T. Appala Naidu

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | T. Appala Naidu |Harish Gilai |B. Madhu Gopal |Sumit Bhattacharjee

As dawn breaks over Addangi, a hamlet nestled in the folds of the Eastern Ghats in Srikakulam district, 23-year-old Savara Kalavathi steps barefoot into a modest building with an asbestos roof. She cleans the floor and sprinkles cow dung water on the front yard before lighting a small brass lamp in a wall niche. She folds her hands and closes her eyes in reverence as the slender flame flickers to life.

3 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Harish Gilai |B. Madhu Gopal |Sumit Bhattacharjee |T. Appala Naidu

In Byluppala village of Kurnool district, four-year-old Nandini and five-year-old Harshavardhan scampered around their house, their excited shrieks drowning out their grandmother Malakka Hanumanthamma’s gentle reprimand for playing under the blistering summer sun. At 80, Hanumanthamma struggles to care for the two children as well as her ailing husband, Timmaiah, alone, but it can’t be helped.

Jan 11, 2025 | thehindu.com | T. Appala Naidu

As a part of the Sankranti celebrations in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district, Amalapuram Member of Parliament G. Harish Madhur on Saturday flagged off the maiden traditional boat race at the Bobbarlanka-Amalapuram irrigation canal, at Atreyapuram village in Godavari Central Delta. Three boats, with 10 persons onboard each of them and representing several villages, participated in the race. Several villages in the delta evinced interest to take part in the event in the next two days.

Jan 10, 2025 | thehindu.com | T. Appala Naidu

PITHAPURAMDeputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan on Friday announced that the ‘honeymoon’ period of six months was over for the alliance partners and it is time to rush to the field to assess realities on the ground across the State. However, Mr. Pawan Kalyan did not announce the exact date and schedule of his proposed visits.

Jan 8, 2025 | thehindu.com | T. Appala Naidu

RAJAMAHENDRAVARAMFormer Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that the British had changed the names of many places including Rajamahendravaram to destroy the Telugu culture. Mr. Venkaiah Naidu, Padma Bhushan awardee Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad and Telugu scholar Garikapati Narasimha Rao inaugurated the two-day Prapancha Telugu Mahasabhalu at Godavari Institute of Engineering and Technology (GIET) deemed to University in Rajamahendravaram on December 8 (Wednesday).