Kammas World

Great legacies have mostly had humble beginnings. But, they have all been ignited by a grand dream. One such simple dream that has enriched generations in this entire region is the legacy of the PSG family and its institutions. Coimbatore today is known nationally for its industries and educational institutions, which were founded and patronised by its enterprising people. If one were to go into the past to study the origin of the early industries and educational institutions, the PSG legacy will weave a beautiful story. The founder The P.S.G. family, belonging to the Kammavar sect of the Naidu community, traces its history to Periya Veedu Venkatarama Naidu in the later part of the 18th or the beginning of the 19th centuries. The letter `P' in P.S.G. is derived from Periya Veedu, `S' after Sama Naidu, the third son of Venkatarama Naidu, and `G' after Govindadamy Naidu, the second son of Sama Naidu. The Origin of the family could be traced to its forbear Sri Venkatarama Nai...

Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy (1918–2006, b. Vadamalapuram, near Aruppukottai, Tottukudi dist, Tamil Nadu) is an Indian ophthalmologist and 1973 recipient of Padma Sri award. Born in 1918 in Vadamalapuram in Tamil Nadu, India, Dr.G.Venkataswamy, Founder, Aravind Eye Hospital had his education at American College, Madurai, Stanley Medical College, Madras and qualified for MS Ophthalmology at the Government Ophthalmic Hospital, Madras. He first joined the Indian Army as Physician during 1945-48. He then was appointed Head of Department of Ophthalmology at the Government Madurai Medical College, and eye surgeon at the Government Erskine Hospital at Madurai. He held these posts for 20 years and made remarkable contributions to research, clinical service and community programmes. And with a willpower and dedication far beyond the ordinary, he went on to perform over one hundred thousand successful eye surgeries, and that too with fingers that were badly affected with a rare disease. As...

Leela Naidu ( 1940 - 28 July 2009) was an Indian actress who starred in a small number of Hindi and English films, including Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke (1963), based on the famous real-life Nanavati case, and The Householder, Merchant Ivory Productions' first film. She was Femina Miss India in 1954, and was featured in the Vogue along with Maharani Gayatri Devi in the list of 'World's Ten Most Beautiful Women' and is remembered for her classical beauty and subtle acting style. Early life: Leela Naidu was born in Mumbai to Dr. Pattipati Ramiah Naidu , a well known nuclear physicist from Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, who worked under the supervision of Nobel Laureate Madame Curie for his doctoral thesis in Paris. He was Scientific Advisor to UNESCO for Southeast Asia, and later, an advisor to the Tata group. Her mother, Indologist Dr. Marthe Naidu, was of Swiss-French origin, and earned her Ph.D. from the Sorbonne. Career: Leela Naidu was crowned Femina Miss...

విరుదునగర్ జిల్లా: విరుదునగర్ జిల్లాలో కమ్మవారి జనాభా శివకాశి, తిరుతంగల్, వాడపట్టి, టి.పేరురాచ్చి, సిద్దురాజపురం, విశ్వనట్ట, వెండురాయపురం, నారాయణపురం, రాజపాల్లయం, ఎల్లింగనాయకన్పట్టి, సత్రరేడ్డయ్యపట్టి, అల్లంపట్టి, కుమారలింగాపురం, విరుదునగర్, మిసలూరు, తాడంబట్టి, వండిపురి నాయకనూరు, పులియంకుల, ఎత్తిర్కొట్టై, దమ్మనాయకేన్ పట్టి, వచ్చాక్కరపట్టి, రోసల్పట్టి, సేదపట్టి, సత్తూరు, శ్రివిల్లిపుత్తూరు, కలంగపేరి, కసిరేడ్డియ్యపట్టి, ఎరిచినట్ట, కీలతిరుత్తంగల్, మంగళ, అరుప్పుకొట్టై, పాలయంపట్టి, గోపాలపురం, కంచనాయకేన్పట్టి, కొట్టిపరై, తునుకపట్టి, అప్పయ్యనాయకేన్పట్టి, పుదుపట్టి, నల్లమనాయకేన్పట్టి, మెట్టుపట్టి, నాగలాపురం, ఓమనాయకన్పట్టి, పేరయంబట్టి, కరిశాల్పట్టి, పండలకుడి, కొప్పిసిత్తంపట్టి, మొదలైన ప్రాంతాలలో ఉన్నారు. తమిళనాడులో కమ్మవారి జనాభా అధికంగా కలిగిన జిల్లాలలో విరుదునగర్ మొదటిది. ఈ జిల్లాలో శివకాశి, రాజపల్లయం, శ్రివిల్లిపుత్తూరు, సత్తూరు, అరుప్పుకొట్టై మొదలగు తాలుకాలలో కమ్మవారి జనాభా అధికంగా ఉంది. ఈ జిల్లా నుండి ఇంతవరకు అత్యధిక సంఖ్యలో కమ్మ యం.యల్.ఏలు, యం.పిలు ఎన్నికయ్యారు. శివకాశి నుండి గత ఐదు...

