Board Members (2012-2013) President's Note

Telugu Association of Tucson Arizona 1

Newsletter for members of TATA http://www.tucsontelugu.org Nov 2012, Issue - 6

Board Members (2012-2013) President: Katyayani Suryadevara [email protected] Vice President: Vijaya Rao [email protected] Treasurer: Vasudha Raju [email protected] Secretary: Sri Vani Rallabandi [email protected] Cultural Secretary: Gopal Srinivasan [email protected] Executive Board Member: Shyam Sunder [email protected] Past President: Subrahmanyam Aradyula [email protected] Founding Member: Nirmala Lavu [email protected] Editor: Meena Venkataramanan

President’s Note

Greetings! At the outset, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the founders and all the financial supporters of this association, for their commitment, responsibility and moral support. I would like to thank the board members and their families for their dedication and involvement to make each event a success. It has been a pleasure celebrating the events together as TATA family with all the cooperation of our members. Most importantly, our thanks are due, to Hari Venkat, our webmaster, who initiated and encouraged to resume this Newsletter 6th edition and to Meena Venkataramanan for her enthusiasm and hard work. TATA takes pride in involving in community service events and organizing fundraisers for charitable organizations as well. Our community service event, coordinated by Vasudha Raju received accolades from Aviva Children Services. This was a sewing event where tote bags were made for children in the foster care system. We are proud of the effort and enthusiasm shown by all the participants, especially kids. Sign up for the upcoming Community Service with Southern Arizona Community Food Bank to help bag food for the needy on Dec 8th & 15th. We hope to be involved in many more events similar to this. We are also proud sponsors of Vegesna, an international institution for the rehabilitation of the differently abled children. A free musical event, organized as a fundraiser was performed by Vegesna volunteers. Vegesna foundation helps more than 1000 disabled children physically handicapped, polio affected, mentally challenged, blind, deaf, dumb by providing free education , vocational training, and attending health needs etc. An institution like this would motivate anyone to make a lifelong commitment of doing service, one way or other. TATA raised $6483 in addition to $1500 in Indian currency to help this charitable organization. Thanks to all those who attended the event and made their generous contributions. We are equally pleased to share that TATA is proud of being a financial facilitator to Ragazona, a nonprofit organization that promotes our music and culture. Our first event of the year Ugadi, combined with a musical concert by Parthu is the gift in itself to all the members because only non-members are charged for this event. Thanks to Kalyan Dasika for taking the initiative to coordinate this event. In addition, our Talent Night really opened a new channel to all our TATA kids to show their innate talents in a cooperative environment. We are excited to share the zest and expertise exhibited by our TATA kids and truly commends their involvement. TATA picnic, hosted by Rallabandi family was another fun filled get together except for the heat. We decided to be cautious and appraise the weather conditions when we schedule this event for next year. Get ready for the upcoming events of the year! Diwali Celebrations, hosted by Dr.Vijaya Chada and family will have to be moved to November 24th to accommodate ISSA. Hopefully, our first online potluck venture should make the job easy to hostess and flexible to our members. Our cultural, classic event of the year that all the TATA ladies get involved and look forward to is Muggula Poti hosted by Aradhyula family, followed by Sankranti celebrations by Dr. Sujatha Reddy & family in January, 2013. We are equally excited about our upcoming new event of the year TATA Night, on February 23, 2013 where in all the members have the opportunity to participate in all that we do as they enjoy free dinner. This event, sponsored by the Maddur family will be the first its kind. Our board is moving forward to plan to have the most memorable get-togethers, for our TATA family, as we welcome your suggestions to make them even more effective and enjoyable.

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TATA Newsletter for TATA members http://www.tucsontelugu.org Oct 2012, Issue - 6


RECAP OF THE BOARD MEETINGS AND THE DECISIONS MADE SINCE JAN 2012:

1. It was decided that the gist of the minutes of all the

board meetings should be published in the

Newsletter.

2. TATA board decided to be involved in more local

Community Service events and in Charitable

Events as well.

3. Treasurer is in-charge of maintaining TATA

directory. Any new member, who wants to join

TATA, should contact our treasurer Vasudha Raju

at [email protected].

4. The expenses incurred by any member on behalf

of TATA will be reimbursed only if receipt for any

amount greater than $25 is submitted in timely

manner to the Treasurer.

5. If the sponsor is not able to fully sponsor the rent

for the venue then TATA will take care of 50% or

maximum of $50 for the rent of the hall and/ or

insurance

6. Two new events, Talent Night and TATA night are

added this year. The focus of Talent night is to

involve and recognize TATA Kids in fun and

intellectual activities in a comfortable, cooperative

environment. TATA night will be a free dinner night

and the members will have an opportunity to voice

their opinion regarding any issues related to TATA.

