01081nam a22001577a 4500999001900000008004100019100003600060245002500096260003200121300003600153520056700189773003200756906001700788942000700805952011100812  c533330d533330260514b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aReviewed by Madav Nayar 960498  a‘The long 1970s’  aBiblio: A Review of Books    a30(7-8), Jul-Sep, 2025: p.11-11  aIndira 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   aBiblio: A Review of Books    aBOOK REVIEW   cAR  00102ddc40709408500aIIPAbIIPAd2026-05-14h30(7-8), Jul-Sep, 2025: p.11-11pAR138842r2026-05-14yAR