These days, many people are unhappy with the way things are being handled by the ruling party. While we do understand why some people might want to compare today with Emergency, let's not exaggerate. The very fact that we can actually criticize the government should tell us that anyone who's calling this an unofficial Emergency is being a little too dramatic. Does no one see the irony of complaining about this "unofficial Emergency" on Twitter? In a real Emergency-like situation, access to Twitter would have been a luxury. Don't believe us? Ask any veteran journalist what press freedom was like in India from 1975 to 1977.

Today, if we're unhappy with the way things are, we can tweet about it, post a status on Facebook or even make dank memes. In fact, any random dude with Internet access can do it. It's that easy. But 1975 was a whole other ball game.

Thankfully, there were some who dared to get their message across despite the subjugation of the press. One of the best examples, is this cleverly worded obituary that was run on Times of India on June 28th, 1975, three days after Emergency was declared.

It was written by the then 26-year-old Deputy Editor of the Indian edition of Reader's Digest, Ashok Mahadevan, based on a similar but longer mock obituary he read in a Sri Lankan newspaper. It's been more than 40 years since the declaration of Emergency by Indira Gandhi, but Mr Mahadevan's act of defiance will be forever remembered fondly in media circles.

The point we're trying to make is, the powers that be can often try to throttle the press; journalists might get beaten up by goons. But they need to understand this - you can't suppress truth forever. It has a way of finding its way to the top.