7. The potluck dishes assignment will be done online

by adding a signup sheet to the Evite. It will have

all the numbers and once all the guests pick the

numbers, the hostess will send an excel sheet via

e-mail to all the members which will have details of

the dish - name, quantity and who is making it etc.

Members may swap their dish assignments with

their friends. However, it is not the responsibility of

the hostess.

8. In case any member or family decides to come to

the event but cannot cook, they will have to pay

$15 per person. Kids ages between 5- 16 will have

to pay $5. Kids 16 and above will be considered as

adults and will have to pay $15.

9. Since we decided funding Vegesna this year, we

decided to donate to CHORUS (Charitable

Organization for Rural and Underprivileged

Section) next year.

10. It was decided that every year we will donate a

minimum of $250 and a maximum of $500 to a

charity since we are a non-profit organization. The

above mentioned amounts have been decidedly

the previous board and the current board agreed to

follow that.




UGADI Our first event of the year Ugadi was celebrated on March 25, 2012 at 3:00 pm at St. Cyril of Alexandria Church. This event was hosted by Dr. Venkateswara Rao and Vijaya Rao. All the members enjoyed the feast of ethnic homemade food prepared by our enthusiastic and committed ladies of TATA. A brief general body meeting was held where in the new board members introduced themselves with a short reflection of their goals. The highlight of this event was the performance by Parthasarathi (Parthu), a renowned playback singer and music director. Parthu electrified and enthralled the audience with his musical melodies in different languages. (Parthu has performed for audience of Indian Cinema music in five continents. He performs in multiple languages (Hindi, Telugu, etc). He toured with his own orchestra, and at times with singers like Sri S.P. Balasubrahmanyam and Smt. S.P. Sailaja, Smt. Malathi, Smt. Suneetha, etc. Thanks to Kalyan Dasika for coordinating this event)



COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT We are extremely happy to share that our Community Service (sewing and organizing tote bags) Project for Aviva Children’s Services went very well. It was fun-filled and exciting. Most importantly, the Aviva administrators were so pleased with our TATA group that they made a special announcement thanking the contributions of our Indian community. This year, Aviva made more tote bags than ever and we were a part of it! Thanks to all the volunteers who participated in the community service event:

Aradhana Kari Carolyn Vemulapalli Jayanthi Sunder and her mother Kasi Katyayani Suryadevara Meena Venkataramanan Mira Raju Nitya Kari Priti Kari Ranga Aradhyula Sailaja Jasti Sarada Aradyula Saranya Srinivasan Sri Vani Rallabandi Swaroopa Bommireddy Tushara Aradyula Usha Venkataramanan Vasudha Raju Vijayalakshmi Subbureddiar Vijaya Rao Vineela Bellamkonda



TALENT NIGHT Talent Night was hosted by the TATA Board on Saturday June 9th between 5:30 and 9:00 pm at Pima Medical Hall. As you all know, this year we wanted to introduce a new event focusing on children of all age groups, celebrating their creativity, expertise and accomplishments, both educational and cultural. This is not a competitive but a cooperative effort on the part of the children and parents as well. All the participants were recognized and acknowledged for their skills and were presented with mementos from Smt. Rama and Sri Gangadhar Rao Bollimpalli. The best part of the event was that we were able to avoid cooking this time and ordered pizza for dinner. We honored a few video presentations in absentia as those families could not make it to the event. The main intent of the whole event is celebrating our children, giving them an opportunity to present their expertise and to show our appreciation. We hope this event will continue to be part of our TATA celebrations.

Sumhith Aradhyula plays the flute – awesome job!

Keertana Sai Konkimalla recites Lingamshtakam - way to go!

Neha Bellamkonda recites rhymes – Adorable!

Nidhi Bellamkonda recites rhymes - Chitti chilakamma! nee paluku teneloluku!

Nihal Josyula recites a sloka - Great Job!

Sahasrakshi Dasika recites a slokas - musical, meaningful & melodic!



Nitish Bhamidipati tells a story about Hanuman - Thank you for sharing!

Mallika Sunder tells jokes - large laughs!

Sudeep Bommireddy talks about his model airplanes - getting ready to be a pilot!

Sai Ketan Konkimalla plays the piano - beautiful and tuneful!

Vishrudh Hariharan receives his prize for art work - nice job!

Rudrakshi and Krishna Dasika perform a violin-tabla duet

Jaikrishnan Ram receives his prize for art work - keep it up!

