'You Are Not Allowed To Feel Human Inside The Jail': Shamim Modi
Channel: Priyanka Borpujari
Date: 2012-06-03

Shamim Modi is an assistant professor at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), and is also one of the founding members of Shramik Adivasi Sangathan in Betul, Madhya Pradesh. She was arrested on February 9, 2009. She narrates her 23 days spent in jail, explaining how basic needs are not met and humiliations are part of almost each passing day. She strongly believes that there is a lot that Soni Sori would like to speak about, about the way she is being (ill)treated in jail in Chhattisgarh.

Modi's narrative is essential because it tells us about the ways in which jails attempt to kill the inmates' every shred of human emotions, as has been visible with the way Soni Sori is being tortured. Read more about Soni Sori here: http://sonisori.wordpress.com/