Resources

CONVERSATIONS:
Shrikant Bapat, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mumbai.
Shirish Patwardhan, imprisoned in Ahmadnagar Jail for three months.
Nandana Reddy, on the Underground Movement and intimidation of the people:
part 1
part 2
Amuktha Mahapatra, on the Underground Students' Movement
Damodar Acharya, on the Underground Students' Movement


FILMS

Aandhi-

The main character of this film is apparently based on Indira Gandhi.

Hirak Rajar Deshe-

A children's film by Satyajit Ray, a satire on the 1975 emergency and the Indira Gandhi regime and a comment on expression

Prisoners of Conscience-

a documentary film by anand patwardhan interviewing people who were imprisoned during the emergency; the inspiration for our project.

Pratidwandi-

again Satyajit Ray directed, about an unemployed, bright young man and his struggle for a job, set in a Kolkata of unrest.

Hazaaron Kwaishein Aisi-

Set in the 1970's, it talks about the Naxalite movement and the involvement of young students in India. Also talks about expression in times of unrest and oppression.




DIARIES:


Jayprakash Narayan
http://books.google.com/books?id=HVQgoB6NvjIC&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=prison+diaries+JP&source=bl&ots=CMGw5x_9fK&sig=cxhxMH3bi2Z9LhalJ-0tJxh5LwE&hl=en&ei=X7ZpS4YzgvqyA5H89Z0F&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CA0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=&f=false


L.K. Advani
http://books.google.com/books?id=_2KJwQltHvMC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false






PERSONAL ACCOUNTS:
http://www.ambedkar.org/News/RamDhan.htm
http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/20000630/ied30055.html

EXISTING INTERVENTIONS:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/views/In-jail-will-paint-expressions-from-Tihar/Article1-440989.aspx

BOOKS:
Unfinished Revolution
(a political biography of Jayprakash Narayan)
- Ajit Bhattacharjea

India After Independence
-Bipan Chandra
Mridula Mukherjee
Aditya Mukherjee


Midnight's Children
- Salman Rushdie


A Fine Balance
- Rohilton Mistry