Mosaic of Mixed Memories

Edited by Sayantan Nandi & Indrani Deb, "The Seventies unravels one of India's most restless decades, bringing together politics, culture, economy, and memory into a vivid mosaic"

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Bell-bottoms and protests, transistor radios crackling with cricket commentary, political slogans painted on crumbling walls, and the scent of filter coffee in crowded college canteens—the India of the seventies was a study in contrasts. It was a decade when hope and uncertainty coexisted, when global currents crashed into local realities, and when ideas of democracy, culture, and identity were tested in ways that still echo today.

The Seventies: Turbulence to Transition captures this layered decade through an impressive spread of scholarship and memory. Edited by Sayantan Nandi and Indrani Deb, the volume moves beyond a narrow political lens to weave together the 1970s' political, social, cultural, economic, educational, and personal dimensions. The range of contributors, from academics to memoirists, ensures that the period emerges not as a single narrative but as a mosaic of experiences and transformations.