Alka Nair does a dance - a flowing, elegant performance



Naina Bhamidipati does Bharatnatyam - graceful and we love your professional demeanor!

Jeevaj Bondalapati receives his prize for art work - your art work is simply superb!

Nitya and Priti Kari put on a perfect puppet show! Kudos!

Aditi Rallabandi sings a song – nice job!

Kavitha and Samantha Koshkarian’s video - amazing job, girls!

Meena Venkataramanan’s video - beautiful!

Aditya Sunder doing a trick—your performance really was magical!



The participants prepare to recite Shuklambaradharam

Katyayani Suryadevara talks about the importance of Talent Night

Thanks to Smt. Rama Bollimpalli for giving away the mementos and to Sri Rao for reflecting on the event

Saranya Jeyapandi emcees the event

Sri Vani Rallabandi helps out during the event

Thanks to all the participants, including the ones who took time to make and send videos. Here are the names of all the participants:

Adithya Nair - Song

Aditi Rallabandi - Song Aditya Sunder - Magic

Alka Nair - Dance Jaikrishnan Ram - Art Display

Jeevaj Bondalapati - Art Display Kavitha Koshkarian - Dance

Keertana Sai Konkimalla - Lingamshtakam Krishna Dasika - Tabla Mallika Sunder - Jokes

Meena Venkataramanan - Piano Mira Raju - Art Display

Naina Bhamidipati - Dance Neha Bellamkonda - Rhymes Nidhi Bellamkonda - Rhymes

Nihal Josyula - Slokam Nitish Bhamidipati - Story Nitya Kari - Puppet Show Priti Kari - Puppet Show

Rudrakshi Dasika - Song/Violin Sahasrakshi Dasika - Song

Sai Ketan Konkimalla - Piano Samantha Koshkarian - Piano Sandeep Bandlamuri - Song

Shanmukh Tirumalasetty- Dress -Up as Lord Krishna Sruti Bandlamuri - Song

Sudeep Bommireddy - Model Toys Sumhith Aradyula - Flute

Vishrudh Hariharan - Art Display

We regret our inability to include all the pictures of the performers. All the presentations were wonderful.



TATA PICNIC TATA Picnic was hosted by Aditi, Sri Vani, and Madan Rallabandi on September 22, 2012 at Udall Park from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This picnic was organized with a lot of food and fun filled activities and gaming facilities such a jumping castle, lemon and spoon race, tug of war, threading needle race, dress up games, water balloons, and cricket. Delicious ethnic food -pooris &Upma made by the TATA men, were served along with chips and salsa, murmura mixture, cookies, popsicles, curry, soda, and tea. Overall, it was a very enjoyable event.

Lemon and spoon race

Picnic jewelry game

Kids enjoying outside the jumping castle

Thread the needle!

Hot pooris are ready!

Getting ready for yummy n fluffy pooris!

Making Upma - Getting Lessons from Vijayalakshmi



VEGESNA FUNDRAISER

The musical event ,popularly known as ‘Ghantasala Aradhanostavalu ‘commemorating the 90th and 66th birth anniversary of Gahantasala and Balu respectively ,was performed by Vegesna Volunteers on October 19th from 7 PM to 10 PM @Lutheran Church of Foothills. Mani Sastry from Houston, chief organizer of the events in the US, and Vamsi Ramraju director of Vegesna, gave an overview of Vegesna and their mission. The three singers- Mani Sastry, Balakameswara Rao Tata and Krishna Prasad Bandi engrossed and captivated the attention of the audience with popular musical melodies, in all genres, in multiple languages, especially in Telugu & Hindi. TATA raised $6483 in addition to $1500 in Indian currency to help this charitable organization.

Lighting the Lamp by Dr.Subba Rao and Mrs.Vasudhara Balusu

Dr. Vamsi Rama Raju & Dr.Tenneti Sudha Managing Directors of Vegesna

Mani Sastry from Houston and Krishna Prasad Rallabandi from Hyderabad

Bala Kameswara Rao Tata (from Hyderabad)



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ఒక ఊరిలో కాంతమ్మ అనే ఆవిడ ఉండదేి. ఆమెకు నోటి దురుసు ఎకుువ. ఆమెకు ఒకుడే కడడకకు. పేరు రమ్ణయ్య. రమ్ణయ్య చిన్న వయ్సుులోన ే తండి ి చనిపో య్ాడక. కొడకకుని అలాల రు మ్ుదుు గా ప ంచుకుంది.రమ్ణయ్య కి కూడా అమ్మ అంటే చాల ఇష్టం. ఆమ ె ఎంత అంట ేఅంత. అసలు ఎదురు చపెేే వాడక కాదు. కొడకకుకి య్ుకత వయ్సు రాగాన ే సుశ్రల అనే అమ్ామయితో ప ళ్లల చేస ంది. ప ళ్ళైత ేచేస ంది కానీ ఎకుడ కడడలు తన్ కొడకకుని కొంగున్

