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The Cell and the Soul: Anand Teltumbde's searing account of state power

Mr Teltumbde takes us through his experience inside jail and how it shattered his preconceived notions about imprisonment

The Cell and the Soul
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The Cell and the Soul

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The Cell and the Soul
by Anand Teltumbde
Published by Bloomsbury India 
256 pages ₹699
 
In Indian society, children are told if they studied hard and got a good job, they would have the liberty to do whatever they want. Anand Teltumbde did exactly that.  He is an IIT and IIM alumnus, worked in the public sector and rose to become a managing director of a corporation before leaving to become an academic. This successful middle-class background gave him confidence that his indictment of the caste system and demands for social justice would