Tinka Tinka Jail Radio, Diwali and Sharing of Musical Instruments

22nd October, 2022 Diwali and Jail Special:

Tinka Tinka Jail Radio, Diwali and Sharing of Musical Instruments

Tinka Tinka Foundation has launched a campaign this Diwali, urging people to donate musical instruments and stationery that can be used in jails. These items are needed for the ongoing Tinka Tinka Prison Radios in the state of Haryana. This foundation is founded by India’s leading prison reformer, Dr. Vartika Nanda. Foundation has already created several milestones in Indian jails.

Items

1. Musical instruments
2. Laptops
3. Stationery & Colors
4. Painting Brush

Foundation has suggested that these instruments can be second hand but they should be in proper working condition. These items will be sent to a few specific prisons of Haryana where prison radio is operational.

About Haryana Jail Radio:

Prison radio in Haryana has been introduced in three phases. State’s first prison radio was inaugurated at District Jail, Panipat by Shri Ranjit Singh, Jail Minister, Haryana, Shri Rajiv Arora IAS, Additional Chief Secretary (Home & Jail) and Shri K Selvaraj, IPS (Retd), Director General of Prisons, Haryana. Tinka Prison Radios are aimed at addressing the vital communication needs of inmates and to promote art, creativity and harmony in the jail. These prison radios are now spreading its wings like a formation of a butterfly from a caterpillar.

About Tinka Tinka Foundation:

Tinka Tinka Foundation set up its first Jail Radio in District Jail, Agra in 2019. Prison radior are being brought under the Tinka Model of Prison Reforms. Every year, the Tinka Tinka Foundation also encourages inmates and jail staff by conferring exclusive Tinka Tinka India Awards and Tinka Tinka Bandini Awards to them on the occasion of Human Rights Day.

About Vartika Nanda:

Dr. Vartika Nanda heads the Department of Journalism at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University. She has initiated a movement on prison reforms in India under the banner, Tinka Tinka. President of India conferred the Stree Shakti Puraskar on her in 2014. Her work on prisons was taken cognizance by the Supreme Court of India in 2018. Her name has also been included in the Limca Book of Records twice for her unique work on prison reforms. She launched Tinka Tinka Prison Radio in 2020, the only podcast series in India that brings out voices from jails.

Interested contributors can contact Vartika Nanda at 9811201839

Youtube Links:

Episode 17: Tinka Foundation Day, Sheru & Former inmates
https://youtu.be/aqIRNBkIpDI

Episode 22: Nelson Mandela Day and Tinka song by Kashish https://youtu.be/j3I_urizKGU

Episode 23: Tinka Tinka Jail Radio: Broadcasting Day Theme Song: Karnal Jail
https://youtu.be/oE187L3eJqA

Episode 47: Mahatma Gandhi in Jail, District Jail Sonipat: Vartika Nanda
https://youtu.be/vmONemrSwTk