Rajyalakshmi teacher

Rajya lakshmi teachr joined after wards. She had been transferred from some other school.She was aged and and a very good teacher. She used to teach science to us. Her daughter was also studying higher class in our school. I was one of the good students she liked. To encourage us she used to declare that for the highest scorer she would give gifts. In one of such exams. Rajeswari asked answer to one question and I showed her. Neeraja has asked answer to some other question and I told her. When answer papers were given both of them got more marks than me.

My nature was that I would not take such help during exams even from my childhood. If ever I was in dilemma as to the correct answer and I accidentally look into others answer paper and see the answer, I would omit answer that bit than to attempt it. I would feel guilty that if I ha dnot seen in others paper the right answer there was only fifty percent chance of my writing the right answer.Like that Ilost so many marks. Rajya lakshmi teacher knew my nature and she gave me special prize for all round performance along with Neeraja and Rajeswari.On Sundays or on specific days she would take us on local tour like Kapilathhertham and such like places and tell us stori

e sall along the way. I like her very much. her approach used to be motherly than as a teacher.

my teachers at girls high school

So many teachers used to come to our class for different subjects. Till fifth class only one teacher used to take all the subjects and all the periods. It was a new experience to me. I learnt English alphabets and Hindi alphabets after I joined sixth class. ALl the four types of English letters were taught.Two teachers used to come from TTDquarters. They used to send me and Rukmini on personal work to markets and their house during their periods. We were happy to leave the class rooms and roam in the streets.We were not worried about the taeching missind during those periods. Some teachers used to send us to Udaya cafe opposite to our school to bring tiffin to them.

Idont know fear . So I was not afraid if teachers come to the class and while teaching also I used to talk to my friends. I f they observe and call me to stand ,I used to glare at them seriously. One madam used to comment on it. Bu I didnot know I was looking seriously at them and could not understand WHY she was scolding me.

After one or two months of our joining in school , our class teacher and games teacher called the entire class to the main building and asked about our talents if we had any. Myself Rukmini , Umamaheswari, VV Subbalakshmi and many other raised our hands. From then onwards for any function our involvement was there. Rukmini and I were there in almost all the dances.

Vasantha

Vasantha was my class mate in sixth class. I think she was about my sisters age ie 5 to 6 years older to me.She was wearing half sarees by then only. She was calm and would not mov efreely with us. H er house was in Thulasapuram. Later I became her friend and I used to go to her house. In her house ther eused to be big murphy radio. I never such a big one any where till now. They were Tamil Brahmins. Once I lost my maths text book and note book. I searched and could not find anywhere. After annual exams when one day I went to her house she gave that book to me back . Ofcourse by that time it was no use to me. She told that at one time she was jealous of me and stealthily snatched that that book. After I became her friend she realised her mistake , acknowledged her fault and returned to me.

I came to know that her mothe rwas very nice lady but she died at an early age. Vasantha was very much attached to her . So she was mentally disturbed by her mothers demise.She ha dbeen under treatment for few years . So her education has suffered during that time. She used to sing songs to me only. She was not participating in any extra curricular activities in school.

wall paper change

Today when I opened my laptop and saw my Gamil ,the backdrop has changed. HOW IT HAS CHANGED Idont know. I doubt if my children have changed it. Experience is new.Previously, along with the time, color and position of sun would be altering. Now new cute cartoons are seen. Today, Ujjwala has sent her photos at her office. I was happy to look them because in every dress she is nice. I recieved mail from bulli also regarding her ongoing trip to supriya. Already chinnannayya and vadina have gone there. lakki, vinny and bulli would be leaving on thursday . So there would be so much hungama , play, jokes, laughter and festive mood there. I wish I too were there to see the enjoyment and happiness. It would have been nice if Vikky and VAni also managed to to go there. I know that as vikky joined duty after long gap he is unable to go there. Every one of you who are going there would definitely have a nice and roaring time. best of luck.

my friends at girls high school

Soon I had so many friends. No one from my fifth class joined in school.Jainabi and Mastan bi were not admitted because in their homes girls dont study after primary section. Pacchhamma also got married immediately after fifth class. I ha danothe friend Sampoorna whose house was near Ramalayam .I dont know whether Ambika and Sampoorna joined in sixth class at different schhools or not. Rajamma and Munemma came to school from nearby villages.Neeraja and and her cousin Suhasini were very short and they were Reddys. Rukmini, VV SUBBALAKSHMIand Nagamani were bRAHmins. Some christian girls were also there who were my friends . We used to play in the ground after our school daily. Rukmini had an elder sister , meera . She was studying seventh class but was wearing half saree by then itself. I used to go to their house in the evenings frequently. He rmother used to recieve me very well.Vv SUBBALAKSHMI WAS TENDER , FAIR nad she used to sing very well. HER mother was alecturer in university . she and Nagalakshmi used to come from Govindaraja temple mada streets.

WE ha dvery good teachers too. But I was not afraid of any one except our games teacher. She was very strict.

joining at Girls high school

At last I passed my fifth standard. Now I had to join sixth standard. My second sister was studying in girls high school which was very near to our house.By the time I was joined in that school , she came to SSLC.Our building was oppsite to their building. Head mistress room, teachers room also were there only. In our building ,only sixth and seveth standard classes were conducted. First day I joined there were many students. Some of them were failed students. But they were not guilty that they did not go to higher class. They were arrogant and felt as if they were seniors and we juniors. I took new scalewhich was twelve inches to the class along with my books. With in one hour it was missing. I wept and asked every one. No one saw it. There was one such long scale but on it the name of one of the girls was written. On my scale I had not written my name. So Icould not claim it. I came home weeping but my parents did not scold me for losing it. One of our classmates gave it back to me after few my months after I became her friend. She admitted she had taken it and immediately wrote her name. But now she felt guilty for having stolen friends scale. So she returned it voluntarily.

To admit our faults we should have strength of character and she had it. She knew the value of friendship.

