Shridhar

Shridhar is from a small village of Barmer in Rajasthan called Bhadresh. He is 48 years old, from the Meghwal community of Rajasthan. He is mostly into singing devotional folk songs. He was born into a family who have been following the tradition of singing folk songs from ages. He has learnt everything he knows about music and the bhajans from his father and grandfather whom he used to accompany in almost every show when he was a little boy. He never had a defined or specific training while learning the traditional folk bhajans. For him ‘Satsangs’ are a source of positivity and he will not stop singing bhajans till he dies. Unlike the artists from his community he used to learn songs after writing them on small bits of papers. He can sing bhajans in all the ragas as per the specific timing of the day. He has in-depth knowledge of music. Shridhar wants to transmit this art to his children but he is not sure how far they would be able take it as they look a little disinterested. Then he remembers that he himslef was also disinterested when his father used to sing and so it is possible his son, like him, could become interested too some day. So he says that to keep the tradition alive he will continue singing in the hope that his son will be interested in it later on. He hopes to find a way to help everyone in the country identify themselves with traditions.