A Spontaneous Upsurge of Dissent in India

One man alone has taken it upon himself to reverse India’s decline toward some form of authoritarian rule by Indira Gandhi, head of government, in the name of the Congress, India’s ruling party. Known familiarly as J.P. to tens of millions of Indians, Jayaprakash Narayan, now 72 years old, is a veteran revolutionary, socialist, and now practitioner of nonviolent Gandhianism. His struggle, which may well end with his martyrdom, is largely ignored throughout the world, but in India ...