"What Went Wrong", finds Kiran Bedi

Real Life Stories documented by Kiran Bedi sold out the first day of its release …… Media Reports 

The fortnightly column written by Kiran Bedi in a daily, gets published as a book "What Went Wrong?". The Book published by UBS Publishers Distributors Ltd., New Delhi was released by the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi in a function organized on 6th July 2001. This book has 36 stories of people who open their heart in order to save the next victim. The book is a bestseller and has had a reprint in the first week of its release. 

The Motivating Bedi Dr. Kiran Bedi has hit the headlines once again. This time with her third book on social awakening-What Went Wrong? Published by UBS Publishers Distributors.What Went Wrong is a Unique collection of uncensored narrations volunteered by individuals who had nothing to declare but their wrong past. The real life experiences provide readers a close insight into lives they may otherwise ignore, be unaware of or have no access to. Being the first woman IPS officer and a recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award. Kiran has been a path breaker in prison reforms, community policing, crime prevention on strategies, drug abuse treatment, spirituality in policetraining and schooling of street children. Raj Mohan Gandhi called it a motivational book when he released it last month. Motivational it is bound to be, for isn't Dr. Kiran Bedi a great motivator herself?

Motivation, persistence and perseverance are the distinct traits of determined, dedicated individuals who can make things happen. It's Always Possible, a book authored by Kiran documents vividly Tihar and its transformation from criminality to humanity. The book is a result of the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship, awarded to her in the year 1994. It has been published by Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. It depicts the concentrated efforts of Kiran and her 3 C model (corrective, collective and community based) which resulted in success of an awesome task — transforming the mindsets of human beings. 
    The book focuses on Tihar, one of the largest prisons in the world.  It has three sections, the first being, ‘What existed’ which describes the conditions which prevailed in Tihar, when Kiran took charge.  The second section, ‘What evolved’ describes the holistic transformation of the prison system which put Tihar on the road to reforms. ‘What emerged’, the third section of the book, is a graphical representation of the methodology followed for changing Tihar.    
    The book has a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Released in September 1998, the book has entered in its seventh reprint edition. Kiran has traveled widely in order to share her model of correction depicted in the book.  It has had many city releases in the country.  The book has already been translated and published in two Indian languages, Hindi and Marathi.  It’s Always Possible has been released in eight cities in the US, the United Kingdom and at the International Book fair at Harare, Zimbabwe.  Kiran was specially invited to visit the prisons of Australia and to release the Australian edition of the book. The book also has a Bangladesh edition. 
    This rare documentation of a candid account is accompanied by a CD-ROM (produced by India Vision Foundation) with selected excerpts from the book, supplemented with powerful visuals, ranging right from the historical Vipassana Meditation Program wherein over a 1,000 inmates sat for ten long days in meditation to their festivities, educational programmes and visits from NGOs.  This has been further complemented by the prisoners expressing their feelings on camera, their written petitions, poetry, paintings, art and craft, besides the statements of the staff.  A graphical portrayal of the holistic process — a metamorphosis — from criminality to humanity was achieved within the same legal framework.
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All proceeds of this book will continue to go to  Navjyoti and India Vision Foundation, for education of the children in need .......

Why This Book : What do I do with all that I see, hear, read and observe ? .. I can ignore, forget, complain, postpone or whatever. For me it became a need to write what ' touched ' me the most . Hence I committed to write the weekly and fortnightly columns for The Tribune and Punjab Kesri and accept requests from others as well. These then became ' Reflections' of the frames of my mind. These range from my police service , national concerns , women's issues, ' volunteerism' , education, leadership , governance, patriotism , etc.

At the time of writing , I put my head and heart in each piece that I wrote. And after doing so , I felt like a bird , free to fly .. 

Of what value is my writing to others , I do not know. But I needed to write and say in words, what I saw ... and I will continue to ........