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నేను సూర్యదేవర నర్సయ్య హైస్కూల్ (చేబ్రోలు) లో ఆరవ తరగతి నుండి చదివినప్పుడు నాకు ప్రియ మిత్రుడుగా గోలి నాగేశ్వరరావు వుండేవాడు. మా వూరుకు నాలుగు మైళ్ళ దూరంలో ఉన్న ముట్లూరు గ్రామం నుండి రోజూ సైకిలు మీద కొందరు విద్యార్థులు వచ్చేవారు. వారిలో గోలి నాగేశ్వరరావు ఒకరు. అతను మా ఇంటి దగ్గర ఆగి నన్ను సైకిలు మీద ముందు కూర్చోపెట్టుకుని స్కూలుకి తీసుకెళ్ళేవారు. ఇది ఆరవ తరగతి నుండి ఎస్.ఎస్.ఎల్.సి. పూర్తయ్యేవరకు కొనసాగింది. ముట్లూరు గ్రామం మా వూరు పాతరెడ్డి పాలెం - చేబ్రోలుకు సమీపంలో ఉండేది. దగ్గరలో మరే హైస్కూలు లేనందువల్ల అక్కడి విద్యార్థులంతా చదువు నిమిత్తం వచ్చేవారు. ఆ విధంగా ప్రారంభమయిన మా స్నేహం నాగేశ్వరరావు చనిపోయేవరకు కొనసాగింది. ముట్లూరు గ్రామం నుండి అనేకమంది విద్యార్థులు సైకిళ్ళమీద రోజూ వచ్చినా నాగేశ్వరరావు మాత్రం తప్పనిసరిగా ఆ ఇంటి ముందు ఆగి బెల్ కొట్టి నన్ను సైకిలు మీద కూర్చోబెట్టుకుని వెళ్ళేవారు. క్లాసులో ఒకేచోట కూర్చునే వాళ్ళం. కలిసి చదివేవాళ్ళం. హోం వర్క్ నోట్సులు ఎక్స్ ఛేంజ్ చేసుకునేవాళ్ళం. టీచర్లపై మా అభిప్రాయాలు కూడా ఒకే రకంగా వుండేవి. నాగేశ్వరరావు చాలా చక్కగా వుండేవాడు. శుభ్రమైన దుస్తులు ధరించి క్రమశిక్షణతో వుండేవాడు. నేను రానురాను వారి కుటుంబంలో ఒకడిగా అయిపోయాను. తరచు ముట్లూరు గ్రామం వెళ్ళి వారి ఇంట్లో కాలక్షేపం చేసి వచ్చేవాడిని. నాగేశ్వరరావు తండ్రి మగ్గం నేసేవాడు. వారి కుటుంబం అంతా ఆ మగ్గం పనుల్లోనే నిమగ్నమయ్యేవారు. స్కూలులో బ్యాట్మింటన్, వాలీబాల్ ఆటలలో కలిసి పాల్గొనే వాళ్ళం. చేబ్రోలుకు ఎనిమిది మైళ్ళ దూరాన వున్న గుంటూరు నగరం వెళ్ళి ఒకసారి హోటలులో దోసె తిని రావటం ఆ రోజులలో అదే మాకు వింతగా వుండేది. స్కూలులో ఉపాధ్యాయులపై మా అభిప్రాయాలు కూడా బాగా కలిసేవి.
హైస్కూలు చదువు ముగిసిన తర్వాత నేను గుంటూరులో కాలేజీలో చేరటం, నాగేశ్వరరావు విజయవాడ పర్యటనతో మేము కొంచెం దూరమయ్యాం. స్నేహం మాత్రం అలాగే కొనసాగింది. నాగేశ్వరరావు విజయవాడలో శోభనాచల స్టూడియో కంపెనీ ఉద్యోగంలో సినిమా ప్రతినిధిగా చేరాడు. అయితే విడుదలయిన వారి సినిమాలకు కలెక్షన్ ఎలా వస్తున్నదో చూడటం సరిగా జమకడుతున్నారో లేదో గమనించటం, యాజమాన్యానికి ఎప్పటికప్పుడు తెలియచేయడం అతని విధి. నేను విజయవాడ వెళ్ళినప్పుడు గాంధీనగర్ లోని ఆఫీసుకు వెళ్ళి నాగేశ్వరరావుతో కాలక్షేపం చేసేవాడిని. వారి సినిమాలకు తీసుకెళ్ళేవారు. అలా జరుగుతుండగా నేను ఎమ్.ఎ. చదువు నిమిత్తం విశాఖపట్టణం పోవటంతో నాగేశ్వరరావు తాత్కాలికంగా దూరమయ్యాడు. మళ్ళీ నేను సంగారెడ్డిలో నాలుగు సంవత్సరాలపాటు టీచరుగా పనిచేసినప్పుడు నాగేశ్వరరావు కూడా అక్కడికి వచ్చి నేను పనిచేసే స్కూలులోనే సెకండరీ గ్రేడ్ టీచర్ గా వృత్తి కొనసాగించాడు. మళ్ళీ పాత రోజులవలె సన్నిహితులమయ్యాము. అప్పట్లో మా అక్క మెదక్ జిల్లా స్త్రీ సంక్షేమ శాఖాధికారిగా సంగారెడ్డిలో వుండేది. మేము ఇరువురం అక్కడ మళ్ళీ కలిసి వుండే అవకాశం వచ్చింది. అదే సాన్నిత్యంతో ఉన్నాము. ఇద్దరం కలిసి స్థానిక జిల్లా గ్రంథాలయానికి వెళ్ళి విపరీతంగా గ్రంథ పఠనం చేసేవాళ్ళం. వీరేశలింగం, మునిమాణిక్యం మొదలైన వారి రచనలు కలిసి చదివేవాళ్ళం. జిల్లా గ్రంథాలయ సంస్థ కార్యదర్శిగా జనార్దన రెడ్డి మాకు బాగా సహకరించేవాడు. రోజూ సాయంకాలం కొద్దిమంది టీచర్లు కలిసి వూరి వెలుపలికి వెళ్ళి పొలాల్లో తిరిగి కబుర్లు చెప్పుకుంటూ కాలక్షేపం చేయటం ఆనవాయితీగా వుండేది.
