Paulo Coelho

This time let me pick a saying of Paulo Coelho for the letter P.I have gone through some of his novels like Aleph and other ones.He writes in his mother tongue Potuguese and which turns in to English translatin,so that they came to us and have had a reading.Quintessentially one thing to note in his writings is simplicity in telling,particularly a complex thought.It seems easy outwardly but it needs a lot of experience and clarity of thought to mould in to the fasion.For example the lines cited in the above picture reveals the truth what I tried to write here.

Those who translates his novels in to English are looked remarkable persons to pour the sense of the words that have been written in the originals. Else, they would not have got an appreciation of the readers.Sometimes,simple comparisons indicate abstract meanings.Plot wise, not too great to say but there was some magic in his writing style that makes one to move further on his books.

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Batukamma Festival : A Unique Identity of Telangana State

With attaining Telangana State, Batukamma festival surged up as its state official celebration.The festival is another name for the heartbeat of  the soil of this region.Batukamma has had almost  history of 1000 years and which is an undivided spirit of the people.To be brief, this is the festival of flowers of the season.All the required flowers can be collected to make a seven layer gopuram like on a plate.Tanner's Cassia (Tangedu),Marigold(Banthi),Indian Lotus(Tamara),Cucurbita (Gummadi puvu),Luffa(Beera Puvu) and other flowers would be collected and after  setting them in the plate in seven layers,Women folk,girls mainly take part in singing concerned songs with having circled around the Batukammas,these florals are treated as Batukamma,one should remember it.

This festival played a vital role in the struggle of  Telangana,people united and displayed Batukammas as their symbol of emotional oneness.As Tilak used Ganapathi navaratri festival to unite people,so it was used in the struggle of Telangana movement.More to say,the festival remained as all people's celebration ,cutting off all religion and Caste barriers.The nine day bound festival started on September 30 and closed on October 7 this year.See the effect of the state power,this time all the government offices without any exception are staging Batukamma festival.

A Scandal in Bohemia

Sherlocks Holmes stories ,however, do not  require any new  introduction as they had been their own place in the sphere of  investigation. Cap,pipe and the mirror in the hand, all these would appear before us.Dr. Watson, assistant of Holmes also never fails to remind his witty conversation.Author Sir Arthur Conan Doyal is said to be not so popular when compared to his principal character ,that's the doting point to note.I don't know about others,for me,Holmes character was pretty known right from my childhood,and not exposed to its author.Is it happened to others..or only the case with me,I don't know..!

Recently flipped through the series of the stories.The story 'A Scandal in Bohemia' appealed to me for its interesting narrative.Plot was simple,Bohemian prince came to Sherlocks Holmes one day in disguise with a secret affair to be solved.He met an Opera singer Irene Adler in Warsaw,had a good time with her,not only that they got photographed too.That became a problem for him as he desired and engaged with a scandinavian princess.He was told it to be redirected to him on the day of his marriage,that could become a great obstacle for his marital life.So he asked Holmes to grab the photo at any cost,offered his provincial part as a gift in return.But our Super detective cleverly asked him to pay his present expences in cash,who knows what could happen once it got solved afterwards.

Holmes and his confidant Watson reached to the house of Irene and with their super plan got to know that the photograph was being so safe in a corner but was not possible to steal it eventually because of time constraint.In a shadowy place of the  street some unknown person wished them good night,first they had not recognised the person but it was none other than Irene Adler,the opera singer.They were conned by her wits.At last,Holmes appreciated her intelligence.

The illustrations created for the story are so apt and gave a chance to the reader to imagine the real characters how they could possibly be in real life,they provided life for the words all through the book.Let's talk about another story in the next post.

ABC WEDNESDAY

Lingering in a Lemon Grove, When visited a picturesque village on an errand,the person seen in the picture is Dr.Veedhula Rambabu, a teacher by profession.I clicked it on his request.It was a small farmhouse under the ownership of a local gentleman.Coconut,mango and other plants were also there.Happy Wednesday.  

One simple mistake costs a life

We all knew that Kavery river judgement of the apex court triggered a massive riots and burnings of the buses and shops of Tamil origin in the state of Karnataka.It is also a fact that this row had been coming for 120 years and not a recent one.You see what happened in the month of september 2016, that too in the second and third weeks of it,almost 56 buses set ablaze in protest apart from vandalizing of properties of Tamil origin.I am neither from Karnataka nor from Tamil nadu.But as an Indian from some other state like Telangana writing it since a bus no way related to this problem burnt to charred not only that a boy of aged 3 years named by Vikas from Tanuku lost his life.

