48 years since the Emergency
In this section of the website, find the testimonies and memories of those who were arrested, resisted and fought the emergency. Inevitably, we will reflect on today’s challenges to Indian democracy, Constitutional values and human rights.
- The Past as Present - The Emergency Then and Now - PUCL Bulletin (July 2023) Editorial
- Survived the Emergency, The future is resistance. - By Rajashri Dasgupta
- The Emergency - Declared in the PAST, Undeclared in the PRESENT - By K. Veeramani
- Is India going to submit to dictatorship or opt for democracy? - By Nandana Reddy
- Remembering June 26 and the days that followed - By Vijay Chawla
- "We cannot tie anybody's tongue" - A first person account - By Radhakant Saxena
- The Guillotine or slow bleed - By Kalpana Sharma
- Underground during the 1975 Emergency - By Ravi Nair
- My Bitter Experience of the Emergency - By Prabhakar Sinha
- Living in Emergencies, Past and Present - By Prabir Purkayastha
- The Emergency and Me - By Gita Aravamudan
- A journalists experience hands-on during the emergency - By Rajendra Boda
- ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ರಾಜಕಾರಣ: ತುರ್ತುಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಗಾಂಧೀಜಿ - By Rashmi M.
- आपातकाल की मेरी यादें - By Vinay Sinha
- आपातकाल की मेरी यादें - By Srivallabh Mishra
- The Powerful Loudness of a Blank Space - By John Dayal
Writings

Survived the Emergency, The future is resistance
By Rajashri Dasgupta
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ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ರಾಜಕಾರಣ: ತುರ್ತುಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಗಾಂಧೀಜಿ
By Rashmi S.
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The Emergency - Declared in the PAST, Undeclared in the PRESENT
By K. Veeramani
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Is India going to submit to dictatorship or opt for democracy?
By Nandana Reddy
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Remembering June 26 and the days that followed
By Vijay Chawla
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“We cannot tie anybody’s tongue” - A first person account
By Radhakant Saxena
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The Guillotine or slow bleed?
By Kalpana Sharma
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The Powerful Loudness of a Blank Space
By John Dayal
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Underground during the 1975 Emergency
By Ravi Nair
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My Bitter Experience of the Emergency
By Prabhakar Sinha
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Living in Emergencies, Past and Present
By Prabir Purkayastha
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आपातकाल की मेरी यादें
By Srivallabh Mishra
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