1964లో నా వివాహం తెనాలిలో అయినప్పుడు నాగేశ్వరరావు చీరాలకు చేరుకున్నారు. అతడు సుబ్బరావమ్మ అనే చక్కని అమ్మాయిని పెళ్ళి చేసుకున్నారు. నేను ఆ వివాహానికి హాజరై చాలా సంతోషించాను. నా పెళ్ళికి వద్దన్నా వినకుండా నాగేశ్వరరావు దంపతులు తాళి చేయించి ఇచ్చారు. అది నేను వాడలేదనుకోండి. అది వేరే విషయం. పెళ్ళికి నాగేశ్వరరావు వచ్చి చాలా సంతోషించాడు. క్రమంగా చీరాలలో ఉబ్బస వ్యాధితో బాధపడ్డాడు. అది రానురాను అతన్ని బాగా క్షీణింపచేసింది. ఆ సమయంలో నేను చీరాల వెళ్ళి చూసివస్తుండేవాడిని. అతనికి ఒక కుమారుడు ఉన్నాడు. కానీ నాగేశ్వరరావు త్వరలోనే ఉబ్బస వ్యాధితో చనిపోయాడు. కుమారుడు మాత్రం చదువుకుని ఆస్ట్రేలియా వెళ్ళి కుదురుకున్నాడు. ఏమైనా నాగేశ్వరరావుతో నా స్నేహం చాలా మధురమైనదిగా మిగిలిపోయింది. అతనితో ఒక ఫొటో వుండటం నాకెంతో ఆనందదాయకమైన విషయం.
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కీ.శే. పువ్వాడ నాగేశ్వరరావుగారు మానవవాదిగా గుంటూరులో ప్రజావాణి పత్రికకు రాసిన వ్యాసాలు గ్రంథస్థం చేశారు. ఆ రచనకు ఆవుల గోపాలకృష్ణమూర్తి పీఠిక రాశారు. అది తొలిసారి పత్రికలోప్రచురణ
ఈ వ్యాస సంపుటి రచయిత, రమారమి గత పాతికయేండ్లుగా ఒక ప్రత్యేక, విశిష్ట సాంఘిక దృక్పధంతో విషయ పరిశీలన చేస్తూ యిటీవల చరిత్రపట్ల మనసునిల్పి, కొన్ని రంగాలు కూలంకషంగా తరచి చూచి, సాంఘిక ఉద్యమాల రూపురేఖలను పరామర్శించి, ఒక బృహద్గ్రంథాన్ని తయారు చేయుటకై విషయ సేకరణ చేశారు.
ఆ కృషి జరిగే సమయాల్లో ఆంధ్రలో కరణీకములను గూర్చి దేశంలో సంస్కృతమును గురించి దృష్టి సారించి ఆ యా విషయాలను తడవి చూపారు.
నాగేశ్వరరావుగారి స్వభావ, తత్త్వములను యెరిగిన వారికి యీ పుస్తకం చదువుతుంటే వారితో మాట్లాడినట్లే ఉంటుంది. 'భాషను బట్టి మనిషిని పోల్చ' వచ్చు నన్న నానుడికి వీరి రచన బలీయమైన తార్కాణం.
ఆంధ్ర సాంఘిక జీవితంలో 'కరణీకాలకు' మొన్న మొన్నటిదాకా కొన్ని ప్రాంతాల్లో యిప్పుడు గూడా చాలా ప్రముఖ స్థానం వుంది. గ్రామీణ జీవితాల్లో కరణాలు ఒక కీలక స్థానాన్ని ఆక్రమించారు. చారిత్రక సన్నివేశాలెట్లా ఉన్నా సాంఘిక జీవితాన్ని కొన్ని యెడల రాజకీయ జీవితాన్ని, నియతం చేయగల శక్తి, యీ కీలక స్థానాలకు దక్కింది. అది దృష్టిలో నుంచుకొనే నాగేశ్వరరావుగారు చారిత్రక విషయ సముపార్జన చేశారు. వ్యావహారిక రంగంలోని మర్మలేగాక, భాషా విషయక రంగంలో కూడా కరణీక కుటుంబాలవారి ప్రశస్తి గమనించిననే గాని తెలుగుదనం పాదుకొన్నచోట్లు పరిగణనకు రావు.
వైదికమత జైత్రయాత్రా సాఫల్యతను చేకూర్చిన వారిలో ఈ వర్గానికున్న స్థానం మత గురువులకుగాని, పూజారులకు గాని, పురోహితులకుగాని లేదు. జీతం బత్తెంలేని తీవ్రకృషి వైదికానికి వీరు ప్రోది చేశారు.
నేటి గ్రామీణ వ్యవస్థలో కరణాల పాత్ర పంచాయతీల ఆగమన, ఉద్ధృతంలో తగ్గినట్లు ఉన్నా కీలక పరిస్థితి కీలకంగానే ఉంది. ప్రభుత్వానికీ, వైదికానికీ, కరణాలు కీలకాలు, పునాదులు. ఒకరిచ్చిన వరుమానంతో తమకు నచ్చిన రెండవ కృషి గూడా చేస్తారు.
ఇది మనసులో ఉంచుకొని వ్యాసం చూడండి. ఇతర ఆనుపానులు మీకే దృగ్గోచర మౌతై.
ఈ పుస్తకానికి జీవం, మూడోవ్యాసం, సంస్కృత కధా కథనం. స్వరాజ్య పాలనారంభం కాగానే చిన్న పెద్దలందరూ ఆగుబ్బుగా రేగి, సంస్కృతాన్ని పునరుద్ధరించాలని సమావేశాల మీద సమావేశాలు చేసి, విశ్వ సంస్కృత పరిషత్తులను గూడాస్థాపించి, ప్రణాళికా బద్ధ కృషి సాగించారు.
సంస్కృతం తెలియనివాడు భారతీయాత్మ నెరుగనివారన్నారు. 'సంస్కృత' మంటే 'సంస్కృతి' అని కూడా నవ్య నిర్వచనం చేశారు. సంస్కృతి, కేవలం ఒక భాషకాదన్న నగ్న సత్యాన్ని గూడా తిరస్కరించి, తికమకపెట్టనారంభించారు. క్రమస్థితిని ఆ నైజం బయటపడుతుంది. దాని బండారాన్ని మన రచయిత, చరిత్ర సమ్మతంగా, నిరాడంబరంగా, నిజంగా బయటకు లాగారు. దానికి తిరుగు లేదు, రచయిత వాదం అప్రతిహతం.
సంస్కృతం నిజానికి ఒక మూలభాష కాదు. ఈ విషయం కొందరకు కష్టంగా వున్నా, చరిత్ర చెప్పే సత్యాన్ని గ్రహిస్తే, సత్యాన్ని సత్యంగా గ్రహించవచ్చు. రచయిత, యింకా వివరంగా, సోదాహరణాలన్నింటిని చూపితే, గ్రంథం విస్తరించినా, సత్యాన్ని కచ్చడాలు యెక్కువగా దొరికేవి, మంచి కవచాలు అందేవి. ఆ పని, విషయం కల్గిన మన రచయిత భవిష్యత్తులోనైనా చేసి తీరాలి, దానికై ఒక ప్రత్యేక పుస్తకం కావాలి.
