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".[page needed]
Reception
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]
^Shreekant Sambrani (27 June 2015). "Book review: Coomi Kapoor's latest book on Emergency really is a personal history". business-standard.com.
^Pratap Bhanu Mehta (27 June 2015). "All of Indira's Men and Women". The Indian Express.
January 24, 2023
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