Dedication; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction: The Captive-Political Dialectic; Chapter 2. Before the Seventies: From the Colonial to the Postcolonial Times; Chapter 3. The Turning Point: Testimonies of Mobilization from Srikakulam and Naxalbari; Chapter 4. In Custody: Repression and Torture; Chapter 5. Behind High Walls: Naxalite Narratives; Chapter 6. Emergency Times: Mass Politics and Detentions; Chapter 7. After the Seventies: Political Imprisonment in India Today; Chapter 8. Conclusion: Solidarity Politics and Poetics; Index.