సంస్కృతం మూలభాష కాదు. ప్రాకృతం మూల భాష, ప్రాకృతాన్ని సంస్కరించి, దానికి సంస్కృతమని పేరు పెట్టి, పుత్రికకు మాతృస్థానాన్ని చేకూర్చి, పౌరాణిక నైతికత్వాన్ని రుజువుచేశారు.
ఈ మూల సిద్ధాంతాన్ని చర్చా వేదికలోకి తెచ్చిన నాగేశ్వరరావుగారి కృషి నిజంగా సాహసోపేతం, ప్రశంసార్హం. కాని, సంస్కృతాన్నే సంస్కృతికి పర్యాయపదంగా వాడే ప్రాకృతలోకం నాగేశ్వరరావుగారిని ఆడిపోస్తుంది, పోయనిండు, పోయెడిదేమి?
రెండవ వ్యాసాన్ని యీ వ్యాసపత్రయంలో వేయకుండా వుంటే బాగుండేది. దానిలోని విషయానికి, తతిమ్మా రెంటిలోని విషయానికి సామీప్యం లేదు.
వైదికానికి భావం కూర్చింది సంస్కృతం, దానికి పాదులు చేర్చింది కరణీకాలు.
రచయిత హేతువాది, హేతువాదానికి, చారిత్రక దృష్టి, శాస్త్రీయగీతి, నైతిక గమనం అవసరం. ఆ మూటిని రచయిత తనలో ఆకళింత చేసుకుని, తన భావ పరంపరను సూటిగా తను మాట్లాడే రీతిలో, హృదయానికి హత్తుకొనేటట్లు చెప్పారు.
పాఠకలోకం, యీ గ్రంథాన్ని యీ దృష్టితో చూచి, యీ విధానానికి వూతాన్ని చేకూర్చి, యింకా ముందుకు విశాలవంతంగా పోయే, పోగలిగిన అలవాటు చేసుకోగలుగుతుందని ఆశిస్తాను, దానికి పుంతలు వేసిన నాగేశ్వరరావుగారిని అభినందిస్తాను.
తెనాలి ఆవుల గోపాలకృష్ణమూర్తి
28-2-1958 ఎమ్.ఎ., ఎల్.ఎల్.బి.
కీ.శే. పువ్వాడ నాగేశ్వరరావుగారు మానవవాదిగా గుంటూరులో ప్రజావాణి పత్రికకు రాసిన వ్యాసాలు గ్రంథస్థం చేశారు. ఆ రచనకు ఆవుల గోపాలకృష్ణమూర్తి పీఠిక రాశారు. అది తొలిసారి పత్రికలోప్రచురణ
innaiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13271475089972025823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617392039209496979.post-72062648159579852032017-06-23T13:34:00.001-07:002017-06-23T13:34:40.768-07:00Telugu story in English translated by Komala Venigalla from Sri Ramana`s Dhanalakshmi
Original Story in Telugu: Dhanalakshmi
by Sri Ramana
English translation by Komala Venigalla
Telugu Story
Dhanalakshmi
Sriramana
Translation
Venigalla Komala
I was studying in eighth class. Seetharamanjanelu was my class as well as bench mate. He was a hefty boy with dark shiny complexion. With his well-pressed silk clothes, a watch, two gold rings, always money in his pocket, the perfume he used and the green Hambar cycle he rode, he looked a hero to us and we all were a bit jealous of him. Apart from all his luxury he had another plus point. A childless business man – Eswarayya adopted him – a distant relative. Eswarayya fell ill and thought he was dying and his last wish was to witness the marriage of his adopted son. Hence Seetharamanjanelu got married to Dhanalakshmi. She was in third class in our school. He was the only married student in our school.
Surprisingly Eswarayya recovered from death-bed and started looking after his business again. He was happy and thought that Seetharamanjanelu brought him luck.
But hasty marriage was irksome to Ramanjanelu though it gave him adult look. He suspected that other students were making fun of him behind his back. He rarely spoke to anyone. I was free with him, though others maintained distance from him. Sometimes I did home work for him. In return he allowed me to ride his shining cycle – a few rounds in the play ground. I considered it a previlege to ride that grand cycle.
One day in our science class the teacher asked Ramanjanelu to describe parts of an egg. He answered ‘shell outside, and chick inside’. The teacher got irritated and ordered him to stand upon the bench. His face was flesh with anger. Adding insult to injury Dhanalakshmi came running to our class and asked Ramanjaneyulu for a pencil. The whole class laughed loudly which scared her and she ran back with her anklet bells jingling. She was prettily dressed in silk Lehanga and blouse. She wore a ruby necklace. She looked a decked doll.
The teacher was about to continue the lesson on egg. Ramanjanelu jumped furiously off the bench and went to cycle stand, sat on his Hambar there itself. While riding out, he rang the bell three times in front of our class room. The teacher was shocked and asked the class leader to ‘collect that rascal’s books and leave them in the staff room.’
Ramanjanelu behaved rashly because he felt humiliated. Otherwise he was a quiet student.
After that incident Ramanjanelu was never seen in the school. Even Dhanalakshmi left the school permanently.
Eswarayya didn’t object Ramanjanelu’s decision. Moreover he thought that the boy would learn trade secrets – loss and profit by sitting in the shop.
With Ramanjanelu’s discontinuation of studies I lost the chance of riding his Hambar Cycle. I was hoping to get a cycle to go to junior college after my tenth pass. But by then our high school was upgraded to a junior college. By the time I came to degree college. Our junior college became a degree College – with my minimum marks pass I joined the college. My dream of getting a cycle of my own was never fulfilled.
In fact I wished to discontinue my studies inspired by Ramanjanelu. But my father was not as understanding as Eswarayya. He gave me a strict warning saying – ‘they have business we have nothing if you don’t study you have to beg on streets.’
Eswarayya breathed his last. After his death the bitter reality dawned on Ramanjanelu that the four workers in the shop had been stealing money from the business leaving it in debts. After clearing the debts the shop had to be closed – Twenty year old Ramanjanelu and Seventeen year Dhanalakshmi were left with nothing except Eswarayya’s family name.
One day I met Ramanjanelu in the main Bazaar. He requested me to go to his house along with him. I followed him. His house consisted of a single room with an attached tin shed in front.
He informed Dhanalakshmi about my presence there. She offered me a seat and said that she wanted to talk to me about some issue. Her behavior and talk showed maturity.
