Ramnath Goenka built the Indian Express into a major newspaper institution and became closely associated with resistance to censorship during the Emergency.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit moved from India’s freedom struggle to global diplomacy, becoming the first woman president of the UN General Assembly.
Jayaprakash Narayan moved from socialism to Sarvodaya and Total Revolution, becoming a defining voice against concentrated political power.
Indira Gandhi combined electoral dominance, state-led economic politics and decisive wartime leadership with an unprecedented concentration of executive power. Her legacy cannot b…
