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| By Snigdha Bhattacharjee |
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Friday, September 19, 2008 (16:02:26) |
| Tags : Renuka Puri, photo exhibition, Tihar Jail inmates, Shiela Dixit |
Unique photo exhibition on Tihar jail inmates |
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New Delhi: A rare photo exhibition by eminent photo-journalist, Renuka Puri in the capital titled 'In the Shadows of Walls' exhibits a series of photographs on life inside Delhi's Tihar jail with extraordinary frames of life crying out for attention. The photographs, result of her sheer hardwork of four years is an eye opener, as it brings to book, the real life within the rampart of the jail.
Renuka's special focus was on the Women's Cell of Tihar. "I had to be very strong emotionally, as I was excavating the women's world there. Also, you won't find the scope to shoot in Tihar always, like one cannot shoot during the lunch hour," Renuka said.
Asked, why she chose Tihar as her subject, Puri replied, "Why not Tihar? There is also life, and they are also human beings." Most of the frames that Renuka captured presented the jail's stark and grim tales in a remarkable maner. The exhibition is a peep into the lives of the women in Tihar jail and their children. The occasion also marked the presence of children from Tihar jail.
The exhibition presented by Brandsmith & Steel Authority India Limited in collaboration with A 2 Z Group and Ashoka Hotel was inaugurated by Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit. Talking about the exhibition Dixit said, "It is one of its kind. The photographs show that many good things are also there, as the beauty culture." Prominent attendees were Cabinet Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, Brandsmith CEO Rahul Mitra, A2Z Group CEO Sunil Gupta, Indo-French Chambers of Commerce Regional Director Piya Bajwa, DG of Tihar jail and B K Gupta. The exhibition that started on 18th September would be on display till 20th September. |
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