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30(7-8), Jul-Sep, 2025: p.11-11 Indira Gandhi and the years that transformed Indian by Srinath Baghavan Allen Lane, Penguin random House India, 2025, 367pp. Rs. 899. ISBN 9780670086122. Indira Gandhi’s political innings concided with acrucial period in contemporary India’s history, what Raghavan calls “the long 1970s. Spanning the mid 1960s to the mid 1980s, it has an enduring impact on the political economy of postcolonial India. He further points out how the long 1970s was part of global history of student protest, energy crises and a turn towards neoliberals. –Reproduced Biblio: A Review of Books 260514