“We want to expand.”Īfter her M.Phil in Social Work, Sheela briefly worked in the Indian Council of Medical Research. “So far we have put together 100, of which 50 are out in the market,” she says, adding, the other singers of the genre belt out the same 10 or 15 songs. Along with her father C.Victor, she is working on a project to mainstream at least 200 old Tamil Christian songs. Over the last 12 years, Sheela has given more than 1,000 stage performances and released five audio albums in an attempt to revive Tamil music in Church.

When I sing, I feel I am in communion with the God,” she says. The Tamil isai keerthanai is a rich, vibrant body of music. “It is very difficult to describe the power of music. Till the run-up to Christmas and later, her diary is packed with appointments with HIV-affected children, senior citizens, orphans and destitute women besides performances in colleges, marriages, conventions and church services. At 30, she is acknowledged in Tamil isai circles as Madurai’s most sought after singer of Tamil hymns, which include several forgotten lyrics.

With Christmas round the corner when many youngsters are perhaps planning their parties and celebrations, Sheela Titus’s calendar is filled with stage performances of Tamil Christian keerthanaigal.

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