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TopicEmergency

Topic: Emergency

“Villain Indira” vs “hero RSS” binary is Sangh Parivar myth. Truth is more complicated

RSS wanted to overthrow Indira Gandhi using whatever means it could, and later had no moral compunctions in flattering and pleading with the same “dictator” who imprisoned them.

Not just ‘socialist, secular’, a lot more from Emergency-era 42nd Amendment still part of Constitution

In 1976, the 42nd Amendment to the Constitution not only added two words but also introduced changes in 40 Articles & the Seventh Schedule while adding 14 new Articles.

Karnataka govt should prioritise policy on bike taxi issue, not politics

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Indians in US protesting Indira’s Emergency had scholarships dropped, passports impounded

Sugata Srinivasaraju’s ‘The Conscience Network’ moves the needle on Emergency literature, telling the story of academically bright Indians who risked their American Dream to turn the focus on India’s Emergency.

Kharge leads Congress charge against BJP over ‘undeclared Emergency’, ‘puppet’ election commission

Seeking to push back against the Centre on the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, Mallikarjun Kharge says India was going through an 'undeclared Emergency' under BJP.

50 years since Emergency: How judges, lawyers enabled & resisted Indira Gandhi’s crackdown

As many as 21 judges were transferred without their consent, 200 chambers of lawyers practising in Tis Hazari courts were demolished without notice back then.

Revisiting Emergency 50 years on: The 10 architects behind Indira Gandhi’s crackdown & their legacies

Some continued to wield political power even after the Emergency, others had their children enter politics & there are even those who retreated into the political wilderness.

Emergency showed extent of executive power. 50 years on, it’s still embedded in Constitution

Indira Gandhi did not need to introduce new laws to give the Emergency teeth; such provisions already existed.

Newspapers were strangled during Emergency, but stayed alive. Now, they’re not even breathing

The government cut off electricity to newspaper offices on 26 June 1975, the day after the Emergency was proclaimed, in order to buy time to set up the apparatus of censorship.

‘India will never accept dictatorship’—Amit Shah on 50th anniversary of ‘dark chapter’ of Emergency

Taking jibes at Congress at an event on the eve of the anniversary, the home minister announced 25 June will be observed annually as ‘Samvidhan Hatya Divas’.

On Camera

The Bads of Bollywood finally gives us the sidekick that everyone needs

Sidekicks are quintessential in Bollywood, and every few years, when a star or lead shines, a filmmaker reminds us that the person next to the hero is a key ingredient in the recipe.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

With MiG-21’s exit, India’s squadron strength hits 6-decade low. What are IAF’s plans for the Tejas

While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.