Bhanubhai Patel
Book Title : Behind Bars and Beyond
“Adversity is the foundation of virtue and success” – Japanese proverb. It is my sincere attempt to put before my wise readers, the event that happened in my life proving above mentioned Japanese proverb right and most appropriate. For that, I feel a sense of joy. While I was serving a sentence in the Sabarmati Central prison Iwas, at the age of 50, studying different courses run by different universities and educational institutes in the prison through their study centers located in the prison, in a very adverse, indifferent, dull and inactive environment. When I was successfully completing degrees, diplomas, and certificates courses, I had no idea that I was moving towards setting a world record in education in prison. And I broke the world record in education in prison. My prison experience is very different from other inmates. Breaking the world record in education in prison has also inspired me to write this book and I could not resist my inexplicable desire to share this experience with the world. At last, this inspiring book was born. The thought and inspiration of writing a book about my achievements in prison came from the then Addition Director General of Police (Prison) Gujarat Shri P. C. Thakur and a prison head of one of the south Indian States who met me in a workshop organized at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, in which I participated as a resource person, after my release from the Ahmadabad Central Prison. They told me that I might write a book about my educational achievements in prison so that prisoners, students, and individuals eager to achieve success and achievement in life get motivated and inspired. Eight years have passed since then because of my full-time job and I was very busy and occupied with completing more and more educational courses at full speed. Right now I’m retired and the pandemic corona lockdown is on. It provided me a great opportunity to write this book with peace. Now following the advice of my well-wisher
