Brut got exclusive access to follow prison inmates who are using a radio programme to help them find their voice. A World Radio Day listen...
️: Tinka Tinka Prison Reforms
️: Tinka Tinka Prison Reforms
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00:00I'm your friend on Radio City.
00:07This is a very rare opportunity that you are shooting this.
00:10This has not been shot.
00:12I was very worried because I have never spent such a lonely time in my life.
00:19I can only smile because I don't want to cry.
00:24Ma'am, I will go out of jail and compose music.
00:30I will write a new song.
00:33Yes, read it and listen to it.
00:36Read it and listen to it?
00:37Yes.
00:39If I have to change it?
00:41The lyrics are like this.
00:43What kind of trouble is this? What kind of situation is this?
00:45It's an unknown destination. Why are you telling me the way?
00:48Oh God, you tell me what kind of trouble is this? What kind of situation is this?
00:52To say, the sky is open here.
00:55Why is the shadow of hope in the spring?
00:56To say, the sky is open here. Why is the shadow of hope in the spring?
00:59The heart is full of hope. Why is the desire to fly imprisoned?
01:04The previous one is better than this.
01:07Ma'am, this song describes the feelings of all the inmates in jail.
01:12How they feel when they come to jail.
01:15Then there is regret.
01:18They are regretting in this song.
01:20They are showing that they have made mistakes.
01:22They are accepting their mistakes.
01:27Panipat Jail in Haryana houses around 1,000 inmates,
01:32some of whom are serving time for serious offences such as murder.
01:36It's also home to one of the only prison radio stations.
01:40Root is one of the few crews who got access inside the jail
01:44to see firsthand how the radio program functions.
01:47We had permission to film in demarcated areas
01:50and the inmates' names have been changed due to security reasons.
01:53Root was additionally required to get this film approved by jail administration
01:58in line with the Ministry of Home Affairs guidelines before publication.
02:04Are you a journalist?
02:06No, ma'am.
02:08Ma'am, earlier I used to go to the block all day.
02:13I used to go to the canteen to get my hair cut.
02:16I didn't know anyone or no one knew me at that time.
02:19I didn't even talk to people.
02:20I didn't know anyone or no one knew me at that time.
02:22I didn't even talk to people.
02:24Why do you have to stay in the same room all day?
02:26What efforts did you make?
02:28What did you learn?
02:30There was politeness.
02:32There was aggression.
02:34When you are in jail, you get disturbed.
02:36There was aggression.
02:38There was politeness.
02:40When you talk to people with love,
02:42you learn those things.
02:45Creativity.
02:47Creativity.
02:48I started to think that I can create something.
02:51I get tasks from ma'am.
02:53Like writing lyrics for a song,
02:56or preparing a newsletter or magazine.
02:59I get more creative with these tasks.
03:04What is your favorite song?
03:06My favorite song is something like this.
03:08Sing it for us.
03:09I don't like this sorrow on your face.
03:20It doesn't seem fair.
03:24I don't like this sorrow on your face.
03:26Every day he says that
03:28we are trying to bridge the gap
03:30between prison and the civil society.
03:32Then I thought that
03:34radio can be a very important tool
03:36for art, creativity and journalism.
03:37They have made their own content.
03:39We have a proper meeting like a radio newsroom.
03:45They maintain their own register.
03:49They monitor the broadcast
03:52and the programs every day.
03:55Are you ready for today?
03:58Yes.
04:00How many letters have you received?
04:02Approximately 9-10.
04:04This is written by Sahil.
04:10Hare Beet Punjabi.
04:12Is this a film?
04:14It's a song.
04:16This is a rare opportunity
04:18that you are shooting this.
04:20This has not been shot.
04:22And we deliberately did not want to.
04:24Because we don't want to glamorize jail.
04:27If you want to know
04:29what was the support of the outside world,
04:31then I can smile at this.
04:33Because I don't want to cry.
04:35But my smile has a lot of tears.
04:38It's true that a lot of people call me
04:41and say that they want to do something for the jail.
04:43And it's even more true
04:45that when I say that
04:47if you want to take out time for the jail,
04:49the answer is no.
04:51As you can see,
04:53this is a very good letter
04:55and Sahil has made a very good request.
04:57Friends,
04:59this is my favorite song.
05:00Now I am going to play this song for you.
05:02From the film Border.
05:04Friends, listen to this song.
05:06Keep listening to Panipat Jail Radio
05:08and keep sending us your favorite request.
05:11So listen friends,
05:13I am going to play this song now.
05:18There I gave an interview
05:20in which I was selected.
05:22So I was very happy.
05:24That night I thought
05:26it was a very good thing
05:28that I was selected
05:30and selected.
05:32So that day
05:34was a very happy day for me.
05:36I can't tell you
05:38how happy I was that day.
05:45Nanda has also established
05:47a library next to the studio
05:49for inmates.
05:51Prison reform
05:53is the moral duty
05:55of the prison department.
05:57There are some people
05:58who have suffered
06:00because of their education.
06:02They were not able to enhance
06:04their education.
06:06So after coming to the prison,
06:08through IGNU
06:10and National Open Schooling,
06:12the inmates have increased
06:14their education
06:16and they have taken degrees
06:18or some skills
06:20so that they can go out
06:22and do some work.
06:24Nanda has trained more than 70 inmates
06:26from different prisons
06:28and is expected to expand
06:30to every jail in Haryana.
06:32PINKA is working
06:34to give an identity
06:36to the prisons.
06:38These inmates have
06:40the identity of a prisoner.
06:54My mother,
06:55she has a channel
06:57and she has subscribed to it
06:59and pressed the bell icon.
07:01When you go to jail,
07:03you lose all the respect
07:05of your parents.
07:07That was the fear.
07:09But when you tell your family
07:11that you are doing a good job,
07:13you feel happy.
07:15You don't feel
07:17what you have done.
07:19I want to go out of jail
07:21and compose music.
07:23I have learnt a lot
07:25and I am trying to do
07:27what I want to do outside.
07:29There are people here
07:31who are worried about something
07:33or are sad about something
07:35and they tell us their problems
07:37that because of this problem
07:39or this case,
07:41I came in.
07:43So we take those things
07:45and realize them
07:47and start writing on them
07:49and then we move forward
07:51in music.
07:53I have not seen
07:55these students
07:57about whom the world
07:59has made an image
08:01that they cannot do anything
08:03and I think
08:05they can do a lot.
08:09If you start a new job,
08:11there are some problems
08:13but if you don't think
08:15about the problem
08:17then I don't think it is good.
08:19Solving the problem
08:21is a human's job.
08:23Yes ma'am, I am ready.
08:25So,
08:27can we listen to some of his songs?
08:56Adhoori Udaano
08:58Toh Dubara
09:00Puri Karne Ka
09:05Dede Tumho Ka Sindhi
09:09Ek Baar Jeene Ka
09:15Adhoori Udaano
09:17Toh Dubara
09:19Puri Karne Ka
09:25Shanda!