Voices From Prison: For GN Saibaba, Who Is No More, And Others Who Are Here
The acquittals in the alleged Maoist-links case expose the vagueness and inhumanity of long-drawn terror litigation in India, which has also claimed lives such as that of Pandu Narote, who died in prison awaiting justice.
In The Isolation of the Anda Ward, We Dared To Sing, Writes Gautam Navlakha, Bhima Koregaon Accused
I realised that the more intense the sense of despair, the harder hope kicks in.
A Legacy Of Detention: Weaponisation Of PDA, TADA, NSA And UAPA Laws Since Independence
Since Independence, a number of laws have been enacted that allow preventive detention which have been widely used by all regimes against their political opponents
Voices From Prison: Hope Remains A Stubborn Thing Even In Captivity, Says Umar Khalid
“The Operative Word in Mainstream Media’s Discourse For Me is No More ‘Anti-National’; it’s ‘Terrorist’”
Voices From Prison: Life After Jail Is Tough, But Surveillance, Harassment Continue, Says Sudha Bharadwaj
I am enormously relieved that the separation from my only daughter, Maaysha, has ended. We can speak to each other every day.
Scars Of 17 Years Will Remain: Aparna Purohit On Lt Col Purohit's Imprisonment In 2008 Malegaon Case
Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit was arrested in connection with the 2008 Malegaon case. He was acquitted in July 2025, after a 17-year-long legal battle. A first-person account by his wife
Voices From Prison: Bail Is Little Solace As I Lost My Life Anyway, Says Anand Teltumbde
We became victims of two things—unjust investigation and a media trial that was used as a weapon. The Media Trial was Deeply Painful.
Voices From Prison: My Detention And Incarceration Were Preordained By Prejudice, Says Sidhique Kappan
The jail—and the treatment meted out to the accused—felt as though it belonged to another age, one in which the rule of law did not exist.
Voices From Prison: My Story Is A Reminder Of The Steep Price Of Portraying Truth, Says Prabhat Singh
My arrest led to a nationwide and even international controversy on the security of the journalists operating in the Bastar region. Till date, many journalists in the region have either gone silent or are operating in the shadows of fear.
Voices From Prison: Who Stole My Youth? Asks North-East Delhi Riots Accused Mohammad Iqbal
A Delhi district court granted Mohammad Iqbal bail in the riots case within three months. On March 18, 2025, he was discharged in the Babbu murder case, even as the riots trial continues
Half-Freedom For Adivasis Jailed On Maoist Allegations
In Jharkhand, thousands of Adivasis have been arrested on Maoist allegations. They have spent years in prison before being declared innocent
The Sting Of The Bar
India today has more than 4.3 lakh undertrial prisoners. A significant number of them are linked to political cases
Voices From Prison: Alienating A Poet From A Language He Deeply Loves Is Painful, Writes Varavara Rao's Daughter
The poet and activist was jailed in connection with caste violence that erupted in 2018 in Bhima Koregaon. He was 78 then. Though he was released on medical grounds in 2022, he is still confined to Mumbai. In this first-person account, his daughter Pavana writes about how multiple incarcerations could not break her father’s strength and soul
Voices From Prison: 'In Jail, I Measured Time From One Court Date to Another'
Women’s rights activist and professor Shoma Sen, who was arrested in 2018 for her alleged involvement in the Bhima Koregaon riots, writes how in prisons, time comes to a standstill, literally
Voices From Prison: I Still Question The Govt, But Now In A More Satirical Tone: Rakesh Roshan Kiro
It all comes down to one thing: compliance with the Constitution, and the freedom of expression.
Me Coming Out Alive Is A Miracle: Hany Babu, Bhima-Koregaon Accused, On Life Behind Bars
More than five years after his arrest under the UAPA in the Bhima Koregaon case, former Delhi University professor Hany Babu was granted bail in December 2025. He shares his experience of prison life.
Voices From Prison: What Happened In Bhima Koregaon Could Happen To You
The Bhima Koregaon case is not only about those who were imprisoned. It is also about the fate of democracy itself
From Forest To Prison, When Security Laws Criminalise Adivasi Resistance
The systematic creation of criminal and security legislations view Adivasis as an inherently suspect class of criminals and terrorists
A Decade On Death Row, Then Acquitted: The Human Cost Of Broken Trials
Death row intensifies the structured brutalities of the penal system and reminds us why the struggle against the death penalty must also include the fact of prison violence
Voices From Prison: My Crime Was Standing With The Adivasis, Says Journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh
Rupesh Kumar Singh is a journalist, currently an undertrial prisoner in Adarsh Central Jail, Beur, Patna.
Voices From Prison: When Opinion Becomes A Threat, Says Journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhemcha
A first-person account of arrests, sedition charges and NSA detention in Manipur, revealing how free speech and dissent are treated as threats.
He Has Been Arrested For Political Reasons: Gitanjali Angmo On Husband Sonam Wangchuk's Imprisonment
Gitanjali Angmo, social entrepreneur and educator, shares the ordeal following activist Sonam Wangchuk's arrest under the National Security Act.
Voices From Prison: The Person Who Enters Jail Never Comes Out, Says Bhangar Activist Shankar
A first-person account of repeated arrests, UAPA charges and jail life in West Bengal, revealing how protest is punished through law and delay
Voices From Prison: The Hypocrisy Of Liberals And The 'Good Muslim Bad Muslim' Narrative
Favour of the self-proclaimed ‘liberals’ is lost the minute religion intervenes.
Think Ink: Lit Fests In The Time Of AI
In 2026—the ‘year of analog’—how will our relationship with literary festivals evolve?
Are We Still Reading? How Literature Festivals Are Keeping Books Alive
Lit fests are defined by their audience. Organisers, speakers, curators are all replaceable but not the readers, not the audience
Delhi Riots Diary: A Daughter Longs For Her Father's Presence At Home
An excerpt from Sara Afreen's diary