Lakshmi narasimha,Lakshmi narasimha

Oneday Iwent to my friends house,Ambikas house. while returning in alane Suddenly Igot afraid and ran home. That entire night Ihad a fit ful sleep and woke up afraid from sleep. My mother held me to her and slowly rubbing my back she was saying Lakshmi narasimha,Lakshmi narasimha. She was also chanting sri anjaneya,prasannanjaneya. The nextday she taught me a sloka which we had to chant everynight before going to sleep. It would ward off bad dreams. and any fears regarding bad elements. that is as follows

Ramaskandam Hanomantham

Vainatheyam Vrukodaram

Sayane Yasmare nithyam

Dusswapnam Thasyanasyathe

From that day till today I chant that sloka before going to sleep. I taught it to my children too. I dont know whether they are following it now also or not.Even when we had fever or our health was not good she would chant the same sloka.

navvadam yogam navvinchadam yagam

ee roju naku konni rhyming words rayali anipisthundi.aventante

e-virulu--aavirulu

navvadam yogam--navvinchdam yagam

naalo nenu--neelo nenu

prayam pranayam--pranam pranavam

premani panchu--premalu panchu

kasi pasa penchali paganu kadu

katha lathala sagali

palli thinave bulli

jingle jingle jaa

laksyanni alakshyam cheyyoddu

gutlo rupai--nee mogudu seepai

gpalakrishna gokhale noru muyara dokhale

watch stolen &recovered

Our house was a pucca house .Drainage system was covered. So if there were any blocks we could not clean it properly. After some time, some worms were crawling in the house which come from drainage pipes. And foul smell was also coming. So one day my father called two coolies from outside. They were recommended by his friend Pandurangaiah. THey did their work and gone. After they went, my brother found out that his wrist watch was missing. H etold my father. Immediately the workers were called back and asked . First they denied. But Pandurangaiaih shouted at them started beating them. I was afraid. I did not see such violence before. I believed them when they said they had not even seen the watch. But when he threatened them that he would hand over them to police ,they acknowledged and brought back and handed over the watch to my father. That watch costed rs25/ in those days. It was steel watch. It was the only one watch in our house. My dather gave his watch to my elder brother when he joined college . My eldest sister did not have watch. When she had clinicals,watch was essential. then my father purchesed watch for her. We did not even have alarm time piece. When my brother requested my father to buy alarm time piece, so that he can get up early in the mornings and study, my father replied that alarm should ring in our hearts. If we are afraid definitely we wake up at the right time inspite of alarm time piece ringing.

Anjamma contd

My uncle stopped her education after she passed her fifth standard in the village. When others enquired why he stopped her education he would say that he would marry off his daughter soon. Asthey were living in a remote village most of the families way of thinking was like that only.My father requested his sister and Anjamma to join in school. It was never too late, especially regarding education. At that time Ijust joined in sixth standard. She was about my second sisters age. My sister was studying SSLC. So she had to sit in our class if joined in schhol. Anjamma thought it shameful and she denied to join in school. She was a very intelligent girl. But all her intelligence was sidetracked because nothing to do sitting idly at home.

Anjamma and my second sister joined in tailoring during summer holidays.They learnt ton stitch blouses and shirts , bags , skirts etc.But nothing came out properly. Each was jealous of the other. Each thought that the other could not stitch well. Truth was no one learnt it perfectly or even in apassable fashion. My sisters along with Anjamma used to laugh so loudly standing outside our homes. Her brothers would not approve of it. I never understood for what reason ,they were laughing like that.

aNJAMMA

It seems that my eldest brother went to Vaviletipadu once after his school education. ANjamma was fair in complection and had very long hair. She was beautiful in a certain way. So they asked my brother for her in marriage. My mother refused it very strongly.Ther eare so many reasons for it. THey were looking down at us. My brother was still ateenager. It was not a marriagiable age. My eldest sister who is elder to him was still to get married.My brother was stilla student.He was yet to complte his education.So they were angry with my mother. So they would fight with my mather. One day my second sister was also shoutiung at them

Adilakshammattha

Adilakshmmattha is my fathers youngest sister. She was short and stumpy. Obesity was in the genes I think. But she was very beautiful .She was serene and calm.She had three children Radhadu, Nagadu and Anjamma. First they were living in Vaviletipadu.,then ongole district.I never to their village. It seems that an owl settled on theri house one day. It is considered a bad omen in villages. because usually owls live in out skirts of villages. So they left their residence and came over to Tirupathi. My father arranged for their stay in our adjacent portion. Our mama, Subbarao was very moody. H eused to get angry even for trivial issues. They were afraid of him.My father saw to it that he got some R7b contracts with his influence.H esold some lands at Vaviletipadu and with amount they were living. He was arrogant that he had money.Thier behaviour was high handed.Compared to them we were living very meagerly.So they used to talk to us children in asatirical way . I would not understand but my mother used to feel a lot.Our attha would behave like them , bUT ANJAMMA AND sUBBARAO MAMA BEHAVED LIKE THAT.

cockroach dissection

My elder brither was studying PUC.He was astudious person. He had atrunk full of books. While sitting to study, he would open the trunk and start. because by looking at the books he would be reminded all the the time , how much more time he has to spare to complete the syllubus. H ewas not coming with us anywhere. In this aspect, Vikky is similar,. Because on his birthday, myself, vinny and Lakky used to be onleave and go for a movie. But Vikky would go to attend his college while in intermediate. On Sundays my brother would catch hold of a cockroach and dissection like its mouth parts or digestive system. We used to be awed by that and collect round him while he was dissecting.During summer , we used to extend wire to upstairs and there hey would study. We did not have fan. During nights my mother used to carry all the food items upstairs on my fathers direction and we used to have dinner inn the moon light.

Mallikarjuna and Srinivasulu

My father was a headclerk in pwb. So naturally he ha dcontacts with many contracors. One such contracor was a Reddy from Vakadu ,Nellore district. his children were Mallikarjuna and Srinivasulu. Their education was not going smooth in that village. So he requested my father to keep them in our house and see to their education. At that time Mallikarjuna was studying 8th class and Srinivasulu 6th class.Already my mother was busy with looking after us and our needs. Still she did not object and they came to stay in our house. I think they were joined in municipal school. They had two iron boxes to keep their clothing. THey used to go to school and return. They were not sent to any tution. There was no special treatment for them. I think athey were just average students or below average students. Younger one was mischievous and was steling small small items and keep them in his trunk. We4 used to play together. After one year his father took them away and they studie in their village only. Mallikarjuna later married a doctor and they ha droaring practice at nNELOORE. i THINK HE TOO studied medicine .His younger brother did contracts like his father.

Kondapi THulasamma

Name of our attha was Kondapi THulasamma. But we children used to call her Konda Pitthula Semma.She would just laugh. She was jovial and tellus hilarious and mischevous stories. We would start laughing. There was more fun in the way she narrated than the actual story.She had ready wit. Once my father took me to Kalahasthi wher eshe was staying with her friends Subbalakshmamma and SubbaRamaiah. When I wentr there a boy was there. H ewas their relative. One day only two of us were staying at home . Others had gone out side on some work. H etold me to clean the house. I refused to do so. It seems that elders told him to see that the house be swept naetly by the time they returned. I was sitting in the wooden swing and swinging hearing songs in Vividh bharathi and he was sleeping the floor. Exactly at that time, my aunt had come and saw what was happening . Then she told that sweeping was girls duty and I had to do it. But I did not obey her. He was amild boy and I was adament.

