Silencing and punishing critical voices is a project that lies at the heart of Narendra Modi's authoritarian regime in India. The BJP's political dream is clear: to achieve the ethnonationalist aim of an exclusively 'Hindu' India while targeting anyone who dares to question or dissent. In this unique collection, Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia look at the present of India through the lived experiences of political prisoners. Combining political and legal analysis with firsthand testimonies, the book explores the small gestures that constitute resistance inside and outside the jail for the prisoners and their families. How Long Can the Moon Be Caged? includes visual testimonies and prison writings from those falsely accused of inciting the Bhima Koregaon violence, student leaders opposing the new discriminatory citizenship law passed in 2020, and activists from the Pinjra Tod's movement. In bringing together these voices, the book celebrates the courage, humanity, and moral integrity of those jailed for standing in solidarity with marginalized and oppressed communities.

本書は、権力の静寂に葬られようとする魂の叫びを、緻密な分析と痛切な証言で繋ぎ合わせた比類なき記録です。監獄という極限の地で綴られた言葉は、単なる抵抗を超え、不条理に抗う人間の高潔さを浮き彫りにします。鉄格子の内側で見せる微かな仕草の一つ一つが、抑圧がいかに人間の尊厳を奪えないかを雄弁に物語っています。 政治的弾圧の冷酷さを描くと同時に、連帯を信じる者たちの情熱が全編に溢れています。闇が深いほど輝きを増す月のように、囚われの身となった活動家たちの倫理は、読者の心に強烈な希望を灯します。自由を求めるすべての魂に捧げられた、魂を揺さぶる一冊です。