She said “Annayya (elder brother) you must be knowing our situation. We are left on the street suddenly. Don’t know what to do. You know your friend better. He holds me responsible for discontinuation of his studies. I tell him God who provides food for ants will surely show us some way. He thinks that I am a burden to him. He offers to work as a sales boy in somebody’s shop. After all he is the adopted son of Eswarayya.
Ramanjanelu asked her to come to the point instead of beating around the brush.
She continued ‘Here in this Varandah we planned to start a flour (pulverizing) mill. It is first of its kind here hence I hope the business will surely pickup. I heard – machine costs ten thousand rupees. I can manage that much amount by selling my jewellery. We need three more thousand for electric fittings. We will fall short of those three thousand. I request you to go to Mill Company in Vijayawada along with your friend. As he doesn’t speak more than a word or two, you please convince Mill Company owners to accept those three thousand in installments. I assured her that Mill Company would accept installment payment.
Within a week flour machine was fixed. Our village is slowly turning into a town. The flour machine became popular in a short while. Dhanalakshmi had learnt its operation along with small repairs needed time and again.
The machine ran twelve hours a day. Customers brought rice, broken rice, wheat, black gram, green gram etc. – for pulverizing. In a month Dhanamma stocked all those items in her house. Customers bought them there and also paid for grinding. She paid instalments to the company in full. The Company fixed a separate machine for turmeric powder.
By every evening a container was filled with coins – day’s income of the machine. She used to feel happy calling the money Sree Mahalakshmi. She used to count the change into ten rupee packets and sold that money to hotels and other shop people. She charged 10 rupees out of each hundred. Early morning while cleaning the shed she used to collect all sorts of flour from the floor along with road dust. She called it bath powder (Sunnipindi) and made packets of it. Five fistfuls in each packet and sold a packet a rupee. They called it Dhanasree Sunnipindi. She got pouches made with actress Vanisree’s picture and an ad- Dhana Sree Sunnipindi is made with various medicinal herbs to enhance skin glow.
Dhanalakshmi got her jewellery made again. She gave birth to a boy. She named him Eswar. People Started calling her Dhanamma (rich lady).
She advised her husband to start a regular grocery store as they earned money which could be, invested to further their business. She said – “because of the flour machine our house has become the centre. You can have full time work and earn money at the same time.”
He filled the shop with all sorts of food items and once again he became a shop owner.
She further suggested that he should sell all sorts of spices along with other condiments not available in other shops. Then they could compete with bigger shop owners. As usual Ramanjanelu didn’t favour her suggestion at first but implemented it ultimately.
They set the shop right late in the night and slept there only. The neighbourhood woke up every morning with flour mill sound.
People realized that along with money Ramanjanelu was getting bold.
I completed B.Ed. and joined as a teacher in my old school with a consolidated pay of thousand a month. My elders fixed my marriage. Shakuntala – the bride to be was in her final year B.A.. Though I wanted to wait till she completed her degree, Our people didn’t listen to me. In our wedding invitations along with Shakuntala’s name B.A. was printed in brackets. All our relatives attended my marriage. Shankuntala’s B.A. never crossed the brackets as she failed in the examination. She happily settled down as the mother of two kids, reading borrowed novels, weekly magazines and watching T.V. serials were her hobbies. Neither my job nor my salary pleased her. But life went on without much hitch.
I used to buy all my groceries from Ramanjanelu’s shop. Dhanamma used to tell me freely what was happening in the shop and around. One day when I went there some heated argument was going on between the couple.
He was shouting at her “Do you think you are Indira Gandhi. If you don’t control your mouth you will see the consequences. You are not the only intelligent person.”
When she saw me she said “Annayya you be the judge and decide whether I did anything wrong. Because of the sound of the machine I speak loudly, is that a crime?” I was hesitating to talk, he hissed ‘Don’t Change the topic. If you have any respect to your husband you would not have behaved like that in the night.
She “What was wrong? Being in business must be prepared to take risks. In the midnight Mr.Naidu came to the shop to buy Sonthi (Dry, hard ginger) for some medicinal purpose. This man blatantly said ‘we don’t have it’. I got up, looked for Sonthi and gave it to Mr. Naidu. This man verbally abused me the rest of the night saying that I belittled him in front of a gentleman. He feels being generous and I am money minded.” She started crying.
She “He called me a burden. Now he blames me.”
He asked her to shut her mouth. I didn’t know how to respond to them in that situation. But from that time Mr. Naidu began to buy his groceries from Dhanamma’s shop. Ramanjanelu had to swallow his defeat.
Ramanjanelu very politely requested me whether I could help with business correspondence and accounts in the shop spending an hour daily after the school was closed. He offered to pay Rs.300 a month or groceries worth that amount every month. Dhanamma asked me to opt for groceries – that I needed every month. Before I could think or say anything they fixed my part – time job in their shop.
Each evening after school I spent an hour in their shop doing business related writing correspondence. On every 1st of the month they used to send full grocery stuff minus sunnipindi to my house.
My wife didn’t like my clerical job in the shop. But I felt ease in my money matters.
One evening I had to spend more time in the shop with extra work. When I was leaving, Dhanamma gave me one packet of jasmines for my wife and a few Jilebis (sweet) for my kids saying that I did not know how to enjoy even simple pleasures.
My wife commented – “This is over-time compensation. Your sister is very intelligent. Ask her to write a book on trade secrets. It can be prescribed as a text book to the Business Management Students.”
Whenever I told her that I would return home late that particular evening she used to joke that she would get jasmines and children Jilebis. I used to take it easy as jokes would not feed anybody.
With Dhanamma’s suggestion a tour to Bhadrachalam was arranged. Forty tourists paid hundred each for travel, food etc., The bus was loaded with groceries and two cooks were engaged. For me and my wife the trip was free. Dhanamma got 200 coconuts and other veneration (puja) items – turmeric, Kumkum and incense sticks to be sold at the temple to other tourists. With holy dip in rivers Krishna and Godavari, visiting Kanaka Durgamma and Sree Rama temples, three days trip was satisfactorily concluded and we all returned well home safely.
In return journey Dhanamma and Ramanjanelu bought soap nuts, brooms etc., as they were cheap there. They could be sold in the shop to a higher price. They benefitted in two ways. Visited holy place and brought back business to their shop.
My bracket B.A. wife remarked “They made a lot of profit in this tour. They spent groceries from their own shop. Sold coconuts and brought back things cheaply available there. Ask them to arrange next trip to Tirupati and Sree Kalahasti. They can buy there tamarind which is very cheap there, can gain on it by selling it to a better price here in their shop.” What my wife did not know was that the trip to Tirupati was already planned.
They earned money through the grocery shop and flour mill. They bought a big shop in the main bazaar. But continued business in the old shop only as it proved lucky for them. The sound of flour mill was like music to their ears. They built two rooms. One upon the other original single room. The house looked like a chimney from outside.