Later AFTER SO MANY YEARS , he had an accident. Town bus struck him while he was crossing road to go to college and he died on the spot. I felt sorry for his untimely demise.

first time kondekkadam

Till that time I did not remember any trip to Tirumala. That summer, one day my father arranged for trip to Tirumala by walk. We started in the evening by 5pm.At first I was running. After half an hour I could not walk with the same briskness. My mother isn ahefty lady. She could not walk as fast as children. Some how we reached Tirumala by Midnight.It was so cold. mY FATHER DID NOT TAKE US TO ANY CHOWLTRY.Onthe road itself we cuddled and sat. My mother sapread a blanket and made me sleep. WE had bath with warm water. THey charged 25paise for bucket. Mother and father bathed with cold water only.We went into the queue.When we were almost reaching the main gate. someone was distributing smabar rice to the poor people. We were all very hungry standing and walking in the queue. We ate some time early in the morning. My eldest sister was saying that if they distributed that sambar rice to us also ,it would be nice. But no one heard our plea. At that time ther ewere monkeys and kondamucchulu eve in the temple premises.People were afraid to wear flowers for fera they might come and drag the flowers.THere was rush but there was not any stampede. We went near to the sanctum sanctorum and saw the dietyrelaxedly.THere were no volunteers to drag us out even before we saw the diety.

w hen my father took us to hotel for meals after darshan. It was bliss for us. In those days Iliked anything in hotel.It was aluxury. Even plate meals with only sambar,rasam and buttermilk was heavenly.In return we came by bus. EVeryone of us enjoyed that trip very much. That was maximum my father could take us for relaxation and outing.What with a single person earning as aclerk and maintaing the family respectably and educating all his children as doctoors except. He would have made me also a doctor if I got the seat.

We were not at all afraid of the darkness while walking and going up the steps even in that night. My father preferred journey by night exclusively because he could work in his office till evening . and also it would be cool during nights.At that time the waywas not covered up as now. So the steps would behot to walk during day time. Trip was nice.

gujjanagullu

Though there was only two years difference for each one of us I was the only one who was behaving like a child. Compared to me they were more mature than the difference of just two years.At home I used to prepare gujjanagullu. That means we light fire in a small extent by collecting small sticks and preapre actually rice in very small bowls which are used for playing. My mother used to prepare food on a large scale and beside that I too would play preparing gujjanagullu. Once , my mother was grinding on the stone for preparing kandi patchadi . I requested her that I would do it and she can attend to some other job. She reluctantly gave me permission. No sooner did I start grinding , I could not hold it and it rolled over my little finger of right hand.I started crying and mother came running and took me away from there and solaced me. But the nail came off and it took so many days for the new nail to form. But the beauty of the first nail was lost. New nail was longer and the shape was also not cute.I felt very much .

avva vacchindi

Avva has come to madanapalli now. At this age also, she strives for her children. Tomorrow,ie10/08/2010 is prasads 6 months masikam. She wanted to give me moral support in fulfilling the rites. So she came all the way from Talupuru to Madnapalli. Inspite of her loss which is is unimaginable, she is thinking of others plight and goes all the way to help in whatever possible manner. That is what mother is for. I am greatful for guesture of love and affection towards us. I bow before her magnanimity.

Actually she is not in best of her health. added to it is her old age. But her love over came all these sshort comings. She is always there when ever I need her. Thank you ,mother . Ilove you.

ASsoon as she came ,we had filter coffeeand then she relaxed. Then we talked about all the current affairs in the family like Lacchibabais BPand mohanbabais careless attitude.WEhad talked about Vasu babai, Ram babai,Manimala pinni ,Talupuru thirunallu and other miscellanrous factors.Now she is viewing Kotha bangaru lokam in Gemini tv.Every thing is ok and fine. Ihave made all the arrangements for tomorrow. So she is relaxed.May god bless us and our familes. ALLis well that ends well.bye

SRinivasulu

My father was a head clerk in Pwd R&B.My mother was attendig to entire household work without any maid servants. Myfather gave strict instructions to my mother that she should tell any house hold chores to us as our education might be affected adversely. He used to say that he would help her if need be . So my mother never used to tell us any work even in his absence.

In these circumstances , my father arranged his office peon to attend to daily chores like washing clthes, cleaning thehouse and utensils and othr extra works.Ithink we were not paying anything from our packet but even then he used to come daily and do whatever is expected of him. H ewas an aged person but never showed any displeasure if any for doing those jobs. His son was studying degree and he was confident that he would secure a respectable job after completion of his education. His son Chandra used come in his absence. He was ateenager. He used to draw figures of gods with chalk or pencil very well.

Once our mamathata came to Tirupathi to fulfil his life long wish to go to Tirumala by walk. Llongback ,he prayed Lord VENKATESWARA TO FULFIL HIS WISH AND it happened. Father sent Chandra to help him and accompany him to Tirumala. He was more than 70 at that time. Still he succesfully walked to and fro and had good darshan of the LORD.

Pacchamma

Pacchamma was my fifth class friend. She was living withher grand mother. THEY were living near to our house at the entrance of Gali veedhi. She was fair and calm. I dont know why she was not living with her parents or where they were.I used to go her house for playing. AFter completion of fifth class I went to her house one day and she told me that she was going to be married.I did not understand.Because in our house I was the youngets and I never heard my father talk about marriage to any one of us. I did not see her afterwards. I dont know to whom she had been given in marriage. whther her life was happy or did she suffer due to child marriage.

My another friend Mastan bi was also not allowed to go outside after fifth class. I dont know about her plight. Even in these days , we are hearing about child marriages. I dont know when they will bw stopped.Recently, I saw in paper that one grand father took kanyasulkam and gave his grand daughter to some one and they had come to compel him to marry the child. Father has gone to court that he wants his daughter to study well and come up in life ,. He does not want to marry off his daughter. But it seems local village heads would not allow this because in those areas girls are in demand. See wher ethe society is going even today.

cheekatlo bhayam

Mybrother ,chandra was afraid of the dark. When we are in one room ask him to go to other room sand switch on thelight also, he would not go.But he was fond of films. After returning from the picture, he would be calling mom and dad loudly from the end of the street corner.because in our lane , there was no street lamp and it would be dark from sunset time. He was afraid to walk in the dark. So my eldest brither or my father used to out and accompany him into the house.My eldest brother was studying PUCin SV ARTS COLLEGE. In his college , inthe Sunday evenings they used to show movies once in a time.Like that we went to see Santhinivasam picture in the open grounds of SvARTScollege. It was a very nice movie. Iused tolike ANRmovies very much in those days.

mooga manasulu

THe first movies Isaw after coming to Tirupathi were Mooga manasulu and Amarasilpi jAKKANNA.Iliked them very much. Inthose days my eldest brother used to like ANRmovies. Isaw these two movies nearly four to five times. Weliked it very much. The other reason was that our relatives like my uncle used to come to Tirupathi for Blaji Darshan. After that we used to go to movie.And that movie was most of the time Mooga manasulu only.Iliked Jamunas portaryal very much inthe movie. Even in the Hindi version she played the same role and got film fare award also.

