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020 _a9780143426134 (pbk.)
040 _aIN-BhIIT
041 _aeng
082 0 4 _a954.05
_bKAP/E
100 1 _aKapoor, Coomi
_eAuthor.
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245 1 4 _aThe emergency :
_ba personal history /
_cCoomi Kapoor.
260 _aGurugram :
_bPenguin Random House India,
_c2016.
300 _axxvi, 389 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _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.
650 0 _aIndia
_xPolitics and government
_922938
650 0 _aReporters and reporting
_zIndia
_vBiography.
_928158
942 _cGEN
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