Ten key lessons for the present & future of Indian politics from Emergency on its 46th anniversary

[@arfeen1523]

“At that time journalist were hot people” - pick up lines with Shekar Gupta

[@vatsalyan850]

Our economy was a James bond between 1900 and 1947 :)

[@pichumanisankar2617]

Nice remark like your name.

[@vatsalyan850]

@@pichumanisankar2617 thank you very much

[@jhendukhan4363]

I must have missed the humor. What do you mean?

[@vatsalyan850]

@@jhendukhan4363 our growth rate was 0.07 between 1900 and 1947 and hence I commented

[@parshu.9309]

Eternal Vigilance is a Price of Liberty

[@Yash-sn9fx]

I've been reading The Emergency: A Personal History by Coomi Kapoor. It's a riveting read and is written superbly.

[@MinhajAhmedAnsari]

Just bought ... Time to read it ✌️

[@aayushvarora]

Thank you for sharing! I'll look it up.

[@pichumanisankar2617]

Also the film Indu Sarkar.

[@linaa7950]

@@pichumanisankar2617 He is real bastar... he never speaks about now ???

[@m_solipsistic2547]

Hope we should remember that democracy which we are enjoying wasn't given to us after some happy Kitty party.. Remember people lost a lot to gift us freedom... So we should always question the ruling party..any party isn't above nation... So that our democracy doesn't get snatched through these ruling party ever and for that we need a strong government along with that a strong opposition.

[@neeljavia2965]

@Dr Vishwas Shastri Exactly. A Powerful leaders comes and people starts to worship him like God. He or she did many good things for them, and since India is a poor country many become indebted to them forever.

[@ManishRajwar]

@Dr Vishwas Shastri Why forget the Nehru - Gandhi's? One family ruling for so long had not helped either. We seriously should consider term limits, and not just at the PM level, but till the MP/ MLA level, else we would keep "electing" the sions. At least, Modi is not dragging his family into the palace we have handed him over (On that thought, neither did Atal-Advani). We should not worship Modi, but we should not keep demanding his head for every single reason.

[@jesusite69]

@@ManishRajwar exactly

[@jesusite69]

@Dr Vishwas Shastri I will keep supporting Modi, until there is a credible good opposition with better leader than Modi . Congress can never be one though nor any it's leaders, hope there is a better alternative to BJP in the future and I can't see any such good alternative for atleast next 10 years.

[@manjulashanmugasundaram706]

We are behaving like those Indians who lived nearly 400 years ago and lost the country to East India Company.

[@jusjaisinghani8179]

Enjoyed the shorter CTC as well, on point.

[@amarendraborah6941]

"Discipline enforced by fear is neither effective nor lasting " - Joyprakash Narayan.

[@abeninan4017]

No wonder why the janatha government didn't last long.

[@omibull]

Modi perfected the art of emergency, imposed it without even announcing, silly Indira!

[@abhimanyujha5550]

How exactly ? Congress not winning is not emergency

[@prakashkaruppasamy3708]

@@abhimanyujha5550 why are you trying to argue with woke idiots. They live in la la land. Fascism done by Congidiots is the only democracy they accept. Weak Modi is a Dictator. Fascist Congidiots are wall flowers. Dont understand. That's how their brain works.

[@neeljavia2965]

@@prakashkaruppasamy3708 Another paid IT cell bot. Your comments shows your iq gavar.

[@gauthampai896]

@@neeljavia2965 mate give some counterfacts. the only thing you have done is namecall and then act superior. mate you are guu too.

[@jesusite69]

@@neeljavia2965 Just reply with facts and figures, instead just calling us Bhakts , gobar , godi etc 😂. Because what you are doing is exactly what the paid IT cell does , just calling out by names 😂

[@jagathkumar8920]

Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty ❤️

[@mrthinker321]

To all those saying the present govt's rule is nothing different than emergency. The fact that u r able to say this mean its nowhere near emergency

[@neeljavia2965]

It's 50% near emergency. Not far away like you are saying.

[@mrthinker321]

@@neeljavia2965 if you consider this govt near. Than India never recovered from it. This govt isn't doing anything new

[@gauthampai896]

@@neeljavia2965 please tell us why? why is this government different from before in everything?

