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.
  1. The Past as Present - The Emergency Then and Now - PUCL Bulletin (July 2023) Editorial
  2. Survived the Emergency, The future is resistance. - By Rajashri Dasgupta
  3. The Emergency - Declared in the PAST, Undeclared in the PRESENT - By K. Veeramani
  4. Is India going to submit to dictatorship or opt for democracy? - By Nandana Reddy
  5. Remembering June 26 and the days that followed - By Vijay Chawla
  6. "We cannot tie anybody's tongue" - A first person account - By Radhakant Saxena
  7. The Guillotine or slow bleed - By Kalpana Sharma
  8. Underground during the 1975 Emergency - By Ravi Nair
  9. My Bitter Experience of the Emergency - By Prabhakar Sinha
  10. Living in Emergencies, Past and Present - By Prabir Purkayastha
  11. The Emergency and Me - By Gita Aravamudan
  12. A journalists experience hands-on during the emergency - By Rajendra Boda
  13. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ರಾಜಕಾರಣ: ತುರ್ತುಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಗಾಂಧೀಜಿ - By Rashmi M.
  14. आपातकाल की मेरी यादें - By Vinay Sinha
  15. आपातकाल की मेरी यादें - By Srivallabh Mishra
  16. The Powerful Loudness of a Blank Space - By John Dayal
Click here to read 'The Past as Present - The Emergency Then and Now - PUCL Bulletin (July 2023) Editorial'.

 

 

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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