In this section of the website, find the testimonies and memories of those who were arrested, resisted and fought the emergency. Inevitably, we will reflect on today’s challenges to Indian democracy, Constitutional values and human rights.

1. The Past as Present – The Emergency Then and Now – PUCL Bulletin (July 2023) Editorial
2. Survived the Emergency, The future is resistance. – By Rajashri Dasgupta
3. The Emergency – Declared in the PAST, Undeclared in the PRESENT – By K. Veeramani
4. Is India going to submit to dictatorship or opt for democracy? – By Nandana Reddy
5. Remembering June 26 and the days that followed – By Vijay Chawla
6. “We cannot tie anybody’s tongue” – A first person account – By Radhakant Saxena
7. The Guillotine or slow bleed – By Kalpana Sharma
8. Underground during the 1975 Emergency – By Ravi Nair
9. My Bitter Experience of the Emergency – By Prabhakar Sinha
10. Living in Emergencies, Past and Present – By Prabir Purkayastha
11. The Emergency and Me – By Gita Aravamudan
12. A journalists experience hands-on during the emergency – By Rajendra Boda
13. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ರಾಜಕಾರಣ: ತುರ್ತುಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಗಾಂಧೀಜಿ – By Rashmi M.
14. आपातकाल की मेरी यादें – By Vinay Sinha
15. आपातकाल की मेरी यादें – By Srivallabh Mishra
16. The Powerful Loudness of a Blank Space – By John Dayal

Click here to read ‘The Past as Present – The Emergency Then and Now – PUCL Bulletin (July 2023) Editorial’.

Writings

Survived the Emergency, The future is resistance

By Rajashri DasguptaClick for Details 

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ರಾಜಕಾರಣ: ತುರ್ತುಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಗಾಂಧೀಜಿ

By Rashmi S.Click for Details 

The Emergency – Declared in the PAST, Undeclared in the PRESENT

By K. VeeramaniClick for Details 

Is India going to submit to dictatorship or opt for democracy?

By Nandana ReddyClick for Details 

Remembering June 26 and the days that followed

By Vijay ChawlaClick for Details 

“We cannot tie anybody’s tongue” – A first person account

By Radhakant SaxenaClick for Details 

The Guillotine or slow bleed?

By Kalpana SharmaClick for Details 

The Powerful Loudness of a Blank Space

By John DayalClick for Details 

Underground during the 1975 Emergency

By Ravi NairClick for Details 

My Bitter Experience of the Emergency

By Prabhakar SinhaClick for Details 

Living in Emergencies, Past and Present

By Prabir PurkayasthaClick for Details 

आपातकाल की मेरी यादें

By Srivallabh MishraClick for Details 

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