[@MrVijay0611]

@@neeljavia2965 how?

[@neeljavia2965]

@@mrthinker321 They are not doing anything new, but are doing it 10 times more.

[@comradevikas5146]

Sadly India has not learnt any lesson from emergency. Indians need to evolve as citizens.

[@prakashkaruppasamy3708]

Yes we need a Good Communist regime to kill India's 100 million population and reduce whatever wealth we have created (despite ruling class's utter desire to keep Indian middle class chained. ) (I was being sarcastic, if Commies dont understand that)

[@jesusite69]

Commie talking about Democracy, first ask your parent organization CCP to make China democratic 😂

[@comradevikas5146]

@@prakashkaruppasamy3708 Can you distinguish between crony capitalism and welfare capatalism. Today no ideology can sustain in it's pure form. Just because I am left leaning doesn't mean I am extremist. (Sorry for bad English)

[@comradevikas5146]

@@jesusite69 you got triggered just by my username, that's how much prejudice you are.

[@comradevikas5146]

@@shivanshu111 even Bhagat Singh used to call himself and other revolutionaries comrades, you really have problem with the name?

[@sharadchandakacherla8268]

Whenever whichever govt says “do as I say” that’s a signal to people

But law and order mei it's necessary I feel

[@sharadchandakacherla8268]

@ yes brother, that’s non negotiable for a democracy

[@jhendukhan4363]

@ Something like emergency is never warranted in a Democracy. She knew that she would be in jail if she wasn’t in power. She was corrupt and power-hungry.

[@mayank.tomar1]

The fact that Hindi heartland voted out Indira Gandhi while english speaking South voted her tells a lot, and today we find lecture on democracy comes from english speaking elites to North Indians for electing Modi 6:55

[@akhilakumar2187]

It was 1977 ... South was neither elite nor english speaking those days

[@mancoi4334]

@@akhilakumar2187 Anti-Hindi movement in South ended around 1965-1967 and resulted in continuation of English education. Hence South India can be considered English-speaking at that point of time.

[@akhilakumar2187]

@@mancoi4334 south indians States speak the mother tongue of that state not english... Common ppl in South didn't know english at all in those times... Moreover there was no anti hindi movement in Kerala or karnataka.. Even today hindi is taught in schools in Kerala... Congress won big in South because as SG said there weren't much excesses in South and since there was media censorship people in South had no information about this fertilization programme or slum eradication... And don't forget even the North voted her back to power in the next election

[@vbond585]

Well it worked out great isn't it . Just few bodies buried beside the river and floating in the river. Nothing to be proud dude. before glaoting just look around.what exactly are you proud of?

[@vbond585]

@Dattatreya Jana well scientific temper isn't the DNA of this Govt. What Congress would have done, I don't know, but what it wouldn't have done is pre pone Kumbh and let PM and HM campaign for winning elections while pandemic is raging.

[@MinhajAhmedAnsari]

Thank you Guptaji for such a balanced, well thought and timely history lesson. The lessons are so relevant in recent times and if I may, these pointers should be converted into checklist. Emergency was not a just a person, or a party, it was an entity that will possess any democracy who fails to check and correct itself, irrespective of the person or party in power.

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hi Minhaj, happy to note you liked this edition of #CutTheClutter

[@agytjax]

@3:11 : Today's CTC starts from here It would be better if SG cuts the chase and gets straight into the topic 😜

[@puneethraj173]

It's true last year after seeing CTC (ironically) Asked my grandmother about emergency She yeah I kinda remember it It was the time when we had to stand in line to get rations Then I asked that's it She said that's it. So I'm from banglore I guess south is really blessed

[@Abbyramrosy]

In fact, I was a kid during the time. But my parents have always had only good to talk about emergency. So I developed a mind perhaps emergency is a solution to most of our ills. No wonder Kerala voted to Indira in 80s. People always got their services promptly, there was no corruption, people were diligent in office duties, trains ran on time. In fact I became a big fan of Indira hearing these stories. I realize that for people who are not prepared for freedom deserve emergency provisions, of course declared. Undeclared emergencies, like these days, are more dangerous.

