01498cam a2200217 i 450000100060000000300090000600500170001500800410003202000250007304000130009804100080011108200190011910000270013824500590016526000530022430000790027750400510035652007910040765000350119865000470123311537IN-BhIIT20260803172857.0150808s2015    ii af    b    001 0beng d  a9780143426134 (pbk.)  aIN-BhIIT  aeng04a954.05 bKAP/E1 aKapoor, CoomieAuthor.14aThe emergency : ba personal history / cCoomi Kapoor.  aGurugram : bPenguin Random House India, c2016.  axxvi, 389 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : billustrations ; c23 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aThe book The Emergency: A Personal History is journalist Coomi Kapoor's firsthand account of the Indian Emergency (1975–1977), when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi suspended democratic institutions, curtailed civil liberties, and imposed strict press censorship. Drawing on her experiences as a reporter with The Indian Express, Kapoor combines personal memoir with political history, recounting the imprisonment of her husband under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA), the persecution of political opponents, and the impact of authoritarian rule on ordinary citizens. The book also examines the roles of Indira Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi, opposition leaders, and the media, offering a detailed narrative of one of the most significant periods in modern Indian political history. 0aIndiaxPolitics and government 0aReporters and reportingzIndiavBiography.