మ్ుడి వసేుకుంటటందో అని భయ్ం పటటట కుంది. అపపేడక కడడకకు తన్ మ్ాట విన్డక.ప తతన్మ్ంతా కడడలి చతేికి వెళ్లైపో త ంది అని భయ్పడసాగింది. అందుకని కడడలిని ఎపపేడక ఏదో ఒకట ి అని సతాయిసతత ఉండేది.చసే న్ పతిి పనిలోన్త పరేు ప టేటది. సుశ్రలక ిచాల బాధ వసేదేి. భరతతో చపెేత "మ్ా అమ్మ నీ కనాన వయ్సులో ఎంతో ప దుది ఒక మ్ాట అంట ేపడలేవా" అనవేాడక. పో నీ పపటిటంటలల వాళ్ైకి చెబాు మ్ంటే వాళ్ళై కూత రు కాపపరం బాగాలేదమేో అని బాధపడతారు. అలాగ ే ఓప కగా భరించదేి. కానీ దేనికయినా ఒక హదుు ఉంటటంది కదా. తిటటల విని విని సుశ్రల లో అసహన్ం ప రగసాగింది. కానీ తిరిగ ి ఏమి అన్లేదు. మొగుడక తన్కు అన్ుకూలంగా మ్ాటాల డడక. అతత ఇంటలల న్ుంచి తరమిేసుత ంది. ఒక రోజు సాయ్ంకాలం నీళ్ై కడసమ్ని చెరువపకు బయ్లేు రింది సుశ్రల. ఆ చెరువప పకున్ ఒక పాడక బడడ గుడ ి ఉంది. సుశ్రలక ివెంటన ేఇంటకిి వళె్ైబుదిి కాలేదు. ఆ గుడి దగగర కూరుచంది. వెంటన ే

ఆ రోజు పొ దుు న్న అతత అన్న మ్ాటలనీన గురుత కు వచాచయి. ఆమ ెకడపం కటటలు తెంచుకుంది.ఎదురుగ ఒకు శిలేం కనిప ంచింది. దానినే అతత గారు అన్ుకొని చడె మ్డ తిటేటస ంది. పనిలో పని మొగుడిని కూడా తిటిటంది. కొంచం ఆవశేం చలాల రాక ఇంటకి ివెళ్లైపో యింది. ఆ గుడలిో ఉన్న శిలాేనికి ఒక చరతి ిఉంది. అది ఒక గంధరవ కన్య. ఆమె ఒక రోజు భూలోక విహారానికి వచిచ ఈ గుడిని చతస ంది. అపేటలల ఈ గుడ ి ఎంతో అందంగా ఉండేది. ఆ గుడ ి

స ందరాయనిన చతసతత తన్మయ్తవం తో పాట పాడింది . ఆమకె ితెలియ్ని విష్య్ం ఏంటంట ే ఆ గుడిలో ఒక మ్ూల ఒక మ్ుని ఇంకా అతని పతిన తపసుు చేసుకుంటటనానరు. ఈమె పాట వార ితపసుుక ి అంతరాయ్ం కలిగంిచింది. వెంటన ే ఆ మ్ునిక ి కడపం

