Behind Bars
On punishment, prison & release

I have never been comfortable with the concept of criminal justice. While I feel in my heart of hearts that a wrongdoer should be "punished", isn't that just my tribal instincts coming to the fore? What good does incarceration do, other than satisfying the lust for vengeance, the medieval need to do......more

After having read Choudhary’s Black Warrant, I wanted to get my hands on her first book, and I wasn’t wrong in my estimation of how engaging it would be. Choudhury dives into the lives of very famous (some infamous and some who represent many) prisoners who have had a taste of Tihar Jail, be it four......more

The book began with Amar Singh’s experience at Tihar Jail. It had a racy feel and I assumed that would be the tone of the book. But when it came to the 2006 Mumbai blast-accused under-trials’ harrowing decade in prison (they were acquitted eventually), I realized that this was an important book to b......more

This book is written by a journalist who has been writing a lot on such kind of topics and this has been one such work which could not have been done by someone who is not from this field. This is a collection of stories of a few of those people who have held the power and faced the wrath of the sys......more

This book was on my TBR from the day it was available in the market but I was only able to get my hand on it now. I was always curious about people who live in Jails and their life within those 4 walls. This book gives us an insight into the lives of many prisoners coming from different backgrounds,......more