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September 8, 2023

Jayanta Mahapatra : A Stalwart in Indian English Poetry

  Jayanta Mahapatra (94) passed away on 27th of last month. Then I was asked to write some sentences, because I remained silent due to my own reasons. Many have written. But I will write now what I think of him. In Indian literature, especially in relation to poetry, there is a trio to say. They are AK Ramanujan, R. Parthasarathi and Jayanta Mahapatra who died recently. Jayanta's name has been familiar to readers of English literature since about two generations ago. Even abroad..!

It was Jayanta who blazed a new path with themes related to his daily life, not the path paved by English poetry written by people like Nissim Ejikel and Arun Kolatkar from Bombay in those days. Jayanta's English poetry was written based on his own Oriya life. He wrote not only poetry but also stories and essays. Out of total 27 books, twenty books were written  in English and seven books in Oriya language.

Indian English magazines started publishing his works only after foreign magazines recognized and published them. Magazines like The New Yorker, New England, Chicago Review, Georgia Review, and The New Republic initially encouraged his English poetry. His writings were well published in Bi Monthly like Indian Literature published by Kendra Sahitya Akademi and in other desi magazines.

He was the first to be awarded the Central Sahitya Academy Fellowship in English Literature. There is a long list of awards and honorary doctorates. Although he was a physics teacher by nature, his English poetry made him special. He started writing poetry very late i.e. from the age of 40. Chandrabhaga, a literary magazine published by him from Cuttack, is a notable milestone in the field of Indian English literary service.

Satchidananda Mohanty, a fan (retired English professor) writing about Jayantha Mahapatra said that his childhood was painfully torn between two worlds, and he used to tell his friends about it in his last stages. Jayantha Mahapatra's grandfather converted to Christianity and used to follow those practices at home, but as all his relatives were orthodox conservatives, he was far away from Hinduism.

The poem "Grandfather" was actually written for their grandfather. It got a good reputation. The gist of it is that he was converted to save himself from a terrible drought in 1866. In those days, food was given only to those who had converted to Christianity in camps to help them from famine. Jayanta described it pathetically in that poem.

He lived for 94 years and seems to have predicted his death in advance. When a publisher told him that I would publish your collection of poems, Birds of Water, in December 2023, he joked that  would I be alive till then. That came true unfortunately. The Orissa state government conducted the last rites with state honors.

--- Murthy 

Peace Committee Meeting

With the instructions given by  Bhadradri Kothagudem district SP Vineeth IPS, ASP of Bhadrachalam Pankaj Paritosh IPS conducted a peace committee meeting at his office with the members of various religious outfits like Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal, Gosamrakshana Samiti and Bhadrachalam Muslim Jamaat Committee members in view of upcoming Ganesh Celebrations. 

 suggestions were taken into consideration to ensure peaceful conduct of upcoming Ganesh celebrations and precautionary measures were discussed so that no one faces any trouble. ASP advised to celebrate Ganesh celebrations peacefully with devotion and discussed the precautions to be taken in upcoming Ganesh celebrations. Bhadrachalam CI Nagaraju Reddy, Traffic SI Srinivas, Town SIs Madhu Prasad, PVN Rao, Vijayalakshmi, Bajrang Dal Ajay Kumar, Vishwa Hindu Parishad Siddhartha Mekala, Gorakshana Samiti Manikantha and Bhadrachalam Muslim Jamaat committee members Halim Khan, Munaf, Shafi, Abdullah and others participated in this meeting.



#Peace #Meeting #Ganesh #Celebrations

August 31, 2023

Mamidi Harika : A Silambam Sensation

 Silambam (Karra Saamu) champion from our temple town..? Surprised a lot when I first saw the video of her practicing in our nearby grounds, perhaps. Well, the video was sent by my friend Srinivas garu in the last month. And a few paper statements were also seen in which she was receiving compliments from the local dignitaries. In fact, it's really a rare phenomenon being a girl performer of Silambam. She is none other than Mamidi Harika, a resident of Rajupeta Colony, Bhadrachalam.

