Idols And idealism: ‘Here I Am Ending Up With The Death Of Democracy,” Jayaprakash Narayan Wrote In Prison – Essay

*Loknayak Jayaprakash was jailed by Congress PM Indira Gandhi during Emergency in 1975*

Among the oft-quoted and memorable, emotionally-moving lines in modern Indian history is "My world lies in a shambles all around me", the first line from Jayaprakash Narayan's prison diary which he began on 21 July 1975. JP (as the...