Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, 83 (25 March 1942 – 22 August 2025), General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) – 2012-19, rests. He was MP from Nalgonda, Telangana, twice. Sudhakar was the nephew of Suravaram Prathap Reddy.
Vice Presidential Election 2025: NDA’s CP Radhakrishnan, 67 vs INDIA Alliance’s Justice B Sudarshan Reddy, 79. 46 candidates filed nominations, and only 2 stood scrutiny. Voting is on 9 September. The Electoral college includes 782 MPs plus 6 vacancies. Younger Radhakrishnan has the clear edge.
Mega Star, Padma Vibhushan Konidela Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955), 70. Huge, unmissable stage presence. ~158 films, mostly Telugu. Kannada, Tamil, Hindi included. Guinness World Record Holder as the most prolific actor-dancer in the Indian film industry. Chiranjeevi Charitable Trust operates the largest blood and eye banks in the Telugu states. His Praja Rajyam Party won 18 seats; secured over 16% of the votes; and got merged with Congress. Rajya Sabha MP – 2012-18; Minister of Tourism. Returned to cinema in 2018. Now, busy with Viswambara.
A boy, born to a Hindu Brahmin couple, adopted at 5 by a Sufi fakir, became Shirdi Sai Baba. A mendicant, healer, sanyasin, and fakir. Mahasamadhi at Shirdi on Vijayadashami (15 October 1918), when he was 80. No heir, no successor. Probably the largest chain of temples are in his name now.
‘Claiming Our Skies’ – insights, firsthand accounts, case studies, and reflections on the journey of National Rural Livelihoods Mission, NRLM –is getting ready. Editors: Neelima Khetan, NN Sinha.
Self-Help Groups (SHGs) movement began in the 1980s. SHGs follow panchasutra – meetings, savings, loans, repayments and books. Their federations at village, cluster/block levels; district and state level federal bodies have also emerged in due course. Gradually, state programs, and subsequently since 2011, National Rural Livelihoods Mission, NRLM (later renamed DAY-NRLM) and the State Missions, in all states and union territories, under the aegis of NRLM accelerated the movement in rural areas. DAY-NULM did the same in the urban areas. On panchasutra, other layers, up to 30+, have been added up to build the agency of women and the marginalized. The elders and disabled joined in. Its strategic pathways included: prioritising livelihoods, in addition to improving health, nutrition, education, mobility, and women’s empowerment; recognising that livelihoods for ‘less poor’, ‘middle poor’, and ‘poorest/vulnerable poor’—are not identical; mapping their livelihoods, vulnerabilities, and social realities, and then evolving strategies to counter these specific vulnerabilities.
Is our handwriting clearly readable, legible? Do we avoid writing? Is it physically painful – thumb, index finger, and wrist? Motor difficulties? Did we stop writing? Did we stop practicing? Notwithstanding digital shift, handwriting activates neural networks, elaborate brain connectivity patterns that help memory and learning. Are we having a memory, and learning loss? Every personal thought committed to paper became potential evidence. Love letters, diary entries, personal notes, creative writing attempts, and even casual thoughts – all existed in permanent, traceable form. Can we continue writing notes, reading notes?
The practice, inemuri – “being present while sleeping” – a socially accepted pause that lets the body and mind recharge while staying connected to the environment; a way for people to balance relentless schedules with the body’s need for rest. Can we accept, respect ‘presence while sleeping’?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. relentlessly active. In N? tatrasthayoga for 7L.