Coming to Amarasilpi Jakkanna, first time we went electricity had gone after the news reel. nEWS REEL WOULD START AS THIS sUMA KUNTIDI KANI NADUVAKALADU. Meaning tha tartificial limbs can be attached. It was new i n those days. We waited till 8-30 and still electricity did not come. In those days there were no generators.They gave us coupons so that we could watch themovienext day.

Again the very next day, we went. Again the trailer -suma kuntidi kani naduvakaladu. Just the names of the characters came . Picture started with the song --ee nallani ralalo ye gundelu dageno and off went electricty. again we waited till 8-30. aGAIn they gave us tokens for the next day. At last on the third we could view the entire movie.I like devry thing about the movie. Iliked Sarojani devis dances ,songs ANR action, Harnaths voice, Vijayalakshmois dances.

Jayalalitha had a dance in that picture . It was her first entry in to movies. Later he became a famous and successful heroine. She enterd in to politics with the inspiration of MGR and became chief minister for many years after quitting movies.

Ilike dniluvuma niluvuma neelaveni song very much. Like that only I started the name neela ,neela veni very much. When vinny was borne I christened her Vineela. BecauseVikky name starts with V. Ilike thename neela very much. THus comes the Vineela.

7 state conference of cbeu

Our state conference was held at Tirupathi on 24,25 of July 2010.Iwas reluctant to attend the conference at first. But YLN requestd me to attend it on both the days.WRRPrasad and YLakshmi narayana help me very much. So ,when they were taking so much pain to make it a grand success without VVRAGHAV,at least I could attend it.

Iasked our manager that I would not attend branch on 24th. He obliged. But next day he recieved information that GMwas visiting the branch.He requested me to come on SAturday and that he would permit me to leave by 12.30pm.But we knew that in CBS environment it is not so easy. So we procede to tpt on Friday evening.Surya kumari,our substaff and her husband also accompanied me to tpt.By the time I reached Ramus house , it was 8.45pm. Ramu was not in town. He was due that night from Chennai.

Saturday morning Ileft for the venue ,Sindhura Kalyana manadapam by 8.45am. Prasad took me to dining room. THere Imet Suryakumari and we both had break fastand came outside. Sambasiva Rao saw us and greeted us.Sambasiva rao is our state secretary. We sat in chairs and he came to us. I could not control myself and I broke down. Because after Prasads demise that was the first time I was facing him.He consoled me and went away. Next.

Kuppaiah chetty sir , Sastry ALSO CAME AND CONSOLED ME. After some Itook control of myself.

iNTHE AFTERNOON ,Kmala, Rama,Suryakumari and myself went to Kamals house to relax.I wore cottonj saree and it got rumpled.So,Kamala gave me a silk saree. I wore it. By the time, meeting was over and we had dinner it was half past nine. Narayana,CPI leader attended the inaugaral session.OurGM also attended it.NExt day Ifelt feverish but I went to the meeting .Second day breakfast was dosas and idlys. WE had to wait for a long time. WE met Gopala krishnaiah there. H ewas my colleague at chittoor and Tirupathi. After meeting elections were conducted. all were unanimously elected.Samabasiva rao was reelected as state secretary. Everyone was congratulating him. Rama and I too went to congratulate him. Suddenly he bent dow and touched my feet asking me to bless him. I was surprised. I did not expect such behaviour from him.THen he said he always treated me as his elder sister and my blessings were essential for his success and progress. ATthat time,Rustogi,our general secretaRY OF CBEU CAME there. THen. Sambasiva rao inroduced me to him. he said Iwas his sister and that even 10 years back itself, even dgms were afraid of me.I was such afire brand.Iwas happy for his guesture.

THey bgave us two bags as gifts. By the time ,we finished our lunch it was almost 5pm. So I stayed at Ramus house and left for mpl on Monday morning.So my trip to tpt was a success.

Fire breakout at Jyothi talkies

Till then,Idid not what was meant by fire accidents. In summer. during the nights fire catches and spreads with in notime. Low caste people and poor people, they live in huts. Some accidentally thow cigarette butts without putting off properly. Some do it to bring damage to the opponents. IN kitchen wood would be burning in low level and if due to wind or combustable article comes near it , fire breaks out. IT passes on with so much speed. Wind accelerates it.Much water is needed to stop the fire break out. In summer water shortage is accute. ,More over . most of the time theses occur during nights. By the time every one is alerted and fire extinguishers come most of the damage is done. Within no time , so many people became homeless. all their possessions are burnt. For some pets. buffalows. cows also die some times. because they are tied and no one releases them in such dire time.mOST OF THE TIME THEY ARE THATCHED HUTS. SO those burning embers fly long distances due to wind and unaccountable dfamage is done. Governmets help is always meager and always the needy and deprived and actual persons dont get the much needed help.

ALMOST, Every summer , for so many years I have witnessed fire breakouts near JYothi talkies.IT is so pathetic and heart churning. First time. Iwas woke by shouts in the middle of the night. When I woke up, from our house red flames could be seen and dried grass was flying all over ,some of it burning. Near our houses also, in every house they collecte dwater and kept ready to stop fire breakout in case due to heavy wind more embers came in this direction. All my neighbors and my parents stayed all thriough the night without sleep.I was ablack day.THere was sorrow written on everyones face.

I could not do anything. Idid not know what to do.

Now thatched houses are very few in towns.So such type of calamities are not frequent. THat is a solace to me.So need for pakka houses is top most priority in my view.

Thulasamma attha

Thulasammaattha was younger sister of my father. She was a child widow. She was given in marriage to a widower. He was a goodnatured man. Hehad no children.But he helped my father in his studies. He would ask my father to teach him cycling but he could never learn it properly. Even his elder son was a widower and he too did not have children.He was a diabetic patient. Once, his toe was injured and became septic. iT seems that the doctor advised him to remove it. He felt how he could terminate the toe. Next week , doctor seriously advised him that his leg had to be removed if wanted to survive. Even then he could not really assess the gravity of the situation and alas he lost his life and my my aunt a child widow.

