“During my under-graduation, my fellow-villagers burnt an old woman accused of witchcraft, alive. I was alarmed! As a society, how could we let something like that happen in today’s day and age? It was a matter of shame for our state. Then, Mahesh Bhagawat (IPS officer) visited the village and held demonstrations to explain that witchcraft did not exist. I watched him and got inspired to create awareness. I got a Tata Sumo and harnessed it to my back as a part of the demonstration. Later, I also performed at awareness campaigns in my village to break myths and superstitions. In retrospect, I feel it was because of my background – born to poor agricultural labourers, I saw life how it was and wanted people to value what they had. Later when I joined the police, I loved saving people’s lives in every way I could. But I was always passionate about writing and singing songs. I wrote an album of 6 songs – Police Amaraveerulu, spent my savings on recording it and soon, released it. My claim to fame, however, was the song on fake news. The song went viral on WhatsApp and other social media in both the Telugu states. Even today, most video clippings made to create awareness against fake news in Telugu begin with my song. I feel proud. I’m now trying to release these songs in other languages too. When I encounter a situation where a person is caught without wearing a helmet or talking on the phone while driving, I prefer singing to over losing my cool. I want everybody to use songs and our age-old folk traditions to spread positivity, news and create awareness. My fight is to bring about change. It can never end and I will continue fighting till my last breath.”

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