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The Hindu
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Visually challenged children watch 'Hari Hara Veera Mallu'
Visually challenged children from Navajeevan Blind Relief Centre watched the Pawan Kalyan-starrer 'Hari Hara Veera Mallu' movie at a local theatre in Tirupati on Tuesday. A video of the children expressing their wish to watch the movie went viral on social media, which caught the attention of Pawan Kalyan Fans Association members, who made the arrangements. The children, when brought to the theatre, walked in a disciplined line and occupied their seats, leaving the other film buffs awestruck. 'The children thoroughly enjoyed the movie by dancing to the songs and clapping to the thunderous dialogues,' said Jana Sena leader and a member of the association K. Kiran Rayal, who made the arrangements. The children said they derived inspiration from the movie on the need to protect their motherland from alien forces and thanked Mr. Pawan Kalyan.
Hans India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Bhumi Puja performed for devpt projects
Kadiri: Kadiri MLA Kandikunta Venkata Prasad performed the Bhumi Puja for multiple development projects in Kadiri town, including the installation of electric towers and high-mast street lights worth Rs 4 crore. This initiative fulfills the promise made during last year's Vinayaka Chavithi peace meeting to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply until the next festival. The ceremony witnessed the participation of RDO V V S Sharma, Municipal Commissioner Kiran Kumar, DSP Sivanarayana Swamy, former MLA M S Parthasarathi, Jana Sena in-charge Bhairava Prasad, State Executive Secretary P V Pawan Kumar Reddy, officials from the Electricity Department and other departments, municipal councillors, ward in-charges, coalition leaders, and several party workers.
New Indian Express
23-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
PK speech: AP HC registry to number revision plea
VIJAYAWADA: The High Court has directed its registry to assign a number to a criminal revision petition challenging the Guntur court's decision to withdraw prosecution against Jana Sena chief and Deputy CM K Pawan Kalyan. The case stems from comments made by Pawan during his Vaarahi Yatra, alleging misuse of data collected by village volunteers and the abduction of women. Though five volunteers initially supported the complaint filed under IPC Sections 499 and 500, they later testified their reputations weren't harmed and claimed their names were used by YSRCP leaders without consent. Later, the Guntur court permitted the public prosecutor to withdraw the case. However, Petitioner Sarala and three others contested this, but the revision petition faced administrative hurdles. Justice Y Lakshmana Rao has now ordered the registry to number the petition, enabling its progression. Public prosecutors K Radhakrishna Raju and D Srivani Bhai led the earlier case, with support from Advocate Muppalla Subbarao.
The Hindu
18-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Bojjala Sudhir denies role in murder of Jana Sena leader's driver
Srikalahasti MLA Bojjala Sudhir Reddy squarely denied any role in the murder of Jana Sena leader Vinutha Kota's driver Ch. Srinivasulu alias Rayudu, whose body was recovered from Cooum river in Chennai. In the aftermath of the Chennai police arresting Ms. Vinutha and her husband Chandrababu for their alleged role in the murder, the name of Mr. Sudhir Reddy also surfaced, with Ms. Vinutha reportedly blaming him for using her driver as a spy against her to get her personal information. While Chennai police claimed to have extracted the confession of Ms. Vinutha and her husband on their involvement in the murder, it was also rumoured that Mr. Sudhir Reddy had planted the driver as a mole and paid him Rs.30 lakh. Responding to what he termed as 'smear campaign', Mr. Sudhir Reddy told the media that the allegations were baseless and he had no role whatsoever in the murder. He, in turn, blamed the YSRCP of targetting him through their media platforms to 'besmirch him'.
The Print
16-07-2025
- Politics
- The Print
Stop telling South Indians to learn Hindi. In Hyderabad, languages coexist without imposition
Despite being well-versed in Hindi, Dakhni still rolls off my tongue when I converse with someone from the North. As South Indians, we don't need to learn Hindi at all. Urdu—once the official language of the erstwhile Hyderabad state—is as close to Hindi-speaking as we get in my city. But in retrospect, I realise that Hindi never really served a purpose for me here. Even the Khadiboli Hindi taught as part of the state school curriculum wasn't of much use. We never spoke it, and Telugu, as expected, dominated conversations outside of Hyderabad. Having grown up in Hyderabad, I never gave much thought to learning Hindi as a first language. Given that people here also speak in Dakhni and Urdu apart from Telugu, Hindi has never been much of an issue—because it doesn't sound alien to us. The migrant workers who come here from Hindi-speaking belts benefit from Hyderabad being a multilingual city. That said, this linguistic diversity doesn't mean that we Hyderabadis undermine Telugu or its importance in any way. So, I was surprised when Andhra Pradesh minister Nara Lokesh and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan both advocated for Hindi—at a time when states like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have been opposing its imposition on South Indians. Kalyan and Lokesh are clearly in the wrong. While it is understandable that Lokesh's Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Kalyan's Jana Sena are desperate for central funds and will do whatever the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants, this instance marks a new low. South Indian states have their own culture, language, and literary history—none of which is, in any way, secondary to Hindi. The TDP was founded by Tollywood legend NT Rama Rao on the basis of Telugu pride. The fact that one of his family members today has advocated so passionately for Hindi is rather unfortunate. Also read: 11 years after state formation, where's Telangana's history? Govt must fix information gap Why must we learn Hindi? South Indians are always told that they should learn Hindi to be able to converse with North Indians. But will our fellow countrymen be open to learning southern languages? Given that lakhs of migrant workers and even blue-collar employees come down to cities like Hyderabad and Bengaluru, southern languages should be ideally taught in other states as well. The only benefit of us learning Hindi in South India would be for easier conversation with migrant workers, or with office colleagues in the North, if we end up working there. Hyderabad/Telangana, in any case, isn't as homogenous as Andhra Pradesh, where not knowing Telugu would make it difficult for someone to navigate on the ground. Learning Hindi might actually cause us to become distant from our own literary cultures. Just a few weeks ago, I spoke to a trustee of a major Telugu publication. And she told me that the quality of readership and literature in Telugu has come down in the last few decades due to the impact of social media and a decline in interest in serious literature. If that's true, then Hindi will certainly become an additional burden on our future generations. I have nothing against the language, but people need to understand that South Indians won't learn Hindi simply because it's convenient for North Indians. What are we getting in return? Better jobs? Better access? None of it. While I don't agree with the extreme reaction against Hindi in Karnataka and even in Maharashtra of late, I do think we should stringently focus on preserving our regional languages first. Hindi can remain an option for those who wish to learn it. There are so many cities in South India that are multilingual. Take Karnataka's Bidar, for example. Most people I met there can speak Kannada, Marathi, and Telugu because the city borders Maharashtra and Telangana. Hindi can be easily understood there too. But do they really need to formally learn it? There is nothing wrong with learning Hindi, but is there any use for it – especially for South Indians who don't intend to go to the North? A vast chunk of migration from Kerala, for instance, is toward West Asia. Similarly, people from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh generally look to the United States for better career opportunities. If the government really wants to have some sort of linguistic parity, then it should also make North Indians learn southern languages, or at least offer that option. The burden of understanding and learning a new tongue cannot be ours alone. And hopefully, there will be more sense among political leaders to not dig the graves of their own languages. Yunus Lasania is a Hyderabad-based journalist whose work primarily focuses on politics, history, and culture. He tweets @YunusLasania. Views are personal. (Edited by Zoya Bhatti)