My aunt was strong willed. In those dfays she studied up tomatric and worked as a warden and in hospital as a nurse. She kept her self busy . She made some friends during her travels and tranfers who stood by her tillher last breath. As she did not have children she adopted a child from a hospital at nellore. She named him Suresh and looked after him very well. She kept her friends as trustees to her property till he became a major.She died of breast cancer in 1978 .

She was very jovial and always cutting jokes. She would tell us as many stories as we wanted in our childhood. She would prepare spicy items in those days too. which y mother did not know. She was very obase. I liked her very much. Once when they asked me to write about the person Iliked most Iwrote about her. My brothers and sisters appreciated that article very much.

Really Iloved her visits us very much.

venkamma attha and subbarao bava

venkammattha was my fathers elder sister. She used to come to our house with her grand daughter suryakumari. Often she used to come. My mother would keep quiet but I felt she never liked her.May be because of her bitter experiences in the past or because they would come for monitary help. She use dto cook very nicely. even yerra gadda pacchadi would taste very differently and nice. Her son was Subbarao bava. He was a womaniser. In whatevr palce he was ,he would maintain a lady who would pose as his genuine wife.because he would not take his family with him on transfers.So all the family members suffered alot due to his weakness.he ha dtuberculosis also and my father set his health by providing medicenes to him. His wife Lakshmma took up the family responsibilities. She was not educated.sO JOINED AS SERVANT MAID IN RICH bRAHMIN HOUSES in villages near Nellore and got her children educated. Children also grew up to be responsible . they were teaching kids by tutions and doing tailoring to help their mother. Suryakumari, Nnagarahna studied like that only and became teachers in private schools . Later Subbarao bava stayed with tem almost after retiremet till his last days. Mamathatha and Venkammatha were worried about chidren and their welfare till their last breath.. But by gods grace all the children are settled and happy now.

how Ipassed my fifth class

Iwas a good student. Ther were hardly 10-15 students in the class.Myclass teacher was a ldy. She was married and her house was in chintakayala street. She used to send me to her house to keep some things there or bring any thing from there.Iused to go gladly because Ineed not sit in the class room during that time but roam about.One day sent me to keep some thing in the house and she told me not to touch any thing.I went with my friend and then Isaw a bottle full of ghee in the almirah. Idid not see so much ghee in my house till then. I tried to open the bottle but it slipped and tiltedand some of the ghee fell down. I was afraid. If we set the bottle straight . she would know we have handled it. So we left it like that only and returned. Next day, teacher asked me whether we have seen the bottle. WE said we did not. She was wondering that she kept the lid tight ,then how come ghee fell on the ground and all the ghee she purchased was a pure waste as all of it fell to the ground.

By rhe time annual exams were nearing , my friends used to give her gifts or some thing. I was afraid she would fail me if Itoo did not give her anything. more over that incident of ghee. Isuspected she knew the truth that i was behind that mishap..So every day Iused to weep in the house that Itoo would give something to her. Blouse pieces which I got by going with my uncle to railway Kodur i remembered. Iasked my mother and took one blouse piece, fruits and gave her.

From then on Iwas confident she would pass me. At last Ipassed my fifth standard.hurray.

about the picture inception

Myson and my son in law both hve told me to see the movie inception. It was a grand success in usa. I told them that here there was no rush for its telugu dubbing. THey said that it was a nice movie and only for the intelligents. Iwas confident that Itoo am intelligent. So I went with Mythili to the movie last night. By the time we went 10-15 mits picture wes over. So we could not relate with the plot from the beginning.

Overall what I understood was we should not lose our childhood in the struggle for success. In dreams we exagerate things 1000 fold. Even for a small tilt actually, we feel as if we are falling in to the abyss. WEcan dream of most improbable things inarticulate things. In spite of all these, reality would be flashing now and then. People and incidents we love most or hate most would be repeating in our dreams repeatedly. Besides this Icould not understand the story very much.

rEGARDING , Leonard we were very much disappointed . We could not relate him to charmig youth of Titanic.Hewas like a thug. Hedid not even look like a hero or side hero. While in the theatre only, we thought of clarifying with vikky and chaithu what the picture was all about.

THe only thing Iwas happy about was that after a long time Mythili and I have gone to a picture alone. WE went in her scooter. WEpurchased eatables on the way and went. actually because of that only we missed the beginnig of the story.

So at last we have seen inception and got confused whether we are intelligents or not.

parents need for privacy

According to me mother was my sole property. All rights reserved for me only. One day in the afternoon my mother and father went to sllep in the storeroom. Isearched for my mother and she was not in the hall. SO I went and found her in the store room with my father. Itoo lay with her. My father asked me to go into the hall and sllep there. But Idid not heed his words. THen he got angry and hissed at me to leave thet room. I left the room weeping.

But now when Ilook back, Ican understand their plight. parents with five children, most of then adolescents. where and how can the find privacy to fulfill their sexual urges or for few intimate moments. It is really pathetic. In fact, that store room didnot have any doors or windows.It was besides our kitchen. THere was no ventilation and it was always dark there.

after that time, Inever faced such situation. My mother loved me very much. Ilove her very much even today. She sacrifised everything for us. She did not have anything personally to gloat for. All the time she was working like a machine without rest or relaxation.

our neighbors

Itold you that we shifted to another house in manchala street. IN the adjacent portion. bachelors were staying . they were working in different places. Sometimes, on holidays they used to bring ladies to their house. It was said they wee spw college lecturers. BUT soon they vacated . Another family joined . Of the couple husband was hinduand wife was christian. It seems in in certain families they dont object if the wife converts into another religion. they were a happy couple. On one of their marriage days. he invited his friends and gave them party. For tha, he invited my father also. They asked him to speak on the occasion. Idont know what my father spoke, but all of them clapped and it boosted my father smorale.

