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Foreward: 1
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My grandfather Shri Narayan Das & Sridevi were devotional persons. My father Shri.K.Vasudeva Rao & mother Pushpavathi gave good education to their children which helped their children and grandchildren successfully mould their careers and come up in life. This write up contains mainly extract of earlier book written on father in 2000 .After retirement in 2009, I went on remembering old incidents which forced me to write this book. A few topics like “ A tribute to PV”; information about family & relatives, money matters, current events-2014, telangana have been added to make reading interesting. The language used is simple colloquial form .Chronological order could not be maintained as the memories have been written topic wise.
I hope the readers will appreciate my effort in recalling memories of the past, suggestions and corrections are welcome.
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INDEX 1. Some promises to keep 2. Memorable childhood incidents 3. Incidents involving Dodge car APX8438 4. Posts which father held. 5. Vehicles & Lucky Ambassdor car APY9232 6. VINGETTES-TIT BITS 7. Regular visitors to hyderguda 8. Republic day & independence day events. 9. Saints & Guru Darshans 10.Begumpet Airport Incidents 11.Film Stars, Functions & Shootings 12.Favourite telugu Stars,Tamil Stars & Telugu Films 13.Cricket 14.Books 15.Favorite Hollywood actors ,actress & movies 16.BEST TELUGU SONGS 17.Favurite hindi songs & Music Directors 18.Bangalore incidents 19.Happy moments –Watching TV 20.Happy Moments –As Child/As Adult 21.Favourite Bollywood actors ,Actress & movies 22.My Favourite Politicians 23.Hotel Gayatri bhavan & Sarovar 24.Great gregarious rendezvous 25.Handsome Couples in Real life & on Screen 26.A tribute to Shri. PV 27.Relatives Warangal & karimnagar 28.TV Serials & Humour movies 29.Jokes about EX.C.M Anjaiah 30.Favourite dishes 31.Jokes of late two elder brothers 32.A few historical & tourist places seen. 33.Papers ,Publications & Corporate Houses. 34.Money & bullion markets 35.Hospital Care 36.Education Care. 1
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37.Old Age homes & sports & Automobile 38.About sisters & their families 39.My Family 40.Fathers side relatives 41.Mothers side relatives 42.Father In law side relatives 43.A few departmental incidents 44.Mothers contribution to the family 45.Current Events 46.Bangaru Telangana 47.Some popular figures not covered and also current news 48.Spiritual matters 49.Last word
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Some Promises to Keep. a) I love nature and would like to protect b) I love my parents and be duty bound till they exist c) My god in life is _____(you know this) Memorable Child hood incidents: a) My father Shri.K.Vasudeva rao who came from a small family was a revenue officer who was recruited as a Tehsildar and retired as commissioner endowments AP.He was an amicable,affable,a good samritan and a versatile personality ,Mother pusphavathi, who was from a zamindari family had little education but desired that all her eight children should be well educated.Father used to stock note books in an almarah and used to give.He made me write a letter to Chacha Nehru on the eve of Nov’14th and made me practise to recite a hindi poem “Chua ki Dilli yatra”. b) I studiesd in St.Pauls high School from 1956-67. Brother stavis used to talk about “Gurukuls”. Guru & Shishya relationship, only his students can recollect his pedagogy. Anil Manda & Deepankar were all ALMA MATTER of St.Pauls from kindergarden, where as Mahmood, Ali, Ramjoga, Ramesh & other friends joined the school later. c) Father was district collector of Hyderabad(1960-62) and I accompanied him to a tour to tandur. Shri .K.V.Ranga Reddy. (Dy.CM.AP) who came on an official tour made me sit beside in the big car. As I sat in the car I felt happy and wherever we went throughout the journey we were warmly greeted with garlands followed by sweets. d) Shri.Kasu brahmananda reddy (KBR) who was CM AP, came to an official tour to tandur along with Dr. M. Channa reddy(minister) to inaugurate a 1
