What Does Emergency Feel Like?
It has been 45 years since the Emergency was imposed by the Indira Gandhi government back in 1975. However, the situation now, under the Narendra Modi-led BJP government, is often compared to the period when fundamental rights and civil liberties of the people were severely curbed. NewsClick Editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha, who was imprisoned during the Emergency of 1975, talks about what impact such a period has on democratic institutions, human rights, media, politics, and society.
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