Do you know how..? The bus was coming from Shirdi to Hyderabad (16 th of this month) and while this journey reached to Humnabad of Karnataka,some unknown mob rushed and set this bus afire,that was early in the morning ,so as soon as heat comes nearer all the people got down in hurry except one boy aged only three,sleeping in his comfort,alas,lost his life for the unmerciful flames set by agitators .His name was Vikas belonged to Tanuku of Andhra pradesh.Tell me in which way he was responsible to the problem..and do the perpetrators scotfree at their will..if it is so..what kind of country we are living in...it's no way lesser than primitive society ,even there also an innocent could not have been killed like it.

The registration was also written on the bus as T.S. (Telangana State) Instead of T.N. ..,it was mistaken by the mob  as a Tamil Nadu bus,how knowledges the people were even at the boarder of Telangana but lies in Karnata.This case has to be taken as sue moto by the courts ,and innocent children to be protected from this sort of mad attempts.A lesson to be learnt from this incident ,not only Karnataka people but also all Indian citizens particularly in rash movements.

Are we not ashamed of it..?

We all possibly have read a news item  just a couple of days back  that a poor and ill fated Adivasi named Dana Majhi has been received a check for Rs.9 lakh from the king of Bahrain.That was a kind donation made by a person outside our country.That's great and worth mentioning his broad heart.At the same time,there was a question ringing in the bottom of our consciousness.What about our state( here Odisha)  and central administration..? and so called culture vultures..? why did not they come forward to help him before the announcement of Bahrain king..?How insensitive in practice,and high jargon in speeches..!Did not they get ashamed of being helped by a non Indian,for the misery of the son of this soil..?

Who is this Dana Majhi..? A poor guy belonged to the village of Melghar of Kalhandi district of Odisha.He was shot in to fame by featuring his plight of being unable to pay the ambulance ,instead,carrying the dead body of his wife for ten miles on his shoulders,along with his wailing daughter is really a scene of heart melting.Thanks for  uploading it on the social media which went unexpected shores.How many years we have been through the independent India ,alas,never bothered to see such a sorrow status from the remote corners of the country,then what is the meaning of freedom that we have achieved from others and what is the quality in our education system not to empathise his neighbour.

I seldom see some so called high profile educated and sophisticated people always go to remote areas of tribal people and tried to click photographs with them,for their unique dress,ornaments,features to be photographed for the sake of fashion statement.As we are the people of this country,don't we know the precise cause of their backwardness..? Help the people marginalised with possible education,employment and real spirit of upliftment instead of lip sympathy.Our country has become too politicised  to thrive wealth from marginalised sections and nobody likes to talk about it openly as it is a perennial  source of income.  

Are we not caste obsessed ...?

There in Rio, Sindhu was sweating for winning the game,but here in India ,no,not only in here around, Kuwait,Bahrain,UAE, and many other countries we people were so busy with searching her caste through google search.What a great enthusiasm over the issue,Telugu people are a bit more anxious in knowing caste of others ,what to say,when the person made a remarkable achievement at world level.Each caste interested to own her .Why this hullabaloo all over Telugu people,there has been a series of interesting reasons behind the zeal which requires volumes to write.

Frankly speaking, almost the phenomena is prevalent throughout our country.As India runs by caste in almost every sector be it politics,business and sports and what not every part is being influenced by it,everybody speaks high values but in action vice versa,why the double standards rule our lives..? In rural areas,people ask directly what caste one belongs to,but in urban arenas,a bit polished play goes on,through surname,features,relations all these to be tested to know about it,a subtle way ,you know.And now this is the age of net and which can be used to it and that's what happened on this occasion.

Is it not possible appreciating one's talent without knowing the caste..? What all these high jargon of modern education mean by then,no way different from an illiterate  one who was superstitious in every possible way.When our tricky mindset would get better ..?! The national level media highlighted the issue to the core and unfortunately for all the wrong reasons .Sakshi Mallick and Deepa Karmakar were also being googled from different regions,for the same information.

Sindhu came back today to Hyderabad and got grand welcome.Andhra Pradesh announced 3 crore prize money,in retort,Telangana announced 5 crore to beat the latter,and of course other incentives are also announced from both hemispheres,this is another game in the political front.After bifurcation,the two Telugu states start trying to outwit opposite one in every case possible.The result at last came as a shock that Sindhu 's father hailed from Telangana and mother came from Andhra region.And their's is an inter caste marriage ...Rest in peace caste obsessed brains...!!!

Who are behind the gangster Nayimuddin and Why he got killed..?

