Indira - The life of Indira Nehru Gandhi

I had expressed interest in knowing about the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty of India here.
I read the book Indira - The life of Indira Nehru Gandhi.
The book was not as explosive as I had thought, but gave me a very good introduction to Indira Gandhi and quite a bit about Nehru too. Indira was a very dynamic prime minister of India.

My thoughts about the book here.

Four more years: Barack Obama

Obama is the commander-in-chief for four more years.

The whole world debated, waited and witnessed the reelection of Barack Obama as the president of the U.S. Every major news paper scrutinized the election strategies of both sides, weighed up what went wrong for Romney and, of course, his political future. Major newspapers in every country carried editorials on the subject of what four more years means to them.

On the other end of spectrum, the fashion critics analyzed what Michelle Obama and Ann Romney wore on that day. Spoof video of Mr. and Mrs. President’s Gangnam style dance went viral on the internet. Obama’s office tweeted the picture of Barack Obama embracing his wife celebrating his victory. This has become the most re-tweeted picture till date.

What interests me is that there is so much limelight on Michelle Obama as the companion. Why is it not the case in India? I don’t remember seeing Mr. Singh’s wife at all. For the sake of this write-up I goggled about her. I don’t have to make that effort for Michelle Obama or even Ann Romney. I just have to read newspaper headlines to know about them.

Source:  topnews.in

To run for presidential, or for that matter, any elections in the US it is very important to have that family-man image. A broken marriage or even a casual affair is enough to tarnish the image of the candidate. Talking about candidate profile with a fully functional family, this holiday photo of our ex-chief minister with actress Radhika floats in my memory. 

He has a fully functional family. 

And a fully functional second family?  

Source: Here

Nehru Dynasty: Past, Present and Future

source: instablogs.com

I read an article recently about the Gandhi family, the other Gandhi, Indira Gandhi. The article raised a few questions.

Married to a Muslim, how did Indira get the surname Gandhi?

Who is the father of her son Sanjay Gandhi?

What is Sanjay’s real name?

Who killed Sanjay Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi?

How did Sonia Gandhi get to power?

The article bases all these questions from below references:

1. “The Nehru Dynasty” by K. N. Rao

2. “Profile and Letters” K Natwar Singh

3. “The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi” by Katherine Frank

4. “Assassination Of Rajiv Gandhi — Unasked Questions and Unanswered Queries” by Dr. Subramanian Swamy.

5. “Persons, Passions & Politics” by Mohammad Yunus

I am curious to find out about the politics of Nehru dynasty. 

I plan to read books 3, 1 and 4; in that order.