Emergency Anniversary
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‘Democracy dying under Modi government’: Congress criticises prime minister’s remarks on Emergency
Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala claimed that Modi was a dictator worse than the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
Scroll Staff
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Congress converted India into a prison during Emergency for its lust for power: PM Narendra Modi
The Bharatiya Janata Party observed a ‘black day’ on Tuesday to mark the 43rd anniversary of the imposition of the Emergency.
Scroll Staff
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On 43rd anniversary of Emergency, Arun Jaitley compares Indira Gandhi with Adolf Hitler
Both used ‘a republican Constitution to transform democracy into dictatorship’, said the Union minister.
Scroll Staff
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Why BJP leaders’ comments on study about Muslim population in India are misleading
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Ordinary voters flagged Modi speech to Election Commission – and came up against a broken system
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Harsh Mander: Past, present and future – what Narendra Modi’s campaign of hate signifies
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Memoir: Human rights lawyer Nandita Haksar recalls her understanding of feminism as a young woman
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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43 years later: ‘We have a nightmare which is worse than the Emergency,’ says Nayantara Sahgal
On the 43rd anniversary of the declaration of the Emergency by Indira Gandhi, an interview with her writer cousin, about parallels between then and now.
Ajoy Bose
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June 25: Even if you forget the Emergency of 1975, these seven books will remind you
Indira Gandhi declared the Emergency on this day 42 years ago.
Devapriya Roy
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Watch Indira Gandhi's Emergency-era propaganda films here
On the 39th anniversary of the declaration of Emergency, a series of films that were made at the time, or related to it.
Shivam Vij
Video
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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As the Opposition, the BJP condemned the draconian IT Act. Will it please amend it now?
The BJP and its supporters equated UPA-II's internet censorship with the Emergency. Now that it is in government, the BJP needs to end its own emergency against free speech.
Shivam Vij
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When the Indian government launched its own cola
The Emergency ended when the Janata Party won a general election in 1977. It decided to commemorate its victory with a soft drink called Double Seven.
Neha Dani