The Emergency
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Aug 28, 2026
Srirupa RoyGUEST
Right? Um, and part of what I was doing is, um, along with what ...
Srirupa RoyGUEST
I mean, I was fortunate enough that right around the time when I started to think about this, um, some very, very, uh, exciting and different new work came out about the Indian Emergency by, um, Gyan Prakash.
Dhiren SwainHOST
Mm.
Srirupa RoyGUEST
And then there was a book by, um, Christophe Jaffrelot and, um, Pratinav Anil.
Dhiren SwainHOST
Mm.
Srirupa RoyGUEST
Uh, and you know, a few other articles by some people, all of whom were trying, in a certain way, to, to, uh, reject this idea of the Emergency as just this little hiccup.
Dhiren SwainHOST
Mm.
Srirupa RoyGUEST
And, uh, to try to kind of locate it within the, the arc of, um, Indian politics and Indian democracy, not to think of this as this deviation-
Charlie FordhamHOST
And it's absolutely eerie and brilliantly threatening bit of writing, incredibly intense.
Charlie FordhamHOST
And it's in the novel, it's the emergency rule put in place by Indira Gandhi, which finally squishes the midnight children's life away.
Charlie FordhamHOST
It's interesting because in 1984, Indira Gandhi sued Rushdie.
Charlie FordhamHOST
This is after the publication of the novel.
Rupert FordhamHOST
And in that interview, Rushdie talks about Gandhi.
Rupert FordhamHOST
But a dearer Gandhi.
Rupert FordhamHOST
And he said that, you know, the emergency, looking back on it, this was recorded six months ago, so very recent.
Rupert FordhamHOST
He said the emergency was a shock.