To be a mother, a housewife, never cost me any sacrifice – I savored every minute of those years.
INDIRA GANDHIMuslim women had to go out in purdah, that heavy sheet that covers even the eyes. Hindu women had to go out in the doli, a kind of closed sedan chair like a catafalque. My mother always told me about these things with bitterness and rage.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
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Let’s not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.
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There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
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Difficulties can’t be eliminated from life. Individuals will always have them, countries will always have them. The only thing is to accept them, if possible overcome them, otherwise to come to terms with them. It’s all right to fight, yes, but only when it’s possible.
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Education is a liberating force, and in our age it is also a democratizing force, cutting across the barriers of caste and class, smoothing out inequalities imposed by birth and other circumstances.
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I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger well, one must risk the danger.
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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.
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As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
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The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.
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You don’t help a country by supporting a military regime that denies any sign of democracy, and what defeated Pakistan was its military regime.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg.
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