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| author = [[Coomi Kapoor]]<br />
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'''''The Emergency: A Personal History''''' is a 2015 book by Indian journalist [[Coomi Kapoor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://penguinqa.srijan-sites.com/en/content/emergency|title=The Emergency - Penguin Books India|work=srijan-sites.com}}</ref><br />
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The book is a personal reflection on the impact of [[The Emergency (India)|The Emergency]], when [[Indira Gandhi]] suspended democracy and civil liberties, on Kapoor and her family. Her husband, also a journalist was imprisoned and her family faced threats and harassment from security forces. The book also recounts the broader impact of the Emergency on Indian society. The book recalls the "drama the horror, as well as the heroism of a few, during those nineteen months, 40 years ago, when democracy was derailed".{{page?|date=October 2019}}<br />
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==Reception==<br />
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In ''[[Business Standard]]'' Shreekant Sambrani praises the book as a "readable and thought-provoking personal account"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/book-review-coomi-kapoor-s-latest-book-on-emergency-really-is-a-personal-history-115062600744_1.html|title=Book review: Coomi Kapoor's latest book on Emergency really is a personal history|author=Shreekant Sambrani|date=27 June 2015|work=business-standard.com}}</ref> and "immensely readable and engrossing" while in ''[[The Indian Express]]'' Pratap Bhanu Mehta also praises the book, describing it as a "riveting and necessary account of the elite politics of the Emergency"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/all-of-indiras-men-and-women/|title=All of Indira's Men and Women|date=27 June 2015|work=The Indian Express|author=Pratap Bhanu Mehta }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Books about politics of India]]<br />
[[Category:Works about the Emergency (India)]]<br />
[[Category:Penguin Books India books]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian books]]<br />
[[Category:2015 non-fiction books]]</div>->TheImaCow