AVAKAYA

Chinnagudem village where Bala lived kissed the banks of the west Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh and was famous for it’s Avakaya pickle. This signature pickle is the ultimate spice-test of being an Andhraite.

Sur Sandhya

‘Inviting all Naturescapers for SUR-SANDHYA (Musical evening) – Saturday evening, 7pm onwards.’ In an otherwise remorse environment this little message itself changed people’s moods and everyone welcomed it and looked forward to it.

The perfect braid

Chanchala’s Ajji, Yamuna Kaki, sat outside her little hut waiting for Chanchala. Every evening after school Chanchala would take her grandmother to the village market. She would gently lead Kaki to her little shop and set up the basket full of small jasmine flowers and the ready gajras (small garlands of flowers worn in the

Fairy Tales

The Waiting room was brimming with children waiting for the dentist to arrive. All of them had expressions of pain and an impending fear. Nishchaya, a class 8 student, felt out of place among the little ones. She picked up a book – “‘Fairy-tales’…!!!…Couldn’t they have kept a more interesting book…” thought Nischaya as she