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“Because Jail number 4 had people like Jaswinder Singh alias Jassa, who considered himself to be the real boss of Tihar. He would flaunt the numerous murder cases against him and took pride in his gangster cred. Originally from Delhi, he had committed so many murders that punishment for another was not a deterrent for him and so everyone, including me, was fearful of him. Actually fearful was an understatement. The judge in Jassa’s case was so terrified about his safety, he refused to give any order in the case. He simply recused himself. And he wasn’t the only judge to do so. Jassa would openly threaten us all – I had two clear choices, either be scared of him or to make him toe the line.”
― Sunil Gupta, Black Warrant: Confessions of a Tihar Jailer

“Before she left, she gave us one strange bit of advice. She said, ‘If ever a real national calamity strikes, there is one place you will be safe. And that is in Mungher – home of the Bihar School of Yoga. That is the only place that will be safe at that point of time.”
― Rohit Kumar, Tales from the Jail: Christmas in Tihar & Other Stories

“saw that it was the artificial needs of life that made me a slave; the real needs of life were few. A cottage and a hundred pounds a year in a village meant happiness and independence; but dared I sacrifice twice or thrice the income to secure it? The debate went on for years, and it was ended only when I applied to it one fixed and reasoned principle. That principle was that my first business as a rational creature was not to get a living but to live; and that I was”
― William James Dawson, The Quest of the Simple Life

“1503. Husband: everytime I hit you, you never fight back. how do you manage your anger? Wife: I clean the toilet seat............. Husband: how does it help Wife: I use your toothbrush!”
― Olav Laudy, 4000 decent very funny jokes