Indira Ghandi's Address

"I Feel Kinship with the Roma People"

"I feel a kinship with the Roma People. I have always admired their love of adventure, their closeness to nature and above all, their fortitude and resilience" declared former Indian Prime Minister Indira Ghandi on October 29, 1983, while inaugurating the second International Romani Festival in Chandigarh, India. The full text of her address, as printed in Roma (1) is as follows: