Starting today, if you are traveling in the Mumbai-Jaipur Superfast Express, chances are that the funky, new geometric-patterned linen set you have been given has been stitched by a Yerawada Jail prisoner.

In the first-of-its-kind initiative undertaken by the Indian Railways, the first lot of the 1,600 bedrolls —comprising bedsheet, pillow and blanket — will be circulated in the long-distance train on a pilot project basis. Sources said that the inmates were allowed to experiment with the designs to move away from the regular drab white linens. “This is a pilot project wherein the passengers shall be provided with this linen set. We will then take feedback with the aid of tablets and see what the commuters feel about it,” said a Western Railway official. Depending on the feedback, the railway authorities will decide whether or not to extend this pilot to other long-distance trains.