My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not. - Indira Gandhi

The KGB, in Kalugin’s view, was more successful than the CIA, partly because of its skill in exploiting the corruption which became endemic under Indira Gandhi’s regime. As Inder Malhotra noted, though corruption was not new in India: People expected Indira Gandhi’s party, committed to bringing socialism to the country, to be more honest and cleaner than the old undivided Congress. But this turned out to be a vain hope. On the contrary, compared with the amassing of wealth by some of her close associates, the misdeeds of the discarded Syndicate leaders, once looked upon as godfathers of corrupt Congressmen, began to appear trivial.

என் தந்தையின் நூல்கள் அனைத்தும் சிறையிலேயே எழுதப்பட்டன. முன்னேறத் துடிக்கும் எழுத்தாளர்களுக்கு மட்டுமல்ல, முன்னேறத் துடிக்கும் அரசியல்வாதிகளுக்கும் நான் சிறை வாழ்க்கையைப் பரிந்துரைக்கிறேன்.

Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.