Emergency and neo-emergency: Who will defend democracy? (Record no. 357445)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9788197989759
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Classification number CS 321.4 DEV
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Personal name Devasahayam, MG
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Title Emergency and neo-emergency: Who will defend democracy?
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Chandigarh
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. The Browser: JGS Enterprises
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2025
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 348 p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. When the ruling establishment declared 25 June as ‘Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas’, the author felt the need to highlight that the history of human rights violations during the last ten years mirrors the Emergency in every way. Both the Emergency and the undeclared emergency have seen a war on dissenting writers, journalists, students, and politicians.<br/>The book throws up searching questions like is the Emergency really done and dusted, who and what was primarily responsible for its imposition, how was it defeated, who did it, and how India is going through an era of neo-Emergency. The author highlights how India’s democracy has swung between two extremes—from two years of the ‘darkest period’ to ten years of the ‘dark-dark period’.<br/>As masters and minions of both eras claim themselves as ‘defenders of democracy’, the question is, are they? The author says an emphatic no. If so, who then can defend democracy? That is the theme of this book.<br/>Privileged of being ‘the son JP never had’, the author dedicates this book to the great warrior Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan, a key figure during the Emergency, who gave his everything to the country and its people and asked for
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Democracy
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Current Affairs
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2024-12-16   CS 321.4 DEV 177965 695.00 2024-12-16 Books Not Missing Dewey Decimal Classification Not Damaged     Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library 2024-12-16

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