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
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