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Qurban Ali interview with Sopan Joshi

Qurban Ali is a seasoned journalist and was, till 2017, with Rajya Sabha TV in an editorial role. A student activist who became a journalist in the aftermath of the Emergency, Ali wrote for the magazines Ravivar and Sunday Observer, joining the BBC…

The Emergency was advised by Sanjay

The Indian Express reports on an article in the Sunday Telegraph assessing the role of Sanjay Gandhi in Indian politics and the Emergency in particular.

Tags: Emergency, Family Planning, Sanjay Files, Sanjay Gandhi, Sterilisation Campaign, Sunday Telegraph, Youth Congress

John Dayal interview with Rajender Negi

Mahendra Vaid interview with Rajender Negi

Tags: A.D. Gorwala, B.G. Verghese, Delhi, Dhaka, Family Planning, I.K. Gujral, irender Kapoor, Lal Krishna Advani, Mathura, Samachar, Sterilisation, Surinder Nihal Singh, United News of India

Anything that will help poor

A 1976 interview with Sanjay Gandhi in Blitz. The piece deifies Sanjay Gandhi as a political visionary and praises the measures taken under the emergency.

Population explosion

Tags: Family Planning, India, Population Growth

Promise of prosperity

This short film is on family welfare and conveys that the ‘Better Tomorrow’ acceptance of small family norm is very essential.

Tags: Family Planning, India, Population Control

I help fight over-population

This film portrays the role played by a female family planning fieldworker in the family palnning campaign. She has to move from door to door. The central character of this film serves as an ideal example for the new entrants in this field.

Tags: Family Planning, India, Population