తిరునల్వేలి జిల్లా: తిరునల్వేలి జిల్లాలో కోవిల్పట్టి, కళింగపట్టి, సత్తెరపట్టి, వరహనూర్, ముక్కుట్టుమలై, ఇలరసనందల్, పులియంకలవ్, సిత్తరంపట్టి, అప్పనేరి, అయ్యనేరి, నక్కల ముత్తంపత్తి (కమ్మ క్రిస్టియన్స్ ఎక్కువ), నడువపట్టి, మైపార, సంగనట్టి, వెల్లకులవ్, ఆకరిశంకులవ్, అలమనయకర్పట్టి, వడక్కు కుర్వికులం, కురింజకులం, సుందరేశపురం, కులకట్టకురుచ్చి, వాడక్కుపట్టి, పిల్లియార్నట్టం, జమీన్ దేవరకులం, , రామలింగాపురం, తెర్కుకుర్వికులం, మలయాన్కులం, మరుదాపురం, కే.అలంగులం, నలంతుల, నడువకురుచ్చి, కులశేఖర మంగళ, అచంబట్టి, వెల్లపనేరి, తిరువెంగులం పెరురచ్చి మొదలైన ప్రాంతాలలో కమ్మవారి జనాభా అధికంగా ఉంది. తిరునల్వేలి జిల్లాలో కొన్ని గ్రామాలలో (ఆలమనైకెర్పట్టి) కమ్మవారి జనాభా 90% పైగా ఉంటుంది. తిరునల్వేలి జిల్లా, కోవిల్పట్టి తాలుకా లో తమిళనాడు కమ్మ మహాజన సంఘం జిల్లా కార్యాలయం ఉంది. ఇక్కడ ప్రతినెలా సమావేశాలు నిర్వహిస్తుంటారు, మ్యారేజ్ బ్యూరో ఉంది. ఈ జిల్లాలో, కమ్మవారి సంఘం విశ్వనాధపేరి లో 'కమ్మవార్ హైస్కూల్' మరియు కోవిల్పట్టి లో 'కమ్మవారి బాలికల హైస్కూల్' నిర్వహిస్తున్నారు. తమిళనాడు కమ్మ మహజన సంఘం ...

