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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
So much rhetorical arguments. Less of facts and more rhetoric is how you get to write at the print. I mean the author has taken a downhill path after entering politics. Terming the Jana sangh as “Hindu” party displays a bit of hatred while at the same time using the word “untouchable” so casually brings out the casteist mindset of the author. I hope the author understands the meaning of words not just their historical connotations but what they stand for even in today’s India. Author while trying to write against the binary view herself has tried to create a very unitary view, an even more rigid and extreme thinking. Please take care of your party leaders and the state ruled by your party where violence against college going women in public premises has started becoming a norm. After you are done looking at your state, please come and preach unitary history
One wonders what made Mr. Shekhar Gupta to allow a disgraced and morally bankrupt “journalist” like Sagarika Ghose to use The Print’s platform.
Is it the old and hard to forget “dosti” with Rajdeep Sardesai?
So much rhetorical arguments. Less of facts and more rhetoric is how you get to write at the print. I mean the author has taken a downhill path after entering politics. Terming the Jana sangh as “Hindu” party displays a bit of hatred while at the same time using the word “untouchable” so casually brings out the casteist mindset of the author. I hope the author understands the meaning of words not just their historical connotations but what they stand for even in today’s India. Author while trying to write against the binary view herself has tried to create a very unitary view, an even more rigid and extreme thinking. Please take care of your party leaders and the state ruled by your party where violence against college going women in public premises has started becoming a norm. After you are done looking at your state, please come and preach unitary history
Thank you for publishing this article. It is always good to know the historical context of events.
One wonders what made Mr. Shekhar Gupta to allow a disgraced and morally bankrupt “journalist” like Sagarika Ghose to use The Print’s platform.
Is it the old and hard to forget “dosti” with Rajdeep Sardesai?