GUWAHATI: The Central Jail Guwahati is alive with the sound of music these days. A music school has been set up inside the premises.
Inmates Raju Chanda, Sargam Rabha and eight others have started vocals and six others have started taking guitar lessons.
The initiative is by artists Anup Sarma and Gita Devi who are responsible for running the music school inside the central jail campus.
The school 'Khuror Pansoi' was set up and started functioning from 11th May this year. This is a first of its kind in the history of Assam prisons.
The curriculum is under the Bhatkhande Sangit Vidyapith. Recently, an exam was also conducted to assess the progress made by the inmates.
The objective of the school is to get music within the jail premises and improve the psychological mindset of the inmates.
The music school intends to make the prison life better and motivate the inmates to search for meaning in life with enjoyment.