Justice Ramaswami, Vaiko, Dr.GV, SriDevi తమిళనాడు కమ్మవారి చరిత్ర, సమాచారం: తమిళనాడులో కమ్మవారి జనాభా దక్షిణ తమిళనాడు జిల్లాలు తిరునల్వేలి, తూత్తుకుడి, తేని, దున్డిగల్, విరుదునగర్ జిల్లాలలో ఎక్కువగా ఉంది. తరువాత కోయంబత్తూరు, కడలూరు, వేలూరు, తిరువన్నామలై, విల్లుపురం, మదురై, నీలగిరి, జిల్లాలు మరియు చెన్నై పట్టణంలో కమ్మవారి జనాభా చెప్పుకోదగిన సంఖ్యలో ఉంది. దక్షిణ తమిళనాడులో కమ్మవారి చరిత్ర: తమిళనాడు రాష్ట్రంలో కమ్మవారి జనాభా కోవిల్పట్టి, సాత్తూరు, రాజపాల్యం, విరుడునగర్, తేని, శివకాశి, శ్రివిల్లిపుత్తూరు, దున్డిగల్ మొదలైన ప్రాంతాలలో ఎక్కువగా ఉంది. ఈ ప్రాంతంలో కమ్మవారిని ఎక్కువగా 'నాయకర్' పేరుతో పిలుస్తారు. ఈ ప్రాంతంలో కమ్మవారు ఎక్కువగా వ్యవసాయం మీద ఆధారపడి ఉన్నారు. ఇక్కడి కమ్మవారు మన కృష్ణ, గుంటూరు, ఖమ్మం జిల్లాల రైతులవలె ఎక్కువగా నల్లరేగడి నేలల్లో వ్యవసాయం చేస్తూ, ప్రత్తి, పొగాకు, మిర్చి, మొక్కజొన్న వంటి పంటలు పండిస్తున్నారు. నీటి వసతి కలిగిన ప్రాంతాలలో చెరుకు, వరి సాగు చేస్తున్నారు. ముఖ్యంగా ఈ ప్రాంతం ప్రత్తి పంటకు ప్రసిద్ధి చెందింది, ఈప్రాంతంలో అనేక నూలు ...

Infrastructure company Lanco Infratech (Lagadapati Madhusudhana Rao, Chairman and MD) today said it has acquired Australia-based Griffin Coal Mining for A$750 million (around Rs 3,375 crore). The company which announced the acquisition last week, announced the numbers to beat speculations at A$800-850 million. The payment will be made through a mix of internal accruals and debt. The company has already tied-up a loan from ICICI Bank for a three-year tenure, with an option to extend it further. Suresh Kumar, the chief financial officer of Lanco, in an analyst conference call, said the payment for the coal mining company would be done in tranches. “There is an upfront payment and there are two tranches of payments over a period of four years. The deferred payments are high. I would not be able to mention how much, but it is definitely higher than 10-20 per cent.” Kumar also assured analysts that the acquisition will not be a strain on the balance sheet as they had acquired a...

Lanco Infratech, (Lagadapati Madhusudhana Rao, Chairman and MD ) a Hyderabad-based infrastructure company on Tuesday said it has bagged a Rs 4,100-crore EPC contract by a subsidiary of Moser Baer. “The scope of work includes complete main plant and BOP package including civil and structural works on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) basis,” Lanco said. The project would be to execute the company’s coal based (2x) 600-mega watt power project through international competitive bidding (ICB). SC Manocha, CEO (EPC), Lanco Infratech said: “The contract is the biggest (EPC) one that we have got outside the Lanco group. With this our order book for the quarter will be R25,720 crore.” Lanco will just implement the contract and Moser Baer will do the fund-raising, he said. This is the second major contract for Lanco this year, after the the 660-mega watt Kordai project it got in July. Lanco is also bidding for EPC contracts in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Ki. Rajanarayanan (Kammavar from Kovilpatti) popularly known by Tamil initials as Ki. Ra., is a Tamil folklorist and author from India. Ki. Ra.'s first published short story was Mayamaan (lit. The Magical Deer), which came out in 1958. It was an immediate success. It was followed by many more short stories. Ki Ra's stories are usually based in karisal kaadu (scorched, drought stricken land around Kovilpatti ). He centers his stories around Karisal country's people, their lives, beliefs, struggles and folklore. The novels Gopalla Grammam (lit. Gopalla Village) and its sequel Gopallapurathu Makkal (lit. The People of Gopallapuram) are among his most acclaimed; he won the Sahitya Akademi award for the later in 1991. As a folklorist, Ki. Ra. spent decades collecting folktales from the karisal kaadu and publishing them in popular magazines. In 2007, the Thanjavur based publishing house Annam compiled these folktales into a 944-page book, the Nattuppura Kadhai Kalanjiy...

