Motherland Magazine

Issue #6

Prisons

Naughty Dr.

BY Shruti Ravindran
A doctor sentenced to life for Internet pornography-related crimes has reinvented himself from jail as a prolific writer of pulp fiction.
Tourist Attraction

BY Chetan Raj Shrestha
A jail nestled in the hills of Sikkim envisioned as a
spot for "prison tourism."
Class of '75

BY Sohail Hashmi
Rewind to the time of the national Emergency:
a former student activist recounts his strange fortnight
in Delhi's central jail.
Destiny's Children

BY Annalisa Merelli
For the kids of Tihar Jail, the time spent in prison with their incarcerated mothers can bring unexpected opportunities.
Monkey Business

BY Shivam Vij
How Delhi's monkeys came into people's homes,
then got sent to a dedicated primate pen.
Malled In

BY Aditi Saxton
How we've become the shopping hostages of the modern
Indian mall.