THE campaign
built up quickly, forcefully. India is falling apart, so
gain control by imposing a state of Emergency. People are
criticising the regime too much, so gag them, jail them,
and maim them, if need be. But the imposition of
Emergency in 1975 backfired in ways Indira and her son
Sanjay never planned for. A resolute Jayaprakash Narayan
took on the system, and a determined Morarji Desai headed
the Janata government in 1977 when the Congress was
whitewashed at the polls. But India's early experiment
with a coalition failed, in large part because of
unpredictable partners like Raj Narain.
THE campaign
built up quickly, forcefully. India is falling apart, so
gain control by imposing a state of Emergency. People are
criticising the regime too much, so gag them, jail them,
and maim them, if need be. But the imposition of
Emergency in 1975 backfired in ways Indira and her son
Sanjay never planned for. A resolute Jayaprakash Narayan
took on the system, and a determined Morarji Desai headed
the Janata government in 1977 when the Congress was
whitewashed at the polls. But India's early experiment
with a coalition failed, in large part because of
unpredictable partners like Raj Narain.
