{"product_id":"indiraji-through-my-eyes","title":"Indiraji - Through My Eyes","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Usha Bhagat\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2005\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 312\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 067005772X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1953, Usha Bhagat, a young kindergarten teacher, left her job to become secretary to Indira Gandhi. It was an association that would continue, with some breaks, for thirty-one years, until Mrs Gandhi’s death in 1984. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring those years, Usha Bhagat assisted Mrs Gandhi in matters personal as well as official. One of her special responsibilities was to keep Indira Gandhi informed of new developments and ideas in the world of arts, crafts, cinema and theatre, and facilitate interactions with artists and intellectuals. She accompanied her on many state visits, helped select saris and gifts, and organized intimate celebrations as well as large official banquets. Over her three decades of association with Mrs Gandhi, Usha Bhagat would share some of the happiest, and saddest, moments in the life of the Nehru–Gandhi family, and be witness to a side of her very few have seen. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndiraji -Through My Eyes reveals the special relationship Usha Bhagat shared with Mrs Gandhi: one which went beyond the purely professional yet was not quite that of friends. It provides fascinating vignettes of Indira Gandhi as an attentive mother and affectionate grandmother, a thoughtful friend, a sensitive artist and creative intellectual, thereby offering hitherto completely unseen aspects of her personality. Photographs taken by the author, along with notes, memos, doodles and personal letters from Mrs Gandhi, add a unique flavour to this memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePROLOGUE-PRE- 1947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART-1947-60\u003cbr\u003eFlight from Kashmir\u003cbr\u003eRefugees Twice Over\u003cbr\u003eAunty Gauba and Indiraji\u003cbr\u003eThe Amazing Incident\u003cbr\u003eHolidays with the Family\u003cbr\u003eFirst Time Abroad\u003cbr\u003eThe Moodiness of Mrs Gandhi\u003cbr\u003eLife at the Prime Minister’s House\u003cbr\u003eInteresting Visitors\u003cbr\u003eFamily Relationships\u003cbr\u003eArrogance of Power\u003cbr\u003eIndiraji becomes congress President\u003cbr\u003eDiscovering Other Worlds\u003cbr\u003eFeroze Gandhi’s Death\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II-1961-69\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLetters from Paris and Moscow\u003cbr\u003eThe PA Circuit\u003cbr\u003eJackie Kennedy’s Visit\u003cbr\u003eA Mother’s Anxiety\u003cbr\u003eDash to Tezpur and Panditji’s Illness\u003cbr\u003eJourney with Ashes\u003cbr\u003eMinister for Information and Broadcasting\u003cbr\u003eThe Prime Minister\u003cbr\u003eThe AICC session in Bombay\u003cbr\u003eThe Early Days\u003cbr\u003eThe Surprise Birthday Party\u003cbr\u003eRajiv and Sonia’s Wedding\u003cbr\u003eThe Thimphu Episode\u003cbr\u003eFrom Brazil to Borobudur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTERLUDE\u003cbr\u003eIndiraji-An Enigmatic and Complex Personality \u003cbr\u003eNotes from Indiraji\u003cbr\u003eLetters from Indiraji\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III-1970-79\u003cbr\u003eThe Bangladesh War\u003cbr\u003eSheikh Mujib-ur-Rahman\u003cbr\u003eThe Shimla Accord\u003cbr\u003eSanjay and Maneka\u003cbr\u003eTurbulent Passages\u003cbr\u003eThe Emergency\u003cbr\u003eSanjay Tastes Power\u003cbr\u003eAn Unhappy Interlude\u003cbr\u003eDorothy Norman\u003cbr\u003eA Kind of Farewell\u003cbr\u003eThe End of another phase\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV-1980-84\u003cbr\u003eReturn to power\u003cbr\u003eCircling the globe\u003cbr\u003eManeka\u003cbr\u003eThe Loyalty Factor\u003cbr\u003eA growing distance\u003cbr\u003eOperation Blue Star\u003cbr\u003eOur last meeting\u003cbr\u003eEkla Cholo Re\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEPILOGUE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Usha Bhagat \/ Penguin \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153640812912,"sku":"16753","price":43.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/16753.jpg?v=1793911885","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/indiraji-through-my-eyes","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}