1 Life in Anantharam Telugu Original
1 Life in Anantharam Telugu original : Ooru, vaada, batuku, published by Hyderabad Book Trust, May 2009 Author : Devulapalli Krishnamurthi Translator : Gita Ramaswamy Drawings : Laxman Aelay Chapter 1 My village, Anantaram, like many others, is not famous for anything. Anantaram was earlier in Nagulapadu pargana, Suryapet taluk, Nalgonda district. My family had been living in this village from the days of our ancestors. Maybe our ancestors were from a village called Devulapalli; maybe that’s why our house name1 is Devulapalli. Our house (midde)2 was at one end of the village with the dora’s motabavi 3in front. At the edge of the well stood a banyan tree with two toddy4 trees in its middle, as if sprouting outwards from it.5 Close by were agricultural fields. On one side was a cattle shed, beside it haystacks, and manure heaps. There was a house in front of ours. Villagers from Kampadu and Dosapadu and travellers were up and about from dawn when the waterwheel began rolling till evening when the lamps were lit. Those who knew us stopped by to smoke a chutta.6 They a drink of water, rested a while and went on their way to the village. Lying covered with a sheet, I could hear Dasari Ramaiah singing at a distance while turning the waterwheel. 1 People in Andhra Pradesh have, like many other states in South India, a house name. This is usually prefixed to the name and sometimes, the caste names follows the name – as in Kasu (house name) Brahmananda (name) Reddy (caste name.) 2 Rarely is the generic name for house used in Telangana.
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