Moral Education is Fun

“That is what I want the youngsters to imbibe. Through my stories,I want to apprise them about Indian culture,” says this man of many words,who has been traveling across the world since 1984 on a story-telling mission.

It all started when years ago,he went to his daughter’s school to explain to the pupils there as to why the Sikhs wear turbans. Soon,his name was passed around and then there was no looking back. “The teachers at the school were so thrilled that they asked me to come back again. Soon,I found myself relating stories to an audience — stories that were my exotic versions of folk tales from India and Europe,” he says.

Singh is now working on his first cartoon animation series,Adventures of Roop Singh,expected to release this April. The first season will have 13 episodes — each spanning 12-13 minutes. “That is the average attention span of a child and we want to make this series absorbing,interactive and educational,” says Singh.

“Through this series,we want to make children aware about Indian culture and traditions in a fun and easy way,” adds Sukhwinder Singh,CEO of Vismaad Mediatech Pvt Ltd,Chandigarh,who is assisting Roop Singh in the release of the series. “For instance,rather than walking in the woods,the characters stroll through malls and party in clubs. These are the tales that children can relate to,” he adds.

Roop Singh says the series has been compiled taking into account his experiences from workshops,story-telling sessions and interactions with young audience in Europe,New Zealand and America.

“While I engaged them into learning about Indian culture and Sikh history,I also learnt about their customs and traditions. I added this knowledge to my next lot of stories,all of which has been put together for this series,” he says. In Adventures of Roop Singh,he has based the main character on Mr Bean,so as to impart human virtues and moral values in a light manner.

Singh is going to release the movie on DVD,YouTube and on TV simultaneously.