Tinka Tinka Tihar in Marathi: 2018: Yerwada Jail: Maharashtra
The magical creation of Tinka Tinka Tihar embarked upon a new journey in 2018. Created first in 2013 in the form of a book, a calendar, a song, and a beautifully designed wall, the book of the same title was translated into Marathi in 2018.
The book is a collection of poems from the incarcerated women of Delhi Prisons in Tihar. This is a unique book of poetry that emerged from out of South Asia’s biggest prison, Tihar Jail, India’s leading prison reformer Vartika Nanda and DG, of Delhi Prisons Vimla Mehra had co-edited this book with an effort to provide a creative platform to women inmates lodged in Tihar.
Released by the Home Minister at the APCCA Conference, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi in 2013, Since then, it has been translated and published in Tamil and Marathi and has been included in the Limca Book of Records in 2015 this book has already been included in the Limca Book of Records in 2015. This book is an expression of women who are restricted physically but have free minds. The book contains poems by four female inmates that have been written during their stay inside the prison. This book has been previously translated and published in Tamil and Marathi.
Tinka Tinka Foundation and the jail literature
Tinka Tinka Foundation has taken the exemplary initiative to encourage jail literature across India and has undertaken the task to get it translated into different languages.
Location: Yerwada Jail: Maharashtra:
The Marathi version of this book was released in Yerwada Jail by Dr. Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay, IPS, ADG, Maharashtra Prisons. The Marathi translation was translated from Hindi by Manjari Dhamankar. It is published by Mehta Publishing. Siyahi has represented this book as a literary agency.
Background
Inmates lodged in Yerwada Jail in Pune celebrated the much-popular book on their premises. This is perhaps the first time a unique concept on prisons is traveling across different states of India, its direct target audience.
While releasing the book in the high-profile jail, Dr. Bhushan Upadhyay announced to take forward Tinka Tinka Yerwada to encourage the creativity of inmates in the region. Inmates took this opportunity to share their thoughts on the concept of joining the jails through creativity.
Interestingly, the book was also released in a low-profile affair in the women’s jail in Byculla and also in Arthur Jail, Mumbai.
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