A fertilizer company offered agency to Ramanjanelu as their big room was still empty. He did not want it saying that they would have to invest a lot of money on it.
Dhanamma encouraged him to accept the agency saying – “We have money. We get commission on fertilizer sales. That is like getting interest on our investment. We can sell fertilizers to the farmers on loan and buy grains in whole sale during the harvest season and sell it in retail. We don’t have to pay rent to the shop. We get decent return on our money.” He said that he understood her point.
Hence Eswar agency started in main Bazaar. To look after agency business he appointed our retired science master (one who punished him in eighth class) as he was in need of some earning.
Fertilizer business was on its peak. I was the overall adviser in their business matters. Suddenly there came a national calamity when Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was killed. The nation plunged in darkness. Life in every aspect came to a standstill. Transportation suffered. Two Urea wagons meant for Eswar Agency was misdirected to Bandra instead of to Andhra in Vijayawada junction. With repeated phone calls to station master the wagons could be traced after a month. Two lorry loads of urea came to the shop. It was peak season for fertilizers. Urea rate went up unimaginably. It was sold before it went to shop. They made a profit of one lakh rupees on urea sale.
I was happy for their though I was worried, before when urea wagons were misplaced. I remarked “good, Urea rate went up. If it went low we would have met with terrible loss.” They coolly said “we were assured that we can claim damages from the railways.” It took some time for me to understand their strategy. People with higher education could not match these two people – I thought.
Dhanamma said that they were lucky. She took out a heavy gold chain and requested me to go to Vijayawada and deliver it to the station master for his help regarding urea. “If Ramanjanelu goes there people question him in many ways”. She said she gave me station master's address, he lived not far from the station.
A half acre land at the entrance of our village was put up for sale. The land owner needed cash for his daughter’s wedding and he quoted one lakh sale price. Dhanamma put forth the proposal of buying it. Ramanjaneyulu lost his temper and shouted at her “Have you lost your mind? The land has a big pit in the centre. What can we do with it?” She insisted on buying the land and asked him to listen to her carefully. He said he would not listen. Moreover he said the low land could be used only to bury her.
But Dhanamma managed to convince him. He said that he would offer seventy thousand and not a paisa more than that. The final settlement was done for seventy two thousand and the land was registered on Dhanamma’s name. The village people praised Ramanjanelu for buying good land cheaply.
Dhanamma also praised him – “he has brains. He looked quiet but he is capable. Because he didn’t budge an inch from the price he offered. He made a profit of almost twenty five thousand.” Ramanjenulu heard her and felt that she recognized his worth. He felt extremely happy.
They put up roof on pillars in that low land. It became a go-down, for the fertilizers. Lorries could straight go into the go-downs and unload. Many people appreciated Ramanjanelu’s idea. Dhanamma followed the traditional ritual with a lemon to ward off the evil eye on her husband.
Oneday after Ramanjanelu left for fertilizer shop, Dhanamma said to me “Annayya, your friend is very happy these days.” I complimented him saying that he bought the land cheaply and converted the low land into a go-down. She was not happy about my remark. She opened up her mind to me and said- “He is jealous of me saying that mine is upper hand in all matters. He purposely accuses me I have everything but no peace in life. So, I adjust myself to the situation to make life peaceful.” “I did not follow what she actually tried to tell me. She continued “It is a secret Annayya. I paid to the landowner twenty five thousand without his knowledge. Otherwise he would not have sold the land to us. I raised the cash through chit fund bidding. Your friend said that the land would only be useful to bury me. The go-down idea was mine. But I gave all credit to him for his image in public. But he was happy with the credit. I entrusted him with.
Then Eswar Babu came in demanding ten rupees from her. She while commenting that he always needed tens and twenty fives, started counting the coins. He said irritably “only note”. She gave it to him and sent him away. She continued “He is in 8th class. I am scared that he might follow his father’s footsteps in studies.”
I said “What did we achieve by studying and what did he lose by not studying”.
But she opposed my comment and said “Eswar Babu should pursue his studies. His father is selling salt and Tamarind. But Eswar should sell a, b, c, d. There is no better business than education” She further went on “His father’s pampering may leave him a spoiled brat. He says that we have business. It is enough for him. If Eswar looks after their business. Annayya please look for a good school for Eswar. If he remains here he would be good for nothing. I know your friend will surely oppose my proposal but I can manage him somehow. Please help me regarding Eswar’s studies.
That morning when we were all in the shop Eswar Babu came in and wanted twenty five rupees. Dhanamma “I will give you whatever you want, but you have to study well”. She quoted Purana story – “Devikamma’s eighth child will be a threat to kamsa’s life. Like that there is dangerous tradition in our family of discontinuing studies, be careful.”
Ramanjanelu looked at her angrily but gave a hundred rupee note to Eswarayya. She wanted to know why he needed money. He replied that he would by books. She joked “your father’s books are still in the school. See whether you could make use of them. Science master and myself had to control our smile and look away.
Ramanjaneyulu got very furious. He looked at Dhanamma like a wounded tiger. After awhile his composer came back and he came to me saying “Eswarayya should be sent to some good residential school. Here he would be spoiled by lady’s pampering. Please enquire about a good school. Money is no problem. We can spend any amount. He stood up straight and gave a look as though his decision was final. Dhanamma gave a sigh of relief as her plan was successful.
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Why did I select this story for translation?
Mr. Sreeramana is a great story writer in Telugu. He touches all aspects of our society – good and bad - in his stories. In this story – Dhanalakshmi, he gave importance to her intelligence, timely sense and her business acumen. Ours is a male dominated society. Her husband Ramanjaneyulu opposes her in every proposal she makes, his thoughts are negative. But his attitude does not damper her determination. She works hard to establish her place in this society. Both had no good education, But she proves upper hand in all matters but gives the credit to her husband to raise his image in public eye. The writer proves through this story that women are not weak not a second rate citizens. They can prove their mattle if given the opportunity. His dialogues are very interesting and humorous. We feel like reading his stories repeatedly and enjoying them. He permitted me to translate this story.
innaiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13271475089972025823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617392039209496979.post-90296463847120024252017-03-31T12:39:00.002-07:002017-03-31T12:39:24.526-07:00Humanists from India who visited USA and contributed
Humanists from India visited USA
Research facts and information
Several Humanists toured United States of America since days of first world war. It started with the adventurous steps of Manabendra Nath Roy (Narendranath Bhattacharya) in 1926 from Stanford University, San Francisco. At that Roy was militant nationalist was sought weapons from Germany to neck out Britishers from India. He met Dhan Gopal Mukerji in Stanford University who was a poet, friend of Jawaharlal Nehru . He welcomed M N Roy and for the first time suggested to use Manavendra Nath instead of Narendranath. M N Roy came into vogue from then onwards. Dhanagopal also introduced M N Roy to Evelyn Trent, the fresh graduate from the university. They liked each other which led to their marriage in the presence of Lala Lajpat Rai in New York. For few month they stayed in New york, met several revolutionaries from India, faced wrath of police. Finally M N Roy along with Evelyn escaped through train to Mexico. That was the first and last visit of M N Roy to USA.