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lift irrigation project(1967).Somehow the pumps failed to pump the water, father managed the situation, the staff poured water from top into the pipes. a. Sharefuddin was driving CM’s Impala car where its tyre got punctured late in the night.Shri KBR got out of the car, lit a cigarette,removed his Gandhi cap while the tyre was being replaced. Shri KBR, father & channa reddy were talking to each other. Shri KBR was always immaculately dressed in starched white khadi. Generally he was lacomic during radio talks but on one occasion at a public meeting in nizam grounds, he spoke in grandiloquent style, while welcoming the then PM Indira Gandhi.He was a prudent politician who had the mannerism of turning the Gandhi cap up & down. He used to say to MLA’s “MEE TALALU THIRIGE VARAKU NA TOPI THIRUGUTHUNTUNEY VUNTUNDI” Incidents involving dodge car APX8438 a) This was the official car of the then Home Minister AP M. Narsing Rao.Myself and nandan(Shri M.Narsing rao’s grand son) who were school boys were so fascinated by this british limousine , that, we always utilized every opportunity to get into this car. b) Once early morning myself, nandan & the minister went to police officers ground at amberpet. We were received by IG Sri.Nambiar while the minister and IG caught on official work, myself & nandan had heavy breakfast consisting of bread & lots of other snacks. c) Once along with father went in airman car ADX395 to receive a dignitary at begumpet airport as soon as I saw the home minister , I told father I would return home in the minster’s car. I crossed into the VIP’s lane and stood beside the minister and came home in dodge car APX8438. Driver durgiah was driving at 80kmph.Father reached home in Hillman car DX 395 after half an hour. Post which father held Years 1938-41 1942-45 1946-49 1950-51 1
Posts held Tehsildar Alampur District Supply Officer,Raichur R.D.O Warangal Dy.Collector,Hyderabad
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1952-56 1956-58 1958-60 1960-62 1962-65 1965-67 1967-68 1968-73 1976-77
P.S. to Home Minister,AP Jagir Administrator,Hyderabad Dy.Secy. Revenue Collector,Hyderabad Dy.Secy.Panchayat Raj.AP Collector,Hyderabad Jt.Secy.Revenue,Hyderabad Commission Endowments(Retd.) O.S.D to Endowments Dept.Lucknow.UP.
Republic & Independence Day events a) Myself in dark blue suit and sheshi in pink frock along with other family members used to attend these events at parade grounds,Secunderabad. The Gusto’n Galore with which the cadets and jawans exhibited & participated the parade was impressive. In the evening there was a spectacular & resplendent display of fire works at police grounds ,Amberpet. Sometimes father & mother used to attend reception hosted by the governor at Rajbhavan. b) As district collector ,Hyderabad; father, mother & myself went to district sports meet at police grounds ,Amberpet. A couple game was organized , in which, the husband should place the brick on the ground and the wife should walk on the brick. All the couples ran slowly, father & mother were judged as the winners. I won a prize for musical chairs.Mother was the chief guest and she handed over the prizes to me and father. Vehicles & Lucky Ambassdors Car APY9232 a) It is said that when father was RDO Warangal , he purchased Chevrolet car and did an accident to the car reciting telugu poems. b) Hillman car APX395 was purchased in 1953 and though the car gave frequent troubles , it gave good service for 10 yrs. Father’s name rose high during this period c) A brand new ambassador car was purchase in 1963-64.It had a distant shade with red leather seats and good up hoistry, dashboards contained a speedometer, a clock and a fuel meter.
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d) We went on a tour to east & west Godavari districts along with buchi mavayya and atthaya. Saw rali, Kakinada , kovvuru, davaleshwaream, Amalapuram, Drakharam, Annavaram & eluru. The beautiful river locations of Godavari , natural environment, coconut trees, temple visits, cars aboard launches, good food were all the attractions of this tour e) Also went to a tour of south india covering tirupathi ,kanchi, madras & other places along with Dr.Rammohan rao babai who came along with family in his car .The old kings constructed the temples ,Dwajasthamba, huge Gopurams, Sand stone secotorium as per agava shastra and installed deities as per the vedas. rituals and piuranas. These south indian temples have , therefore have marvellous architecture and grandeur f) Vertigo of happiness: went on a tour to anantgiri hills, vikarabad along with Shri.krishnaswamy, Dy.Secy. P.R. dept.;family , who came in their in their black ambassador. From the DAK bungalow , we had a panaromic view of the picturesque deep valley and also can see a running train. Literally it was natures beauty in bounty, A visual treat to the eyes. g) After disposing their vehicle ,father purchased Fiat 1100D , in 1969-70 AAX 2447.I learnt driving on this vehicle , even after retirement, myself and father went to airport to see Indira Gandhi(1975-77) who had come to Hyderabad. She elighted from plane, amidst high security and sped away in one of the seven ambassador cars lined up. Ambassdor car AAY 9232 and hill man car APX 395, brought luck to father. Fiat car AAX 2447 did not bring that much luck. h) Of our one or two diwali’s