There was this sudden death of Shastri. [[India's prime minister, during talks in Tashkent with Ayub Khan for the settlement of the Indo-Pakistani conflict. ]] To me it was obvious. Strangely enough, I was told (long ago) that they were to meet in Russia, and when I was told that, I spontaneously answered, "If he goes there, he will die." (I never knew why, but that's how it was.) Then it went out of my mind, and this time, I was told that the conference would take place, but I didn't hear or they didn't tell me (I don't know which of the two) that it would be in Russia, and so ... In between, someone met Shastri about my message [["India must fight until India and Pakistan have once more become ONE." ]] and he answered that for him it was the expression of the truth, but ... "What can I do about that? I am a small man."[[Italics indicate words or sentences spoken by Mother in English. ]] That's what he said. After that I kept quiet, and when I was told about the conference, I thought, "We should at least get the 'best' out of it" - I "charged" him to the full. But I "charged" him as if he were a powerful man.... That's dangerous! [[Shastri died of a heart attack. ]] But I knew the time at which they were in conference, and all of a sudden, in the middle of the night, I was woken up with a start by someone calling for help - it was him. The next day, early morning, I was told he was dead. It didn't strike me as "news"! I said, "But of course! It goes without saying, that's how it is." And it seems (I heard all the details afterwards - long afterwards, in the course of the day), it seems the going was very tough and when the talks ended in what he considered to be a success (it was obviously the "best" (!) that could happen there), he was exultant and quite happy [[India agreed to withdraw from a few strategic posts it had occupied in Kashmir during the recent hostilities, and Pakistan proclaimed that it would not use force to settle its disagreement with India. ]]; then he went into his room and after a few minutes, opened the door and called for a doctor, and in no time it was over. That's probably when he called. But it was decided a very long time ago. page 17-18 , Mother's Agenda , volume 7 , 14th Jan - 1966