After the death of M N Roy in Dehra Dun in 1955 his second wife Ellen visited USA, met her brother and corresponded with the first wife of M N Roy.
Another outstanding intellectual and follower of Radical Humanism prof Sib Narayan Roy visited USA as a part of his world tour to collect information about M N Roy and his contributions. Shib ray met professors visited libraries collected material, lectured in Stanford University. Sib Ray met the first wife of M N Roy and professors like North who knew M N Roy. Later the collected material on Roy was brought out by oxford press into four volumes.
Samaren Roy from Kolkata, visited USA, contacted Bengali associations in USA and also collected rare material about M N Roy. Later he came out with writings like Restless Brahmin and life history of M N Roy
A B Shah(Amritlal Bhikku Shah,from Gujarat state) from Bombay who founded secular society in India attended study camps of M N Roy in Dehradun and Kolkata , made thorough study of 22 thesis of Radical democracy. He wrote critical alternative for the thesis. A B Shah visited USA gave talks and made self experiments about the use and abuse of LSD. It was done similar to Aldous Huxley (details in Doors of perception). After taking the medicine his reactions and behaviour was recorded. All these scientific studies were conducted in USA. Then AB Shah worked in editorial board of Radical Humanist weekly. He also edited another intellectual magazine called The Humanist half yearly from Bombay on the model of Minerva of Edward Shils.
Mr Tayyab Shaik( A.K.Hind) the close follower of M N Roy from Germany came to India in 1930s and published the first biography of M N Roy under the title: The man who looked ahead-M N Roy. The author`s name was published as A K Hind ( to avoid harassment from British police) M N Roy and radical humanists requested him to represent Radical democratic party in the founding conference of UNITED nations held at San Francisco in 1945. Tayyab presented the viewpoint of Radical democratic party that India needs not only independence but constituent assembly.
From then on words Tayyab Shaik went into oblivion.
Evelyn Trent the first wife of M N Roy not only travelled along with M N Roy in Europe, Soviet Union but founded the communist party of India in exile from Tashkent. She wrote several articles under the pen name:Shanti Devi. Many scholars from India and abroad approached her through Professor North for the role of Roy in Indian and foreign politics.
Mr AGK (Avula Gopalakrishna Murthy) follower of M N Roy and radical humanism from Andhra was invited by state department of USA. Accordingly AGK visited America in 1963 and gave radio interview about humanism in Los Angeles during december 1963 (director Olinger recorded it). AGK met the brother of Allen Roy in New York and they remembered the events that led to the tragic end of Allen in Dehra Dun. AGK was invited by the editorial board of Washington post where he attended and briefed about journalistic trends in India. AGK addressed another meeting about journalism in India at Milwaukee library institute. AGK introduced the literature of children and secular writings of B V Narasimha Rao, Kondaveeti venkata kavi to school children in Ohio state.
V M Tarkunde (Vimadlal Mahadev Tarkunde) visited during 1978 after the emergency in India and explained the situation to the world public and press in USA.He was judge in Bombay High court ,resigned to devote for radical humanist movement.
Chandrakant Daru, the president and secretary of Indian Humanist association visited USA and educated the public about emergency in India as imposed by Indira Gandhi. Daru an outstanding lawyer in India spread the thought of M N Roy and humanism. He died in USA with lung cancer.
Ms Indumati Parekh, the president of Indian Radical Humanist association visited USA and conducted study conferences in Washington about women's education, decentralization, radical democracy and thought of M N ROy. I participated in those seminars in Washington during her tour.
Mr Premnath Bazaz follower of M N Roy was one of the earliest visitor to USA who toured extensively and delivered lectures about Kashmir situation. He was very popular among Kashmiris in USA. His book: The historical role of Bhagavad Gita and studies in Secularism were quite popular in USA.I met him in India in the radical humanist conference at Hyderabad during 1972, introduced him to famous journalist humanist V R Narla ( the author of The truth about Bhagavad gita).
Dr Gauri Malik, (daughter of Premnath Bazaz) was frequent visitor to USA. She did great service in humanist organization. During his visit in USA I introduced her to the president of American Humanist association Mr Edd Doerr. Gouri died in USA.
Jayant Patel, the president of Indian Radical Humanist association visited USA and spread the thought of humanism and M N Roy.He hails from Gujarat state
Mr B D Sarma, the president of Indian renaissance association visited USA and in his own way introduced M N Roy`s renaissance ideas to the public.He was lawyer in supreme court of India.
Tarka Teerth Laxman Sastri Joshi from Wai in Maharastra visited USA and addressed the Marathi literary conference in New York. His book Critique of Hinduism was translated by G D Parekh, quite popular in USA.
J B H Wadia the radical film producer visited USA and through him film world knew M N Roy and humanism. Wadia introduced Nadia into films and the stunt movies were immensely popular. Wadia published his memoirs with M N Roy. During his visit to Bombay Roy used to stay with J B H Wadia.
R.M Pal who was quite close to M N Roy during his last days in Dehra Dun visited USA and Canada, delivered talks on human rights, civil liberties.He was principal of college in Delhi.He died in Bombay 2016.
Justice R.A.Jahagirdar, president of Indian radical Humanist association visited USA and spread the secular thought of M N Roy.He was judge in Bombay High court.
Justice Avula Sambasiva Rao visited USA and spread the humanist thought in America.
Mr V R Narla, (Narla Venkateswara rao) parliamentarian visited several times and toured museums, libraries, met intellectuals where he discussed about humanism and Roy in USA.His book The Truth about Gita was published by Prometheus books in USA with introduction of Innaiah Narisetti.
Mr M V Sastri( Mulukutla Venkat) from Andhra was the earliest legislator who invited M N Roy to Andhra and introduced to Telugu people. He visited USA addressed meetings in Seattle, Chicago, New York addressed journalists, and students about M N Roy and Humanism. This happened during 1963.Mr Sastri was legislator in Andhra Pradesh legislative council.
Mr Alapati Ravindranath from Andhra visited USA and studied outstanding journals, collected lot of material. He was pioneer of Telugu journal Jyothi,fortnightly from Tenali in which he introduced M N Roy, Ellen roy. Later he spread the thought through Misimi monthly.