between the year 1965-67, Dontu Gopala Reddy sent a luxurious white color Cadillac to Hyderguda, for sightseeing. The car had additional fittings like mirror, flat brat seats, there were hanging seats for children to sit. All the family members enjoyed riding , as the sedan had a silent engine. Rolls Royce, Buick ,State Baker, Olds mautical, vauxhau, Austin, Morris, Benz, Renault, Volkswagen were some of the brand names, but only a Mercedes benz was considered to be a status symbol in 1960’s & 70’s.In india Fiat ,Ambassdor & jeep were the main models in 1950’s to 70’s. After introduction of maruti in the late 80’s & 90’s, due to liberalization and financials inclusion , the whole face of automobile industry had changed. firstly fuel efficient cars like fiat baby Hindustan ,morris minor gained importance. Several models like Volkswagen, Chevrolet, audi, BMW, 1
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Rolls Royce, Benz, Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Honda are now established in india. In 1990-2000 jeeps were purchased for Rs.20 to 30000 and were sent to Vijayawada where they would be assembled and sold for 1.5 to 2 lakhs as a brand new jeep. Similarly second hand vehicles were cheap at delhi as many embassy staff would sell their cars. In Bombay as read in magazines there were many who purchased old vehicles and restored them with the workshops and spare ,Also, it was said that foreign vehicles were restored for 5-6 lakhs. Once I went to brother in laws house at jubilee hills on pulsar and could not balance the vehicle from film nagar to tolichowki in 2003. I drove Koli Pratap’s zen from Hyderabad to Mancherial in 2003. The vehicle had tremendous speed in 5th gear. VINGETTES TIT BITS a) Mathematical prodigy shakuntala devi gave a demonstration of her skills at ZP office, Khairtabad,HYD.This wizard genius is inexplicable in words. All the family members attended at ZP office. b) An IAS officer picnic with families were arranged at Nehru zoological park(1966-67).C.S. Anantharaman wearing a Khaki dress took the children of the family around the zoo in a van. The flora & fauna , lunch “potluck”, snacks aboard, luncheon on miralan tank were the attractions of the picnic. All the family members thoroughly enjoyed. c) Shri. LB Shastri,PM, along with lalitha shastri came to participate in a function at rajendranagar in 1965. Shri O.Pulla reddy was the V.C. agricultural university. Myself and father attended the function. This short stature and ingenious PM was quintessence of honest indian politics. d) Dr. M. Channa Reddy , a minister gave a lecture at agricultural university 65-66. He was an elegant and extempore speaker in English, Urdu & Telugu. Mother was particularly impressed by the way in which he would hit the podium during the speech. During the tea break , he enquired in which school and class I was studying. He spoke to father for a long time. e) Prasad Annaya purchased a house near Basant talkies, in 1963. It was like a second home for us. Rangamma, Sita vadina, Peddappa, AAMA, gundepudi families used to come. myself and dilip(bon-vivant) used to see English movies .Along were shakunthala akkaya and rama vadina went to see charminar every Saturday at 7 pm. I used to got to hotel brindavan by rickshaw for tiffin and have vada and dosa. My appetite 1
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was so good that, even after having a meal at hotel , I would again come home and eat. It was said that Hawkins cooker company were presenting free cookers, to ladies who would recite the following “Hawkins cooks quickest, with least trouble and great safety”.Once when I visited , basant talkies, aruna vadina and other ladies, were practising that sentence in anticipation of getting the cooker from the company. Telugu singer Ramakrishna who was young used to recite ghantasala songs which used to be tape recorded. Ganghadhar, Sheshi, Ramu, Ramakrishna mavayya and Nandan athaya, who were neighbours, used to regularly visit. Noted astrologist Padathi Krishnamurthy who came from madira, presented a book to father on astrology. In school I used to see English movies with Nandan, Ali, Mahmood & Deepankar. Later in service days used to go to hotels and movies with Ramesh reddy, D.Deepankar, Mahadevan & Sridharan. We were all chronics & used to thoroughly enjoy ach others company. Venkatramana, Vindo Rai mahendra ,GBK rao(now pragathi resorts) & JP were classmates in nagarjuna Engineering college. Went along with saraswati and rangamma to see “Prem Nagar” telugu cinema at Deepak. Incidentally Shri.P.V was sworn in as AP CM next day. Attended Annual general meeting of Voltas, at hotel parklane Sec-Bad. Shri Tobaccowala, Chairman Voltas, presided that day. Unfortunately the company did not take off as expected.
