one should read "kaidI kavirAya kI kunDaliyAn" of Atal Behari Vajpayee, a memoir in poetry - in traditional Kundali format of poems - sort of a jail-diary which he wrote when he was in jail. He was terribly torchured psychologically and even physically.
RSS was an organization that terrified Indira Gandhi the most. She had banned it, and all its wings including schools and publications. Despite the ban, its weekly papres - Organiser and Panchjanya - continued uninterrupted from undisclosed locations, to the embarrassment of all the police and intelligence. As a token of defiance, not only were the papers published, but were diligently delivered to PMO table by RSS swayamsevaks every week.
During emergency, RSS gained a sort of terrifying-cum-admired perception in eyes of politicians across the spectrum. It was not any accident that after Janata Party came to power, non-Jana Sangha fractions were afraid of RSS's presence and influence on government - a fear that ultimately led to the break down of Janata Party and govt.
Subramanyam Swami was another name that gained public admiration. The lone MP that succesfully voted against the emergency bill in the parliament, disappeared unurrested, to an exile in London, from where he continued to deliver speeches beamed into Indian radios by BBC.
Others that gained public admiration during this time were George Fernandese and LK Advani.
RSS was an organization that terrified Indira Gandhi the most. She had banned it, and all its wings including schools and publications. Despite the ban, its weekly papres - Organiser and Panchjanya - continued uninterrupted from undisclosed locations, to the embarrassment of all the police and intelligence. As a token of defiance, not only were the papers published, but were diligently delivered to PMO table by RSS swayamsevaks every week.
During emergency, RSS gained a sort of terrifying-cum-admired perception in eyes of politicians across the spectrum. It was not any accident that after Janata Party came to power, non-Jana Sangha fractions were afraid of RSS's presence and influence on government - a fear that ultimately led to the break down of Janata Party and govt.
Subramanyam Swami was another name that gained public admiration. The lone MP that succesfully voted against the emergency bill in the parliament, disappeared unurrested, to an exile in London, from where he continued to deliver speeches beamed into Indian radios by BBC.
Others that gained public admiration during this time were George Fernandese and LK Advani.