In ‘Fractured Freedom’, Communist Kobad Ghandy writes about the 10 years he spent in the prisons of Delhi, Hyderabad, Patiala, Visakhapatnam, Hazaribagh and Surat on terror charges.
When in prison, ‘Frontier Gandhi’ Abdul Ghaffar Khan had written, ‘If anyone wants to see the justice and civilisation of the British, they should visit the jails.’
National data shows that clashes are a recurring feature of Delhi's prisons. But the institutional approach has failed to engage the prisoners and staff in the reform process.
Under Home Minister Amit Shah, CBI and ED will remain overactive, keeping opposition leaders anxious about arrests – but not so much about prison time.
Former youth Congress leader Sushil Kumar Sharma was serving life term after he was convicted of murdering his wife in the famous Tandoor murder case in 1995.
Migration in North India isn’t just due to lack of development today. It was shaped by the evolution of labour markets under Sher Shah, Mughals, and the East India Company.
December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.
New Delhi is interested in firming up bilateral agreements for increased trade, mobility, upgrade of Su-30 MKI fighters and the increased range of BrahMos supersonic missiles.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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