1) N.T.Rama Rao 2) Akkineni Nageswara Rao 3) Gattamaneni Krishna 4) Sobhan Babu (Uppu Sobhana Chalapathi Rao) 5) Gummadi Venkatwsara Rao 6) Maganti Murali Mohan 7) Manchu Mohan Babu 8) Kongara Jaggayya 9) Giri babu (Yerra Seshagiri Rao) 10) Sridhar Surapaneni  11) Madala Ranga rao 12) Nandamuri Bala Krishna 13) SaiChand Tripuraneni 14) Akkineni Nagarjuna 15) Daggubati Venkatesh 16) Gadde Rajendra Prasad 17) Raja Sekhar (Kasukurthi) 18) Daggubati Raja 19) Bhagya Raj 20) Nandamuri Hari Krishna 21) Veeramachineni Jagapathi Babu 22) Meka Srikanth 23) Vadde Naveen 24) Tottempudi Venu 25) Gattamaneni Mahesh Babu 26) Junior. N.T.R 27) Sivaji Sontineni 28) Nandamuri Taraka Ratna 29) Nandamuri Kalyanaram 30) Yarlagadda Sumanth 31) Tottempudi Gopi Chand 32) Manchu Vishnu Vardhan 33) Manchu Manoj 34) Edara Naresh 35) Edara Aryan Rajesh 36) Ram Pothineni  37) Myneni Sarvanand 38) Daggubati Rana 39) Akkineni Naga Chaitanya 40) Nani (Ghanta Naveen Kum...

NEW DELHI: Mumbai-based Concurrent (India) Infrastructure (Sudheer Babu Koneru, Chairman and MD) today said it has completed the acquisition of 65,000 tonne per annum capacity Vakratund Ispat and the production will start tomorrow. "The outgoing promoters of Vakratund Ispat Pvt Ltd have handed over the possession of the plant and machinery, land and buildings...and with the acquisition being complete, henceforth Vakratund Ispat will be 100 per cent subsidiary of Concurrent (India) Infrastructure," the company said. It said the production will commence from December 14. "At full capacity utilisation, the plant is expected to generate annual revenue to the tune of Rs 180 crore," the company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. The plant at Sanaswadi in Maharashtra produces rods and structurals used by infrastructure industry. Commenting on the deal conclusion, company's Managing Director and CEO K Sudhir Babu said though there was some delay in it but ...

Dronavalli Harika bounced back from the brink of elimination to tame Ukraine's Mariya Muzychuk 4-3 for a place in the quarterfinals of the women's World chess Championship at Hatay, Turkey, on Sunday. After the players were tied 3-3 by winning a game each in the classical, rapid and blitz formats, it all boiled down to the sudden-death tiebreak game. As per the sudden-death rules, Muzychuk, by virtue of playing white, was allowed five minutes of thinking time — one more than Harika — to win the match. Harika needed only a draw to advance. Eventually, when Muzychuk ran out of her thinking time after 56 moves, Harika was declared the winner. Earlier, Harika won the first rapid game with white but Muzychuk snatched the next. On saturday Grandmaster Koneru Humpy of India made it to the quarterfinals of the World Women Chess Championship after she split point in the second game of the third round against Anna Zatonskih of the United States.

Sri Vyshnavi Yarlagadda (15) of Hyderabad, who received a gold medal at the 19th World Memory Championship (WMC) held at Guangzhou, China, from December 2 to 6. in the names & faces discipline in juniors category.

