On October 31, 1984, India lost a prime minister, the world watched a democracy convulse in grief, and one scheduled meeting quietly became part of a larger historical tragedy. ‘Eternal Light: The Life and Legacy of His Holiness The Fourteenth Dalai Lama’ recounts that Indira Gandhi was due to dine with the Dalai Lama on the very day she was assassinated. It is a small detail on paper, but in the story of Tibet, India and exile, it carries enormous emotional weight.