[@Mass-sk1970]

@@Abbyramrosy Do you know how many forced Sterilization happened during those days ? Southern india didn't have an much inpact. But northern india suffered the most. It was the worst period ever in independent India . These days should not come again ?

[@clashroyalechampion]

@@Mass-sk1970 india needs forced sterilization even today..🤣

[@Mass-sk1970]

@@clashroyalechampion So a bachelor or a 19 year old boy too can be sterilized forcefully ? You will justify. "We two for we two" that is just a slogan but what happened on ground is different. Young married men who had no children were forcefully sterilized. Many got infected no proper treatments to it. We need to control population but there should be draft

[@jesusite69]

@@Abbyramrosy lol ofcourse you are from Kerala and have good talks about Indira the dictator . Give me an example of present day undeclared emergency that you are claiming 😂, between you have freedom to even call Modi by whatever names you people call and act like as if you are taken to Andaman prison for calling out Modi by crap names.

[@pajtmvorvndeifneif]

For future india stronger, independent and autonomous institutions are desperately needed. Reforms in election commission, cbi, ed, cvc, cag & many other are long overdue...

[@flyingspaghettimonster3791]

excellent points. Democracy is a work in progress. Many of the things that I hate today about bjp were in fact started by congress. Similarly when bjp takes undemocratic tendencies like locking political dissenters in jail forward, or curbing dissent, it should remember that future govt will also use it against them. This tug of war between parties will continue, but ultimately it's the country which will suffer.

[@vbond585]

The truth is any in dictirorial tendency being carried out but this Govt were in fact enabled by laws brought about by Congress. And now they are cribbing. But then this will happen to bjp too.

[@gauthampai896]

@@vbond585 true that

[@jesusite69]

But non of the present central ministers are involved in any scams, under Congress even our country FM was involved in corruption and scams . We don't need such people ever to rule us again

[@vbond585]

@@jesusite69 it's a mis nomer. Scams are happening but none has balls to report. How do you see, It's simple, what has changed politically? Nothing. MLA's are being bought and sold for Govt to be brought down, elections are being fight on massive massive funding, Adani has 7 times increased his net worth in 1 years? How? Because there is no investigation or none to complain and investigate. Believe me ones this govt goes, many many scams will be unearthed.. and that is another reason they will fight elections desperately..

[@diarr3686]

@@jesusite69 joke's on you ,present government have equal or more scams than previous government ,they just weekend the institution to not let them to find they're scam (on that front present government is genius ) ,if others government come in power they not only unearthed the scam ,they use damage institution as a shield to do more scams even they damage institution more for future benifit ,it's going to be neverending cycle until the country become under developing country

[@mukut5ul]

Emergency should have been for 20-30yrs so that people understand disciple in life. Every day somewhere in India strile or protest keep happening.

[@sidheshpatil7120]

Here in Australia, a culture of having at least four children is getting momentum within the Caucasian class. The church seems to have also issued a directive to get Christians procreate with the objective to outnumber those from other religions, precisely Islam. Not just outnumber, but also coerce people of other religious beliefs in 'not' procreating. Cartel behavior amongst Caucasian, Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses and Jews has also been reported to subjugate, through economic sanctions (e.g. taking away livelihood), people of other faith.

[@akshaytawde3675]

Shekar sir!! I like 80-90% of your opinions. It is amazing how deep knowledge of soo many subjects, especially India.

[@santhanakrishnansrinivasan8568]

During the emergency, I was a student at the Indian Institute of Science. I had the opportunity to see the print media. Those days allocation of news print was controlled by the government to control the press. Indian Express hardly could get over 10 pages (2 full sheets plus one half sheet) per day, and no government Ads, where as one famous news paper of the south used to get its full quota of 29-32 pages per day with government ads. That news paper still treads its path very cautiously. I am glad that you joined Indian Express.

[@thomasjoy8278]

Sir good analysis and a A stark reminder that one who forgets history tends to repeat it. Maybe not in this context but I hope that you do a report on the role of the constitutional position of the President of India in eras of political turbulence

[@abeninan4017]

Prime minister is the one calling all the shots.

[@satyamcn]

Shekhar, it would be nice if you could do a CTC on Sanjay Gandhi

[@maliniraj7065]

When news House and journalist are on party payrolls this is the respect journalist will get, people did not ridicule them,they make a mockery of themselves.

