Unsettling Memories - Narratives of India's 'Emergency'

Author: Emma TarloPublisher: Permanent BlackYear: 2003Language: EnglishPages: 235ISBN/UPC (if available): 8178240661 DescriptionThis richly detailed ethnographic work tells the story of modern India's period of deepest civil unrest. It fills a significant gap in the recent political history of India and sheds light on a period many would rather forget. In 1975 Indira Gandhi declared the infamous 'Emergency' which gave her the power to silence opposition through arrests and censorship, and to introduce a programme of reform which included draconian campaigns of slum clearance and family planning. In Delhi, access to basic civic amenities now became dependent on the production of a sterilization certificate. For many of the city's poorest inhabitants, whose homes had been demolished, the choice was between sterilization and homelessness.Unsettling Memories provides a gripping analysis of how state oppression was orchestrated and experienced in India's capital during the Emergency. Us