ray of hope was the presence of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit in America. R. L. Khipple, The Woman Who Swayed America: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Lion Press, Lahore 1946, p. 79. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990) was one of the highest ranking and most visible diplomats of her generation. A member of perhaps the most prominent
