Description
Described by its editor Vijay Prashad as about âthe beauty and tragedy of our world, about how to photograph that dialectic, and about how to write about it,â the book comprises four parts: a record of Alamâs time in jail; a chapter each on art and politics, exploring their inevitable interconnectedness; and an exchange of letters between the imprisoned Alam and writer Arundhati Roy, proof of creativityâs endurance even when the state attempts to stifle it. Together, these form a layered critique of autocracy, one underpinned by Alamâs unyielding hope, his conviction that âthe tide will turn, and the nameless, faceless people will rise.
