Location: India Habitat Centre, Delhi
Year: 2013
Tinka at India Habitat Centre was an event that was never seen before as it featured 18 undertrials from Tihar jail who were given special permission to perform on stage. The event was a joint effort of Tinka Tinka, a prison reform initiative spearheaded by Dr. Vartika Nanda, in collaboration with the Delhi Prisons and the India Habitat Centre. The event took place on December 16, 2018, the sixth anniversary of the Nirbhaya gang rape case, to commemorate the International Human Rights Day and create awareness about the rights and dignity of prisoners.
The event revealed the talents and imagination of the undertrials who sang, danced, acted, and recited their own songs, dances, skits, poems and stories that they had crafted during their time in jail. The event also hosted a panel discussion on prison reforms and human rights with eminent speakers such as Justice Madan B. Lokur, former judge of the Supreme Court of India, Ajay Chaudhary, Special Commissioner of Police, Delhi, Sudhir Yadav, former Director General of Delhi Prisons, Vimla Mehra, former Director General of Delhi Prisons and co-author of Tinka Tinka Tihar, and Ved Kumari, Dean and Professor of Law at Delhi University.
The event was a rare opportunity for the undertrials to communicate and connect with the outside world. It was also a platform for emphasizing the need for prison reforms and human rights in India and was featured in Delhi Times, The Hindu and other prestigious newspapers.
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Dalai Lama once said, "I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest". We often don't realise how significant hopes could be for people who have or are going through vulnerable circumstances to look for a new sunshine. Tinka Tinka movement's initiative to improve lives of people, and giving them aspirations is truly one of a kind and an example setter for the coming generations. There is an an anonymous quote that, second chances are not given to make things right but to prove that we can make things better even after a fall. Although this might be just any other motivational quote for some people, but this is where Tinka Tinka movement has their fundamentals. Finding a platform for giving them this second chance, especially for on paper criminals, is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack but that is what Dr Vartika Nanda has managed to do over the years. The exceptional efforts, honoured by the government, is historic as well as futuristic at the same time.
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