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and administra ve ins tu ons, libraries,
interna onal organisa ons and embassies. About
7,428 Newsle ers in hard copy have been sent by
post every month since May 2022. The Newsle ers
were also uploaded on the NHRC website and about
5,000 so copies were emailed. The copies of the
Newsle ers were also made available for the
visitors in the recep on area of the Manav Adhikar
Bhawan.
6.3.4 Recording of 15 interviews of Chairperson and
Members of NHRC in connec on with Human Rights
Day 2022 and awareness about human rights on
Doordarshan (DD), Sansad TV and All India Radio
(AIR) was done. Jus ce Shri Arun Mishra, Chairperson gave nine interviews in various news channels
and radio, including APN News channel, Sansad TV,
Doordarshan, All India Radio (AIR) & Times Now.
Jus ce Shri M. M. Kumar, Dr. Dnyaneshwar M.
Mulay and Shri Rajiv Jain also gave interviews at
various pla orms, including DD Punjabi, DD Urdu,
DD Sahyadri, AIR, etc.
6.3.5 The commission also prepared 'Weekly News Digest
on Human Rights issues', and a monthly compendium of media reports on NHRC and analysis.
Besides uploading NHRC-specific news clippings on
the NHRC website, the display boards on all the
floors of the Commission were made more vibrant
with the moun ng of such clippings under 'NHRC in
News' regularly for awareness and informa on of
in-house func onaries and visitors to the Commission.
6.3.6 The Commission con nued with its eighth year of
Short Film Award Scheme- 2022. The Scheme aims
to encourage and acknowledge cinema c and
crea ve efforts towards the promo on and
protec on of human rights. The awarded films are
uploaded on NHRC website to encourage people to
screen and watch for human rights awareness. The
Commission, in addi on to three cash prizes of Rs. 2
lakh, 1.5 lakh and 1 lakh to short films that won the
First, Second and Third prizes, respec vely, also
gave Rs. 50,000 cash prize each to three films that
were awarded the 'Cer ficate of Special Men on'.
The Commission received a tremendous response
with 137 entries in Hindi, English and different
18
Indian languages with sub tles in English from
various parts of the country. 123 entries out of them
were found eligible to compete for the awards.
• The short film,'Chirbhog' by Shri Nilesh
Ambedkar was given the first prize of Rs. 2 lakhs.
The film highlights the con nuance of caste and
voca on-based discrimina on in society
through the story of a boy and his humilia on
and struggles ll the point he decides to stand up
and expose the contradic ons in theory and
prac ce to ensure the rights of liberty, equality,
dignity, and educa on. The film is in Marathi
with sub tles in English.
• The Second prize of Rs. 1.5 lakh was given to
'Enabled' by Mrs. Bhawani Doley Tahu. The film,
through the story of a specially abled child,
emphasises the need to change mindsets about
Divyangjan and discrimina on in their upbringing by parents undermining their rights to life,
liberty, equality, and dignity. The film is in
Assamese language with sub tles in English.
• The Third prize of Rs. 1 lakh was given to 'Atcham
Thavir' by Shri T. Kumar. The film, through the
story of a girl student, pitches in for building
awareness among students about any inappropriate touch and sexual harass- ment in school
and the need for the teachers as well as the
school administra on to be vigilant about it to
ensure their right to dignity and educa on are
not violated. It is in Tamil with sub tles in
English.
The films selected for the 'Cer ficate of Special
Men on' and a cash award of Rs. 50,000/- each are
as follows:
• 'Lost of progress' by Shri Rajdu Revankar
depicts how the overarching expecta ons of
parents from their children to make them allrounders is crea ng unwarranted pressure and
robbing them of natural growth. It is in Hindi with
sub tles in English.
• 'Don't Burn Leaves' by Er. Abdul Rashid Bhat is a
documentary highligh ng the problem of air
pollu on due to the burning of dry leaves and
Chapter 6 - Advocacy and Outreach