Prisoners of varied religion, caste and creed sit together and listen attentively when Rajeswari holds pravachanam or religious discourses. The scene we are talking about is at the Puzhal central prison. She holds these discourses monthly once in the mornings at Puzhal.

So how did Rajeswari bag this opportunity? Says Rajeswari, “ I read in newspapers that the Jail officials are holding yoga sessions and personality development sessions at the Puzhal prison. That is when I thought I can do some discourses there and I sent an application to Mr.Natarajan, DGP. He then gave the green signal and that is how I started these discourses 8 months back.”

Rajeswari also held a Women’s Special session at the prison where everybody listened with attention and silence. Prisoners having death sentence, life sentence and remanded people clapped their hands with holiness. “It was a good opportunity for me to go there and speak to those people. It was all a barren land and I got the chance to lay the seeds and shower water into it. Makes me feel great!” She holds these discourses monthly once in the mornings at Puzhal and nobody is forced to come and listen. So how does she do these discourses to these prisoners? “Mine is in the story form where I tell them age old mythological stories which teach them values. I then explain the meaning to them. The whole session happens for an hour or two.”

Rajeswari got immensely happy when she received a letter from the Puzhal prison stating that the officials are able to see fruitful changes in the prisoners and they believe that these prisoners will not commit any mistakes anymore in future.

You can also contact her and get many details from her if you are interested in listening to her talks. Contact her on rajeswarivishnu@hotmail.com.

Anitha R