Harika completed her degree and now keep pursuing library computer science at Vijayawada. And she is practicing Silambam unlike many other girls in our society. Because Silambam is a traditional martial art, generally considered to be a male domain. However, a most welcoming change in all respects. And she achieved more feathers in her crown like Gold medal in the state level silambam tournaments held at Vijayawada and Bronze medal in the National tournaments. In brief to say,  three times international gold medalist and her coach is K. Satya Srikanth.

Harika won Gold medal in the recent South Asian silambam tournaments held at Bangalore in the last week of August. Eight countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Sudan and Ghana participated including our country. She has been steadily going on to higher echelons with her grit and good practice. Silambam practice makes one bodily fit and healthy. Not only that a self - defense method with minimal weapon. Harika remains a shining example for all the present day youth, especially girls.

Let's know a little bit of facts about Silambam. Silambam is nothing but Karra saamu in Telugu. It was an indigenous martial art, started in our country some thousands of years back, roughly around 4th century BC. According to historians, this martial art had been referred in Sangam literature. Agastya was considered to be the originator of it. Stick or Staff generally procured from the Bamboo, Teak or Indian chestnut wood.

They also used silambam to attack animals apart from the purpose of self defense. It improves flexibility, awareness, strength and muscular cardio vascular stamina in the body. Let many other aspirants come forward to learn this traditional martial art form, a glorious legacy, with the impact and influence of Mamidi Harika.  

--- Murthy



#Silambam#Bamboostaff#Practice #Selfdefence#Martial art #traditional #legacy

New Mahindra Tractor Donated

 A devotee Sri Bansari Das Roshan Lal of Hyderabad donated a brand new Mahindra Tractor to the Lord Rama, yesterday. It was donated to use in the service of Devasthanam works. The tractor worth Rs.7,75,000/- and which has been handed over to Mrs. L. Rama Devi (E.O.of Devasthanam). One more update is that Nitya Kalyanam rituals will be resumed again from Sep 1 of this year and it has been stopped temporarily because of Pavitrotsavamulu. 


 

#Mahindra#Tractor#Donation

August 29, 2023

Immersion of Ramakoti Books

Pavitra utsavaalu (Holy celebrations) have been going on in the  renowned temple of  Bhadrachala Sri Seeta Ramachandra Swamy. Monday, Pavitra aarohanam rituals were done in a great way and they turned eye feasting all over. Harathi has been given after performing special pujas.

Ramakoti Books submitted by the devotees were immersed in the holy waters of Godavari river. They have all been brought to the river with a rally chanting Lord Rama's name, all along the streets. After ablutions being performed with pasupu and kumkuma all the Ramakoti Books immersed into the waters of River Godavari. Apart from it, Mrs. L. Ramadevi has taken charge as E.O. today.    




#Immersion#Ramakoti #books

August 27, 2023

A Commendable Initiative For the Public

 A team of philanthropists named "Mee kosam Memunnaamu" , belonged to the place of Cherla  set an example for the cause of Service by providing food to the needy people every Sunday. Today's program is in line of 93rd week. The people who come to the weekly fair and others are seen queued up to utilize this service and which has been going on without any hassle with the support of like minded good samaritans. Each week is sponsored by a donor , on the occasion of some special celebration, be it a wedding anniversary or a birthday bash or something else. This week is donated by Munagala Krishna and Kavitha Rani of Nagarjuna sagar , on the occasion of their wedding anniversary.

This weekly food donation program gained momentum in course of time. And it brought a special recognition for the place with its non stop activity as there has been no dearth for helping hands to support with every possible effort. Chairman of the organization Lion Neeli Prakash said that we should all share something with fellow beings from what we have, on the auspicious occasions of our lives. And it's an obvious example for the same.

Vice-Sarpanch  Siripuram Shiva, Javvadi Sathish, Doddi Thatha Rao, Suri babu, Ramana Rao, Dodda Prabhudas, Marla Prasad, Karnati Madhu,  Neeli Simhachalam, Tandavarayudu, Gommugudem Chary, Sollangi Nageswar Rao,Komari Srinivasa Rao, Paritala Rama mastar, Bhadram, Potluru Nehru, Marla Raja and others participated in the event.

--- Murthy


#Philanthropist#Food#Donation#weekly

August 23, 2023

How Come A Place Named after so...