Bipin Shroff from Ahmedabad visited USA where he met the evolutionary scientist Richard Dawkins and participated in humanist meetings, discussions. He introduced M N Roy`s humanism in some study circles in USA.He conducted several study camps and edited journal in Gujarati.
Mr G R R Babu visited USA few times as executive of International Humanist union . Then he met Mr Edd Doerr, president of American Humanist association,and Mr Kenneth Marsalek, president of Washington humanist secular society. He delivered few speeches in Baltimore, Buffalo etc. Along with Mr Innaiah Narisetti he toured few places and met humanists in USA. Mr Gogineni Babu toured USA in 2016 as founder of south asian humanist society, addressed meetings, enthused few software engineers, conducted study classes for students.
Dr Innaiah Narisetti and his wife Komala Venigalla started visiting USA since 1992, met innumerable humanists, established contacts with humanists in India. He also founded the center for Inquiry Indian chapter . He addressed several meetings in Buffalo, New York, Rochester, Baltimore, Maryland, Tampa, Detroit. Along with Mr Lavanam and Umesh Patri he addressed humanist conference in Detroit .Conducted talks in center for inquiry, Buffalo, Washington, New York. The American A Contributed by Innaiah Narisetti Atheist association recorded his interview conducted by the president Ms Johnson and Ron Barrier. His books were published by Prometheus books in USA. M N Roy and Radical Humanism was compiled and edited by Innaiah was brought out by Prometheus books with the encouragement of Paul Kurtz. He participated in the international conferences at Washington and Buffalo. He met and talked with Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Paul Kurtz, Margaret Downey, Richard Dawkins, Ibn Warraq, Taslima Nasrin, Michael Shermer, Tom Flynn, Toni Pelt.They participated in the meetings organised by Warren Allen Smith in New York. He worked with Toni Pelt, Norm Allen, and periyar association in USA. Associated with Humanist association, freedom from religion and center for inquiry.
Narisetti Innaiah met Prof Robert North and his wife Dorothy in Stanford university. They revealed few things about M N Roy whom they may in Dehra Dun. Innaiah presented his research papers to Stanford University about Evelyn Trent, the first wife of M N Roy.
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innaiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13271475089972025823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617392039209496979.post-72869582340020343162016-11-02T10:32:00.001-07:002016-11-02T10:32:31.102-07:00M N Roy in Andhra
M.N Roy ( Manavendranath Roy) first visited Madras( now Chennai) during 1938. He met Mr E V Ramasami Naikar, Dravida Khazam leader. Mr Gudavalli Ramabrahmam editor Prajamitra Telugu fortnightly published articles and matter about Roy and his programs. During Press meet Mr Khasa Subbarao, editor of Indian Express made some ugly indecent remarks about Allen Roy. Then Roy reacted and said such commentators deserve cudgeling. The press reacted and boycotted the press meet. Mr Narla Venkateswararao was also there.
Later M N Roy visited Nellore at the invitation of Vennelakanti Raghavaiah, the chairman of district board. M N Roy addressed south Indian agricultural labor conference. Afterwords Roy fell ill . A word was sent to Mr M V Sastry at Kakinada. He came and took Roy to Kakinada a coastal town in Andhra. Ellen also joined Roy.
Then M N Roy and Ellen proceeded to Visakhapatnam where he was welcomed by few people like P H Gupta, Abburi Varadarajeswararao, Attaluri Narasimharao and others. M N Roy was hosted by Mr P H Gupta who was in insurance business. Roy couple stayed in Maharanipet at Gupta`s house where they recouped from sickness.
Mr Abburi Ramakrishnara, librarian in Andhra University introduced M N Roy to the Vice chancellor of Andhra University Mr Kattamanchi Ramalingareddi ( C R Reddi) who invited Roy and even offered professorship in the university.Later mr C R Reddi wrote brilliant introduction to Roy`s Letters from Jail.
Rachakonda Viswanatha sastry and few others met M N Roy and invited him to their college to address the meeting. The principal of the college reacted at this news and commented : what is the content of Roy`s speech? Is he going to teach how to make bombs? Rachakonda reported the matter to Roy and naturally Roy commented on principal`s attitue in the public meeting held at beach shore.
Students started reading Roy`s Independent India and other writings .
During 1940s M N Roy along with other radicals founded Radical democratic party. Mr Abburi Ramakrishna rao was made the first organiser of the state for the party in Andhra.
Several stalwarts joined the Radical democratic party and some of them are: Tata Devakinandan from Vijayanagaram, Mr Pemmaraju Venkatarao from Nellimarla who organized labor in jute mills. Mr Palagummi Padmaraju writer contributed stories and books about Radical movement.
Mr Tripuraneni Gopichand was made the state party secretary. Mr Narahari Guttikonda was in charge of labor front. Dr Pavuluri Krishna Choudary from Ponnur was incharge of student wing who conducted hand written magazine
M N Roy was taken to Tanuku in West Godavari where Mr K P S Raju conducted huge procession with bullock carts.
M N Roy toured Tenali, Vijayawada, Guntur, and few sorrounding villages. Several teachers, poets, writers were inspiried by the thoughts and writings of M N Roy.
Tenali has become hub of Radical democratic party. Mr Avula Gopalakrishna Murthy, Mr G V Krishna rao, Mr Koganti Radhakrishna Murthy, Mr Sivalingaiah, Mr Jampala Syam sundar rao, Mr Kosaraju Sambasivarao were actively involved.
Mr Koganti Subrahmanyam, Mr Kolli Sivaramireddi, Mr Alapati Ravindranath, Mr Achyutaramaiah, Mr Meka Chakrapani, Mr Subbarao, advocate were involved in various activities.
Mr D V Narasaraju writer and cine artist played important role in the movement.
Mr Guttikonda Narahari was the state secretary for some years who also organised labor unions and camps.
Mr Bhattiprolu Hanumantharao, lecturer Mr Yelavarthi Rosaiah, Mr Kalluri Basaveswararao, Mr Jasti Jagannadham Mr Ravipudi Venkatadri, Mr N V Brahmam organised several study camps at different places. Some of them participated in all India study camps at Kolkata, Dehra Dun and other places. Few leaders from India visited Andhra, gave lectures and inspired workers, organisers . Some of them are: G D Parekh, V M Tarkunde, K K Sinha, etc.
Few journals were started in Andhra and some pamphlets and books were published. Several books and articles of M N Roy and other leaders were translated into Telugu.
M N Roy visited couple of times to Andhra which gave inspiration to many people.
