The Midnight Knock
The Midnight Knock
This is not a jail diary. Nor is it an account of the Emergency. It is rather a ‘side light’ on the Emergency. Malkani writes about his experience of it—of what he, as a detenu, ‘saw, heard, thought and felt’ in prison.
The People Versus Emergency: A Saga of Struggle
The People Versus Emergency: A Saga of Struggle
The third RSS Sarsanghchalak Sri Balasaheb Devras ( Deoras ) aptly summarised the role RSS played in this struggle against emergency. Regarding a World War II incident involving Hitler and his army it is said: “One man Churchill and 20 miles of English channel stood between Hitler and his victory”. Similarly regarding emergency Devras said: “One man Jai Prakash and the RSS stood between the dictatorship and democracy”.
