The Women Political Prisoners of Bengal, And Their Invisibilized Stories

“Ora Bhagat Singher Bhai/Ora Kshudiram er Bhai” — thus ran a popular protest song in Bangla in the post-Naxalbari period. Referring to the political prisoners as “brothers” of Bhagat Singh and Kshudiram, the song, nevertheless, played an extremely important role in popularising the issue of the political prisoners, leading to a populist measure by the […]