Freedom's Daughter: Letters Between Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, 1922-39.

From: The Economist (US) | Date: January 13, 1990 | Copyright information

FREEDOM'S DAUGHTER: LETTERS BETWEEN INDIRA GANDHI AND JAWAHARLAL NEHRU FREEDOM'S DAUGHTER: LETTERS BETWEEN INDIRA GRANDHI AND JAWAHARLAL NEHRU, 1922-39. Edited by Sonia Gandhi. Hodder and Stoughton; 483 pages; 25 pounds

READING Inder Malhotra's fine biography of Indira Gandhi in the aftermath of her son Rajiv's defeat in the Indian election evokes a curious feeling of deja vu. The failings and mistakes of the son, identified in every post-election analysis, are almost i...

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