 It's quite common every street has a name and sometimes the names of the streets evoke emotional backdrop when they have been named after something unique. Bhadrachalam , the temple town too has a place which throws a quizzical challenge with almost it's obscure name that one can, probably, never come across anywhere else. That's Thatha Gudi Center. Yes, you heard it right. It's  one of the oldest streets in the town. Everybody calls it as Thatha Gudi center. if we get it translated in to English which is roughly meant by Grand father temple center. Here is a temple of Lord Anjaneya in the midst of the center. But it doesn't have any connection with the name of the street.

And of course, we would behold a holy construction behind it and which is the temple of Sri Varadaraja Swamy. Some senior citizens opined that the street's named after the latter deity. It's clueless whether  Varadaraja Swamy has any other name like Thatha (Grand father) to get this center named as Thatha Gudi center. However, very few people seldom thought of it though they would go by and by on their own works over the place.  Once upon a time, this center was most prominent one with unending festivities, be it Sri Krishnashtami, Sankranthi, Sri Rama Navami and what not. Adults and children would gather here to wish each other. Lots of revelry and gala time. It is all a past thing now.

Up to mid eighties, some banks were around here and exactly to say, a few yards away where we find a medical shop at present. With passing time, Church street housed almost all banks and which turned a busy place ever. Transformation is unstoppable. Now Thatha Gudi center has it's own importance but not the sheen of yesteryears. Then we have had Atmaram book stall around here and it was synonymous to allrounder in stationary materials. Here we have some age old Arya Vyasya hotels with glorious past in serving lip smacking items. 

--- Murthy



#Street #Name #Strange #Awesome #Old

August 21, 2023

Allotment of Liquor Shops Was Done

 District Collector Dr. Priyanka said that the process of allotment of liquor shops was done in a transparent manner through lottery.  

The Collector participated in the lottery process conducted for the allotment of 88 shops under the auspices of the District Excise Department at Bhadradri Auditorium in Zen colony, today. On this occasion, the Collector said that as per the guidelines of the State Government, Excise department has taken applications for setting up liquor shops from 4th August to 18th.    

                     She said that 5057 people have applied for 88 liquor shops across the district. She said that the lottery process in the presence of the applicants was done with utmost security and the process was videotaped. LED TV has been installed so that the applicants can watch. She said that passes have been issued in advance to control the crowd so that no untoward incident took place, expressed happiness that the lottery process was conducted in a very transparent manner in a calm environment amid tight security. 

Additional Collector Rambabu, Excise Deputy Commissioner Janardhan Reddy, District Excise Officer Janaiah, Excise CIs, SIs  and others participated in this program.



#Allotment#Liquor shops

Crime Review Meeting

 SP Dr. Vineeth G IPS held a crime review meeting with the district police officers in the conference hall of the district SP office today. On this occasion, the SP said that all the police officers should perform their duties responsibly so that the criminals are punished and the accused are brought to justice. He inquired about the details of the cases. He said that visible policing should be continuously available to the public as part of maintaining peace. He suggested that strict action should be taken against the people who engage in illegal activities that cause trouble to the general public. 

Special surveillance should be established and legal action should be taken against people who engage in unsocial activities like ganja transportation, matka and betting. It is suggested that special surveillance should be established on people who commit organized crimes and action should be taken against them in advance. Awareness programs should be organized across the district about the need of She Teams. They asked to increase the trust more. The police officers and staff who showed excellence in their duties were handed over certificates of appreciation. Certificates of appreciation were handed over to the police officers and staff who showed merit in their vertical-wise duties. 

Bhadrachalam ASP Pankaj Paritosh IPS, DSPs Venkatesh, Ramana Murthy, Raghavendra Rao, Rahman, Mallaya Swamy and CIs, SIs and staff of the district participated in this meeting.



#Crime#Review#Meeting

August 15, 2023

Freedom is a result of many sacrifices : SP Dr. Vineet

In celebration of the 77th Independence Day, District SP Dr. Vineeth G IPS unveiled the national flag at the SP office today. Speaking on the occasion, the SP said that the country got freedom because of the sacrifice of many  precious lives. He said that independence was achieved after tireless struggles. Many people sacrificed their lives in the history of freedom struggle and it is our responsibility to inform future generations about their sacrifices. He informed that the staff are performing their duties responsibly and are providing services with integrity and honesty. Everyone is requested to be a partner in helping the dreams of the warriors who laid down their lives to achieve freedom for our country.

