Isn't death inevitable: Indira Gandhi

October 31, 2014 13:05

"Later, when we were alone, we spoke of her marriage to Feroze Gandhi. I asked her 'When you were 16 or 17 years old, didn't you feel the desire to be admired?' 'Pupul, I was so sure that I had nothing in me to be admired.' She then recalled that the first time she had been openly admired was at Shantiniketan, and how she responded in anger, feeling that she was being made fun of. 'Even with Feroze, it was not at all sex. I tried to explain to him that I wanted children and companionship."

-- Pupul Jayakar on her friend Indira Gandhi, excerpted from her book, Indira Gandhi.

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