Dr. Patcha Ramachandra Rao ( 21 March 1942 - 10 January 2010) was a world renowned metallurgist and administrator. He has unique distinction of being the only Vice-Chancellor (2002-05) of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) who was also a student (1963-68) and faculty (1964-92) at that institution. From 1992 to 2002, Dr. Ramachandra Rao was the Director of the National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur. After his tenure as Vice Chancellor of B.H.U., in 2005, Dr. Rao took the reins of the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) as its first Vice-Chancellor . He was to serve DIAT until his superannuation in 2007. From 2007 till the end, Prof. Ramachandra Rao was a Raja Ramanna Fellow at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Ramachandra Rao was born on 21 March 1942 to Late Sri. Pacha S.R. Narayanaswamy and Late Smt. Laxmi Bai at Kavutavaram in the Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh . His father, t...

Senior producer Kanakamedala Devi Vara Prasad passed away in Hyderabad. Suffering from diabetes he was admitted in KIMS hospital few days back. Devi Vara Prasad produced films with NTR and Chiranjeevi under Devi films. He produced films like Tiruguleni Manishi, Chattamtho Porattam, Kondaveeti Raja, Manchi Donga, Gharaana Mogudu, Alluda Mazaaka etc. Heavy budget Mrugaraju film turned out to be a disaster and then he pushed out of gear. MS Narayana directed his last film Bhajantreelu, which was also a disaster. Ever since his health and financial condition deteriorated until finally he breathed his last today.

List of Kamma Movie Ditrectors 1) Gudavalli Ramabrahmam 2) Akkineni Lakshmi Vara Prasad (LV Prasad) 3) Kovelamudi Bapayya 4) Veeramachineni Madhusudhana Rao 5) Kovelamudi S.Prakasa Rao 6) Kolli Pratyagatma 7) G.Sambasiva Rao 8) Tammareddy Krishnamurthy 9) Mannava Balayya 10) Tatineni Prakasa Rao 11) Tatineni Rama Rao 12) Tatineni Prasad 13) Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao 14) Gutta Ramineedu 15) Kolli Hemambaradhara Rao  16) Uppalapati Visveswara Rao 17) Tripuraneni Maharadhi 18) Tripuraneni Gopichand 19) Tottempudi Krishna 20) Madala Ranga Rao 21) Siva Nageswara Rao 22) Uppalapati Narayana Rao 23) P.Sarat 24) A.Mohan Gandhi 25) Bezawada Gopal 26) T.Kranthi Kumar 27) Maganti Vijaya Bapineedu 28) Tammareddy Bharadwaj 29) Akkineni Kutumba Rao 30) K.Vasu 31) Edara VV Satyanarayana 32) Muppalaneni Siva 33) Yalamanchili VS Chowdary 34) Theja Jasti 35) Sreenu Vytla 36) Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli 37) Vemulapalli Srikanth 38) AS Ravikumar Chowdary 39)...

HATAY ( Turkey): Elo favourite Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy and GM norm holder Dronavalli Harika defeated International Master Jovanka Houska and Tatiania Shadrina respectively to come in sniffing distance of entering the last-16 stage of the World Women's chess championship. Both Humpy and Hrika, the last remaining Indians in the fray after the ouster of Soumya Swaminathan, S Meenakshi and Kruttika Nadig, made merry in the first game of the second round and now need just a draw to proceed to the next stage of the $450000 prize money championship being played on a knock out format.

Rayapati Sambasiva Rao along with Karnatala Ex.Minister Katta Subrahmanyam Naidu at a fnction organised by Kamma Sangham (News article from Indian Express) HYDERABAD/GUNTUR: Is it the diminishing importance to Kammas in the Congress that had made Guntur Congress MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao announce his exit from active politics? Of late, Kammas, who are a dominant community in Prakasam, Krishna, Guntur and Khammam districts, are becoming increasingly restive over the Congress not giving them the due importance. Except Daggupati Purandeswari, there is no one in the Union cabinet and only one - Galla Aruna Kumari - in the 39 member state cabinet which is dominated by Reddys - there are 14 of them, including the chief minister. Kamma community elders say that the Congress had favoured Purandeswari not because she belongs to their community but only to use her as a weapon against Chandrababu Naidu since both of them belong to NTR family . According to sources, Sambasiva Rao has been under ...

