Indira Gandhi Article Analysis

Source 1
On-This-Day – Obituary. Assassination in India: A Leader of Will and Force; Indira Gandhi, Born to Politics, Left Her Own Imprint on India. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1119.html. Accessed 21/1/15.
Origin: The article appeared in the New York Times, after Mrs Gandhi’s death. The article is an obituary written by the freelance journalist; Linda Charlton (deceased). Charlton was a former journalist with the New York Times for 10 years before going freelance.
Purpose: The article was written as an obituary to inform the reader of Indira Gandhi’s life and to give the reader an in-depth view of the woman as a person and a leader.
Limitations: This article has no limitations. Information is clear and concise.
Therefore the article is of great value as it informs of exactly what happened during the operation that was ordered by Mrs Gandhi. It is a concise, informative article with an exact time line of events.

Source 6
Indira Gandhi’s Tryst with Power by Nayantara Saghal (Book) http://www.moneylifw.in/article/book-review-of-indira-gandhis-tryst-with-power-by-nayantara-saghal/36931.html Accessed 3/2/15
Origin: The article is a review of a book about Indira Gandhi.
Purpose: The book is written by Mrs Gandhi’s cousin, detailing her time in office as prime Minister of India.
Limitations: The article describes Indira’s approach to her life as Prime Minister from an outsiders view. However the author tries to be unbiased, but she is Mrs Gandhi’s relative. The author implies that Mrs Gandhi came to power by virtue of who she was.
“In other words, “these were not positions she had earned through the rough apprenticeship of state politics with its numerous considerations of region, faction and caste.......”
Value: The article has value from a perspective, that her cousin is direct and honest in her opinions.

Source 7
Jayaprakash Narayan - Keeper of India's Conscience
Testament of Protest - An Open Letter to Mrs. Indira
It is an unbiased factual biography
Value: The biography is concise. It covers all aspects of Mrs Gandhi’s time in office and the issues she had to deal with.

Source 9

The Emergency – 30 years later.
“It was the darkest period of Indian democracy, a blot”
The Rediff Special by R V Chandramouli
As told to: Shobhan Warrier

http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jun/24spec3.htm

Accessed 22/01/15

Origin: The article was one of a series of 30 articles undertaken by rediff.com journalist Shoban Warrier. Rediff.com is a News website.
Purpose: The article was intended to give a firsthand account of what life as a civil servant was like during the Emergency in India in 1975.
Limitations: The article is not limited.
Value: The article is valuable because it gives a personal account of what was happening in India at the time and how Indira Gandhi dealt with criticism.

Source 10
'The darkest period of Indian democracy' by T S V Hari

(TSV Hari, based in Chennai, India, is a novelist, short story writer, columnist, translator in English,Hindi and Tamil,)
As told to Shobhan Warrier

http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jun/25spec.htm