I Won A Pen

As you may have seen my previous articles where i mentioned about my schools and my village and surroundings. In those days we used to have few schools in the villages. In my village the school was from 1st standard to 7th Standard and once you pass out 7th you have to go to nearby … Read more

Barter System

Barter System – When we read in history we notice that there were barter systems in the past rulings for centuries. I had the opportunity of seeing this during my childhood. In villages people cultivate various food products which include cereals, vegetables, rice, wheat and so on and so forth. Particularly in villages, i noticed … Read more

Bhogi Mantalu – Makar Sankranti

Bogi Mantalu In Andhra Pradesh, the southern province of India, Pongal is celebrated with enthusiasm. It’s a four day festival and biggest festival in Andhra. The first day is Bhogi, second day Sankranti and the third day is Kanuma and the fourth day is Mukkanuma. People save a part of their earnings for this festival. … Read more

Festival of Goddess -Ammavari Panduga

Festival of Goddess – Ammavari Panduga Ammavari Panduga – This is a festival of village Godess – this is mostly observed for a period of 9 days unless the village committee decides to extend it further for few days. Initially the village commitee announces dates and accordingly the villagers does intimate the announcement to their … Read more

Gramophone and Discs

gramophone

In my childhood there were hardly any audio visuals or communication materials. For any event that time they used to have the local musical instruments like shehnai,flute,tabala,drums etc. Since we were hardly reading 4th or 5th standard and we friends to go to the nook and corner of the village wherever an event takes place … Read more

Our River Vattigedda – Panchali

When we were young children we used to enjoy a lot during the summer holidays as for school children we used to have almost two months summer holidays many used to go to their villages where their near and dear resides. As durng those days since there were no communication particularly motorbikes, or cars many … Read more

Bibi Ka Maqbara: The Taj Mahal of Deccan

bibi ka maqbara

An Architectural Marvel in Aurangabad For holidays we decided to go to Mumbai, Shiridi,Sani Signapur Aurangabad, Nasik,Ajanta caves and other places around. We went around second week of April and It was very hot and that too we had planned to cover a number of places travelling by taxi as that was the only better … Read more