1982 - The talks between Government of India and Laldenga have failed.
Laldenga : Swaraj, you think the lady ((Mrs.Gandhi) really wants me to go ?
SK : Yes, the lady wants you to go.
Laldenga : But why ?
SK : Because she is a lady./1
Laldenga : Are you sure ?
SK : Pu Laldenga, women in politics are always very decisive. They are capable of taking hard decisions. And once they take a decision, they don’t vascillate.
Laldenga : You mean she has taken a decision ?
SK : Yes, she has taken a decision. /2
Laldenga : You mean she won’t mind my going back to the underground ?
SK : She called you from Pakistan with an assurance that in case talks fail, you will be allowed to go to a place of your choice. She will honour that assurance.
Laldenga : Why don’t they tell me this ?/3
SK : You ask them, they will tell you this.
L : But I am not asking for the moon ?
SK : Pu Laldenga, they think that’s the moon.
L : But where should I go ?
SK : I think....London. /4
L : London ? I don’t know a soul there.
SK : Pu Laldenga, London is the only place to which international dialling is available from India. I want talks to resume. So I want you to go to London.
L : Will London accept me ?
SK : I think Yes. Phizo is also there. /5
Laldenga : So, I seek an appointment with Mrs.Gandhi ?
SK : Mr.Laldenga, we are lying in deep freezer. Nothing is moving. So you seek an appointment with prime minister. May be things move.
Laldenga : If she gives me an appointment ?
SK : That means she will let you go./6
Mrs.Gandhi gave the appoitment./7
Typos :

para 2 ‘vacillate’
Para 7/‘appointment’
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