Cover of My days in Prison

My days in Prison

The book is about a Kashmiri journalist (Bureau chief of Kashmir Times) who was charged under the official secrets acts. His crime — possessing out-of-date information on Indian troop deployments in Indian-held Kashmir. He was framed by the police and had to spend seven month in jail and there he wrote the book.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 148 pages

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