About the Book: The Assassination
Who killed Mrs Gandhi? We know the name of the assassins, but did they act
alone? In this fictional filmscript, Tariq Ali suggests that larger forces were
at work, exploiting genuine Sikh grievances to settle their own score with a
Prime Minister who, whatever her faults, was fiercely independent of Washington
and safeguarded Indian sovereignty with a zeal inherited from her father.
Provocative and suggestive, this script planned as the second of a series was
never completed. The Assassination is published here for the first time and
completes Alis trilogy, with The Leopard and The Fox and A Banker For All
Seasons..........
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