For the first time, two Indian women are vying for the most sought-after beauty title in the land. Kiasha Naidoo and Sandhya Naidoo are among 12 finalists who will participate in the Miss South Africa pageant at the Sun City Superbowl next Sunday . Kaisha Naidoo, 22, of Kempton Park, said she was excited but also nervous. Naidoo, who is completing a BCom degree in marketing, started modelling a year ago and was encouraged earlier this year by former Miss SA, Megan Coleman, to enter the pageant. "It's every little girl's dream to be Miss SA. I had put it off until this push by Megan. This will be my first pageant. We have met so many interesting people. It is not the end of the road even if I don't win. "I am looking at everything with a positive attitude although I am nervous about the question-and-answer segment. But I think if we answer from our heart and be ourselves, it should be fine." She said if she won she would like to be the best ambassador not ...

Two Indians have made it to the second round of the World Women's Chess Championship in Hatay, Turkey late Monday night. Country's top-ranked player , Koneru Humpy had a rather easy passage into the next round at the expense of South African Melissa Greeff. World junior champion Dronvalli Harika had to struggle but also went through after coming back strongly in the return game to beat fellow Indian Kruttika Nadig. The championship format is made up of two games with a tie-break in case of a deadlock. Humpy, though the top-ranked players in the draw, is seeded second behind Russia's Alexandra Kosteniuk, the reigning champion, beat Greef with white pieces after she had won with black pieces in the earlier game. Harika, the ninth seed here, beat Nadig in the second game to win the round 1.5-0.5. In the second round, Humpy will play Jovenka Houska of England while Harika will take on Tatiana Shadrina, the Women Grand Master from Russia.

HYDERABAD: Former Chief Minister K. Rosaiah on Sunday morning unveiled the statue of former Union Minister Parvathaneni Upendra in Banjara Hills here. The function to mark the unveiling of the statue was attended by leaders from several political parties. Among those present were Transport Minister Botcha Satyanarayana, MLC P. Sudhakar Reddy, senior BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu, PR chief K. Chiranjeevi and party leaders Allu Aravind, C. Ramachandraiah and CPI(M) secretary B.V. Raghavulu. The statue was said to have been ready for installation near GVK One at the cross of Road No. 1 and 4, Banjara Hills for some time now but was put off on account of the fluid situation prevailing on the issue of separate Telangana. The statue was installed by Parvathaneni Foundation, an organisation founded by the late leader and actively engaged in social welfare activities in the State.

CHENNAI: Pragati Offset, India’s leading printer, has earned the distinction of being chosen as world’s number one printer for the third time when it received the prestigious ‘SAPPI International Printer of the Year 2010’ award. For the year 2010, Hanumantha Rao Paruchuri, Founder & Chairman of Pragati Offset, received the coveted Elephant Award from Wayne Rau, CEO of SAPPI Trading, South Africa, at a special function in Hyderabad recently. The award was for packaging – Black DOG 18 year old Whiskey Box. This was printed on SAPPI paper and pasted onto Kappa Board. Printing was in multicolours with foil stamping. Narendra Paruchuri, CEO, Pragati Offset , said, “Winning such international awards, year after year, re-endorses the outstanding capabilities of our workforce in setting high global standards in the printing industry.’’ In the past 10 years, Pragati has won 12 Gold, 26 Silver and 6 Bronze awards at the SAPPI competition, a feat unsurpassed by any printer in the world . Pra...

