TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hasan, Mushirul 
TI  - Roads to freedom: prisoners in colonial India
SN  - 9780199458837
U1  - 365.6095 HAS/R 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New Delhi -- 
PB  - OUP India -- 
KW  - India
KW  - Prisons
KW  - Politics and Government
KW  - Social problems and social services 
KW  - Social sciences
N1  - 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

N2  - 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
ER  -