Before the Monsoon (3 Parts)

Synopsis: Part 3: in March 1977, after the end of the state of emergency, the Congress Party was defeated in the elections and the Janata Party came to power. Migrant labourers conclude that nothing has changed for them.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 51, 53, 37 min.
Year of production: 1979
Availability: Hire
Subjects: History; Politics & government
Keywords: India

Director

Michael Grigsby

Producer

Karin Magid

Contributor

Chris Menges; Jimmy Dibling

Cast

Kit Davies

Title: Roots of violence
Synopsis: Part 1: a journalist, a publisher, a Janata Party Minister and an engine driver discuss inequality in India and the railway strike of 1974 intercut with shots of men and women working on the land.
Title: State of emergency
Synopsis: Part 2: encouraged by her success in breaking the 1974 railway strike Mrs Gandhi declared a state of emergency during which the Supreme Court granted her request to suspend all personal and civil liberties. Covers Sanjay Gandhi's ordering of the demolitio
Title: Seeds of democracy
Synopsis: Part 3: in March 1977, after the end of the state of emergency, the Congress Party was defeated in the elections and the Janata Party came to power. Migrant labourers conclude that nothing has changed for them.

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