Books by Kiran Bedi

VOTED AS "INDIA'S MOST ADMIRED" AND "MOST TRUSTED WOMAN" KIRAN BEDI IS A RECOGNISED FACE IN INDIA. SHE HAS BEEN A RECIPIENT OF PRESTIGIOUS DECORATIONS, MOST NOTABLE BEING, THE RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE, AND THE PRESIDENT'S POLICE MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY.

REVISED & ENLARGED EDITION WITH UNPUBLISHED MATERIAL AND BEHINDTHESCENES DETAILS OF ‘THE CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION: CHANGING PEOPLE’S DESITINY’ THE SAGA OF INDIA’S FIRST AND THE HIGHEST RANKED WOMAN OFFICER IN THE INDIAN POLICE SERVICE WHO PIONEERED A HUMANE METHOD OF POLICING MARKED BY WILLPOWER, DEVOTION TO DUTY, INNOVATION, COMPASSION AND, ABOVE ALL, A NEVERSAYDIE ATTITUDE THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT FORTHRIGHT AND UNSPARING IN THIS FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION PROVIDES A WELLDOCUMENTED EXPOSÉ OF THE SABOTAGE OF POLICE REFORMS (TO BE IMPLEMENTED AS PER A VERDICT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA) BY CERTAIN BUREAUCRATS AND BY SOME MEMBERS OF 106~’S OWN SERVICE. THESE PERSONS ALSO BLOCKED HER APPOINTMENT AS POLICE COMMISSIONER. THIS KIND OF SABOTAGE WAS THE PROVERBIAL LAST STRAW THAT COMPELLED HER TO ‘SHAKE OFF THE SHACKLES’. AFTER A LONG AND REWARDING INNINGS (35 YEARS IN ALL), 106~ DECIDED TO MOVE ON. SHE BELIEVED THAT SHE COULD NO LONGER WORK WITH PERSONS WHO WERE KEEPING THE SYSTEM ENSLAVED. SHE WAS CLEAR IN HER MIND THAT SHE WAS NOT GOING TO BE SUBORDINATED BY THIS TEAM OF SABOTEURS. WHAT DIRECTION AND LEADERSHIP WOULD SUCH PERSONS PROVIDE EXCEPT TO CREATE PYGMIES AND STIFLE INITIATIVE AND CRUSH MORALE? SHE DID NOT WANT TO BE A PART OF SUCH DUBIOUS ‘HISTORY’. AS SHE ASSERTS: ‘MY SELFRESPECT, MY INNATE SENSE OF JUSTICE AND MY BELIEFS AND VALUES IN LIFE PROPELLED ME TO THROW OFF THE “YOKES” THAT WERE ALREADY OBSTRUCTING MY GROWTH AND I NOW MADE UP MY MIND TO SET MYSELF FREE AND BE A MASTER OF MY OWN TIME.’ THIS IS A NOHOLDSBARRED NARRATIVE PACKED WITH PUNCH, SPIRIT AND VITALITY.

THIS IS AN HONEST COLLECTION OF THE TRUE EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE WHO CARRY WITH THEM THE LOAD OF THEIR MISTAKES DONE IN THEIR PAST LIVES. THESE EXPERIENCES UNFOLD THE WORST BITTER TRUTHS INSIDE OUT. WE AS COMMON PEOPLE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH A LIFE, SUCH EXPERIENCES, WE CANNOT EVEN THINK ABOUT THEM. THEY ARE NOT JUST TOUCHING, THEY SHATTER OUR LIVES. SOME PEOPLE HAVE STARTED WORKING TO AVOID SUCH TERRIBLE MISTAKES IN LIFE OUT OF THE CONCERN TOWARDS HUMANITY. IN A WAY, THIS BOOK IS A DOCUMENT HAVING THE CAPACITY TO BRING FORWARD MANY SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

WHEN THE HORIZONS ARE DARKENED TOTALLY THEN ONLY A PERSON`S FAITH ON HIS PLANS AND HIS WORKING SYSTEMS IS TESTED, SAYS MAHATMA GANDHI. DR. 106~ HAS VERY FREQUENTLY FACED SITUATIONS WHERE EVERYTHING WAS UNUSUALLY DARK, BUT EVERY TIME SHE HAS COME OUT OF THE DARKNESS SUCCESSFULLY. THIS BOOK IS IN A WAY HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY, IN THIS SHE HAS WRITTEN ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES SHE FACED WHILE TRUDGING ALONG THE PATH. SHE WAS FELICITATED WITH THE `SOCIAL SCULPTOR` AWARD ON 22ND OCTOBER 1997. THIS AWARD IS GIVEN IN THE MEMORY OF THE SCULPTOR JOSEPH BOEJ, WHICH IS FOR 14 THOUSAND DOLLARS. PERSONS LIKE DR. BEDI WHO HAVE MAINTAINED THEIR COMPOSURE PROPERLY, WHO HAVE A HEALTHY AND ARTISTIC MIND ARE THE IDOLS FOR TODAY`S SOCIETY. DR. 106~ SET UP HER VISION ON THE TIHAR JAIL. SHE IMPLEMENTED JOSEPH BOEJ`S VIEWS. SHE BROUGHT THEM INTO REALITY. SHE MOULDED THE TRADITIONS TO MAKE THE PRISONERS PROGRESS. BEFORE THAT, THE PRISONER`S MINDS WERE FULL OF NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, HELPLESSNESS, HOPELESSNESS, APATHY AND MELANCHOLY. SHE IGNITED THEIR MINDS WITH GOOD THOUGHTS AND CREATIVITY. HER EXPERIENCES WHICH SHE HAS SHARED WITH US WILL REMIND THE READERS ABOUT HER OTHER BOOKS, `I DARE` AND `IT`S ALWAYS POSSIBLE`.