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{{Short description|2021 non-fiction book}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Fractured Freedom: A Prison Memoir
| image = Fractured Freedom.jpg
| author = [[Kobad Ghandy]]
| country = [[India]]
| language = English
| genre = [[Memoir]]
| release_date = 16 March 2021
| media_type = Hardcover
| pages = 316
| isbn = 978-8194969167
| publisher = [[Roli Books]]
}}

'''''Fractured Freedom: A Prison Memoir''''' is a [[memoir]] by [[Kobad Ghandy]]. The book mainly concerns his imprisonment of over a decade following accusations of being a member of the [[politburo]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)|Communist Party of India]]. The book is divided into three parts: "Motivation and Drive Behind Action", "A Decade in India's Prisons", and "Contemplation and Consideration of Justification". The book was published on 16 March 2021 in English by [[Roli Books]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 March 2021 |title= Why I am a communist: Activist Kobad Ghandy on ideology and Utopia |url=https://scroll.in/article/990841/why-i-am-a-communist-activist-kobad-ghandy-on-ideology-and-utopia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221124327/https://scroll.in/article/990841/why-i-am-a-communist-activist-kobad-ghandy-on-ideology-and-utopia |archive-date=21 December 2022 |access-date=21 December 2022 |website= [[Scroll.in]] |language=English
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=22 March 2021 |title= Read an excerpt from Kobad Ghandy's Fractured Freedom, a stirring narrative of his activism and incarceration |url=https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/read-an-excerpt-from-kobad-ghandys-fractured-freedom-a-stirring-narrative-of-his-activism-and-incarceration-9441141.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221125145/https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/read-an-excerpt-from-kobad-ghandys-fractured-freedom-a-stirring-narrative-of-his-activism-and-incarceration-9441141.html |archive-date=21 December 2022 |access-date=21 December 2022 |website= [[Firstpost]] |language=English
}}</ref> A [[Marathi language|Marathi]] translation was released soon after.

== Critical reception ==
===English edition===
Ghandy's memoir was met with critical acclaim. [[Mahmood Farooqui]] of the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' wrote:
<blockquote>"The importance of this memoir and of being Kobad lies in shedding privilege, in adopting poverty and struggle, in choosing the right life, in suffering wrongs for it, and yet remaining steadfast. Fractured Freedom is a moral lesson for modern India, which both the Left and the Right would do well to heed".<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 April 2021 |title= Review: Fractured Freedom - A Prison Memoir by Kobad Ghandy |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/reviewfractured-freedom-a-prison-memoir-by-kobad-ghandy-101618589005870.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221105032/https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/reviewfractured-freedom-a-prison-memoir-by-kobad-ghandy-101618589005870.html |archive-date=21 December 2022 |access-date=21 December 2022 |website= [[Hindustan Times]] |language=English
}}</ref></blockquote>

Asim Ali of ''[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]'' wrote:
<blockquote>"This is a sincere and lucid book, mercifully free of intellectual jargon or literary pretensions. It is also deeply moving at times, particularly when Ghandy writes about his wife. Whatever one makes of Ghandy's ideas, there are some important insights to be gleaned from his dramatic life".<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 November 2021 |title= Honest reflections |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/review-fractured-freedom-a-prison-memoir-by-kobad-ghandy/cid/1838487 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221105912/https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/review-fractured-freedom-a-prison-memoir-by-kobad-ghandy/cid/1838487 |archive-date=21 December 2022 |access-date=21 December 2022 |website= [[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |language=English
}}</ref></blockquote>

===Marathi edition===
Sukumar Shidore of ''[[Loksatta]]'' wrote, "as the content of the book is multi-dimensional, it is hoped that the discerning reader will delve into its various aspects".<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 November 2021 |title= एका नक्षलवाद्याचे अध्यात्म.. |url=https://www.loksatta.com/sampadkiya/athour-mapia/review-of-book-fractured-freedom-written-by-kobad-ghandy-zws-70-2705219/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221111456/https://www.loksatta.com/sampadkiya/athour-mapia/review-of-book-fractured-freedom-written-by-kobad-ghandy-zws-70-2705219/ |archive-date=21 December 2022 |access-date=21 December 2022 |website= [[Loksatta]] |language=Marathi
}}</ref> Milind Champanerkar of ''[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]'' wrote that "considering the singular images of 'gunmen, burakhadhari', it seems that this book can provide a lot of insight into reality, breaking through the myths about the extreme left".<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 January 2022 |title= अतिडाव्याच्या मनातील परिवेदनेबाबत अंतर्दृष्टी देणारं 'फ्रॅक्चर्ड फ्रीडम' |url=http://marathi.thewire.in/review-kobad-ghandy-book-fractured-freedom-marathi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221113153/https://marathi.thewire.in/review-kobad-ghandy-book-fractured-freedom-marathi |archive-date=21 December 2022 |access-date=21 December 2022 |website= [[The Wire (India)|The Wire]] |language=Marathi
}}</ref>

== Controversy ==

The [[Government of Maharashtra]] withdrew a literature award it had given the Marathi translation of the memoir, citing objections that the book "promotes [the] violence of [[Naxalism]]".<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 December 2022 |title= Maharashtra government scraps award, and jury, for Kobad Ghandy's book translation |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/maharashtra-government-scraps-award-and-jury-for-kobad-ghandys-book-translation/articleshow/96184157.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221133728/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/maharashtra-government-scraps-award-and-jury-for-kobad-ghandys-book-translation/articleshow/96184157.cms |archive-date=21 December 2022 |access-date=21 December 2022 |website= [[The Times of India]] |language=English
}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=February 2024|reason=The quote isn't in the source}} This initiated a strong reaction in the Marathi literary community, with awardees of the same competition Anand Karandikar<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 December 2022 |title= Row over Kobad Ghandy book: Author Anand Karandikar to return Maharashtra govt award |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/dec/13/row-over-kobad-ghandy-book-author-anand-karandikar-to-return-maharashtra-govt-award-2527816.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223063149/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/dec/13/row-over-kobad-ghandy-book-author-anand-karandikar-to-return-maharashtra-govt-award-2527816.html |archive-date=23 December 2022 |access-date=23 December 2022 |website= [[The New Indian Express]] |language=English
}}</ref> and Shared Baviskar<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 2022 |title= Row over Kobad Ghandy book: Marathi writer Sharad Baviskar returns award in protest |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/dec/14/row-over-kobad-ghandy-book-marathi-writer-sharad-baviskar-returns-award-in-protest-2528001.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223063622/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/dec/14/row-over-kobad-ghandy-book-marathi-writer-sharad-baviskar-returns-award-in-protest-2528001.html |archive-date=23 December 2022 |access-date=23 December 2022 |website= [[The New Indian Express]] |language=English
}}</ref> returning their rewards to the government. As a further sign of solidarity with Ghandy, several members of the jury that selects award-winning books resigned from the committee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 2022 |title= Kobad Ghandy book row: Chief of Maharashtra govt.'s language advisory panel, 4 members of literary board resign as protest |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/kobad-ghandy-book-row-chief-of-maharashtra-govts-language-advisory-panel-4-members-of-literary-board-resign-as-protest/article66262105.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223064247/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/kobad-ghandy-book-row-chief-of-maharashtra-govts-language-advisory-panel-4-members-of-literary-board-resign-as-protest/article66262105.ece |archive-date=23 December 2022 |access-date=23 December 2022 |website= [[The Hindu]] |language=English
}}</ref>

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== External links ==
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