Emergency: A Personal History

<p><b>A searing indictment of the suspension of democracy </b> <br>In June 1975 a state of Emergency was declared where civil liberties were suspended and the press muzzled. In the dark days that followed Coomi Kapoor then a young journalist personally experienced the full fury of the establishment. Meanwhile Indira Gandhi her son Sanjay and his coterie unleashed a reign of terror that saw forced sterilizations brutal evictions in the thousands and wanton imprisonment of many including Opposition leaders.<br>This gripping eyewitness account vividly recreates the drama the horror as well as the heroism of a few during those nineteen months when democracy was derailed.</p>