Human Rights Day: Inmates & Jail officials
honoured
Awards aimed at prison reforms &
creativity inside jails
· Gujarat,
Chattisgarh, Telangana, Kerala, UP, Madhya Pradesh sent the maximum entries
· Awards
released by Shri Ajay Kashyap, DG, Tihar
· Awards
initiated by Vartika Nanda, a prison reformer, under the
banner Tinka Tinka, a series dedicated to jails
· Tinka
Tinka India Awards, dedicated to the cause of prison reforms, are
dominated by the entries on Life inside Jails andSwachch Bharat
Abhiyan this year
First Prize under the Tinka Tinka India Awards (Painting) has been given to 73 year old Baish Singh Sahu lodged in Bilaspur Jail in Chattisgarh. His painting is based on the theme of reformation inside jails. Second Prize has also been bagged by Chattishgarh Jail. 22 year old Mamta has been chosen in this category. Third Prize has been given to 24 year old P. Gowresh lodged in Telangana jail. Before coming to jail, Gowresh was a photographer.
Under the Special Mention category, Vinay Kumar lodged in Tihar Jail, received the First Prize for his passionate work on drug eradication through theatre. He is lodged in jail for the last 15 years. Dhawal Kumar Harish Chandra Dwidedi lodged in Gujarat and Aneesh Kumar from Kerala has been chosen for their work on literacy and cleanliness. Soni Lama fromWest Bengal has received the recognition for caring the inmates in the jail hospital.
49 year old Virendra Vitthalbhai Vaishnav,
a former journalist and cartoonist lodged in Surat Jail,
Gujarat has been nominated for Tinka Tinka India Awards for
Special Talent. His
book Life behind bars has been published by a UK based publisher.
Fifteen officers
have been selected for Tinka Tinka India Awards for Prison
Reforms. Akula
Narsimha from Telangana has been chosen for improving
sanitation in jails and bringing in modernisation. Bachu Saidaiah, also
from Telangana, has planted more than 2000 saplings and have helped
in increasing productivity in the jails.
S S Tigga from Chhatishgarh has added more than 2000 books to the jail library and have given meaning to the children of inmates in jails.
Ajay Bhatia, Neetu
Chugh and Rajendra Kumar were awarded the special
awards in the category for prison administrators for their work towards providing
legal aid to inmates in Tihar.
Thomas O J from Kerala, D
M Gohel from Gujarat, Vikrant Karbhari Kute and Tejashri
Baji Rao Powar fromMaharashtra, Mohammed Akram Khan from UP, Dilip
Nayak, Devendra Kumar Saras, Ramanand Patel andDhirendra Singh
Baghel from Madhya Pradesh have also been
honoured for their extraordinary contribution as jail administrators.
These awards were released by Shri
Ajay Kashyap, IPS, Director General, Tihar Jail. Awardees were given a
certificate of appreciation and a memento.
The ceremony concluded with the song- Tinka Tinka Tihar, written by Vartika Nanda and sung by the inmates of Tihar.
Tinka Tinka is
the series on prison reforms initiated by Prison Reformer Dr Vartika
Nanda. She
was conferred the Stri Shakti Award by the then President of
India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in 2014. Her book
Tinka Tinka Tihar is in the Limca Book of Records. Her latest book, Tinka Tinka Dasna,
is first of its kind based on reporting from inside the jails. This book has been translated by Dr
Nupur Talwar, convicted in Aarushi Talwar case. Tinka Tinka is all set to combine
different jails in India to bring out the creativity to the outside world.
Tinka Tinka
Foundation gives two awards to
inmates and officials every year namely Tinka Tinka India Awards and Tinka
Tinka Bandini Awards.
3 comments:
This is so amazing to see Tink Tinka team and Vartika Ma'am doing so much towards the reformation of prisoners.from starting a new radio channel to giving them award., this movement has come a long way. really APPRECIATING #VARTIKANANDA #HUMANITY #CHANGE #TINKATINKA #VARTIKANANDA
This is so amazing to see Tink Tinka team and Vartika Ma'am doing so much towards the reformation of prisoners.from starting a new radio channel to giving them award., this movement has come a long way. really APPRECIATING #VARTIKANANDA #HUMANITY #CHANGE #TINKATINKA #VARTIKANANDA
Dr. Vartika Nanda is doing phenomenal work in prison reforms. Tinka Tinka India award will give incentive to inmates to develop their talents and creativity. It is also very good to know that organizations are recognizing the hard work of prison staff and administrations. It will motivate them to do better. She has written three books Tinka Tinka Tihar, Tinka Tinka Madhya Pradesh, Tinka Dasna, and gives a true representation of life inside prisons. Instead of sensationalizing, she has written about the true and lived experiences of inmates and even their children who unfortunately are also lodged inside prisons. She brings a softer side to inmates who are troubled because they can’t meet their families, but even the smallest of things gives them joy like music, dancing, painting, etc. Her newest initiative is opening a prison radio in Haryana, she has earlier done so in Agra. Workshops were held to train inmates and to develop their talents and creativity. The work of Dr. Vartika Nanda, the founder of the movement of prison reforms in India, is a testament to the idea that rehabilitation and not punishment is the answer. The radio will also keep the inmates informed about their rights and will give them respite in these challenging times of the pandemic when the inmates cannot have any visitors.#tinkatinka #tinkamodelofprisonreforms #awards #vartikananda #prisonreforms
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