వచిచంది. "ఏ గుడిని చతస న్ువపవ మెమై్రచి పో య్ావో. ఆ గుడనిి చతసతత న్ువపవ ఇకుడే శిలేం లా పడ ి ఉండక.న్ువపవ ఈ గుడిని దాట ి వెళ్ైలేవప " అని శాపం ఇచిచ వెళ్లైపో య్ాడక. వెంటన ే ఆ గంధరవ కన్య మ్ుని పతిన కాళ్ళై పటటట కొని "తల్లల న్ువవే నాకు దికుు. మీ తపసుు భంగం చయె్యడం నా ఉదేుశం కాదు. తలెియ్క చేస న్ తపపేకి ఇంత ప దు శిక్షా?" అని వడేకకుంది. ఆ మ్ుని పతిన జాలి తో "అమ్ామ నా భరత ఇచిచన్ శాపానిన ననే్ు వెన్కిు తీసుకడలేన్ు. కానీ నా భరత కడపానికి గురి అయియ న్ువపవ శిలేంగా మ్ారిత ేఇంకొక వయకిత కడపం వలల నీకు శాప విమోచన్ం కలుగుత ంది. అంత వరకు నీకొక వరం ఇసాత న్ు. న్ు వపవు శిలేంలా ఉన్న నీ చుటటట జరిగవేి నీకు తెలుసతత ఉంటాయి ,ఇంకా ఎవరూ లేని సమ్య్ం లో న్ువపవ నీ అసలు రూపం లో ఈ గుడిలో తిరగగలవప." అని ఆమ ె వళె్లైపో యింది. అపేటి న్ుంచి ఆ శిలేం అకుడ అలాగే ఉంది. ఆ రోజు కడడలు తిటిటన్ తిటల కు ఆశచరయ పో యి మ్ుకుున్ వలేు వసేుకుంది ఆ శిలేం. ఆమె మ్రిచపో యి అలాగ ేఉండి పో యింది. ఆ గుడలిో మ్ూల విగీహం ఇంకా అలాగ ే ఉంద ి . అకుడి న్ుంచి కదలిిసేత పాపం అని అకుడే ఉంచారు. ఆ ఊర ిపూజార ిరోజూ పొ దుు న్న అకుడ పూజలు చసే వెళ్తాడక. ఆ రోజు కూడా అలాగ ేవచాచడక. పూజ మ్ుగించుకొని వళె్తత ఆ శిలాేనిన చతసాడక. శిలేం మ్ుకుున్ వలేేసుకొని ఉంది. అతన్ు రోజూ ఆ శిలాేనిన చతసాత డక కన్ుక దాని భంగమి్ ఏంటల అతనిక ిబాగా తలెుసు. శిలేం తన్ంతట తన్ు భంగమి్ ఎలా మ్ారిచందో అతనికి అరిం కాలేదు. వెంటన ే ఊర ి ప దులకి విష్య్ం చెపాేడక. ఆ వారత ఊరంతా పాక ిజనాలందరూ గుడ ిదగగరకిి పరగిెతాత రు. సుశ్రల,రమ్ణయ్య, కాంతమ్మ కూడా వళెలల రు. ఊర ిప దులు మ్ాటాల డకకుంటటనానరు "నిన్నటి వరకు బాగా ఉన్న శిలేం ఇలా ఎందుకు మ్ారింది. దనీి వలల ఊరిక ిఏదయినా చడెక జరుగుత ందేమో. ఎవరయితే శిలాేనిన మ్ళ్లల మ్ామ్ూలు స ితికి తెసాత రో వారికి ఘన్ంగా సనామన్ం చేసాత ం." అని పకిటించారు. సుశ్రలకి ఎందుకడ అన్ుమ్ాన్ం కలిగింది. తన్ు చేసాత న్ు అనింది ."నీ వలల ఏమ్వపత ంది నీ మొహం" అనింది అతత . అయిన్



సరే ఊరి ప దులని ఒప ేంచి గుడలిోకి వళె్లైంది. గుడి దగగర ఎవరూ

ఉండకూడదని ష్రత ప టిటంది. గుడలిోకి వెళ్లల ఆ శిలేం ఎదుట నిలచచని చేత లు జోడించి "తల్లల నేన్ు బందలెో నీళ్ళై నింపపకొని వచిచన్పపేడక న్ువపవ బాగాన ే ఉనానవప. ననే్ు చతసాన్ు. తరావత నేన్ు కడపం లో నా భరతని అతతని తిటిట వళె్లైపో య్ాన్ు. న్ువపవ ఇలా మ్ారిపో వడానిక ి నా తిటేల కారణం అనిప సోత ంది. దయ్ చసే న్ువపవ మ్ామ్ూలు స ితికి రా.లేదంట ే ఈ ఊరలిో వాళ్ళై పకు ఊరలన్ుంచి

