It was in prison that Sri Aurobindo had `Narayan darshan'

Prison provided Jawaharlal with a kind of enforced leave to think and write about life and its manifold problems. He himself described prison as the most exclusive school in the world. Prison has provided many people opportunity to think and give their ideas coherent shape. It was in prison that Sri Aurobindo had `Narayan darshan'. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad wrote his famous commentary on the Holy Koran while in prison. Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, when he was deported to the Mandalay jail, wrote Gita Rahasya, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote his Glimpses of world history while lodged in prison...Nehru's literary virtuosity is best revealed in the autobiography, which can be hailed as his magnum opus. Shiv Prasad `Muflis' Central Chronicle