Exquisite Banarasi saris made by prisoners-turned-weavers at the Central Jail of Varanasi will soon start hitting the markets. Efforts are on to create an outlet of the jail and market these products with the help of fashion designers and online shopping portals.
Radha Krishna Mishra, the deputy inspector general in-charge at Central Jail said, 'Muslim inmates are observing fast for Navratri and also taking part in 'bhajan (devotional songs)' being organised at the temple on the premises'
A group of Muslim inmates at a jail in the Taj city of Agra joined Hindu prisoners in fasting on the occasion of Navratri festival while a section of Hindus observed the Ramadan fast
In a display of communal harmony and brotherhood, some Muslim inmates at the Central Jail here joined their Hindu brethren to fast on Navratri a gesture reciprocated by a few Hindu prisoners who observed 'roza' during Ramzan. Chaitra Navratri, the nine-day Hindu celebration of the triumph of good over evil, started on March 22 while the Muslim holy month of Ramzan began the