Rise of a new dawn in Amritsar
Twenty-five years after Indira Gandhi's assassination, Amritsar, the city where it all began, erases its scars to look ahead, writes Anand Sankar
New generation of Sikhs still nursing 1984 wounds
Amandeep Kaur clearly recounts that horrific phase when, with all the men folk in her family killed in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the women had to struggle to make ends meet. She was just a year old and for a few days was even put in jail along with her mother.
When 31 bullets changed it all for Indira...India
It was Oct 31, 1984, a day like any other with R.K. Dhawan, Indira Gandhi's special assistant, arriving at 1, Safdarjung Road at 8 a.m. to find the prime minister getting her famous tresses - with the distinctive streak of white rising from the centre - trimmed for a television interview.
Indira: A life well lived, but brutally ended
This is where she sat going through files late into the night, here is where she slept, that is where she greeted visitors and over there is where she walked her last steps. Twenty-five years after Indira Gandhi's assassination, an eerie mise-en-scene of a life well lived but cruelly ended...
Operation Bluestar was the last resort for Indira
Indira Gandhi decided to send the army to the Golden Temple in 1984 as a last resort and only after getting repeated assurances from then army chief A.S. Vaidya that not a brick of the Sikh shrine would be harmed, recalls P.C. Alexander, the powerful principal secretary to the former prime minister.
Oct 31st 1984: The day that stunned the world
It was a moment in time; it shook India and stunned the world. As Prime Minister Indira Gandhi walked briskly up to the picket gate dividing her home from her office that fateful Wednesday morning 25 years ago, a hail of gunfire from two of her Sikh bodyguards sent her crumpling to the ground in a blood-soaked heap.
Indira regretted sending army to Golden Temple
She had given the nod for Operation Bluestar but late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi later regretted the decision which eventually led to her assassination 25 years ago. The country's only woman prime minister, who died on October 31, 1984, equally regretted her another controversial decision -- imposition of Emergency -- that had shaken the country, say her close aides.
25 years after, the lone Sikh ranger still beavers away
With bloodthirsty mobs ruled Delhi's streets for three days, he and his pregnant wife managed in the nick of time to find shelter and escape unscathed. Rioters were looking for them during the anti-Sikh riots that followed the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on Oct 31, 1984.
Sonia on Indira: Follow footprints, her austere lifestyle
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has urged her party leaders to follow the "simple and austere manner of living" of her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi. Remembering the late prime minister, who was assassinated Oct 31, 1984, Sonia Gandhi in her Letter to Congresspersons in the latest issue of party mouthpiece Congress Sandesh, said: "On this sombre occasion, let us reflect on and recall the simple and austere manner of her living and conducting herself. Let us also resolve to continue to be guided by her."
SORRY Mr. Ahemad u r not clear pls pls be clear by writing more
I MISSED U, INDIA MISSED U, NO ONE CAN BE AS U
U R THE MOM OF WE US WE CANT FORGET U WE WANT U IN RAHUL....................
Pruthvi is right! Please, let us not fight among ourselves - atleast not on the past.
We Indians are passionate and emotional people, and we have an overdose of it. We are hero-worshippers too. That is, perhaps, why we indulge a lot in past glories and past disasters.
Please, people. This is meant to be a tribute to a Political leader. No leader has emerged without controversies. You will always have someone calling the leader foul, in his times. Forget the leaders, even simple individuals have controversial episodes in life, brought about by adversaries.
There are always "for" and "against" theories. But we must not forget that such leaders come to the forefront only because people elect them. The electorate is getting mature by each passing election. 62 Years is not a very long period in a country's history. It takes time!
Let us acknowledge that Indira Gandhi was the best leader among whatever we had at that point in time.
Every one out there!!!
SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE.............FIGHTING AMONG OURSELVES.....OVER WHAT???
JUST OVER A DEAD LEADER OF OURS.......................
I JUST CANT BELIEVE THIS......YOU WILL NEVER IMPROVE......
YOU ALL JUST WAIT FOR A CHANCE TO FIGHT AND KILL....
GOD ONLY HELP INDIA!!!! LIKE HE HAS IN THE PAST TIL THIS MINUTE......
HENRY MISQUITH, the least you need is an Indian name. Guys like you are a curse for our nation. You talk like a an agent of foreigners and descendant of them. What you know about history of India? Do you know anything other than supporting any one coming from abroad or the one who work for them?
Shame on you for using vulgar language. You look like the son of a foreign 420 @@@@@@@.
What is said by Madan4200 is true. Indira Gandhi cannot be and should not be considered as an Iron lady of India. This is a historical fact. Instead of arguing on issues using vulgar or abusive language cannot make you any better.