CELEBRATING KONDAPALLI TOYS
Having lived in Vijayawada for over six decades, Kondapalli toys and Kondapalli fort evoke deep sentiments that we usually associate with the village we are born in and are attached to. The first thrill...
Category: Places
RETIREMENT BLUES
I used to believe that aging well meant doing something—anything—just to keep moving. Stay active. Stay engaged. Stay busy. That was the chorus I heard everywhere, and I followed it without question. But now,...
WHERE MY MEMORIES MEET THE SEA
Kakinada has all the earthly virtues you are likely to be charmed by. Besides, it’s an evolving smart city. I’m one of its artistic fans, a geometrically designed city that still holds some hundred-year-old...
FINDING RHYTHM IN THE RUINS
I have been visiting Kondapalli Fort since my teenage years. Five decades later, the fort stands in near-complete ruin—its walls collapsing, stones rusted by time, tree trunks scarred by careless hands. Yet, beyond the...
HAT SELLER
While we were there, every minute colored and refreshed the days that passed on our school journey. A two-day reunion was planned, and our troop of fifteen wiser, but slower, grey souls gathered in...
FIFTY YEARS AND BEYOND
I waited for the day, as a child waits for his birthday celebrations. Restless, anxious yet collected. I’m not a child but a retired grandfather. The expected special event – the golden jubilee celebration...
LOVE, NATURE AND THE MAJESTY OF VIJAYAWADA’S BRIDGES
Sometimes my eyes stray, and so would the focus of my camera away from the main point of attraction. Sometimes in photography, it happens – a set of bystanders seems more appealing than the...
ROMANTIC MOMENTS AT VIJAYAWADA’S ICONIC BRIDGES
When I trembled in cold feet, almost scared to tread closer to the surging waters to capture the proper frame, it surprised me to find the scenes of carelessness and open brashness of young...
THE MAJESTY OF VIJAYAWADA’S BRIDGES
The railway bridges are the pride of Vijayawada City. They are the engineering marvels majestically perched across the Krishna River. I stood at a safe distance, wondering at the floodwaters challenging the huge granite...
The Wild Power of Krishna River
The roaring of the river’s rush is as scary as if it were a live, simmering lava flow. Like a liquid wild beast unleashed, its waters rise, tearing through banks, swallowing trees and roads....
