Elgar Parishad: No phone for Navlakha, no bail for 5 activists

A government lawyer told the Bombay high court on Friday that though prison inmates can talk to their relatives or lawyers on phone, she was not sure if the facility could be granted to activist......

'I have to get Ma out of prison'

'After the pandemic began, they suddenly shut down the prisons; for three months, we did not know what was happening.''There were no phone calls, no letters, no news from inside.''We were......

When Your Mother Is In Prison...

'Just waiting outside the prison gate, thinking that your mother is inside those walls even though you know she is innocent, affects your psyche.' IMAGE: Professor Shoma Sen. Photograph: Kind......

'It is very difficult to see my mother like this'

'The only way to kill time in prison is to read and she can't even do that properly any more.''Her knees, too, are in terrible shape. I could see how she was trying to hide her pain every time she......

Mrinal Sen: 'I wish I could start from scratch'

'How do you expect me to tone down my anger when the most prominent culture in India today is the culture of corruption, in every sphere of life?'Mrinal Sen, who passed into the ages on December 30......

Hungama: A confusing comedy

Aspiring singer Nandu (Aftab Shivdasani), who has come to Mumbai to try his luck, needs a roof over his head. He manages to get one but there is a catch -- the landlord (Tiku Talsania) only rents......