It is too early to speculate on Mrs. Maneka Gandhi’s future. But certain points are beyond dispute. She has decided to chalk out an independent political career for herself in the face of Mrs. Gandhi’s trenchant opposition. Rather than accept the Prime Minister’s advice to dissociate herself from certain elements, … Read More
The luckless people of Bangladesh have once again passed under military rule. It had been widely predicted for the last two months or so that General Ershad would seize power. He has finally done so. The pretext is that corruption had assumed alarming proportions and that the law and order … Read More
The Bhosale affair has posed a challenge to serious and responsible journalists in India. They have been agonising over it for almost two months and they do not quite know how to deal with it. To recapitulate the facts briefly, ugly rumours began to circulate about Mr Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale … Read More
Ever since Mr. Kissinger made his famous statement about Mrs. Gandhi in 1971, most Western assessments of her have centred on her toughness. The Observer profile we publish elsewhere on this page is no exception. This emphasis has been justified. Mrs. Gandhi has demonstrated her determination, strength of character and … Read More
For reasons which remain rather obscure, Mrs. Gandhi’s old decisiveness has not been in evidence since she returned to office over two years ago. It is, therefore, not particularly surprising that she should have sought to ease out Mr. Charanjit Chanana, minister of state for industry, and Mr. SS Sisodia, … Read More
Regardless of whether the charge of moral turpitude against the Maharashtra chief minister, Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale, is justified or not, it has put Mrs. Gandhi in an embarrassing position. Partly she has only herself to blame for this denouement. When she was looking for a successor to Mr. AR Antulay, … Read More
Mrs. Gandhi has apparently decided to suppress dissidence in the Congress (I) with a heavy hand. It is unlikely that she would have otherwise gone to the extent of denying Mr. Yogendra Makwana, Union minister of state for communications, a party nomination for election to the Rajya Sabha. Mr. Makwana … Read More
