Coimbatore Collector Archana Patnaik on Friday released a compact disc containing a song on voter awareness. She released the disc in the presence of Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore City, A. Amalraj, and the lyricist and the man behind the initiative, head constable C. Maheswaran.
Also called ‘Rakki’ Mahesh, the song urges young and the old to come out and vote in the ensuing Assembly election on May 16 and says how their vote is important. Set to music by his friend ‘Singanallur’ Suresh, the lyrics get life for 3.40 minutes in the voices of students from Gobichettipalayam.
Mr. Maheswaran says that it was Mr. Suresh who introduced him to the students, who were thrilled to be in the Collectorate for the launch.
He took two days to pen the lyrics and Mr. Suresh the same time to compose the music. “He gave me three or four tunes. I settled for what I liked the best.”
This is the head constable’s ninth initiative and the first at music. The first eight were short films on traffic awareness and related subjects. One of it was ‘Nil, gavani, sel’ and that fetched him an appreciation from the former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
He has also penned a book, he adds. Mr. Maheswaran, who has put in 23 years of service, says he will continue coming up with such initiatives as it gives him happiness.
