Niroshtya Ramayanam

I feel privileged to share this story that I learnt from my grandfather, who in turn had heard from his father.

There was a great author by name Mariganti Singaracharyulu garu who had written Ramayanam in a unique format and it was called "Niroshtya Ramayanamu"
"Oshtyamu" is the collection of letters ప, ఫ, బ, భ, మ (प, फ, ब ,भ, म). Whenever these letters are uttered, the lips touch each other, it is impossible otherwise to utter these letters or words containing these letters.
Singaracharyulu garu has written the whole Ramayanam without the use of the letters ప, ఫ, బ, భ, మ (प, फ, ब ,भ, म). Hence it is called "Niroshtya Ramayanam"
After writing the great story, he thought hard on what to name his creation. He wasnt able to decide on a name, his view was to give a name to the story which didnt have ప, ఫ, బ, భ, మ (प, फ, ब ,भ, म).
One day while he was deeply immersed in his thoughts, his friend visited him and asked him, how his new book "DASHARATHARAJA NANDANA CHARITRA" turning out to be. Stunned by what he heard from his friend, he asked how did he know that he was writing a book and who gave him the name of this book. His friend said that an old man, whom he thought was Singaracharyula's servant was sweeping the floor while he entered the house and he said so; Singaracharyulu garu was even more stunned and he said, he was a poor bramhin and didnt have a servant, neither was there any old man around his house.
After regaining his composure, he then interpreted it as a message from the great Lord Rama himself and had named his book as "DASHARATHARAJA NANDANA CHARITRA" A title which is indeed
Niroshtyamu. Jai Sri Rama.

Talvar...a movie that troubles your heart and mind

It has been two days since I have watched ‪#‎Talvar‬, but it refuses to leave my mind. Imagining a normal Indian family to undergo such a horrible tragedy is extremely disturbing. The way the system treats parents insensitively after the murder of the their beloved child dreads the mind and you could only hope that you are nevrr involved in such situation. Is there a solution out for the grieving parents? Only time will tell. How to prevent such incidents? This is something in our hands and we all need take necessary steps collectivity as a society. Background checks, compulsory electronic transactions, home alarms are not optional anymore.
Is Dependening on the state infra good ? Well I have my own doubts; personally things never worked for me when I reached out to the state for some serious issues I faced, I only concluded then that I am paying taxes to keep the state off my back, not to gain any help when in need. Well I hope Modi/ KCR will change things and make people in govt more accountable.

Coming back to the movie, it is so bloody real! How could somebody have made such a perfect casting? How did the actors live the roles? It was terrific to watch the events unfold and each of them narrating their own version of the events that unfolded that unfortunate night. And the terrific climax when the two investigating teams try to convince other; it evokes laughter but the joke is on us, the people of this country, on the media which sensationalized the event with no shame or ethics and us who consumed it as news at dinner time.

The audiography was so amazing that you feel things happening in front of you. The noises, the cries, the chatter is all so real. Complimenting the audiography is the background score, which gives you goose bumps every moment. then there is the haunting song "zinda" in the end, a great irony to the whole story where the soul is no more there in the living bodies.

#Talvar is a must watch at least to redeem the guilt of viewing the gruesome incidents on tv as prime time entertainment with no empathy for the family. This is a harsh reality that could happen to anybody. The only way forward is for all of us to unite as a society and prevent. The question is can we all come on one page while we keep killing each other over futile matters?
~ Dinesh Kovuri