Orugallu to Warangal: Journeys across Time మార్చి 1, 2019
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‘Orugallu to Warangal’ is a keen and enthusiastic documentation by Lakshmi Prabhala and Sadhana Ramchander
It was in 2006 when Lakshmi Prabhala, then an IT employee commented on a blog posted by Sadhana Ramchander that led to an unexpected friendship. Lakshmi recalls, “It was a post on Bathukamma, about which not much was known then. I asked her if I could tag along with her on her future visits and that’s how we became acquainted with each other.” The association became professional with the release of their book on Hyderabad (Hyd and Seek) in 2015. The duo have recently finished their second book, Orugallu to Warangal: Journeys across Time, which pays an ode to the city and captures succinctly, its rich history, architecture, customs and festivals.
While Sadhana was born and educated in Warangal, Lakshmi took only one prior trip to the city. Sadhana says, “I’ve lived there for 18 years but at that age you want to see the world. You don’t want to see the world around you. On our school excursions, we went to Ramappa Temple or the Pakhal Lake. This book is a discovery even for someone who grew up there.” (మరింత…)
Remembering Osmania University’s Contribution to Public Life- Adapa Satyanarayana ఆగస్ట్ 6, 2018
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Economic and Political Weekly, 14-04-2018, Vol.53, No. 15
Remembering Osmania University’s Contribution to Public Life
Adapa Satyanarayana (adapas8@gmail.com) retired from the Department of History, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
For over a 100 years Osmania University has been a global centre of learning that served as a mirror and conscience keeper of society. Through its history it has not only educated the young, empowering them to find better employment, but it has also been a space that inculcated radical ideas in students who fought for systemic change and a more equal society. The university remains the most important institution for first-generation students from downtrodden backgrounds in the region. Today, the university is facing significant challenges, which must be addressed to safeguard this historic institution.
The author thanks the referee for comments and suggestions. He is also thankful to Ghanta Chakrapani and K Srinivasulu for their help in writing this article.
The establishment of Osmania University heralded a new era in the field of higher education in the erstwhile Hyderabad state, of which the Telangana region was an integral part. On the 26 April 1917, Mir Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam promulgated a farman by which the new university was designed to take full advantage of “all that is best in the ancient and modern systems of physical, intellectual and spiritual culture” (Datla 2013: 50). The Nizam stated,
In the Hyderabad Dominions a University should be established in which the ancient and modern, oriental and occidental arts, sciences are synthesised in such a manner that the defects of the present system of education are rectified. (Datla 2013: 50)
The ideal of imparting higher education through the regional languages of India was a revolt against the dominance of the English language in India under British colonial rule. (మరింత…)
Tribal Unrest in Telangana ఆగస్ట్ 6, 2018
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Walls within the walls- New Zonal System proposed in Telangana ఆగస్ట్ 6, 2018
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From its inception to the struggle for Telangana: History of Osmania University as it turns 100 ఏప్రిల్ 26, 2017
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The University was first set up in 1917, under the rule of Nizam Osman Ali Khan.
Nitin B., The NEWS Minute, April 25, 2017
The year was 1917, and Sir Akbar Hydari, who was then the Home Secretary to the Hyderabad State Government under Nizam Osman Ali Khan, submitted a memorandum to the then Education Minister of the state.
The memorandum emphasised the need to establish a University in Hyderabad, with ‘Urdu’ as the medium of instruction “as it is the language of the widest currency in India, official language of the State, and it is a language which is understood by a vast majority of the population of the State.”
The memorandum had come at a time when several people, especially intellectuals, were thinking about ways to cater to the interest for higher education, which had grown in the state.
Taking the memorandum into consideration, the Nizam issued a ‘firman’, or order, on April 26, 1917, to establish a university in Hyderabad.
A 100 years later, the Osmania University in Hyderabad is all set to host its centenary celebrations. (మరింత…)
Ashokamitran, legendary Tamil writer on life in Hyderabad and Chennai, passes away మార్చి 23, 2017
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Born in Secunderabad, in 1931 as Jagadisa Thyagarajan, passed away in Chennai on Thursday. His novel The Eighteenth Parallel (1977) is about life and times in late 40’s of Hyderabad that witnessed rapid change in every sphere of life because of Razakars, Police Action and ‘liberation’ of Hyderabad. This story by Ashokamitran,also translated into Telugu, is one of his highly acclaimed novels. It is a powerful narrative of changing times and how he saw it happening as a resident of the railway colony in Secunderabad. He had written more than 250 short stories and eight novels and 15 novellas. His stories of Hyderabad and Chennai provide great insights into their recent history from a different perspective. (మరింత…)
Osmania University – Mother Tree of Telangana Consciousness: ‘అమ్మచెట్టు’ ఉస్మానియా- కె. శ్రీనివాస్ మార్చి 10, 2017
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‘అమ్మచెట్టు’ ఉస్మానియా
ప్రతిభలను ఆవిష్కరించిన ఉస్మానియా స్ఫూర్తితో, అన్ని చదువులను కాపాడుకోవడానికి ప్రపంచమంతా వ్యాపించిన పూర్వవిద్యార్థులు సంకల్పం చెప్పుకోవాలి. అవిద్య అలముకున్న తెలంగాణలో ఆశాదీపంలా ఆవరించిన ఉస్మానియాను, నూతన తెలంగాణ నిర్మాణంలో ఒక సజీవ బౌద్ధిక కేంద్రంగా నిలబెట్టుకోవాలి.
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Telangana government and handlooms- Kavula Saraswati మార్చి 1, 2017
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Is the Telangana govt violating the Constitutional rights of adivasis with district reorganization? ఫిబ్రవరి 26, 2017
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According to the census of 2011, Adivasis account for 9.34% of the total population in Telangana.
Pavan Korada, The NEWSMinute, Sunday, November 13, 2016
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government has reorganised and added new districts in the state, increasing the number of districts in Telangana from 11 to 31. Ostensibly, this was done to improve the administration of the newly formed state. But what exactly lies beneath this objective is possibly a shrewd plan to consolidate the party’s support base. This is clearly explained in this article here by senior journalist Kingshuk Nag. But more importantly this exercise by the TRS government will have a massive impact on the adivasi population of Telangana. (మరింత…)
KCR plans another yagam for trouble free Rs 40,000 crore mission bhagiratha జూలై 15, 2016
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Telangana: KCR to perform another Yagam, to ‘banish developmental hurdles’
Srinivasa Aro Apparasu, Hindustan Times, Hyderabad, July 14, 2016
Known for his staunch belief in ancient Hindu customs, Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is all set to appease Lord Vishnu in a big way. He is preparing for yet another major Vedic ceremony, this time to apparently ward off ‘evil forces causing hurdles’ in implementing government programmes.
Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao. After performing a Yagam in 2015, KCR will perform another in Medak in August to apparentely ‘banish developmental hurdles’. (File Photo )
Preparations are on for KCR performing the Sudarshana Yagam in his assembly constituency in Medak district next month. The detailed religious ritual will be held at Gajwel on August 7 to invoke Sudarshana, the mythological disc associated with Lord Vishnu in decimating evil forces.
The 62-year-old CM will perform the Yagam along with the family. Ahead of its start at Gajwel town, he will formally inaugurate the first phase of his government’s Mission Bhagiratha that aims to provide drinking water to every household, according to Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao, who is a nephew of KCR. (మరింత…)
Telangana Utsav Committee 