Additional SP (Operations) T. Sai Manohar, AR Additional SP Vijay Babu, Bhadrachalam ASP Pankaj Parithosh IPS, Palvancha DSP Venkatesh, Kothagudem DSP Rahman, Manguru DSP Raghavendra RaoIllendu DSP Ramana Murthy , DCRB DSP Mallaya swamy, CI Venkateswarlu, AO Jayaraju, SB Inspectors Nagaraju, Raju varma, Police officers union president Srinivasa Rao and other staff participated in the event.

August 13, 2023

The Police extended the welfare programs in the remote tribal pockets

District SP Dr.Vineet.G who toured extensively in Charla and Dummugudem mandals, yesterday and on behalf of the  Police Department SP started the development programs in remote tribal villages, the aim of the police is to provide minimum facilities to the migrant tribal people said SP Dr.Vineeth.

 Additional SP Operations T. Sai Manohar, Bhadrachalam ASP Paritosh Pankaj IPS participated in this program along with SP. Earlier, SP Dr. Vineeth G IPS started a free mega medical camp organized by Charla police at Burugupadu, a Gutti Koya village in Charla mandal.  Medical examinations were conducted for children and old people and all they belonged to 50 families.. Medical examinations were conducted by a special medical team from Bhadrachalam and Charla.

 Volleyball kits were given to the youth of the village. Later, when floods occurred in the middle of the Charla to Pusuguppa road, the roads were washed away and people's traffic was disrupted. 04 bridges are to be  constructed on this road with central government funds and SP inaugurated concerned works. He said that henceforth the people of Pusuguppa will not face any difficulty in reaching Charla. He laid the foundation stone for the construction of the protection wall at the Unjupalli CRPF camp.    

 After that, they handed over a Ganuga oil mill equipment purchased at a cost of Rs.3,20,000/- to the villagers of Unjupalli. A land survey was conducted with the authorities to construct a sports complex for the youth of the mandal in Charla Lenin Colony. The newly constructed sports complex in Dummugudem mandal was inspected and several suggestions were made to the officials there. Speaking about these programs, the SP said that the district police department is constantly working for the welfare of the migrant adivasis in the district. 

Charla CI Rajagopal, Dummugudem CI Ramesh, CIs Ashok, Raju Verma, SIs TVR Suri, Narsireddy, Keshav and other staff members participated in these programs.


August 7, 2023

Mission Indradhanusu

 


District Collector Dr. Priyanka launched the Mission Indradhansu program at Indiranagar Primary Medical Center of Palvancha Mandal on Monday. Mission Indra Dhanush advised everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated. 

The collector said that the Mission Indra Dhanusu program will be organized from today to the 12th in all the primary health centers of the district. According to the National Immunization Program schedule, unvaccinated children between 0 to 5 years of age and pregnant women have been identified, and the unvaccinated children and pregnant women will be vaccinated in special sessions organized as part of the Mission Indra Dhanusu programme.


July 26, 2023

Streams are overflowing

 District Collector Dr. Priyanka Ala has directed the authorities to move the people of the low-lying areas to the rehabilitation centers as nearly two lakh cusecs of water is being released downstream from the Taliperu project. The District Collector ordered the authorities to continuously monitor the villages in the flooded area as heavy flood water is entering the project. He said that the flow of traffic should be controlled as the flood water has reached the road from Bhadrachalam to Charla at Satyanarayanapuram and R. Kothagudem.

 They said that barricading should be done along with danger warning boards to prevent people from being transported. People are told not to come out of their houses as it is raining incessantly. Farmers are advised not to go for agricultural work as the streams are overflowing and people should also take precautions not to try to cross. Fishermen are told not to go fishing. She said that the cattle should be kept at home without being allowed to graze outside, and the cattle should be moved to higher areas in case of flood. People are told to call control room numbers for emergency services. She said that the authorities should be available in the working positions.


July 21, 2023

Flood Areas Inspected by Puvvada Ajay Kumar

 In the wake of the Godavari floods, Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar inspected the flood situation from the top of Bhadrachalam Bridge on Friday. Later, a review was conducted with the district officials under the supervision of District Collector Priyanka at Bhadrachalam Sub Collector's office. 

