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- Collection: Media and Emergency: Oral Histories
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Raghu Rai interview with Farah Yameen
Raghu Rai describes threats to journalists that were ramapant during the Emergency. He also describes the visuals of the period including his photographs of the time.
Tavleen Singh interview with Farah Yameen
Tavleen Singh recalls her first encounter with Sanjay Gandhi and how they were limited to non political reporting during the days of the Emergency.
Jawid Laiq interview with Farah Yameen
Jawid Laiq remembers the Emergency and the mood in the small towns of India just before the 1977 election that threw Indra Gandhi out of power
Jug Suraiya interview with Farah Yameen
Jug Suraiya remembers state censorship and how the censor completely missed irony which is how journalists like him slipped in satirical pieces.
TN Ninan interview with Farah Yameen
TN Ninan was a young reporter during the Emergency. He speaks of the politics of business interests in the media and their relationship with the Government.
Chandan Mitra interview with Farah Yameen
Chandan Mitra was a politically active student in the days of the Emergency. He remembers the mood in the Delhi University campus preceding the declaration of the Emergency