సావమ్ులని ప లిప సాత రు అపపేడక నిజం అందరకిి తెలుసుత ంది. మ్ా అతత న్న్ున చంపసేుత ంది." అని బతిిమ్ాలింది. కానీ ఇంకా ఆశచరయం న్ుంచి తేరుకొని ఆ శిలేం అలాగే ఉండిపో యింది. సుశ్రల చాల సపేప అడకకుుంది కానీ లాభం లేకపో యింది. ఇంక కడపంతో శిలాేనిన తిటటడం మొదలుప టిటంది. దబెబకి శిలేం మ్ుకుు మీద న్ుంచి వలేు తీస ంది ప ైగా ఆమెకు తన్ మ్ామ్ూలు రూపం వచిచంది."నీకు అంతా మ్ంచే జరుగుత ంద"ి అని సుశ్రలని ఆశ్రరవదించి తన్లాంటి శిలాేనిన ఒకట ి అకుడ ప టిట ఆమె తన్ లోకానిక ి వళె్లైపో యింది. ఊరలిో వాళ్ళై సుశ్రలన్ు సనామనించారు. ఊరలిో అందరు చాలా పొ గిడారు. పొ గుడకతూనే ఉనానరు. కాంతమ్మకు కడడలిన అందరు అలా నతెితన్ ఎకిుంచుకడవడం న్చచలేదు.రమ్ణయ్యకి కూడా. కాంతమ్మ,రమ్ణయ్య కలిస ఒక ఉపాయ్ం చేసారు. నిదపిో త న్న

సుశ్రలకు మ్త త మ్ందు ఇచిచ మ్ూట కటిట అడవిలోకి తీసుకళెలైరు. అకుడ ఒక చోట ప టిట కిరోస న్ పో సారు. తీరా చుసేత అగిగ ప టట లేదు. నీద ి

తపేంట ే నీద ి తపేని కొంచం సేపప వాదులాడకకునానరు. తరావత

నేన్ు తెసాత న్ంటే ననే్ు తెసాత న్ు అని ఇదురూ మ్ూట అకుడ వదలిి

వెళలల రు. కొంచం సపేటకిి సుశ్రల క ి మలెుకువ వచిచంది. కష్టం మీద

బయ్టిక ివచిచంది. వెంటనే విష్య్ం అరిం అయియంది. దగగరలిో ఉన్న

ఆకులు అలమ్ులు ఆ మ్ూటలో దతరిచ చటెటట ఎకిు కూరుచంది. కొంచం సపేటకిి కాంతమ్మ,రమ్ణయ్య వచిచ మ్ూట అకుడే ఉండటం

చతస సంతోష ంచి తగలబటెిట వెళ్లైపో య్ారు. సుశ్రల అరవటంలేదు అన్న ఆలోచన్ కూడా రాలేదు వాళ్ైకు. అతత ,భరత చేస న్ పని

తలుచుకొని సుశ్రల చాల సపేప ఏడిచంది. ఆ చీకటిలో వళె్ైలేక అలాగ ే

చెటటట మీద పడకకుంది. కొంచం సపేయ్ాయక ఏదో అలికడిిక ిమలెుకువ

వచిచంది. చతసేత చెటటట కింద కొందరు ద ంగలు వాళ్ళై ఆ రోజు

కొటటట కొచిచన్ న్గలు,డబుబ పంచుకుంటటనానరు. అవి చతదాు మ్ని

సుశ్రల కొంచం మ్ుందుకు వంగంిది. పటటట కుదరక జారి కింద పడింది. దెయ్యం ఆన్ుకొని ద ంగలు చరెో దికుు పారిపో య్ారు.మ్ళ్లల చటెటట ఎకిు

వాళ్ళై వసాత రేమో అని చతస ంది సుశ్రల. కానీ ఎవరు రాలేదు. తెలలవారాక ఆ న్గలు,డబుబ మ్ూట కటటట కొని ఇంటకిి వచిచంది. చచిచ

పో యిన్ కడడలు తిరిగ ివచచేసరకి ికాంతమ్మ కడడలిక ిఏవో మ్హిమ్లు తెలుసని భయ్పడింది. ఆ రోజు న్ుంచి సుశ్రలని చాల జాగీతతగా చతసుకుంది. రమ్ణయ్య కూడా. సుశ్రల ఆ డబుబ,న్గలతో ఆ పాత

గుడనిి బాగుచయేించింది మిగలిిన్ డబుబలతో దానాలు చేసతత ఎంతో పేరు తెచుచకుంది. (ఏదో సరదాగా వాిస న్ కధ. అందరకి ిన్చుచత ందని ఆశిసతత ...)



