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Hasan, Mushirul

Roads to freedom: prisoners in colonial India - New Delhi -- OUP India -- 2016 - x, 276p.

Foreword;

Preface;

1. Introduction: The Prisoners Paradise;

2. Sunlight on a Broken Column;

3. Jail, the gateway to freedom;

4. The Karachi Trial;

5. Calcuttas Maulana: Colonialism on Trial;

6. Poets in Prisons;

7.Long Walk to Freedom;

8. Sunlight and Shadow in Prison;

9. The Vessel will sink when the load of sin is great;

10. Thy Flag will be laid in the dust: The Nehrus in Prison;

11.Crafting History in a Cell;

12. Conclusion: The Price of Freedom;

Appendix I: Aseer-e Zindan: Poems from Prison;

Appendix II: Tables; Index; About the Author


This text examines the history of prison and prisoners in colonial India. Based on substantial archival research, it presents the conditions of the prisoners, their vision for the freedom movement and the various aspects of prisons in the subcontinent.

ISBN: 9780199458837

Subjects--Topical Terms:
India
Prisons
Politics and Government
Social problems and social services 
Social sciences

Dewey Class. No.: 365.6095 HAS/R