indian state demonstrates its modernity through its relationship between state corruption and urban development. This short paper will demonstrate how the political ideas of Gandhi, Nehur, and Ambedkar compare to and differ from the modern Indian state’s development. Gandhi, Nehru, and Ambedkar each shared a common desire
Rahul Gandhi of the Indian national congress and Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party or so called BJP and these two people are two very different people and the most important differences between them are their backgrounds, their ideologies and finally their past achievements or disappointments. Born into the prestigious Gandhi family Rahul Gandhi was never meant to enter politics his father the late Rajeev Gandhi was the former prime minister of India just like his mother Indira Gandhi and
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me the qualities required to meet the rigor of this demanding profession. Graduation in Engineering has provided a strong foundation in Mathematics and Computer Programming. During the course of my Engineering education I took up a project with Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), India’s premier centre for atomic research. This project of developing the software for processing reactor data, requiring extensive use of C programming language and Unix, for the first time gave me a real world
taking over of India government power by the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. In 1975, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was found and charged guilty regarding her 1971 election campaign and was ordered to resign. However, Indira Gandhi declared the state of emergency whereby she will give herself full power to rule India by decree. This state of emergency had been lasted for about 18 months and had been officially ended in the March 1977 when Gandhi called for another round of election. Moreover, the historical
Rohinton Mistry with his novels like Such a Long Journey (1992) and A Fine Balance (1996) showed to the literary world that he is a novelist who believes in depicting life as it really is. Both the novels exhibit his excellent understanding of Indian social life. A veracious portrayal of the Indian middle class is the high point in Mistry’s narratives. His bitterness and disappointment with the government’s hostile attitude towards the poor is evident in his novels. Such a Long Journey (1991) is
genus and that globalization greatly affected each film. Sholay, a 1975 Bollywood masala film directed by Ramesh Sippy, plays a huge role as the national allegory of India during a turbulent time when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency. During this time Indira Gandhi suspended constitutional rights and jailed thousands of political opponents. This time period was marked with uncertainty; thus, reflected in the national Cinema of the time. Sippy used his film as a means to start
have made major inroads in working opportunities, including government, science and even the military. They are reshaping world history and are very proud. Internationally, women have achieved the highest office in several countries, such as: Indira Gandhi of India, Golda Meir of Israel, and Margaret Thatcher of Great Britain. Hilary Clinton is currently running for a senate seat in New York and if she is successful, could one day follow in her husband’s footsteps and become the first female President
Marie Curie (1898-1934): Marie Curie was a Polish physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. In 1903, she shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband, and in 1911 won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences. Through her experiments she developed the theory of radioactivity and techniques for isolating
The concept of orientalism refers to the western perceptions of the eastern cultures and social practices. It is a specific expose of the eurocentric universalism which takes for granted both, the superiority of what is European or western and the inferiority of what is not. Salman Rushdie's Booker of the Bookers prize winning novel Midnights Children is full of remarks and incidents that show the orientalist perception of India and its people. It is Rushdie's interpretation of a period of about