دانلود رمان انگلیسی “حکم سیاه”

May 8, 1981 The very first day that I reported for duty I got an inkling about the neurosis of my new co-workers. I began to realize that dealing with incarceration and the incarcerated does strange things to the mind. I remember the date clearly because my life changed in ways I could not have imagined. Clutching my offer letter, I arrived at the office of B.L. Vij, the then superintendent of jails in Tihar. I had already resigned from the Northern Railways which had been okay as far as jobs go, but it came with a major cause of concern for me. Being a railways man meant that I would have to live my life on the road, or the tracks. The unpredictability of a transfer at any and all times did not really appeal to me. So when I saw a job opening in Tihar, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to begin a life in the national capital. I was 24 years old. Of course, no one in my family shared my sentiments. We were three brothers and two sisters and I was the fourth one with a sister younger than me. Among the five siblings, there was a nuclear scientist from IIT and a college professor. The thought of their Hindu College-educated son going to work among chors (thieves) uchakkes (ruffians) was not at all appealing to my parents. What made things worse was that the newspapers at the time were full of stories about Tihar Jail that terrified them: ‘Inmate threatens jail staffer’ or worse still, ‘Inmate kills Jailer’. ‘Is this why you studied BSc and Law?’ I was asked.