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Tihar jail has opened an art gallery to give its prisoners a ‘second chance’ to showcase their skills ‘coz there are many artists behind the bars who end up captivated due to unfortunate circumstances.
Watching inmates playing with their paintbrushes in their free time, superintendent Rajesh Chauhan pitched the idea of starting an art school for the inmates. This eventually gave way to a school and art gallery inside the premises of jail no.4. This school of art is affiliated to IGNOU and provides diploma courses to aspirants.
The 25-year old Ramesh Singh has earned a whopping amount of ₹1.5 lakhs from his artworks in a span of four months. Another inmate, Anwar Omeis has raised ₹60 thousand during the same time.
Artworks by these Picassos displayed in an exhibition at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts were sold for more than lakhs of rupees. Canvases worth over 2 lakhs have been purchased by the ESI hospital, West Delhi to deck up the hospital walls. These breathtaking artworks have found their places in different government agencies as well.
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