In the sixth edition of Motherland – the “Prisons” issue – we explore the relatively unknown world of Indian prisons. We step inside jails across the country to bring readers a first-ever, comprehensive look at the largely unheard of, atypical stories emerging from within these institutions.
From tracing the kids who grow up in Tihar Jail, to profiling an imprisoned doctor who has now become something of a cult writer of paperback pulp fiction, to investigating how the modern Indian mall ...