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Article: After Indira, tilt to West in India? (Indira Gandhi)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- November 19, 1984
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As the cremated remains of Indira Gandhi are carried across India to receive the homage of her people, explosive problems she left behind are closing in on her son and successor.
In the aftershock of her assassination, India under Rajiv Gandhi is turning inward, forced to re-examine its role in world affairs and to come to grips with disruptive tensions at home.
For the United States, eager to mend fences with this major Asian nation, India's soul-searching spells opportunity.
For the Soviet Union, India's most important military and economic partner since 1971, Gandhi's death brings nail-biting suspense as New Delhi evaluates the pre-eminent ...