[@jusjaisinghani8179]

Shekhar, can you suggest the best books on emergency to start for young people like us?

[@siddhantdal]

The Judgement by Kuldeep Nayyar is a good start

[@Yash-sn9fx]

Read The Emergency: A Personal History by Coomi Kapoor.

[@1591nithin]

India's first dictatorship by Christopher Zeafrolet

[@Daksh93]

One of the best books is "SAVING INDIA FROM INDIRA: UNTOLD STORY OF THE EMERGENCY-- MEMOIRS OF J. P. GOYAL, EDITED BY RAMA GOYAL". Mr. J. P. Goyal was Raj Narain's lawyer. The courtroom battle's highlight was the I. Jagdeeshwar Rao's case in which J. P. Goyal and Nani Palkivala, Daphtary and many others rallied to save the Kesavananda Bharti judgment. It was a move by Ms. Gandhi to change the constitution to declare herself an empress for life. This was thwarted by all these legal luminaries in spite of the judiciary feeding through the hands of Ms. Gandhi and her caucus.

[@AD-gu6sr]

Thank you Sir.. like you said "Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom".

[@Sawarn69]

Emergency was definitely a black period. But I wonder what the present govt would do if an opposition leader says "Singhasan hil utthey.........." from Ramlila maidan?

[@krishnavyas313]

They would do nothing

[@rajanachiket3172]

Books on Emergency 1)The Judgement by Kuldip Nayar 2)The Emergency by Coomi Kapoor 3)Indira Gandhi, The 'Emergency', and Indian Democracy by P N Dhar 4)The Case That Shook India: The Verdict That Led To The Emergency by Prashant Bhushan 5)A Prisoner's Scrap-Book by L K Advani Please add if you know any other books

[@arvindk451]

India's First Dictatorship by Christophe Jaffrelot

[@Daksh93]

"SAVING INDIA FROM INDIRA: UNTOLD STORY OF THE EMERGENCY-- MEMOIRS OF J. P. GOYAL, EDITED BY RAMA GOYAL".

[@marshallmendonza]

Can you do an episode on the undeclared emergency that we are experiencing since 2014? The present is more important than the past. Especially 46 years old when majority of today's voters were not even born.

[@jhendukhan4363]

I see that you like stagnancy and overwhelming corruption.

[@Yash-sn9fx]

How much rice ?

[@aanakrukavi]

@@Yash-sn9fx Sir, this is too much. First I laughed then I felt bad.

[@yerramillivenkatanarayanam2584]

Sir, There is a saying that " those who forget the history are condemned to repeat it'. Hence democracy flourishes forever if the past is not forgotten and learnt lessons from it.

[@jhendukhan4363]

First you have to teach proper history of India including that of Islamic invasion amd it’s atrocities of several groups of people. Don’t shy away from calling a spade - a spade.

[@sierrabravo123]

A wonderful episode Shekhar Sir! The present generation needs to see this CTC and every other CTC episode on Emergency, in order to truly understand the beauty and value of freedom and democracy - the ability to change the ruling regime in a bloodless manner.

[@bhartendusood5905]

Only leaders and journalists had problem with emergency. I really feel nostalgic,. Trains would run on time. Files and papers started moving without money in the govt offices. Govt servants were courteous.

[@simonthomas3376]

You are absolutely right in reminding your viewers about emergency. 70s was an Era where college students loved to fight back since we were barely living for the sake of living. We had no extra resources when compared to present day college students. Hence there is no hunger for resistance what is right and what is wrong. As you rightly pointed out in South during emergency work at government offices were running smoothly, factories were running at optimal level , no labor strike. Due to rat race and heavy competition we love to crawl on each other and reach top, and those left behind take the help of religious and thus playing and important role in life, seeking almighty help without working hard.

[@Karthik-wt7di]

The point you make about Gandhi is gold

[@meera1034]

Emergency in the country may have been lifted long ago but emergency in the Congress party is still existing.

[@ayushdubey1821]

10:04 - Flying crow in the background symbolising free media!!!👀

[@dhananjaypatil3116]

Cows fly only in La La Land ! In real life , Cows only get milked and butchered.

