In a new series of nostalgia, I wish to take my readers on a journey back in time -- to a bygone era of our subcontinent, when its people and places mirrored a different set of human values. I take you to India’s capital New Delhi in the year 1975, where Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has announced a state of emergency in the country. Today, he speaks in a different tone -- he now speaks of “a long, long struggle -- five years or more.”A Calcutta university student, once an idealist and a bit of a revolutionary, has abandoned all of that in what he regards as the cynical pursuit of a business degree. “I don’t understand why the world doesn’t care more about what is happening to us,” said one of these, dispirited. Some people, both Indians and foreign diplomats, were concerned in a manner that the new order had isolated Prime Minister Indra Gandhi from the people and even from her party.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 04, 2020 09:00 UTC