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Tinka Tinka Dasna involved many creative pursuits like the creation of a calendar, painting of the central wall of the jail. theme song and a book. All these projects were launched in the jail premises.

District Jail, Dasna is situated in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. It had nearly 3,500 inmates at the time of the beginning of the project in 2015.

The book, written by India's leading prison reformer and media educator Dr. Vartika Nanda, records the journey of five individuals whose lives changed after being sentenced to life imprisonment in Dasna Jail and how their search for meaning altered owing to their circumstances. The names of three of them might sound familiar to most people: Surinder Kohli, Dr. Rajesh Talwar and Dr. Nupur Talwar. The book combined methods of media and literature and during the process of its creation, fostered the construction of creative spaces that allowed inmates to give expression to their emotions. The process consciously aimed at rekindling hope in the lives of inmates. The book was released in the jail on 8 January, 2017. It was the very first instance of a book released in any prison. This book is translated into English by Dr. Nupur Talwar. She was imprisoned in the jail at that time.
The second edition of the book was released in 2019 by the IG Prisons and DGP Uttar Pradesh Shri Anand Kumar and Shri Sulkhan Singh, former DG, Uttar Pradesh. This was released in District Jail, Lucknow during the 5th Tinka Tinka India Awards ceremony in 2019.
On the completion of 9 years, Tinka Tinka Foundation will bring a special episode edited by well known broadcaster Sukhnandan Bindra. Stay tuned.

Book is available on Amazon.

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