By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar : The book, “Prisoner No. 100,” which unveils the ordeal of women separatist leader, Anjum Zamrooda Habib for five years in Tihar jail was released in Srinagar on Saturday, September 5.
Zamrooda, an eminent separatist leader and women activist was arrested on February 6, 2003 in Delhi and jailed under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota), which lead to her incarceration for five long years in Tihar Jail.
The book, originally written in Urdu by Zamrooda was translated in English by Sahba Hussain and published by Zubaan publications in 2011. The new edition of the book in Hindi version was published by Pharoas Media and Publishing House, the media group headed by Zafar Ul Islam, editor and publisher of The Milli Gazette, fortnightly focusing on issues concerning the Muslim community.
The book contains sufferings and alleged torture which she endured for five long years during her detention in Tihar Jail.
“She describes, the shock and bewilderment of arrest, the pain of realizing that there is no escape for not days, not weeks, but years, the desperation for contact with the outside world and the sense of deep betrayal at being abandoned by her political comrades. Her story is both a searing indictment of draconian state policies and expedient political practices, and a moving account of one woman’s extraordinary life,” reads the description of book.
The event was graced by the presence of Zafar Ul Islam, editor and publisher of The Milli Gazette, Senior Separatist Leader Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, JKLF Vice Chairperson Bashir Ahmad Bhat and social activist Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander.