“In fact the communists gained strength in India when the people thought my party was moving to the right. And they were correct.” PeopleFactsMovingPartyIndiaCommunist Author:Indira Gandhi
“India had barely become independent, in 1947, when Pakistan invaded Kashmir, which at the time was ruled by a maharajah. The maharajah fled, and the people of Kashmir, led by Sheikh Abdullah, asked for Indian help. Lord [Louis] Mountbatten, who was still governor general, replied that he wouldn't be able to supply aid to Kashmir unless Pakistan declared war, and he didn't seem bothered by the fact that the Pakistanis were slaughtering the population.” PeopleStillsWarFactsHelpingSeemsAbleLordIndiaIndependentPopulationAidsIndianGovernorsPakistanBotheredKashmir Author:Indira Gandhi
“In India you don't find propaganda against Pakistan. During the war there was a little of it, naturally, but even during the war we were able to control it. In fact the Pakistanis were astonished by this. There were prisoners in the camp hospitals who exclaimed, 'What? You're a Hindu doctor and you want to cure me?'” WantLittlesWarFactsAbleDoctorsIndiaCuresPropagandaHospitalsPrisonerCampsPakistan Author:Indira Gandhi
“The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn't mean I'm indoctrinated.” MeanFactsIdeology Author:Indira Gandhi
“Finally we promised to limit the birth rate. And this you really didn't believe; you smiled scornfully. Well, even in this things have gone well. The fact is that we have grown by over seventy millions in ten years, but it's also true that we have grown less than many other countries, including the countries of Europe.” YearsBelieveWellsCountryFactsMillionsGoneBirthTenLimitsEuropeRateIncludingOther CountriesSeventiesBirth Rate Author:Indira Gandhi
“I've always been able to do what I wanted. On the other hand, my mother was. She considered the fact of being a woman a great disadvantage. She had her reasons. In her day women lived in seclusion - in almost all Indian states they couldn't even show themselves on the street.” StatesReasonFactsShowsHandsAbleWantedMotherStreetsIndianDisadvantagesBeing A WomanSeclusion Author:Indira Gandhi
“For me it's absolutely the same - I treat one and the other in exactly the same way. As persons, that is, not as men and women. But, even here, you have to consider the fact that I've had a very special education, that I'm the daughter of a man like my father and a woman like my mother.” MenWayPersonsFactsMotherFatherSpecialDaughterMen And WomenTreatsSpecial Education Author:Indira Gandhi
“Not only my parents but the whole family was involved in the resistance - my grandfather and grandmother, my uncles and aunts, my cousings of both sexes. So ever so often the police came and took them away, indiscriminately. Well, the fact that they arrested both my father and mother, both my grandfather and grandmother, both an uncle and an aunt, made me accustomed to looking on men and women with the same eyes, on an absolute plane of equality.” MenWellsMadeWholeFactsEyeMotherFatherSexParentInvolvedMen And WomenAbsolutesPoliceResistancePlanesGrandmotherGrandfatherUnclesAccustomedAuntMy GrandfatherArrestedWhole Family Author:Indira Gandhi
“It was the very fact that no one ever imposed anything on me or tried to impose himself on the others.” Facts Author:Indira Gandhi
“A lot of mythology arose after [Mahatma Gandhi] death. But the fact remains that he was an exceptional man, terribly intelligent, with tremendous intuition for people, and a great instinct for what was right.” PeopleMenFactsIntelligentRemainsInstinctIntuitionMythologyExceptional Author:Indira Gandhi
“Mahatma Gandhi was always talking of religion...He was convinced that was right...The fact is, we young people didn't agree with him on many things.” PeopleFactsYoungTalkingAgreeConvinced Author:Indira Gandhi
