EP2: Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi served as prime minister of India twice between 1966 and her assassination in 1984. Gandhi is best remembered for the Emergency (1975-1977), a period during which she effectively suspended Indian democracy. My guest for this conversation is Dr Vernon Hewitt, formerly of the University of Bristol, who wrote his PhD on the Emergency.

Om Podcasten

Kissinger said that ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad name. Each week, a guest and I discuss the life and legacy of one politician from recent times. Some are well-known, others obscure; all have left an indelible mark on our world, and often for the worse. Join me, Tom Leeman, in a journey through the corruptible and the controversial.