In fact, my father dreamt of becoming a poltical leader. On some days , when he was relaxed, he would stand before the mirror and start practicing a poltical speech. HE would start his speech-sodara sodari manulara, andariki vandanam. After taht iDONT REMEMber anythng.

licking the old mud walls

While I was studying my fifth standard at Manchala veedhi badi,we girls used to play running, skipping other silly games. INall those games, the loser has to lick the old walls . they were salty to taste. In those days we did not know it was wrong or unhygenic. eVERY ONE DOES SO iWAS ALSO DOING . It was all part of the game.Once I quarrelled with my friend, jamila.She was my neighbour. For few days ,we did not talk.AFterwards Iwanted her to talk to me. But she was not talking tome. Itried my level best but she did not talk to me. Then I prayed to lord Venkateswara. that he should make her talk to me. L;ater we became friends again. Ieven went to their house and used to drink water in their house. her mother used to offer me some eatables but Iwould run because Iwas afraid that my parents would scold me if they came to know about it.In their house , they used to hang meat bits on the upstairs. Just beside my house. they were making metal vessels. It is avery big business there. Most of the pilgrims , who come to tirumala buy some thing there as asouvenier of the trip. Rond the clock they would bemaking sound while making the vwssels manually. We got accustomed to that so much that if for a single day thay stop that we could not survive. life was hollowor not complete. All my sisters and brothers studied medicine there only.

govindamma &her family

We shifterd our house neare to sivaiah chinnayanas house. because the previous one was mud house. this was a pucca house. our uncle and aunt were staying in govindammas house for rent. She was the second wife of Muddukrishna naidu. He was around six feet. She was hardly 4ft 8inches. theirs was love marriage. Both were drama artistes . Sravana, Nageswara rao, purna, Sandhya and chi tti were her children. Of them Sravana was my friend. NJageswara was my class mate. Iused to play with them. There was an old lady in their house,probabaly govindammas mother. BUT THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW HAR IN THE HOUSE. All the time she used to stay in the passage . She was always in rags. Iused tolike Sravana because like other members of her family she was not rough and tough. She was calm, quiet and soft spoken.

ONE DAY. she matured. For nearly ten days ,there was festive atmosphere in their house. Each day, they would decorate her in different ways and call all the neighbors. It was new to me. In our house , for my sisters ,my mother did not do like that.Iwent every day to their house and enjoyed other children doing dances and singing songs. ELDERS USED TO GOSSIP THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE OF LOW CASTE, they were doing such hungama.

THere were four single rooms.my uncle aunt were staying in one room. in the adjacent room, venu and venkataiah were living. they were bachelors. Venkataiah was a quiet person. He was workin in ttd garden as a gardener. They were RAJUS. THEIR NATIVE PLACE WAS NEAR RAILWAY KODUR, RAJAMPETA KOTA AREas. FOR ONE SUMMER. HE TOOK US TO THEIR VILLAGES. iACCOMPANIED sivaiah chinnayana and pinnamma to those villages. THERE HE showed us kissan fruit canning and juice factory. He took us to all his relatives in near by villages. Wherever we went. they gave us blouse piecs both to me and my aunt. We roamed for a week and returned. after our return, my aunt gave my mother only two blouse bits. I told my mother nearly more than 10 bits they gave me but my mother didi not ask her.

In Manchala street, there were two tailors who were brothers. One was mastan. I used to go to him for getting my dresse stitched. Younger one was a very jovial one During the time of festivals , Iused to sit there till he stitched my gowns. I would pester them like ,if they did not.

LATER i came to know that elder brother had typhoid and during that time , he became insane. Actually , I saw him wandeing in the streets mumbling something within himself. Ifelt very sorry for him.Younger one became a constable later.

khushi

khushi is ashas daughter. In my last trip to nellore I WENT TO RAVI BABAI HOUSE, pedda mama s house and sarojakkayyas house.that day was country wide bandh by opposition parties against petrol price hike. Iwent to peddakkayyas house. asha ,khusi and peddakkayya were there. When I first went there,. khushi did not talk tome. She was simply smiling and looking at me. THis time, she came to me happily. SHE PLAYED WITH ME. She told all the rhymes she learnt in her school. She wrote all the letters and wordw she learnt, She told me all about her class mates and their names.She told me about all the games she plays in her school. She came to me so naturally with all the love and affection. all the time she was saying that I was beautiful and she she was kissing me saying -chinna ammamma nuvvu chala muddosthunnavu naku.Iwas very happy because at least there was some one who could see my beauty and my loving nature.

at 3.30 pm when I said Ihad to leave. she was pleading with me not to leave, but play with her.IPREPARED MASALA VADALU FOR HER.she enjoed and ate them happily. after much cajolling and explainig that I had to ho to mpl and Ihad a job to do. she let me leave her.

Next time ,when Igo. she said she wanted gown from mpl. pink stone ring, white one, green and blue rings. Isai d ok and left. Ienjoyed her company very much that day. Idetermind to go to nellore at least once in a month at least to see her.

So in my view my trip to nellore was a success.

my childhood again

From Gudur , we were transferred to Tirupathi. On the day of our shifting a dog bit my father. So our journey was stopped temporarily. After few days my brother and sisters left for tirupathi because schools and colleges had started. They stayed in one of our fathers friends house.BY THE TIME WE ACTUALLy left for Tirupathi it was more than a month.Iwas joined in Manchala veedhi school in fifth standard. It was a small house. In our class there were hardly 10 students. An aged person was our head master. Our class teacher was a lady. She was beautiful and married.For prayer we used to sing kamalaku cha chuchuka kunkumatho slokas of lord venkateswara. Soon I made friends with Ambika, Mastan bi and Jamila bi. Her sister was Zeenath and she was very beautiful. they were living adjacent to our house. Ther was municipal park near our school. We used to go there to play. it still is there.

First we joined in a mud house . there scorpions were found every alternate day.I was singing songs even when I went to toilet and every one was laughing at me. But I didnot care. One day when my mother was lying with a saree as apillow, scorpion has hid in to its folds. luckily it did not sting.My father used to get severe stomach ache and severe bouts of asthma. for days together he could not even stand up. Myy mother used to look after him besides readying us for scool and colleges.She used to keep bowl filled with ashes for him to throw flulm from time to time.My brother once was playing with our kali pattilu on the verandah and came insida. thief has taken them away.

Once I got fever and my mother carried me to hospital.I was nearly 10 years old at that time.

I used to take ana or arthana from my mother and go to petty shops nearby to buy veyinchina senagapappulu and kammarakattu. I used to like them very much.

kadapa/hyderabad trip

kadapa/hyderabad trip went very well.Sunday morning Mythili took me to bus standby6.30AM. in her car.we tried to have some breakfastand cofee but no hotel was yet ready. So we returned to busstand and there I alighted a kadapa bus at 7.15 AM.At kadapa I could easily finmd their house. All of Vanis relatives were there. Those two days I spent happily.On Monday night at 10.30PM our bus to Hyderabad started. Chaitanyas mother came to the bus stand and took me to their house. There Ihad bath and breakfast. ChAITHUS FATHER TALKED TO ME VERYNICELY. hE TALKED ABOUT pRASAD AND THEIR FRIEND SHIP. hE SAID THAT HE ACTUALLY LOST A GOOD FRIEND.sarojani then left me at STC in her car.At Kadapa. vikkys friends parents also I met. One of them was an lic development officer.Other family were living at bangalore. they had a grand son.

At hyderabad STC I met Kamala and Lakshmiprasanna. we stayed at Srinivasa lodge at Kachiguda. Adjacent to it was SWeekar hotel. We had our breakfast and tiffins in the evenings there only. It was neatly maintained.Every evening we three used to for shopping to kill time. We enjoyed our stay there.

