The Tale of my Exile

Barindra Kumar Ghosh was an influential figure in the Indian struggle for independence from British rule. A journalist and the younger brother of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, Barindra was one of the founding members of Jugantar, a Bangle weekly. Barindra Ghose was born on January 5, 1880, in Croydon, near London. After the failed assassination attempt on Magistrate Kingsford by revolutionaries Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki, the British police arrested Barindra and Aurobindo Ghosh on May 2, 1908, along with several comrades. After a trial in 1908, Barindra was deported to the Cellular Jail in Andaman. He was released in 1920. The Tale of My Exile, published in 1922, is a personal account of Ghosh's experiences during his 12 years in Andaman’s prisons. This 188-page document is divided into 12 chapters: The Voyage into the Unknown (Chapter 1); A Survey of the Unknown (Chapter 2); A Survey of the Settlement (Chapter 3); The Beginnings of the Cellular Life (Chapter 4); The Reign of Khoyedad Khan (Chapter 5); The Strike (Chapter 6); The Outcome of the Strike (Chapter 7); Strike again (Chapter 8); Causes of Degeneration among Convicts (Chapter 8); Some Snapshots from Prison Life (Chapter 10); A Summary of Sorrows (Chapter 11); A Personal World (Chapter 12)...