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Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

1900–1990

Also known as: Mrs. Vijayalaxmi Pandit, Vijayalaxmi Pandit

How Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit is discussed in this archive

Referenced in 1 other work — including The Indian Libertarian .

In The Indian Libertarian : Vijayalaxmi Pandit is targeted in 'Jay Kay's Congress-scandals essay and again in Toddy-Tapper's satirical column as an emblem of diplomatic privilege misused — accused of shielding a British national from Indian legal process and of treating diplomatic immunity as personal entitlement.

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Primary works (1)

  • The Indian Libertarian · 1958
    • "the case of Mrs. Vijayalaxmi Pandit's alleged shielding of a British national from prosecution" — Jay Kay's main exhibit in his catalogue of Congress impunity
    • "Mrs. Vijayalaxmi Pandit's use of diplomatic immunity is used as a parallel example of privilege masquerading as principle." — Toddy-Tapper's satirical reprise of the same charge in the Gandhi-cap column