The ancient Kuruvikulam family which has historical antecedents indicative of a high sense of loyalty to its soverign lord, came to prominence seven centuries ago, when the power of the King of Vijayanagar was at it's height; The principal members of the Kuruvikulam family hailed from Vijayanagar and Pemmasani Adiveera Thimmappa Naidu , the most prominent of them, was one of the trusted lieutenants of Sri Krishna Deva Rayalu. Adiveera Thimmappa Naidu was also once the ruler of Gandikota and the adjacent countries. He further ruled Udayagiri, Kondavidu, Penukonda, Cuddapa, Sithavatam, Nellore and Kanakagiri near Orissa. His income was 24 lakhs of rupees per anum of which he paid tribute of 9 lakhs to his sovereign. He kept in readiness, under the orders of the King of Vijayanagar, 25,000 infantry and 15,000 cavalry and 40 elephants. These Zamindars migrated from Gandikota are called as Gandikota Pandyans. Adiveera Thimmappa Naidu and his people were well known in their days ...

మంత్రులు, ముఖ్యమంత్రులు ప్రజా రంజకంగా పరిపాలించాలి, కానీ ఈ కొత్త ముఖ్యమంత్రి కిరణ్ కుమార్ రెడ్డి కుల రంజకంగా ఈ రాష్ట్రాన్ని పాలించటానికి కంకణం కట్టుకున్నాడని అర్ధమౌతుంది. ఈ రాష్ట్రంలో కేవలం 7% ఉన్న రెడ్డి వర్గానికి మంత్రివర్గంలో ఏకంగా 14 మంత్రి పదవులు కట్టబెట్టాడు. పైగా కీలకమైన శాఖలు కొన్ని తన దగ్గర ఉంచుకొని మిగిలిన కీలకమైన శాఖలు తన కులం వారికి పంచిపెట్టాడు. మంత్రివర్గంలో బి.సి, యస్.సి, యస్.టి మరియు మైనారిటీలు పోగా మిగిలిన 20 మంది ఓ.సి కమ్యూనిటీ వారిలో రెడ్డి కులం వారికి 70% పదవులు కట్టబెట్టి మిగిలిన అన్ని కులాల వారికి కేవలం 30% పదవులు మాత్రమే ఇచ్చాడు. అవి కూడా అప్రధాన శాఖలే. ఇదేం సామాజిక న్యాయం, దీనికి కాంగ్రెస్ అధిస్తాన వర్గం భాద్యత వహిస్తూ, ఈ రాష్ట్రంలో మిగిలిన అన్ని కులాల వారికి సమాధానం చెప్పాలి. గతంలో ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ లోకాంగ్రెస్ పార్టీ ని నిలువునా చీల్చింది, వేరు కుంపట్లతో పార్టీ ని బలహీన పరచింది ఈ కులస్తులే. చెన్నారెడ్డి, బ్రహ్మానంద రెడ్డి గతంలో కాంగ్రెస్ పార్టీ ని చీల్చితే, ప్రస్తుతం ఆ సంప్రదాయాన్ని జగన్ మోహన్ రెడ్డి కొనసాగిస్తున్నాడు. ఐనా కానీ కాంగ్రెస్ అధిస్తానం మాత్రం ఆ వర్గాని...

Marella Kalyani, a member of Gold medal winning Indian Women Kabaddi Team in 11th Asian Games. A native of Kadavakudhuru village in Prakasam district, Kalyani took to kabaddi when she was 14 and with passion she went on to represent Andhra Pradesh in several tournaments as an all-rounder. Kalyani is employed as a women constable in the divisional reserve, Railway Protection Force (RPF). She had represented Acharya Nagarjuna University in the All India Inter-University tournaments and won a Gold medal in 2006-2007, She participated in senior and junior nationals, National Games, women National Games and won many medals for her team. “She is adept both in offence and defence. She adopts herself according to the situation,” said Padmaja Bala, former Indian coach. Kalyani played many tournaments under the guidance of Ms. Bala. Kalyani, who won the “best player” award a couple of times, is a product of the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh academy in East Godavari district.