December 7, 2019

OLD POST S AND UPDATION


 I was going through old blogs and found out this. i wanted to update them.

 

 



Malireddy Pattabhi RamiReddy was popularly known as MPR .He was our principal and HOD of History dept

His english was fantastic.When we were young lecturers entering great Jawahar Bharathi , a staff council takes place and we used to sit in back benches ,note down the words and check in dictionary.


HISTORY OF AP
The first A.P. HISTORY CONGRESS was in JAWAHARBHARTHI in 1977. Decision to write comprehensive history of A.P. was taken.
The last volume(up to 1990 )was released on 14-6-2016  http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/a-comprehensive-history-of-andhra-telangana/article8846200.ece?ref=tpnews






these are from old blogs

  MPR did great research on life of UYYALAWADA NARASIMHA REDDY which was recently pictured as SYERA staring CHIRANJEEVI.

its a pity that MPRs name was not mentioned anywhere

శేష ప్రశ్న? తుది జవాబు

ప్రస్థానం గమ్యం చేరేనా ?
నిశీధి దివస్సుగ మారేనా?
తమస్సు ఉషస్సును ప్రసవించేనా?
మరో నాకం మరోలోకం ప్రభవించేనా?

అల్లర్లు అలజడులు గడచినడచి
వడగళ్ళు కడగళ్ళు తడిచితరచి
ముష్కరమూకల కర్కశకేకలు వెరచిమరచి
జడివానల పసికూనలు
కనులు తెరచి ఒడలు విరిచి
బట్టకట్టి కట్టు కట్టి
కరం కలిపి భయం విడిచి
ఉద్వేగం రేగేనా? వేగంగా సాగేనా?

రారండి రారండి మీరంతా మారండి
మనమంతా జనమంతా జగమంతా చేరండి
భుజం చరిచి వెన్ను తట్టి 
దన్నుగా నిలిచి రొమ్ములు విరిచి
స్వాగతించి హారతిచ్చి పిలవండి కలవండి

ఊకదంచి రూకపంచి 
వరహాలనుదోచే వరాహాల బతుకురోత
కామాంధుల రాబందుల పీచమడచి ఊచకోత
అవినీతికి సమవర్తి
నిజాయితీ హృదయార్తి
దుర్నీతుల దుర్నేతల హాహాకారం హృదయంగమం
స్వేచ్ఛా విహంగ సమాగమం

కులం వద్దు కలం ముద్దు
మతం రద్ధు నభం హద్ధు
అకృత్యాల సుకృతాల జమాపద్దు

నవలోకం నవశకం జనగీతం జయధ్వానం
యువతరం నవతరం సులభతరం
లేద(నిర)భ్యంతరం శుభకరం.





March 25, 2019

Tryst with the entertainment industry


By now, most of you must have heard through the grapevine that I am a radio jockey. All of this started because my manager tasked my team with an MBO(Management by Objectives). Each of us had to spend at least 5% of our 40 hours a week - on something that was not job related. Obviously, I had to exceed expectations in a non-job-related task - so I set out to become an RJ. I finally did become one a while ago and am thoroughly enjoying it.

I have two shows and they are in two different languages - Hindi and Telugu, or should I say three, because - English.

The shows are as different as night and day.
1. Like I mentioned earlier, to start with, they are in two different languages.
2. In one I am joined by a Realtor. He is giving real estate advise to listeners while trying to get some new clients on air
3. The second is one where I go all out in Telugu. When I say all out, I mean all out. There is no particular theme to this one, which means no reining my creativity so to "speak" (see what I did there! :) ) I talk about the weather, traffic, politics and everything in between. I like to think of myself as the 'Hassan Minhaj' of Radio.
PS - If you do not know who Hassan Minhaj is or what the Patriot Act is - you have got to check them out on Netflix. The show is good, the guy puts in a lot of work and the opening score is amazing. I am an RJ now - so got to talk about music!
4. On both shows, I take calls on air. It is interesting to interact with people that you absolutely do not know at all! I just realized I defined being an extrovert, but there truly is something about sharing unnecessary details in a light environment. It also helps when listeners give you compliments like: 'Oh you take the pressure off of driving in traffic", "You have good taste in music", "I like your voice" - yes all of this is genuine feedback.

Being an RJ is refreshing because it is so different from everything else that I do daily. The people that I interact with - other fellow RJs etc., - come from different fields and have different perspectives. It has been a while now and we have new MBOs, but I think I will continue doing this for as long as I can - because honestly, I'm having fun :)