KONDAVEEDU FORT: THE EMBODIMENT OF TELUGU VALOR

By Archana Pulijala

Historical Background of Kondaveedu: Prolayavema Reddy established the Reddy kingdom and started his ruling from Addanki in the present day Prakasam district. He also built 84 forts by strengthening the existing ones and also new ones at various strategic points in his domains. After Prolayavema, his son and successor Anavota Reddy shifted his capital from Addanki to the impregnable hill fort Kondaveedu. Kondaveedu dynasty comprises 6 rulers i.e. Prolaya Vema Reddy (1325-1353 AD), Anavota Reddy (1353-1364 AD), Anavema Reddy (1364-1386 AD), Kumaragiri Reddy (1386-1402 AD), Pedakomati Vema Reddy (1402-1420 AD) and Racha Vema Reddy (1420-1424 AD), and the total span of their rule is about 100 years. Yogi Vemana is said to have been the son of Peda Komati Vema Reddy, who wrote Telugu poems which discuss the subject of Yoga, wisdom and morality. Kondaveedu rulers were not only men of letters, they also patronized many writers and scholars like Yerrapragada (Prabandha Parameshwara) who was the court poet of Prolaya Vema Reddy and regarded as one of the Telugu poets of Kavitrayam. Srinatha (Kavi Sarvabhouma) was an educational officer of Pedakomati Vema Reddy and Vamana Bhattabana was the court poet of Pedmakomati Vema Reddy. Yerrapragada wrote books like Harivamsam, Ramayana, Sanskrit Mahabhrata was rendered into Telugu. Srinatha wrote books like Harivilasa, Bhimakandam, Kashikhandam, Shringara Naishadam, Palanati Veeracharitra, Kridabhiramam, etc. Vamana Bhattabana wrote a book called Vema Bhoopaliyam. Kataya Vema was not only an able administrator and a competent general but an outstanding scholar known for his learned commentary, Kumaragiri Rajeeyam, on the plays of Kalidasa which is perhaps the first work of its kind. Kumaragiri is an aesthete and is known for his scholarly interest in dance and music. He was fond of his court dancer, Lakuma, and authored a book on dance, Vasanta Rajeeyam, for which there are many references, the Manuscript, however, is yet to be traced.

Pedakomati Vema was a talented scholar and is author of Sanskrit works, Sringaradeepika, a commentary on Amaru Shatakam, Sahitya Chintamani and Sangeeta Chintamani, commentaries on dance and music. Kondaveedu Fort: Kondaveedu fort is located about 26 km away from Guntur, close to Phirangipuram. It is a hill fort chosen obviously for its strategic value. Strategically built on a low hill range (average altitude: 1700 ft), the fort belongs to the Giridurgam category; the hills are joined by massive stone walls to form an unbroken fortification. The outer defense is provided by a mud fortification at the foot hills on the northern and western sides from where the threat was expected, and two flights of steps lead to the main fort on the hill slopes on the two sides of the hill range. The circumference of the fortified area is about 32 km with 54 bastions each with a vantage view dotting the fort wall. Within are the ruins of the township, water sources, temples, stables garrisons and public utilities and the township. One can see the extensive remains of the fort. It fulfills all the requirements of an impregnable fort.

Kondaveedu Buruju

East Entrance Gate



ISKCON Golden Temple Project at Kondaveedu: The ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) has come up with a magnificent project with a spacious Krishna Temple depicting architectural grandeur in an extent of 2 hectares at a cost of Rs. 500 crores. The project also envisages highlighting the cultural heritage of the locality of Kondaveedu region through translates dioramas of scale models of temples, and painting and recreating mythological fields centered on Lord Krishna. The surroundings will be enriched with eco-friendly landscapes and flowering meadows. The Project also ensures conservation and preservation of Vennamudha Balakrishna Temple enshrined a unique Balakrishna image (No other of its kind in any of the country). There is no doubt that the ISKCON project will draw a large tourists influx from India and abroad.

Vennamudha Balakrishna

Ragazona In 2012, Tucson witnessed the birth of Ragazona, a new

non-profit organization that promotes music and charity.

The inaugural concert on flute in February by Surmani Sri Kalyan Raman proved to be an excellent beginning to the

season.

It was followed by Composers Day, an event that honored the great composers of Carnatic music.

In August, Ragazona produced Sangeetha Sameeksha, an event that proved the caliber of the local talent that is

present in the valley.

The most recent event, a Carnatic Classical Concert by internationally recognized vocalist Dr. Pantula Rama,

proved to be a grand finale to the 2012 season.

All in all, Ragazona was able too donate more than $500 dollars to the Community Food Bank this year, and we can

hardly wait for the 2013 season.



The TATA Kaburlu

KIDS’ SECTION

Written By The Children of TATA

Contributors

Kavitha Koshkarian Meena Venkataramanan

Mira Raju Priti Kari

Sumhith Aradhyula



ARTWORK: “KUCHIPUDI DANCER” By Kavitha Koshkarian



Who is the Mystery Person?

By Sumhith Veda Aradhyula

Find the mystery person by answering the geography questions below and using the circled letters to spell out his or her name.

Also write what epic this character is from, who wrote this epic, and as many characters from this epic as you can.

