An Eye To India: The Unmasking Of A Tyranny
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At the heart of one of the most turbulent chapters in modern democratic history stands Indira Gandhi's Emergency — a period of authoritarian rule that suspended civil liberties, silenced dissent, and exposed the fragile foundations of India's post-independence promise. David Selbourne's An Eye to India: The Unmasking of a Tyranny is a searing, first-hand political chronicle of the 1975–1977 Emergency declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, presenting a granular and unflinching account of how a democratic nation descended into state-sanctioned repression, mass censorship, and coercive population control programmes that scarred millions of ordinary lives. Selbourne, a British political writer and philosopher known for his sharp ideological rigour, argues with fierce conviction that the Emergency was not a temporary aberration but a revelation of deeper authoritarian impulses within the Indian political establishment. Drawing on direct observation, testimony, and political analysis, the work stands as both a document of historical record and a moral indictment, written in a prose style that is urgent, dense, and uncompromising. Decades after its publication, An Eye to India remains a vital — and at times deeply uncomfortable — testament to the cost of power unchecked, leaving the reader to ask whether the lessons of that era have truly been learned.
Author: David Selbourne
Format: Paperback
Published: 1977, Penguin Books
Genre: Asian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the heart of one of the most turbulent chapters in modern democratic history stands Indira Gandhi's Emergency — a period of authoritarian rule that suspended civil liberties, silenced dissent, and exposed the fragile foundations of India's post-independence promise. David Selbourne's An Eye to India: The Unmasking of a Tyranny is a searing, first-hand political chronicle of the 1975–1977 Emergency declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, presenting a granular and unflinching account of how a democratic nation descended into state-sanctioned repression, mass censorship, and coercive population control programmes that scarred millions of ordinary lives. Selbourne, a British political writer and philosopher known for his sharp ideological rigour, argues with fierce conviction that the Emergency was not a temporary aberration but a revelation of deeper authoritarian impulses within the Indian political establishment. Drawing on direct observation, testimony, and political analysis, the work stands as both a document of historical record and a moral indictment, written in a prose style that is urgent, dense, and uncompromising. Decades after its publication, An Eye to India remains a vital — and at times deeply uncomfortable — testament to the cost of power unchecked, leaving the reader to ask whether the lessons of that era have truly been learned.