First time I knew why Prasad was more interestd in staying at hotel than staying at relatives home. now I DONT BLAME HIM.wE WENT TO cHARMINAR AND I FELT HAPPY SEEING IT. mY FATHER took me there 35 years back when I was writing competitive exams.

papa,Ujjwala phoned and explained their inability to meet me. vasu and shobhas brother came STC to meet me.

though at first i was afraid to attend the training because vasus family is not there,I felt happy to enjoy my stay with my friends at a hotel. so all is well, that ends well. bye for the day:

lakkis marriage

lakki is my youngest daughter. Prasad and my self wanted to plan and perform the marriage in a very grand fashion. prasad got a contract and he was very happy. He used to say that he would save money from these contract works and utilise it for her marriage. he got first payment of the bill in december,2009.

But after his demise we thought of doing her marriage with in one year.Because if we do it like that.kanyadanaphalam goes to him.the boy he liked most for her was Chandrasekhar.and by gods grace .\, that match is confirmed.marriage is fixed for december 10th,2010.

I hope wish sincerely that he will shower his blessings on me and may children and their families.

Because I sincerely feel that he is the force behind every thing good that has taken place after his parting.Ireally miss him.

manoharan rrelieved

manoharan is our officer. he worked at madanapalli branch for the past 4 years. practically he was vexed. last year he was given transfer orders but was not relieved for some reasons. this time his reliever had joined two weeks back. yesterday he gave us party at roja lodge. I took Mythili also along with me to the party with Manoharans consent. We had gobi manchuria, veg parota,dal fry. green peas masala. fried rice and sprite.

Today manager had come from Hyderabad and conducted meeting to relieve him. Manoharan said that he suffered a lot the first six months due health problems and hotel food. These past four years he could not attend even a single function of his relatives. He could not join his son personally into college.He could not look after his wife when she was not well. i felt sorry for him. Everyone wished him well and we dispersed. compared to workmen ,officers are afraid to disobey the manager because he would spoil their records.

today I dyed my hair partially because tomorrow I am leaving for kadapa.

lakkys job

lakky is my yougest daughter.she has secured a job at last. her marriage is fixed. prasd was very much interested in that boy. In fact all our family members were in favor of tah match. It too,is confirmed. marriage is scheduled on dec 10th,2010. We have already started marriage preparations.

In todays news Ishwarya bacchan s marriage is confirmed. Iam very happy to know about it.Prasads demise is a huge loss to me personally and to my family members. but i am happy that my children and vani and chaithanya and chandu have taken inspiration from him in continuing hte bond of love and affection to all and succeeded.thank you all.

Now i am making preaprations in going to kadapa for the Gruhapravesam function of vanis parents. Just now I bought a sizzling saree and dhotis to them on behalf of my children.Gruhapravesam is scheduled on 21/6/2010. On that night I am leaving for hyderabad to attend stc trainig on cbs for end users. Today ihave withdrawn the advance ta also. From kadapa they have booked sleeper coach bus to me. This is the first time Iam going to alight such a bus.

At first Irather felt funk to go to hyderabad alla lone and almost cancelled the program. but my son Vliiky had boosted up my morale and advised me not to be afraid for petty and small things. I needed that moral backup very much. Normally I am not timid or afraid of any thing . but recent developments had marked a dent in my armature.But now i am back to my normal nature.So I am going to the training at last.

i have decided to stay with my colleagues in a hotel and attend the training. I am going to reach their hotel alla lone.

Whem\n my childrens support is there , I need not fera for anything in this world. bravo!!

demise of my husband

hai,recently i lost my husband. he had heart attack on jan,21 2010. On knowing about the dact I rushed to Tirupathi,By thetime I went ,he was already admitted in a private hospital.to me he looked normal.HE was active. he was taliking normally.Icould not assess the seriousness.I thought he was in good hands.My sisters. and others came and talked with the doctor. he said there was no alarm and the patient responede to medicine very well.so we relaxed.but next dayafternoon he had low bp. but doctors have not informed. But my husband himself told me. By evening he had second stroke and even then doctor did not inform me. When I told of the developments to my brother he suspected second stroke and enquired with the doctor. then he checked and confirmed . he then told that he was not comfortable in treating the patient and told us tto go some whwre for treatment.he said that immediately angioplasty had to be done. he could not be taken to chennai also. so under emergency, we shifted him to svims and there they performed angioplasy. there wereb two blocks . only one was removed.

about my mothers family

At that time to curtail child marriages an act as passed by the government. That act was called Sarada act.But in those days girls were got married befor they reached puberty. Especially in brahmin families. if there were unmarried daughters who had already reached puberty, it was sin. Socially ,they were looked down. so, my grandfather took our aunt -Kotamma to hyderabad and got her married in a hotel.Kotamma and Nagabhushan rao had five children. They were Nagamani Rao, Srungeri.Sasirekha,Usha ,venkateswarrao and oneeldest daughter whose name I dont remember.

Subbulamma was the second daughter. She was married to Narayana rao near EEthamukkala near chirala.She was very beautiful. she was well read in those days.But in later days she had fits.There was no proper madical attention for her ailment and she slowly detereorated in health.Her only daughter, Kanthakkayya was married to my maternal uncleRama Rao later. They had three sons.They were Subbarao, Prakash(we used to cqall him yerrabbai as he was fair) and thelast one with squint eye.

My mother Seethakanthamma was the third one. She studied upto third standarad.Karedu is near seashore. In those days they used to learn letters by writing in the sand.They learnt sanskrit poems and songs from elders. My mother sings the sings even today which she learnt during her child hood in those days from her neighbours.She was married when she was eleven years old.First my fathers sister and maternal uncle had gone to see my mother. Then she was playing with her friends wearing a skirt and blouse.My grand parents were not initiALLY INTERESTD for this match. but My mothers elder uncle was very adamant that this match should be accepted at any cost. he even went on hunger strike and sulked that finally went through it.my father was seven years older to my mother. bY the time of his marriage he appeared for SSLC but failed.He was living with his sister and working as assistant with some reddy.My mother first gave birht to amale child but he did not survive for many days.After words wewere born. Rajeswari, narasimharao Sarojani.Chandramohanrao(Puroshottamarao and padamavathi(myself) were born in this order.

Ramarao was their only son. So he waslooked after preciously.He was given special food.My mother used to feel for the inequality shown by her parents.he did BA at nellore staying with my parents. he secured job in Railways.He married Kanthakkayya. They had four sons and one daughter. they areGopala krishanmurthy, sRinivasa rao. Satyanarayana rao,Padmavathi and Nrasimharao.

