{"product_id":"2026200014410-secondhand-an-eye-to-india-the-unmasking-of-a-tyranny","title":"An Eye To India: The Unmasking Of A Tyranny","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\n\nSelbourne, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49216202834139,"sku":"2026200014410-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f3c36005-611b-482b-ba8a-3a9f258c04af.png?v=1788405265","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014410-secondhand-an-eye-to-india-the-unmasking-of-a-tyranny","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}