India, June 25 -- The 44th anniversary of the Emergency is an ideal occasion to recall what George Santayana, the Spain-born essayist, poet and novelist had said: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Santayana may not have studied much about Indian politics or democracy but what he said is relevant even today. He was brought to the Indian narrative by the legendary Nanabhoy Palkhivala. He was the one who gave us back our democracy from the very people who robbed us of it. The Emergency declared by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on June 26, 1975, remains a blot on the nation. Fundamental rights were suspended by Indira Gandhi to safeguard her authority and power from marauders in the Congress itself for w...