1. Capital of Karnataka: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 2. Indian state for which Panaji is the capital: __ __ 3. State in which Malayalam is the most spoken language: __ __ __ __ __ 4. A union territory just off the Southwest coast of India. Its name translates to “Thousand Islands”: __ __ __ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ 5. Of the two states that border New Delhi, only this one has a predominantly Hindu population: __ __ __ __ __ __ 6. The state in which Mawsynram, one of the rainiest places in the world, is located: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 7. The region of Kashmir that China claims is called: __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ 8. These islands are a union territory of India located in the Bay of Bengal: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ & __ __ __ __ __ __

Islands 9. The largest state in India is: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

MYSTERY PERSON: THE EPIC: AUTHOR: OTHER CHARACTERS:

Answers to “Who is the Mystery Person?” Puzzle

1. Bangalore (Bengaluru) 2. Goa 3. Kerala 4. Lakshadweep 5. Haryana 6. Meghalaya 7. Aksai-chin 8. Andaman and Nicobar 9. Rajasthan MYSTERY PERSON: Lakshmana THE EPIC: Ramayana AUTHOR: Valmiki

OTHER CHARACTERS:

Rama, Sita, Bharata, Shatrughnya, Kausalya, Sumitra, Kaikeyi, Dasaratha, Janaka, Urmila, Ravana, Vibheesana,

Kumbhakarna, Mahiravana, Mandodari, Hanuman, Sugreeva, Vali, Angada, Bramha, Shiva, Valmiki, Vashishta, Vishwamitra,

Narada, Luva, Kusa, Jambavan, Sagara, Kalayavana, Lankini, Indra, Surya, Vayu, Tataki, Mareecha, Subahu, Mandara, Aja,

Tara, Parashurama, Shabari, Raghu



BOOK REVIEW

Neela: Victory Song by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

By Mira K. Raju



LONELINESS By Meena Venkataramanan

Loneliness is a glass jar, Containing one last penny Forgotten. Lost. It is a moonlit beach at the dead of the night-- The sound of a wave gently lapping over smooth sand, The soft howl of a wolf miles away. Loneliness is a mysterious voice lingering within minds Speaking softly to those who have lost hope And taunting those who fear it. Loneliness is the final hospital room on the last floor, The sound of a bedridden patient Dying slowly in his sleep. Loneliness is when the party is over The sight of a room full of sagging streamers and airless balloons But no one to celebrate.

**This poem was a winner of the 2011-2012 Catalina Foothills School District Poetry Contest**



RIDDLES

By Priti Kari



RIDDLES (CONTINUED)

By Priti Kari



A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

Dear TATA Members,

I would like to start off by thanking everyone for their patience. It took a while to create this issue of the TATA Kaburlu, but it is finally finished. I would like to give special thanks to Kalyan Uncle, who gave me insight and guidance on how to create, compile, and revise the newsletter to perfection. I would also like to thank Katyayani Aunty, who was there throughout the process to answer my questions and proofread drafts of the newsletter. Finally, I would like to thank all the contributors—both children and adults—for their great pieces, be it artwork, stories, or puzzles.

This issue includes a Telugu story by Sri Vani Rallabandi, an informative piece on Kondaveedu Fort by Archana Pulijala, a geography puzzle by Sumhith Aradhyula, and many more great contributions. Please feel free to contribute whatever you’d like to the next issue.

I learned a lot being the TATA editor. The process isn’t as easy as it looks, and I learned that you often have to really persist and persevere to get what you want. However, I really enjoyed creating the newsletter and throughout the process, I kept my eye on the prize—the satisfaction of seeing the finished product.

On a final note, I hope you all enjoy reading this issue of the TATA Kaburlu and look forward to future issues.

Thank you, Meena Venkataramanan.

UPCOMING TATA EVENTS: Diwali - Saturday, November 24, 2012 - TATA’s Diwali celebrations at Pima Medical Society. Enjoy a great evening with all the TATA families, hosted by Dr. Vijaya Chada. Just like past Diwali events, Vijayalakshmi and Dr. Ramakrishna Subbureddiar are going to sponsor “Mithai Poti.”

Muggula Poti - Saturday, December 22, 2012 - As usual, Ranga and Satheesh Aradhyula will be hosting this great annual event at their residence.

Sankranti - Saturday, January 19, 2013 - TATA Sankranti celebrations at Pima Medical Society hosted by Drs. Sujatha Reddy & Gregory Koshkarian.

TATA Night - February 23, 2013 - Enjoy free dinner and voice your opinions about TATA at Pima Medical Hall!

OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS:

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