It's Always Possible: One Woman's Transformation of India's Prison System - Softcover
The story of the tools and techniques used by Kiran Bedi to reform Tihar Prison and create the role model for all of India's prison system.
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Kiran Bedi Ph.D. is a trailblazer, admired and loved by many in India. She broke new ground by joining the élite Indian Police Service in 1972, being the first woman in India to do so. She is today the most celebrated police officer, having been awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for government service, also called the Asian Nobel Prize, the Joseph Beuys Award by a German foundation and the Asia Region Award for Drug Prevention & Control by the International organization of Good Templars (IOGT) a Norwegian organization. Besides her professional contributions, two voluntary organizations were founded and supervised by her—Navjyoti, established in 1988, and the India Vision Foundation in 1994. These organizations reach out to thousands of poor children daily for primary education, to women for adult literacy, provide vocational training and counseling services in the slums, rural areas and inside the prison apart from treatment for drug addiction. She and her organizations today stand nationally and internationally recognized, with the latest award being given by the United Nations—the Serge Sotiroff Memorial Award for drug abuse prevention. Born into an extraordinary family with visionary parents, Kiran is the second of four daughters. She has been an Asian tennis champion, holds a law degree, has a Doctorate in the field of drug abuse and domestic violence, an author and the subject of various books and films.
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- PublisherHimalayan Institute Press
- Publication date2007
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This book tells of the transformation of one of Asia's largest jails - Tihar Prison. Before Kiran Bedi became the warden of Tihar in 1993, it was a hellish place where 8,300 inmates in a prison designed for 2,500 lived with corruption, gang wars, illness, filth and hopelessness. Today, many thanks to her stunning reforms; it is more an ashram than a prison. Half the book is devoted to a detailed account of the situation Bedi found when first appointed. The other half is devoted to describing the process of "Human Interaction" that she emphasised was the key to bringing about the transformation. By the time Bedi left there were councils in each ward, self-governance by prisoners, daily activities like yoga, literacy programmes, playrooms for children, a university course and most important of all, vispassana mediation. Bedi describes the tools she and like-minded colleagues used to bring order and peace out of chaos and despair. Interspersed with the conversations from inmates, this book is a powerful story of redemption, faith and hope for a better future. It can serve as an inspirational guidebook to all who wish to overcome enormous obstacles. The story of the tools and techniques used by Kiran Bedi to reform Tihar Prison and create the role model for all of India's prison system. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780893892586
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