the idea is to spread the word that empathy is important meet class xi student chaitanya sood of delhi public school r k puram who has been playing music at parks malls markets and on the roadside for almost a year now for the noble cause it is a wonderful feeling to be able to help out sometimes even primary schoolkids come up with coins he says for three of his performances a friend and some random people joined him when a duck speaks its a quack which is not pleasant to the ear i wanted to get over my fear of performing in public his father vikram sood has even started learning how to play the violin to join his sons performances sood does not ask for donations and says people give whatever they want of their free will but i was asked to leave as i was apparently disturbing the birds which i wasnt aware of he said it was during a visit to paris in june 2015 when sood and his father went for dinner at dans le noir new delhi on weekends when other kids of his age are hanging out with friends he picks up his guitar to perform at public places and donates the money earned to a blind school sood has performed at dlf promenade vasant kunj tau devi lal botanical garden in gurgaon good earth city centre and galleria market besides other places meaning in the dark a restaurant which gives its customers the experience of dining in pitch dark that he first got the inspiration the initiative was renamed sqwalkie talkies in august 2016 in order to form a group of public artistes and perform for a cause sood has been playing the guitar for the past seven years but mostly at home or school concerts his parents both chartered accountants are his big support similarly we may not sound very good but we play for a cause the youngster took to markets malls and parks instead and till date has earned rs 44400 which he donated to captain lal special middle school for blind children gurgaon under all india confederation of the blind so now we invite people to join in which is great fun says sood who is now planning to scale up the activity in other cities thats when i realised i wanted to help out blind students in india said the science student who aspires to be an engineer children need the opportunity to perform in public spaces without fear he says it was a moving experience for me so in february 2016 i tried to perform at the aravalli biodiversity park on mehrauligurgaon road for the first time we also add charm to places with nice music and help our fellow beings with disabilities the songs are primarily bollywood and a few popular english numbers a mix of old and new like har gharee badal rahi hain roop zindagi teri hain zameen chura liya hai