[@ayushdubey1821]

@@dhananjaypatil3116 I feel sorry for your blinded ness and agony which made you read crow as cows. May the almighty bless you.

[@dhananjaypatil3116]

@@ayushdubey1821 My apologies . It was supposed to be a joke. Was not directed againt you personally . I am sorry for the hurt caused to you

[@thirdperson2161]

Report by the panel set up by supreme court of India accusing Delhi government of artificially inflating oxygen demand by 4X would have been a good topic for today.

[@vbond585]

No offical report yet. When it comes out well be an issue.

[@shahrukhkotwal7125]

The Supreme Court accused??? Courts don't accuse, they judge. Pls get basics right

[@thirdperson2161]

@@shahrukhkotwal7125 idiots shouldn't try to explain things to others when they themselves don't have any clue whatsoever. Report was submitted to supreme court by panel set-up by supreme court itself, it is not a judgement.

[@shahrukhkotwal7125]

@@thirdperson2161 How is that an accusation though. The petition comes from outside. This isn't suo moto cognizant. Clearly u lack basic knowledge of law. Read that whatsapp forward again

[@arthurmorgan6594]

I wish you would cover a bit of India's role in the Cold War especially in the 60s and 70s as most channels seem to ignore or dismiss it as inconsequential.

[@JohnWick-vd5fk]

Kindly also do a ctc on oygen "emergency", artificially created by kejriwal.

[@prithvigulati6965]

Excellent analysis

[@binojtbbinojtb]

Thank you for the history lesson sir

[@ABHUGGG]

Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you

[@mailtorajrao]

Remember to not take all to heart when you read Nietzsche.

[@hitesh671]

thats what happened to rss

[@tresajessygeorge210]

THANK YOU... SHEKHARJI...!!! Well said...!!!

[@Siturambo]

In 1977 politicians also learned something. Only thing that can stop them is information and media is best carrier of it. That's why they started buying media and media has always been born divided based on political idols which didn't help either. Saying media is week just because how they are portrayed in movies is overstatement .

[@maheshmanian]

Emergency will always be remembered

[@whatslifespurpose]

The India today is under the state of undeclared emergency under Modi-Shah. CBI raids, ED notices for opposition, horsetrading to an extent never seen before, puppet journalists at prime time etc. During Indira's emergency there was atleast an improvement in the economy, currently even that is not happening.

[@sujithkumar2041]

Indira had to go for Emergency as the institutions started questioning her, including media made hard her to dictatorialship. But now Modi don't need to do a formal emergency, it's anyway all the institutions are on his calling, including money power and media. But the difference is SG would steer clear of present scenario, because it's not the time to take risk, there are too much on stake.

[@abhirajarora7631]

I can clearly see how much the courts are in his hands.

[@RahulSharma-jm9ir]

Media and court always have been in government's hand. There's nothinge new

[@sujithkumar2041]

@@RahulSharma-jm9ir Hope you are not born yesterday. Otherwise you would be aware of media role from 2004 to '14 building the narrative agaist gvt.

[@neeljavia2965]

Only difference is this time the pressure is reversed. People themselves want a dictatorial government be it state or centre.

[@abeninan4017]

Thanks to the Indian National Congress.

[@neeljavia2965]

@@abeninan4017 Why?

[@abeninan4017]

@@neeljavia2965 because people all over the world are sick and tired of ruling class corruption. No difference between ruling party or opposition.

[@neeljavia2965]

@@abeninan4017 So you really think dictatorship is going to solve it?

[@agytjax]

India is already in quasi Emergency 2.0 since 2014

[@jesusite69]

Says a commie 😂

[@mailrbn]

Other then AAP all other political parties can find their root to emergency. But what you have never explained is why they opposed Indira Gandhi Socialism to their own form of socialism. In the 70s Japan, US, Western Europe were thriving on capitalism. Why India shied away from Capitalism till today. Why our political parties are still stuck in the Trade Union days.

[@mohanvvip]

You are looking at one bad aspect of socialism - trade unions. Did you consider the capitalist health care system in the USA? Compare it to the free health care in most developed countries. Looks like we've lost the ability to see all sides of the issue.

