Letter to BS: Modi's reply on jails was politically correct, not factually

This is with reference to the Chinese Whispers item, “Good jail, bad jail” (May 29). While the reply was politically correct, it is not factually correct. Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru (pictured) were not always imprisoned in regular jails but most often in salubrious environments in places like Allahabad, Naini, Ahmednagar etc, and mainly under house arrest. The British knew who the real freedom fighters were and they were either hounded or imprisoned abroad or virtually beaten to death like Lala Lajpat Rai. Other freedom fighters were taken to the Cellular Jail in the Andamans. Now that Indian jails have