It became a million dollar question now.Nayim is the name that sent shock waves without any second thought,be it in Andhara or Telangana..!Of course, his growth as a dreadful killer and manipulator of the property owners happened  before bifurcation of the state.He was backed by the police and political heavyweights for their own dvantages.Nayim ,a renegade naxalite started giving clues to the police department about Maoists and their moves.He helped the police in several activities ,especially in eliminating people in undercover operations.Many human rights  activists and naxal supporters got killed in unknown or so called hooligans hands named after like cobras and so on.He himself was accused in a murder case of an IPS officer Vyas.But as he was acting as an informer for the police,they overlooked his other activities like threatning for ransom from Realtors and other rich people.

He graduated from such a stage to build a gang for him and started working for some powerful politicians and the connections made him further strong in every step he had taken.Settlements for properties of high stakes came his way.All it was started back in 15 years around.As time passes by ,his assets reached to thousands of crores.Extended activities to another 5 states.Along with recruiting sufficient members.

Around and in Hyderabad ,Nayim assets revealed to be minimum 4 thousand crores.Investigations saying he has also two houses in Goa from where he was switching his pawns accordingly.All the Telugu news channels and papers have been full of the ongoing news details that coming out with spicy tinge.Nayim encountered on 8th of this month and these few days after that,story after story coming out with the names attached to the deceased ,interestingly there are some ministers ,Legislative members,Top Police officers and other ones among them.It shows how deeply the nefarious saga has its roots.

There are rumors spreading that threatening of some ruling party MLAs caused the killing of Nayimuddin.And one more thing is said that  he has been planning to enter state politics in the near future and that could be harmful for some top people to face him.Because secrets with him would also be dangerous if it revealed on occasions.Today's Sakshi( Telugu daily) has stepped further by placing an allegation made by a TRS leader that Nayimuddin had brought forth and fed by erstwhile Chandrababu government to crush his political rivals,let's wait for some more light on the issue.

Entertaining queen of yesteryears Passed away

Jyotilakshmi (63) passed away today and the news came as a shock  for the generation of yesteryears.No introduction is required as she swayed up  all south Indian movies like wildfire.Jyotilakshmi reigned as a dancer for item songs and vamp character artist.Between 1970 to 1980, she was a must for oomph factor and she never failed to tickle the heart of  the audience ,to be frank,in stirring heat below the waistline.Not only that,she had perfect figure or structure along with heart touching acting skills.There were hardly any men in those years who never have dreamt of her provoking body.

Jayamalini came as a storm after Jyotilakshmi but the special qualities of the latter is incomparable. Nowadays,heroins turned vamps to boost their career and the competition in skin showing is growing with the times.The sexier,the better.Jyoti lakshmi is a trained dancer that we could understand in her styles of classical and non-classical dancing.Idalokam,Prema nagar,Gandharva kanya and many more pictures support the fact.
She has been seen in several serials and movies up to her last breath. It is learnt that she suffered from cancer for the last few years.Monday midnight she was declared as passed away.Right from all top stars of yesteryears to budding artists of present day association of her being was witnessed.Let's say goodbye to her.She enacted her part in the gigantic play of mundane world.

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One Life to Ride : A Motorbike Journey

This amazing book was penned by Ajit Hari singhani, a Pune based speech therapist, yet ,it was all about his motorbike journey into the highlands of the Himalayas.He started from Pune and covered leh,Kargil and all other passess and came back to Jammu to reach the home.Altogether 4 thousand above meters altitude he crossed and met interesting people,scenic beauty and of course life threatening incidents included.The book brought us to the exotic thrilling places where no human being was seen or met.His description is awesome and readability is guaranteed.We shall congratulate our boarder road service officials once we compleated the book,because road construction in some parts of high mountains are risky and needs lots of patience.Some roads after compleated in the morning can be spoiled by the time of evening or a bit earlier due to melting of the ice.

The Buddhistic festivities at Leh,a Gurudwara in the passing way offered the writer chilling experiences and the people associated with them helped him in their own special way.At some heights,the terrain looked as if he were in another planet.He astonished at the closing of  beauties of the Himalayas.In addition,Ajit is 56 years old and preferred Royal Enfield to travel.We could understand why he chosen such bike after going through it.That's prudent being learnt mechanism of the bike as which would lead to imminent dangers unless he learned it.

Exiting pictures added in the book.More to it,narration grips the reader until the last page. Different people whom he met taught him different lessons,all through the book, the style of writing never leave you behind.Anxiety,suspense and courage that all we can be felt all along the book.The reason behind the motorbike journey is convincing and it related to the people whom he met because of his career.There were some great travelers I have been reminded ,Paravastu Parameswar ,a Hyderabadi traveler who dared silk route all alone and he penned it in Telugu.