Travel Stories and Life Events
After the initial assessment and later in coordination with government and other developmental agencies the planning for rehabilation in those affected districts initiated…with support from Oxfams experts we established field offices in those affected areas.. We had set up field offices in Ganjam,Puri,jagatsinghpur,Jajpur,Kendrapara, where we had full teams comprising professionals from all sectors.. We used … Read more
The 1999 Super Cyclone was one which will remain in our memories as worst and deadly cyclone killing thousands of people and and millions of houses collapsed, washed away. Initially it started on 16th October 1999 and then the second time it hit around 29th of October.16th October was not that severe as it was … Read more
As you may have seen in my previous articles that in our family we love pets. We used to have parrots, pigeons, hen, duck, cows, goats, dog and many more. In my village Panchali and in fact all villages you will see big farmers will have hundreds of cattle in their houses and they sell … Read more
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
Andhra Pradesh is one of the states where tobacco is cultivated the most. Since this is a cash crop people put in lot of efforts for final output of the tobacco. In our villages also tobaccor is grown and its a long process from planting to processing and it takes several months. Every day we … Read more
Any festival small or big is observed and enjoyed the most in villages. Since the villages are small in size and the houses are adjacent to other anything is done in one corner of the villages is spread to all over the village within no time – no social networks, no internet that time only … Read more
When we were very young studying in 4th or 5th standard we used to enjoy a lot during Dusserah. Though Dusserah is observed it is not a very big festival in south and particularly in villages of Andhra Pradesh where I come from. However, for Dusserah we use to have at least 10 days school … Read more
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 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
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