He said that the victims of the Godavari flood areas should be immediately identified and shifted to the rehabilitation centers in advance, and the people of the low-lying areas should be alert to avoid being inundated due to the flood.  Due to the incessant rains, the Godavari is overflowing along with the rivulets and bends, people have been asked to control the flow of traffic, barricades have been set up at the inland roads and danger warnings have been issued and this situation should continue for the next two months.

 It has been suggested that people should take measures to prevent people from wandering in the Godavari flow areas and inform people not to come out of their homes unless it is an emergency. It is dangerous to go out especially at night and people are advised to stay inside their homes.  He said that the services of NDRF teams must be utilized for emergency services and rescue teams under the management of industries in the district should be made available. 

At present, even though the water level is decreasing, the authorities should be ready in all situations so that they do not rest, all the projects have become like a full pot, and the water released from any project reaches the Godavari.Here too, the authorities have been asked to coordinate and take preemptive measures to avoid loss of life and property. On this occasion, Minister Puvvada gave instructions to Special Officers Krishna Aditya, Gautam Potru, District Collector Priyanka and IG Chandra Shekhar Reddy. 

Additional rehabilitation centers should be kept ready and the people of flood-prone areas should be ready to move to the rehabilitation centers. It is suggested that medical camps should be set up to provide medical services in the rehabilitation centers and also continuous sanitation programs should be undertaken continuously.  SE has been directed to take action without power interruption. He wanted to supply safe fresh water to the people and provide quality food in the rehabilitation centers as was done last year.

And to prepare a total of three helipads to help people by helicopter in emergency situations and make appropriate arrangements for that. He said that he would stay here and supervise at the field level, and the officials asked them to do the work assigned to them. Later, he inspected the water level at Godavari Karakatta and spoke to the media. 

Special Flood Officers Krishna Aditya, Gautham Potru, District Collector Priyanka, SP Vineeth, ITDA PO Prateek Jain, Additional Collector Venkateshwarlu, ASP Paritosh Pankaj, all district officials participated in the review.


July 19, 2023

Be Vigilant of heavy Rains


 District Collector Dr. Priyanka has ordered the officials to be alert in the background of heavy rain forecast. She said that the Hyderabad Meteorological Center has warned that there is a possibility of heavy to very heavy rains in the district for the next three days. 

The Collector advised people not to come out of their houses unless it is urgent in view of heavy rain warnings. The Collector advised the people to call the control room number 08744-241950 set up in the Collectorate for the needy in case of any emergency and will be working 24 hours. She made it clear that the government administration from the village level to the district level should be vigilant. They said that there is a danger that the rivulets and bends may overflow due to rains, so do not try to cross them. The people of the low-lying areas have been told to be vigilant.


July 15, 2023

Dr. Priyanka Ala takes charge as New Collector

 District Collector Dr. Priyanka said that she is very happy to get the opportunity to perform duties as a district collector in a district where tribals live a lot. On Saturday, she signed the first signature in her chamber at IODC at 4.23 pm and took charge as the new collector. On this occasion, Additional Collector Venkateswarlu and District Officers of all departments offered flowers and congratulated her. After that, an introductory program was held with the district officials in the collector's chamber. On this occasion, the collector said that she was very happy to get the opportunity to work as a collector in a big district like Bhadradri Kothagudem and to provide services to the people by coordinating everyone according to the priorities and goals of the government. 

She said that she was born and brought up in Telangana and she is happy to work as a collector in our state. She reminisced that she had come to this area with his friends during her school days and had a comprehensive understanding of the area. After studying medicine,  joined the civil service to serve the people. She obtained her civils in 2016 and served as Additional Commissioner in Bhuvanagiri and GHMC Hyderabad. Later, the collector visited the camp office. Additional Collector Venkateshwarlu, District Officers of all departments and others participated in this program. 


Coming to biodata, Dr.Priyanka Ala was born on Jan 6, 1987 and her schooling has taken place in Johnson Grammar school (JGS), Habsiguda, Hyderabad. Obtained her medical degree (MBBS) from MGIMS (Maharashtra) She belonged to 2016 batch (Telangana cadre) of IAS. Her husband Dr. Manipal Kumar Puvvala is a surgeon with Gandhi hospital, Hyderabad. She has two kids (Myra, Elder daughter and Kiyaan, Youngest son). Earlier She worked as Assistant Collector for Bhongir Yadadri district , additional commissioner for GHMC and Zonal commissioner, Serlingampally  zone.

