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From: ram@uiucdcs.UUCP (ram )
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Subject: Re: Martial law in India? - (nf)
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uiucdcs!ram    Dec  5 16:44:00 1983


just a addendum to your note on 'martial law' in India and
good sources to find out more about it. Mehta is OK but if
you want to get the 'seminal' work on the Emergency I would
strongly recommend a book by an Indian author who writes in
English namely Salman Rushdie, his book 'Midnight's Children'
(which incidently won the Booker prize when it was published)
A caveat though, while the book is extremely well-written the
author gets quite involved in symbolism and allegorical references
with respect to India and things Indian.
What is so special about this book is that it mirrors very
accurately what Indians really felt. This something that 
newspaper reports do not always capture (and the TV never!).
Additionally if the area is of interest to you, Rushdie's new
book 'Shame' is all about Pakistan. Happy reading!