Regular visitors to Hyderguda a) Shri Ganga reddy, Shri Satyavardhanmsreeram, Subrahmanya Sastry, Gopalan & Ramakrishna mostly used to come on cycle. b) Other visitors were Shri A.V. sarveshwar rao, Easwar reddy, Sambasiva rao(LLB Friend), Shri Kameshwar Rao(AIR Cuddapah),Dakshina Murthy,Krishnanada sastry,K. Raghu(Advocare barkatpura),Dadari, Gopinath, Shri B.Gopalakrshna(a black Brahmin wearing soda glasses)Shri C.N Sastry, Dr.Vittal, C.V.Rami Reddy , R.V. Madusudhan Rao, Vittal Rao, Ali N, R.Dai Patel, Narsing Rao, Dustagiri& Qureshi. c) Above all the service done by Narasimha till his last breadth is unforgettable & immeasurable. Saints Darshan & Guru Darshan
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a) Visited kanchi Ashramam at Padma rao nagar in April1968.Father wanted to know about sisters mariage and where I would get a seat in engineering. The kanchi seer told that sister’s marriage would be settled soon and I would get a seat 350 miles from Hyderabad. Saints are true messengers of god, they can prognosticate and have occult powers which are beyond limited human comprehension. Like so, did I know that the saints benediction will come true, as I got a seat 350 miles from Hyderabad i.e. in Bangalore in June 1968. b) Had shri Puttaparthi Sai’s darshan at Shri Narsing Rao’s house in Hyderguda (60-62) & at I. Ramchander Rao round house at Barkatpura(65-67).I saw him giving a gold chain to Shri B.Ramakrishna Rao daughter at her marriage. Baba has many devotees in india & Abroad, constructed schools & colleges, had taken up drinking water programme to puttaparthi and introduced several social welfare schemes like food to the poor. He has a good voice and renders excellent bhajan , which enthrals and mesmerises the audience with devotion. Some of his programmes are still being continued by his devotees. c) Senior Narayan jeeyar used to stay at Laxmi Narayan temple , secunderabad. Father used to visit regularly.He conducted yagnam at exhibition grounds, father and mother got “chakrankithalu”. The present tridandi Narayan jeeyar came to hyderguda when father expired. It is told that, father was well aware of the vaishnavite rituals and traditions. Begumpet Airport Incidents. a) Father’s association to begumpet started in 1950’s ,As Personal Secretary to Home Minister he used to go to delhi along with home Minster in Dakota plane to meet the Union Minister for Home Shri Vallabh Panth & Shri Nehru. b) Shri .A. Nageshwar Rao went to America in1964. Myself, second brother, Shri. P.V. Ranga Rao & seven others squeezed into Shri P.V’s official Ambassador car and went to airport, to see off ANR. ANR boarded the plane, Ranga Rao went on car somewhere else. We were stranded at the airport and had to walk 5 km to paradise to catch a bus to liberty and walked to hyderguda. The elation of seeing off ANR was gone and we were exhausted by the time we reached home.
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c) Along with father went to receive Maroi Vi Gagarin. First USSR astronaut to space and also received Harvard professor J.K. Galbrath the US Ambassdor to India(1967)
Film stars functions and shootings:a)It was the year of Chinese aggression-1962. A telugu film stars function was organized at the fateh maidan to raise national donations. ANR, NTR, Krishna Kumari, Savitri and all leading telugu cine stars participated and enacted dramas. For mother donation ticket was Rs.100 for others Rs 25. All the family members went in Hillman car and jeep and enjoyed the show. b)At Bangalore MLA’s hostel saw NTR, Savitri & others boarding a bus to raise funds for cyclone victims in 1970. This shows that NTR had a mission to serve the people. c)Thakur hari Prasad organized a Hindi film stars charitable show at LB stadium in 1970.We could not get complimentary passes but somehow gained entry. Dilip Kumar,Saira Banu, Dharmendra, Mumtaz, Kishore Kumar, Laxmi Kanth Pyarelal(LP) & other stars participated. Amin sayani hosted the show. LP started the program with musical orchestra which was very very melodious. After the musical extravaganza there was a light lathi charge but I was in total ecstasy and did not mind taking the stick from the police. Myself, Sisters Padma, Rangamma & Ram Mohan Bawa attended the musical programme. d) Saw “kalyana Mantapam” telugu film preview at sarathi studios in 1972. Also saw “Bharya Biddalu” shooting featuring ANR, gummadi. Shooting was little boring. In the sense there are many takes & retakes .During the tea break ANR sat beside us and asked us to see the shooting and go. We saw for half an hour and left. Shri B.Nagi reddy producer came for last sister marriage.