[@mailrbn]

@@mohanvvip The best public health care system is in Japan and it is far from any socialist country. In every aspect Japan outscores the rest of the world by miles. It is not about socialism but about policies that create a win win situation. Nobody wins in socialism.

[@hitesh671]

@@mohanvvip Capitalist japan has one of the best healtcare system

[@mohanvvip]

@@hitesh671 Not entirely. It has it's own set of issues.

[@rameshg2717]

History repeats itself and it's important we learn from it. Thanks for this episode.

[@tomriddle4110]

Good video Shekher Ji, but tomorrow for cut the clutter can u clutter the Delhi oxygen crisis please

[@HarshKankane]

What a perspective! 😲

[@KrishnaSingh-so2lu]

One of the best ctc sir

[@ThePrintIndia]

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[@animeshpatra5106]

Gandhi has truly become a costume for children and often for political parties as well lol

[@kallachi729]

An apt assessment. History is not only about the past. It is about the present and the future. Historical events do not change. But the narrative changes with time as new knowledge and information evolve.

[@rijubhatt8366]

Yes, Shekhar Sir, Journalism will again reach the respectability it deserves.

[@pichumanisankar2617]

-8.20 “Raj Narain, a colourful personality, a Lalu Yadav to the power of two” 👍🏾

[@punitasalwan8921]

Correction: to the power three

[@ramm.9308]

We discover our greatness when we find ourselves in a situation bigger than we are and we manage to grow and become bigger than the situation. Luigina Sgarro

[@RADHRADHU]

South india had good time during emergency with the absence of political interference

[@abeninan4017]

I remember those days in kerala. No strikes, harthal, bandh or black market. Everybody was very sad after lifting the emergency because prices for daily goods increased by 400%.

[@vivek-hp2jq]

Thanks Shekharji for this video

[@rachit7185]

CTC has become my daily morning newspaper 🗞️ which I enjoy with a cup of tea ☕

[@kalpanabs8070]

But I feel she did bring drastic laws like nationalised banks did bring discipline in society where there was parity of rich and poor. She brought bills

[@kongkansaikia4599]

Mr Gupta keeping it real "wearing Gandhi topi is not tribute to Gandhi". Cant agree more.

[@amodjp]

Thank god we have social media to voice ourselves, the world will see a better democracy now on

[@anirudhmehta50]

What SG said Is so true I still see people praising sanjay gandhi for being a strong leader and being nostalgic about train timings !!! People in my immediate family

[@shiveshtripathi4298]

You had a valid point, Mr Gupta. In our country, proper biography of eminent figures are seldomly written, they are either Hagiography or totally malicious propaganda.... Historians(Distorians) here try to fit the current political situation in writings of the past.

[@gururajsavadatti7061]

Fifth point regarding social contract with media. Barring a few rare exceptions like yours, we consider the present day media as Presstitutes and there can be no social contract with such lowly creatures.

[@jhendukhan4363]

Especially Quint and Rana Ayuub who have only one agenda. Can’t believe they’re considered journalists. Heck, the bar is so low that someone like Arnab and Ravish Kumar are considered journalists.

[@keshav4408]

Fact that Congress which imposed emergency is still a political party is shocking .. It should have been banned for imposing emergency

[@neeljavia2965]

Gandhi wanted it from the beginning. He knew people would worship the party like god's just they got them the independence. So true democracy won't survive.

[@samin096]

Big Indira Gandhi fan, for what she did for Bangladesh, India and country. But emergency is actually a blot in her rule

[@DineshYadav-jo6ey]

"gandhification of emergency" its funny but eye opener.

[@theforgottenmonk2906]

One of the best CTC sir jee

[@animeshnanda1]

Nice garden in the background.

[@SUNIL525]

A number of excesses of the emergency have been smartly pushed in as non-events. Not good clean journalism...

[@loka120]

Once a great soul was found sleeping with three women. When caught red-handed he defended himself by saying, that he was practising "Dick-Control". Can you guess who this great soul was?

[@priyanshupandey2670]

Are you targeting mudi? Please clarify I didn't get u

[@Kuzan-i3k]

who?

[@J7pat7]

Gandhi ?

[@hitesh671]

@@priyanshupandey2670 he has only one girlfriend and that is smriti irani

[@sanjeevanirajput3747]

Congress has shown appeasement,the main rise of BJP is this. People are fed up now.

