I've always been able to do what I wanted. On the other hand, my mother was. She considered … - Indira Gandhi

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Indira Gandhi

I've always been able to do what I wanted. On the other hand, my mother was. She considered the fact of being a woman a great disadvantage. She had her reasons. In her day women lived in seclusion - in almost all Indian states they couldn't even show themselves on the street.

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