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Issue #6

Prisons

In this edition, we explore the contemporary world of Indian prisons, as they are understood both literally and metaphorically, to uncover the unique realities emerging from different kinds of jails.

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What actually happens when someone is incarcerated? A prison, as we discover in this issue of Motherland, can be many things. Behind bars is where a doctor freed his writing voice – averaging about 11 books a year and becoming something of a cult writer of Tamil pulp fiction. It’s the location of a factory where inmates make a prison brand of products that end up in shopping malls. It can also be the very malls that we get trapped inside, with their strategic hexes designed to keep us confined as consumers. And through the lens of cinema, we see how prison spaces can be reconstructed so convincingly, they are practically indistinguishable from the real deal.

What happens when freedom is confiscated is the point of departure for Motherland’s “Prisons Issue.” We bring together the more unexpected ideas and expressions surrounding and enclosed by prisons in India today.

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