[@526Nitin]

Very interesting tidbits shekharji..

[@mrSamirsri]

Great CTC. My parents were married on 29 June 1975. Less than 20 people attended. There's just one photograph of event in which all those who attended are in the frame. I agree that we need to read up. Please suggest some good books on the Emergency.

[@Daksh93]

"SAVING INDIA FROM INDIRA: UNTOLD STORY OF THE EMERGENCY-- MEMOIRS OF J. P. GOYAL, EDITED BY RAMA GOYAL".

[@randomrunner]

Let's also ask how much do we deserve democracy and liberty. Seeing the covid numbers increasing in a few states, I have my doubts

[@neeljavia2965]

Doesn't mean you take away freedoms completely.

[@randomrunner]

@@neeljavia2965 didn't say that. I'm just lamenting as a commoner on how easily fundamental rights get abused in India, but the vote Bank politics prevent any reasonable checks and balances in fundamental duties

[@neeljavia2965]

@@randomrunner True.

[@monikaghosh813]

The shortest Cut the clutter ever in 2 years. Crisp , de cluttered and to the point! Kudos !

[@bsp3615]

SG Not emergency, but Leaders which you referred earned their statures... While, Indira to Rahul, inherited their statuses.. If emergency not imposed, the family and its party would have died a natural death long ago.. UPA would not have happened..

[@swarnadityaroy7385]

Plz recommend books on emergency

[@mohitparamarshsingh]

Mr . Gupta on Time 👍🏾

[@sonarbangla8711]

SG ji, in 1947 India didn't become free, Nehru declared Indian people were bound anew in 'slavery'. Indians are still waiting for their freedom.

[@karankapoor2701]

BJP andhbhakts need to watch this

[@jesusite69]

@@shivanshu111 😂 you nailed it

[@jesusite69]

Congressi chamchas who claims that nothing happened during Emergency should also watch this

[@VinodKumar-yv5yk]

Totally agree there needs to be a strong opposition. But right now in India, how is it any less than an emergency? Press is not free, freedom of speech is curtailed and anyone can be chucked in prison for months without a charge. This government has imposed emergency on us covertly

[@jesusite69]

The fact that you are able to comment this crap here is enough evidence that it is nowhere near to Emergency 😂

[@jesusite69]

Between which press is not free 😂 name atleast one , let me see.

[@joesouza4555]

Democracy comes with responsibility- irony I India today is that everyone accts without owing responsibilities. Masses and politicians all if take responsibility then its a true democracy

[@jhendukhan4363]

Bro, that’s been the case since independence.

[@LBW-SAB]

GRAND SALUTE LOVELY IRON LADY > INDERA GHANDI JEE

[@mailtorajrao]

Ghandy is more accurate. Before the name change, it was Feroze Jehangir Ghandy,

[@aadityakiran_s]

Can you suggest some good books on the Emergency?

[@aniljain8971]

Very focused and to the point CTC, and very relevant!! Is it possible to have a CTC on ‘right wing’ and ‘left wing’ politics and journalism? It would help us understand what separates these worlds and what unites them

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hi Anil. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@sreekanthreddy66]

Indian political parties need new contract saying no party give freebees to people except for education health and law...

[@georgeabraham5532]

Modi was one of the most insignificant person during the emergency and shedding the maximum crocodile tears. As Shekar rightly mentioned, all the jailed political leaders got an opportunity to play volleyball, plan and oust Indira during the election that followed. Media also got the much required traction and gained importance.

[@engineerdeepesh]

Dear SG Could you suggest a book on this topic?

[@santhanakrishnansrinivasan8568]

Most important lesson from the emergency for the democracy is PARTICIPATE. Dont let others decide your life,

[@adityasharma2k]

Gupta ji 🙏

[@achyutsingh]

सिंहासन ख़ाली करो, देखो जनता आती है. The line from JP Narayan that triggerd Emergency

[@nikhilharidas87]

Gupta sir.......is it possible you can do an episode on electoral bonds and its potentials of misuse. Does it legalise corruption

[@subramaniamgopalakrishnan8416]

Suggest a good book to read on Emergency sir