The Dynasty is today under savage attack, is the end nigh? Discounting the happenings of the past couple of months, the last big corruption scandal to hit the Gandhis was Bofors in 1989. Since then there has been tragedy, drama, but all of it has only been fodder to the deification process of the family in the national imagination. Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated, the widow comes forth, becomes a reluctant politician, is initially thwarted, then rises to lead the party back to power. Her son, meanwhile, continues to prepare for his duty and dynastic calling. A daughter waits in the wings....