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CHIRANJIVI SV RANGA RAO RAJANALA
TAMIL
SIVAJI GANESAN RAJANIKANTH SUHASINI SRIDIVYA SRIDEVI
TELUGU FILMS
MAYA BAZAAR GUNDAMA KATHA COLLECTOR JANAKI MALLESWARI SUKHA DUKHALU JEEVANA THARANGALU GHARSHANA(1980) SANKARA BHARANAM NAALUGU STHAMBALA AATA(jandhyala hasyam is too good)
CRICKET A.FAVORITE CRICKETERS
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SIR DONALD BRADMAN SIR GARFIELD SOBERS SIR VIVIAN RICHARDS SIR FRANK WORREL SACHIN TENDULKAR ROHAN KANHAI MOHINDER AMARNATH KAPIL DEV VIRENDRA SEHWAG SUNIL GAVASKAR
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COMMENTATORS
ALEC BEDSER TREVOR BAILEY IAN CHAPEL RICHIE BERNAUD GEOFFEREY BOYCOTT TONY GREIG DEVRAJ PURI VIZZY ANAND RAO ANAND STELWAD
B) Hyderabad Ranji Players:
Ghulam Ahmed, Jaisimha, Abbas Ali Baig, Abid Ali
c)Vijay merchants words “If you take a leaf out of sunil’s book. He plays in copy book fashion, gets well behind the line of the ball , bat & pad close together” d) Maverick batsman:-After introduction of 20 overs game we have seen some hitters like Chris Gayle, Yuvraj singh and Kohli. Earlier Gavaskar & Richards were prolific run getters. Viswanath was a stylish batsman who was famous for his late cut, square cut & cover drive. The fact that he has 29 half centuries shows that he has saved the team many collapses. Raised Bat: a. Musthaq ali always played with a raised bat.I have seen in one of the moindulla matches, he never takes stance and always plays with a raised bat ,so that he can hit the ball. b. Opener srikanth hits the ball bowled on the off side to the leg side. very much opposite to what his partner gavaskar plays. e) Limited Over games: After the wold cup in 1975, Australian TV tycoon Packer, got the idea of sponsoring the limited overs game. He choose the best players from Pakistan, Australia, West indies & England to start the packer 1
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series on Australian TV Channel “TV 9”.The games were played with the white ball in flood lit stadium during the night and that’s how limited overs cricket gained popularity. i feel that the present IPL schedule is too long, too many matches are played. It would be better if each side plays 2-3 matches each before semi final & final. The total schedule must be reduced to 15-20 days to make the matches more interesting. Books Read:
“Gospel by sri Ramakrishna paramhamsa Self-realization by ramana maharshi Philosophy of the masks-Dr. Julian Johnson My Experiments with the truth-MK Gandhi Discovery of India-JL Nehru Pride and Prejudice & ‘Emma’-Jane Auskin Oliver twist-Charles Dickens Treasury island-Rl Stevenson Rebecca-Daphne Demauria Barbara Cartland- Dennis Robbins & Robet Biographies of Amareco Carneige-mark Twain/Alfred Noble/Sphia Lauren/Jean paul/jacquelene Onasis/Howard hughes(must read) Freedom at mid night-Domino Laperrire & Lawry Collins Sherlock Holmes,Pery mason detective novels. Chankya Chant & Rozabla line(reading..)-Ashwin Sanghi Favourite novels:
“Prize”,”Plot” & “Second lady”-IRWINE WALLACE Raise the Titanic-Clive Clussler “Other side of the midnight”-Sydney Shildon “Hotel” “Airport” & “Wheels”- Arthur Harley “Day of the Jackal”-Fredrick Forysith “Never Love a Stranger”;”Carpet baggers & betsy call made into films-Harold Robins
FAVOURITE HOLLYWOOD ACTORS