Tuesday, March 2, 2010
A walk on fire
Every year in our village, we celebrate a festival with religious fervor. An important event of this festival is a walk on fire. This year, I also participated. Have a look at the slide show.
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Monday, January 4, 2010
My mother opened her heart
Last weekend I was in my hometown for a long weekend. One evening I was reading a collection of short stories by a great author in telugu literature Madhurantakam Rajaram (two times National award winner for his collection of short stories).
I had to attend a call, so kept my book there and went out to speak on phone. By the time I returned, my mother was going through that book. As far as I know, my mother studied only upto sixth standard. She never forced me to study, or take any special interest in my studies particularly for the exams from my childhood, So I never tried to know what she studied. But I was curious as to how she knew about this author? I just asked her the same question.
She replied "I used to be an avid reader of books in my child hood. There were no TVs, no serials those days. All we get access to are these kind of books. My friends who were less fortune to study surrounds me everyday and used to ask me to read those books aloud and enjoy the stories. This is one of the good advantages of book reading over watching TV or movies. In movies, and serials, you have to watch whatever they show whether you like it or not. But there are no bounds to your imagination when you read or listen to some story. Everyone imagine the story in their own way that pleases them. So it has more entertainment value and also improve your creative abilities."
"Now I am busy in serving my parents. They have become children for the second time in their life. It is my duty to serve them. But do keep the books here, after you read. I will try to read them in my free time." she concluded.
Now I understand, whatever my little interest in literature, must be from my mother's genes.
I had to attend a call, so kept my book there and went out to speak on phone. By the time I returned, my mother was going through that book. As far as I know, my mother studied only upto sixth standard. She never forced me to study, or take any special interest in my studies particularly for the exams from my childhood, So I never tried to know what she studied. But I was curious as to how she knew about this author? I just asked her the same question.
She replied "I used to be an avid reader of books in my child hood. There were no TVs, no serials those days. All we get access to are these kind of books. My friends who were less fortune to study surrounds me everyday and used to ask me to read those books aloud and enjoy the stories. This is one of the good advantages of book reading over watching TV or movies. In movies, and serials, you have to watch whatever they show whether you like it or not. But there are no bounds to your imagination when you read or listen to some story. Everyone imagine the story in their own way that pleases them. So it has more entertainment value and also improve your creative abilities."
"Now I am busy in serving my parents. They have become children for the second time in their life. It is my duty to serve them. But do keep the books here, after you read. I will try to read them in my free time." she concluded.
Now I understand, whatever my little interest in literature, must be from my mother's genes.
Monday, November 16, 2009
The resurrected Kurnool
As part of Helping hands for the needy, a small organization started by our senior K.V.S Phaniranjan, I have been to kurnool yesterday to distribute books to flood affected students of Kurnool town junior college.Our group distributed books worth 1.5 Lakhs. Vikram publishers were very generous to provide the books for almost half the price. The college management has arranged a function to distribute the material from 4 groups. The other groups distributed Clothes, Notebooks, Carrier Boxes, Pads, etc... Local media also covered the news.
The response from the students was very good. Many students came forward to say "Thanks". They need not say that. The smile on their faces says it all.
After that nightmarish floods, Kurnool has bounced back to normalcy quickly. Many people attributed this to tireless effort from many NGOs. Without their help, they say Kurnool would not have recovered so fast. Especially the poor people have benefited a lot. In fact a few people like them were commenting that, if floods come again, they would be even more richer . But the middle class is still suffering from inherent inhibitions to come out and seek help.
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