Travel Stories and Life Events
Interesting events, stories during my life. From childhood to till date
Since we had gone on an assignment to work for the relief and rehabilitation of Rohingyas who migrated to Bangladesh in large numbers. Though i visted Bangladesh earlier just for a meetig or workshop speding few days, this time this was an assignment of longer period. Since some Indians were working in the organisation where … Read more
If you have not experienced the village life and after going through some of the posts am sure you will have some understanding of how the village life is and how the people manage their day to day life. Since most of the villagers depend on agriculture and the produce, they put all out efforts … Read more
Decades ago the village atmosphere was so different and i spent my childhood in my village till i completed my 12th standard. Those years that i spent in my village i can never forget in my life. Those days are golden days. Whatever I remember i keep on writing in separate posts. This post is … 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