Remembering Emergency: A book recco, a commentary, and a special T-shirt

Wear the OG version

Dear reader,

As we mark the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, it is not a bad time to pause and ponder about our constitution. At Swarajya, we make it a point to never miss a chance to honour it, as it was meant and supposed to be.

This limited-edition T-shirt from Swarajya features the original Preamble—without any distortions/scratches.

This is now available on the Swarajya Store for ₹699, in three different colours. So grab this special edition T-shirt and show off the preamble as it was meant to be seen.

Voices From Northeast’s Forgotten Front Against Tyranny

Have you ever thought what resistance looked like from the Northeast during the Emergency?

This gripping excerpt from Rouhin Deb and Nabaarun Barooah’s upcoming book uncovers a forgotten frontier against Indira Gandhi's tyranny.

From leaflets printed with roti rollers and shakhas in jail to a pracharak who tricked the regime with a fake name, the northeast front remains relatively unknown. The resistance, resourcefulness, and raw courage swept the region from Assam to Tripura.

On Samvidhan Hatya Divas, read this excerpt detailing the Sangh’s underground fight for Samvidhan.

Not As A Ritual But As A Warning: Remembering Emergency 50 Years Later

It wasn’t a war, but the streets had soldiers. It wasn’t a coup, but jails overflowed.

Fifty years ago, India’s democracy was hijacked—its press muzzled, courts bent, and dissent erased. Indira Gandhi called it Emergency. We call it a warning.

From midnight arrests to mass sterilisation drives, from censored headlines to whispered resistance—this isn’t just a history lesson. It’s a mirror.

Read about the night democracy died—and what it still has to teach us.