शेरू उस समय केंद्रीय जेल अंबाला की अपनी बैरक के एक कोने में सिमटा हुआ था जब उसे एकाएक यह सूचना मिली कि उसके गाने को केंद्रीय स्वास्थ्य मंत्री डॉ. हर्षवर्धन ने ट्वीट किया है। शेरू ट्विटर को नहीं जानता और न ही वह यह भी ठीक से जानता है कि उसके गाने को भारत भर ने सुना और सराहा है। गाने की सराहना करने वालों में जेल से निकले 4 ऐसे लोग भी हैं जिनके लिए यह कोशिश बड़े मायने रखती हैं। इनमें डॉ. नुपूर तलवार भी शामिल हैं। इस गाने को दुनिया के सामने लाने में सुरेश कुमार का विशेष योगदान है। वे लगातार इस मुहिम के साथ पूरी सकारात्मकता के साथ जुड़े रहे। जेल के सुपरिंटेंडेंट लखबीर सिंह बरार के सहयोग से ही आज शेरु दुनिया के सामने आ सका है।
This episode of the Tinka Tinka podcast revolves around Sheru, a 40-year-old inmate from Central JAIL, Ambala in Haryana. Dr. Vartika Nanda, through this episode, narrates about Sheru’s life in prison, his unwavering passion for music and his musical journey behind bars.
On 24th May, 2021, Sheru’s musical composition was launched by Central Jail, Ambala and Tinka Tinka Foundation. This was uploaded on the foundation’s YouTube channel. In the episode Sheru seems to be very humbled to know that his song was being praised and lauded by all. The experience of working with Jail Radio and on his song had altogether given Sheru a new identity. Sheru, himself was the lyricist and singer of the song ,which was written in Punjabi.
The song revolves around creating awareness on Covid- 19. This song received a lot of appreciation by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan and he had also shared Sheru’s song on Twitter. Former inmates Dr. Nupur Talwar and Krishan Pal Singh can also be heard in the podcast congratulating Dr. Vartika Nanda for her outstanding efforts of bringing hope and happiness in the lives of inmates and training them to become RJs in Jail Radio and also experimenting with music. The former inmates have also shared their experiences working with the Tinka Tinka initiative.
I really appreciate Dr. Vartika Nanda for bringing up prison reforms in India and touching so many lives in a positive manner through her unique prison reforms movement- Tinka Tinka. It is the purest form of reformation in India where the President Awardee and India’s leading Prison Reformer Dr. Vartika Nanda provides us with the insights of
prisoners’ lives in jails expressing the feelings and sorrows of the inmates so beautifully that you can’t stop yourself from getting emotional.
I recently read ‘Tinka Tinka Madhya Pradesh’ and that book has changed my perspective about prisons and has made me question the treatment given to the inmates in so many ways. The comparison made by Dr. Vartika Nanda in this book between jails in today’s world and jails during freedom struggle was an eye opener for me. I am really inspired by this book and want to help these children and other inmates. That is a must read book.
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There are stories like these where we can find comfort and solace in the fact that such opportunities, and little steps can bring a change and truly light hope for reformation of our prisons where our inmates can be integrated back into the society as better and improved human beings. It makes my heart happy to see Sheru dive into his art of singing and songwriting and onto a path of enlightenment and enthusiasm between walls that hardly promise any light or hope.. #tinkatinkaprisonreforms #tinkajailradio #tinkatinkafoundation #tinkamodelofprisonreforms #tinkatinkamadhyapradesh #tinkatinkadasna