The Emergency: A Personal History

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The Emergency: A Personal History
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AuthorCoomi Kapoor
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
SubjectThe Emergency, Politics of India
PublisherViking Books
Publication date
25 June 2015
Pages389
ISBN9780670087587

The Emergency: A Personal History is a 2015 book by Indian journalist Coomi Kapoor.[1]

The book is a personal reflection on the impact of 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".Template:Page?

Reception[edit]

In Business Standard Shreekant Sambrani praises the book as a "readable and thought-provoking personal account"[2] 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"[3]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "The Emergency - Penguin Books India". srijan-sites.com.
  2. ↑ Shreekant Sambrani (27 June 2015). "Book review: Coomi Kapoor's latest book on Emergency really is a personal history". business-standard.com.
  3. ↑ Pratap Bhanu Mehta (27 June 2015). "All of Indira's Men and Women". The Indian Express.
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