🇮🇳 *Forced Sterilisation During Emergency 1975 | Necropolitics Explained | Achille Mbembe Theory*

In this video, we explore one of the most disturbing chapters of India’s democratic history — the *mass sterilisation campaign during the Emergency (1975–77)* — through the critical lens of **Achille Mbembe’s Necropolitics**.

🔍 *What You'll Learn:*
What happened during the Emergency and the family planning drive led by Sanjay Gandhi
Why over *8 million poor and marginalised men* were sterilised in one year
How *necropolitics* (the power to decide who may live or die) explains this state violence
A comparison of *biopolitics (Foucault)* vs *necropolitics (Mbembe)*
Ethical questions around governance, control, and reproductive rights

📌 *Target Audience:*
UPSC aspirants | Political Science students | Sociology enthusiasts | Human Rights researchers

🧠 *Key Quote from Mbembe:*
”Sovereignty resides in deciding who may live and who must die.”

📚 This video is ideal for:
Political theory discussions
UPSC GS Paper 2 & 4 (Governance, Ethics)
Contemporary Indian history

💬 **Comment Below**:
Was the Emergency’s sterilisation campaign a case of public health — or political violence?

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