Présentation de l'éditeur
Imagine living the way the State tells you to-being told how, where and when to laugh, live or love. Imagine constant surveillance-all your acts, words, thoughts watched, all forms of expression subverted for the purpose of nation-building. 'Work More, Talk Less', yell microphones as you walk down the streets...But do not worry-Delhi is still calm. It is the India of the mid-1970s. Three young men with vastly different perspectives, but all dreaming of 'change', cross paths during this time. Do they sink as individuals or swim as a collective? Was William Penn right to say that 'Democracy dies in the hearts of democrats, before it dies in the hands of a dictator'? Find out in Vishwajyoti Ghosh's powerful graphic re-imagining of one of the most seminal moments in the history of Indian democracy.
Revue de presse
A subaltern way at looking at the emergency rather than the history textbooks. A good buy and a good addition to any home library. and now i am just filling up random lines because this review needs to have 200 characters in the post. Not sure why though! --Goldwin Fonseca Feb 8, 2013
Good Book!! It's a good book and hat's off to the author pretty realistic representation of Delhi I say so because I was not there when emergency was imposed, so it's a real good thing that everything is explained quite neatly. There's a little clutter here and there but I think it's by design. All in all a nice book enjoyed reading it. --Mrinal Pande Jul 20, 2013
My favorite Graphic Novel This book took me 35 years back, to the time of indian emergency 1975-77. I spent more time referring to wikipedia and google, than actually reading the book. All the characters in this novel have actually existed. They are not identified with their actual names. A picture is worth a thousand words. Some graphic images vividly present cases of historic violence with gory images. The depth of research, artistic satire as well as intelligent references are to be appreciated. This book has inspired me to read more of history specially the era of Indian emergency. Looking forward to Vishwajyoti Ghosh's furture works --Suhit Pal May 11, 2012
Biographie de l'auteur
Vishwajyoti Ghosh is the author of the graphic novel Delhi Calm. He is also the creator of the cartoon column Full Toss that appears in the Hindustan Times Edit Page every Sunday. His comics are regularly published in various journals and anthologies.