July 13, 2023

Felicitation to the DFO

 District Collector Anudeep said that the distribution program of podu pattas has been completed as per the survey to all the eligible tribals.

ITDA Project Officer Gautam Potru along with District SP Vineeth and DFO Ranjit Naik participated in the Forest Protection Committee meeting held at IDOC conference hall on Thursday. Speaking on this occasion, he said that the deserving tribals have been distributed the podu pattas, and he warned that strict action will be taken if the plantation plants and new forests are cut down. He said that the government has been very ambitious and transparent in the waste land program and distribution of waste tracks have been done after the survey. In some mandals, the concerned police officers said that the tasildars should conduct counseling in coordination with the village sarpanchs with the coordination of the forest staff, as people are still preventing them from setting up plantations in the case of forest lands.

 He said that the problem should be solved in the village itself. He said that the distribution was done  by the committee in the DLC meeting after conducting gram sabhas in each village and selecting the eligible tribals. He said that such people should bring the problem to the notice of the concerned tehsildars so as not to create obstacles to the forest plantations. If necessary, survey the lands within the forest area and organize a meeting at the mandal level and MRO, MPDO, police and forest officials should ensure that the problem does not get complicated and save the forest with the cooperation of all.

      Later, the transferred DFO Ranjit Naik was felicitated by District Collector, SP, ITDA PO, JC, ASP.         Officials of Forest, Police, Revenue and various other departments participated in this program.

July 10, 2023

Prof. Jayashankar's death anniversary

 

 On the occasion of Prof. Jayashankar's 12th death anniversary, in District Library, floral tributes were paid to Prof. Jayashankar's portrait. On this occasion, librarian said that Prof. Jayashankar, who had many dreams for Telangana Sadhana, sacrificed his life for Telangana  and led a celibate life and finally died without seeing Telangana. Later, silence was observed for two minutes in the library to rest the soul of Ananta Reddy, who died due to illness after serving as the ruler of the book. In this program, the librarian Varalakshmi Devi, G. Mani Mridula, library staff, students, students and readers participated.

July 7, 2023

PRTU Honored The Doctorate Awardee

 Congratulating Nampalli Madhusudana Rao who got his doctorate degree, mandal resource person AJ Prabhakar said that he also provided his services in the mandal academic team and gave good suggestions to the teachers. On behalf of the PRTU mandal unit, a meeting was held to honor Madhusudan Rao in the MPUPS Seetharama puram, on Thursday.

The meeting was held under the chairmanship of State Vice President K. Dasham Babu. Teacher Raju said that it is a great thing that Madhusudan Rao, who came from Dummugudem mandal, got his doctorate in Hindi subject. K. Dasham Babu said that even in colleges these days, there are rarely people who have done doctorate.

Y.Srinivas congratulated the PRTU office bearers for their swift action in honoring the teacher who obtained doctorate. Mandal president and secretary Varaprasad and Hastings praised the efforts of Madhusudan Rao. Rao expressed his gratitude to all  P.R.T.U. members to honor him for his achievement. SK Jani, KVS Murthy,Siva, Sridhar, veera prasad,Lakshman, Venkata Ramulu  and others have spoken in this meeting. 

July 6, 2023

Ex - servicemen exempted

 District Collector Anudeep said that ex-servicemen should be exempted from house tax payments. District Military Board meeting was held at IDOC office on Wednesday. The Panchayat and Municipality Commissioners have been advised to take steps to exempt the house tax payments to ex-servicemen living under the jurisdiction of the municipality and gram panchayat, similarly to the servicemen who are on duty.

He also said that steps will be taken to implement the reservations prescribed by the government for appointing ex-servicemen as security guards in private institutions like KTPS, BTPS, BPL, Singareni, Gurukula Schools etc. District Military Welfare Officer Sriram, DPO Ramakanth, Medical Officer Dr. Sirisha, DPRO Srinivas, Tippana Siddulu and others participated in this meeting.