Rangamma was the youngest in the family. Though she was dark in complexion she was very beautiful.Her voice was also very different and sweet.She would talk like a child and we feel like hearing it more and more. Her husband was Rama murthy. he was union leader in southcentral railways.They were stationed at Bitragunta. They had three children. They are Shiobha , RAvi and purnachandra rao.Ravi married agirl of his choice. but on the sixteenth day he fell under the running train while getting down and died. That was great blow to them.That girl later went to US and married again.

THis is what I know about my mothers family.

about my mothers family

My mothers name is Seetha kanthamma. Her parents were Ghali Narasimha Rao and Sundaramma.Actually his native place was chinnaganjam in Prakasam district. But one lady named lakshmamma/Subbamma brought him to Karedu and brought him up . After her demise,her property passed on to him.Then ,our grandfather,Narasimha rao called his two brothers to Karedu. One was elder to him. He did not marry and led the life of a sage.Other one was younger and in later years he became the second karanam of Karedu.So practically all the three brothers stayed at karedu and farming for their livelihood.

Actually he married one lady who probably died in child birth or due to some disesase.She did not have any children.Later he married our grand mother ,Sundaramma.She was hard working and intellogent lady. She knew how to save ,plan and execute herthoughts into reality.As it was second marriage for our grandfather,probably they put some conditions. Hehad to look after his widowed sister inlaw whom we used to call as mamakkayya.and also his botherin law who was young at that time. Slowly they fourished. he even did some contract works in PWD at nellore in those days.Hehad four daughters and one son. They were Kotamma, Subbulamma, SeethakanthammaRama rao andRangamma.

He married his first daughter to Nagabhushan rao when she was eight years old.those were the days when Sarada act has come into force.

when my grand father passed away

As in very summer holidays, that summer also we went to Karedu. My cousins and my mothers siters also came.It was very hilarious. Wewere playing all the time. our mamakkayya was telling us stories whileputting rice balls in our hands for eating during nights.Day started normally. My maternal uncle got ready early and told my grandmother that he was going to town on some business for 2-3 days and left.By 9-30am,there was hungama near my grand father. i dont know actually what happened. suddenly every one started crying. local people came in groups to see. Some one said our grand father pased away. Every one was asking for our uncle. they sent people to kavali to find him. They could not catch hold of him inform of the calamity. It was slowly becoming evening . they could not much longer. So without my uncles knowledge or arrival,our grand fathers cremation had taken place. After the third day ,our uncle came and it was shock to him. Hw was the only son  he could not be contacted properly in time.That is what is called fate. everone wept  like anything. 

of what my second sister tlells

Then even our neighbors got alerted  and they went in search of me. It seems I was founf by a policeman near railway station . Hefound me crying and asi was a small child I could not tell him anything.One of our neighbors saw me there with the police man and told that i was their neighbors child and brought me back.

my second sister , sarojani was a cute little thing. even today she doesnt look her age. She loks younger than me from the begining.Oneday , she was trying to hold me to the hip and walking on the road.She could not hold me tight and hence dropped me to the ground. At the same tome,an obese man with rice bag was comig in the rickshaw  and rickhshaw ran over me. My sister was afraid I would be bruised and my mother would scold her. But actually nothing happened to me. so she took me home. From then onwards she would never try to carry me.In that house there were  many families living. Of them, Padmavathamma and her son Seshadri were our best friends. As i knew she was a widow but her faceso pleasant and attracitve. they used to be so affectionate towards us. Seshadri ,her son was also a nice guy. He used to sing very nicely.

what my eldest sister told about me

My sister ,Rajeswari was ten older to me. when I was born , she was studying  sixth class. When she knew  my mother had delivered a girl ,she came to christia hospital atnellore to see me. most of the time , she used to look after me.She used to make me go to sleep and then only she would start studying. When my father was working at mallemadugu project near tirupathi. I had  fever. Then my parents walked all the way from mallemadugu to tirupathi to take me to doctor. My mother was carrying me and my father was walking behind holding an umbrella to ward off sunrays and heat. Later , we were living at Tirupathi opposite Govindarajaswamy temple  in tami brahmins house. It was near to railway station. One day my father came home and asked for me. My mother was in kitchen doing some snacks. She casually replied i would some where nearby. But he adamantly asked my sisters and brothers to bring me. Nowhere was I to be seen. He was angry and asked my mother to stop what she attending in thekitchen and search for me. all went out in search of me in nearby houses but to no avail.They were all weeping that they had almost lost me. Because Tirupathi was a pilgrimage centre and there were rumours that children werestolen and made beggars or to some other nefarious activities.

what my mother &sisters tell about my childhood

when my mother was carrying me  and she was in her eighth month pregnancy ,my father angry with her for some reason. So when she was sleeping on the floor he sat on her chest and slapped her hard many times. She could not escape him.He was sadistic most of the time with my mother.He did not even let her attend her brothers marriage.Then her parents sent sweets  and others to her.He did not let her eat them . he did not even allow her to give to some others. Hemade her dump them intrash cans kept atthe end of the street. She wept vey much. So many times  she tried to commit suicide being unable to withstand his cruelty.Once she tried to fall into the well but he saved her. After I was born , he sent her to karedu to bring money from her parents. She was humiliated  . she could not do anything because he would not let her into the house if did not go there and ask them money. In the midafternoon of summer she walked long distance carrying me ,barefoot to her mothers house weeping all the way. Many of the villagers who knew her were asking what had happened. she could not even answer them.Because of my fathers behaviour she was not given respect even in her mothers house.Once she had to  overstay there  because one after another we children had measles . So she could not leave the village. Then my grand mother who wa then at chennai with her son wrote a letter asking when she would be leaving the house. ther were so many other incidents for which she felt very much. she could not share her problems with any one. MOst of the problems were due to my father. so she could tell him these. She was not talkative and mixed easily with others. Mainly she was an introvert . 

when father was bitten by a dog

My father was transferrd to Tirupathi. Mysister completed her ppc at kurnool medical college. My father got her transferred to tirupathi  medical college. my eldest brother had to be joined in pucat tirupathi. we were all ready to go to tirupathi. Every thing was packed.My father had gone to office to complete the theremaining work.Alol night , he stayed in the office and by 1 or 2 o clock early in the morning he was returning home . Near our house  street dogs pounced on him unprovoked and one of them bit him hard on the thigh.He came home some how. We were all afraid.At that time some of our neibors told that if some of certain leaves were made apaste and applied on that area . it would do some good. So in that darkness ,my eldest brother went on a cycle to outskirts of the town near railway tr

when father was bitten by a dog

My father was transferrd to Tirupathi