'Nurturing Hope in Prison a Risky Business': Umar Khalid Writes from Tihar Jail
Today’s newsletter features Umar Khalid’s prison reflections, a senior’s Rs 25 lakh scam ordeal, and the ongoing protests in LA.
Umar Khalid reflects on captivity and hope in a powerful essay from Tihar Jail, drawing eerie parallels with Dostoevsky’s prison memoir The House of the Dead. In a deeply personal My Report, we document how a senior citizen lost Rs 25 lakh to a sophisticated scam, raising questions about cyber fraud targeting the elderly. Saurabh Kelkar unpacks the flawed logic of calling disasters “natural” when human choices—from poor planning to deep inequalities—so often determine their scale and severity. And in the US, the deployment of armed forces in Los Angeles evokes chilling memories of Kent State, raising alarms about the militarisation of civilian protest response.
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