Calcutta Diary

A M lS the charisma experiencing a sudden death? The happenings in Darjeeling, the by-elections in Mysore and Gujarat, Indira Gandhi's somewhat irresponsible- sounding lashings-out at the opposition parties, her even more incongruous harpings on the CIA theme: all of this seem to be converging into a pattern. It is no longer roses all the way: the magic is not working any more. After the almost uninterrupted spell of successes and triumphs for more than three years, a different kind of season, it appears, is now setting in for the Prime Minister.