{"product_id":"the-hoodlum-years-9788125062813","title":"The Hoodlum Years","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ashok Mitra, with a foreword by Prabhat Patnaik\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Hoodlum Years refer to the years of terror and agony that India passed through in the early-mid 1970s and culminated in the Emergency. At the time Ashok Mitra contributed a series of sensitive essays to the Economic and Political Weekly that tellingly and powerfully portrayed the horror of those years. This volume contains a selection of these essays, written during 1972–75 and between January and April 1977. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The claustrophobic season of 1972–77, the author feels, ought to be remembered every now and then; there is otherwise a danger of our judgement being distorted by the familiar problem of forgetting. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With its honest and detailed analysis, this new edition comes with a Foreword by Prabhat Patnaik.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45616506437783,"sku":"9788125062813","price":735.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9788125062813.webp?v=1769294969","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-hoodlum-years-9788125062813","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}