During the first general elections Radical democratic party contested in Andhra but lost completely. Mr Bandaru Vandanam, Mr Koganti Radhakrishna murthy, Mr Ravipudi Venkatadri, and few others contested and lost. Mr Malladi Ramamurthi joined the movement and worked relentlessly. He canvassed for the party during first elections. He attended all India camps.
In one of the visites a meeting between M N Roy and Tripuraneni Ramaswamy, Chalam was arranged at Tenali. It did not yeild any result.
During second world war the writings of M N Roy and radical democratic party leaders were not published in Telugu dailies and journals. Only few magazines like Prajamitra of Gudavalli Ramabrahmam, Mulukola of Bandi Butchaiah published. Hence radicals started their own journals like Radical, Radical democrary, Jyothi, etc But several study camps were held in nooks and corners where persons like Ravipudi Venkatadri, N V Brahmam, G V Krishna rao, Bhattiprolu Hanumantharao, Koganti Radhakrishnamurthi, Malladi Ramamurthi, Avula Gopalakrishnamurthi , kalluri Basaveswararao, Ch Rajareddi, Abburi Ramakrishnarao, participated.
There were student wings in colleges and schools of radical democratic party.
by Innaiah Narisetti innaiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13271475089972025823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617392039209496979.post-31232652513173876712016-09-26T03:29:00.002-07:002016-09-26T03:29:29.064-07:00Interview by American Atheist association with Innaiah NarisettiKindly listen and circulate. This interview by Ellen Johnson ( president of atheist association )and Mr Bob,with Innaiah Narisetti was conducted in the studios of American atheist association, Staton Island, New York.
It was telecasted.
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqlhQ9vpdv4innaiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13271475089972025823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617392039209496979.post-12818763927479640102016-09-23T17:50:00.003-07:002017-01-03T01:43:49.751-08:00Humanist visited from India to USA
From time to time many humanists from India visited USA and played some role. It started with M N Roy in 1915 and continuing till now 2016. These humanists visited to their families, relatives, friends and some contributed to thought through universities, magazines and lectures. Few did research on various topics. The list of visitors may not exceed 100 from various states of India. On each visitor a brief note is attempted and when material is available somewhat detailed matter is placed for readers.
Starrting with Manavendranath Roy the list continues with Ellen Roy, Evelyn, Tayyab Shaik, Shib Narayan ray, Samaren Roy, Vimadlal Mahadev Tarkunde, Govardhan G Parekh, Indumati Parekh, Premnath Bazaz, Gouri Malik Bazaz, Suyesh Malik, Balraj Puri, B. d Sharma, Chandrakant Daru, Jayant Patel, Nanavati Kiran, Ramesh Awasti, Sangeeta Mall, R M Pall, Laxman Sastri Joshi, Bandiste, Gogineni Babu, Innaiah Narisetti, G Veeranna, Siddarth Baksh, Vijayalakshmi, Sharif Gora, Ravipudi Venkatadri, Vasant B Karnik, Bipin Shroff, Prakash Narayan, Jasti Jawaharlal, Ravela Somaiah, Aruna, Polu Satyanarayana, Dr Santi Sri, Rakahl Datta, Gora, Lavanam, Vijayam, Suresh Parekh, Dhawal Mehta, Narendra Dhabolkar, Deepak Girma, Kumar Kelkar, Sharad Bedekar, Nanda Khare, Raosaheb Kesav, Dr Madhukar, Dadu Chandane, Arvind Gupa, Avula Sambasivarao, Mulukutla Venkata sastri, Abburi Varadarajeswararao, C R Dalvi, Malladi Subbamma, Avula Gopalakrishna murthy, V R Narla, Venigalla Komala, Deepak Girma, Justice Jahagirdar, M K Samant, Sharad Abhayankar, Thirbhai Poonawala, Dr Madhukar Deshpande, Shalini Oak, Amlan Datta, Alapati Ravindranath, JBH Wadia,CLNGandhi, C Bhaskararao,Maitri, Patri Umesh, Premanand, Malathi,and more
Details will come gradually along with picturesinnaiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13271475089972025823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617392039209496979.post-50898980114089122072016-09-23T08:24:00.000-07:002016-09-23T08:24:23.658-07:00
Univision Communications, Inc. (UCI) today announced that digital media executive and veteran editor Raju Narisetti has been named Chief Executive Officer for Gizmodo Media Group (GMG), a unit within the company’s Fusion Media Group (FMG). As CEO, he will be responsible for managing all business and editorial operations for the Gizmodo Media Group, home to category-leading brands focused on technology (Gizmodo), car culture (Jalopnik), contemporary women’s interests (Jezebel), sports (Deadspin), lifestyle (Lifehacker), and gaming (Kotaku).
Narisetti, who will be based at GMG headquarters in New York, will report to Isaac Lee, Chief News, Digital and Entertainment Officer of UCI, and Felipe Holguin, President and Chief Operating Officer of FMG. Heather Detrick, President of GMG, John Cook, Executive Editor, and Courtenay O’Connor, GMG Deputy General Counsel, will all report directly to Narisetti. He will formally join Gizmodo Media Group in late October.
“Raju is a rare combination, someone who comes with a very strong background in journalism, became a leader in digital media on three continents, and went on to develop new businesses for a global company,” said Lee. “His commitment to journalistic integrity, his entrepreneurial spirit and proven ability to adapt quickly in a fast-paced digital environment will help us strengthen and grow these newly acquired category-leading brands.”
In addition, “Raju will play an important role on Fusion Media Group’s leadership team as we look to deepen the engagement of America’s increasingly diverse television, digital, mobile and social audiences with our portfolio of brands that speak to their interests in a passionate, authentic manner,” added Holguin.
FMG now reaches more than a third of all Americans online each month with 96 million unique visitors, including its extended network. FMG’s collection of digital-first brands serve young, diverse influencers with content that reflects their shared values and passions. In addition to the Gizmodo Media Group, FMG includes FUSION, The Root, Flama, Univision Digital, Univision Music, as well as Univision’s interest in El Rey Network, The Onion, The A.V. Club and ClickHole. FMG also includes Story House, a content development and production unit.
“It is a privilege to be responsible for leading this unwaveringly energetic team of journalists and business staff,” said Narisetti. “As part of Univision, we will now be more ambitious in deepening, broadening and sensibly scaling the passionate digital communities that Gizmodo, Jezebel, Deadspin, Kotaku, Jalopnik and Lifehacker have attracted, by offering accurate, responsible, edgy and engaging journalism, as well as through relevant, related content and commerce.”
Narisetti is currently Senior Vice President, Strategy, of News Corp. Since 2013, he has been responsible for acquisitions and global expansion, while also helping guide and influence the digital growth of News Corp’s existing companies in the news, information, publishing, social video and digital real-estate portfolio, which include The Wall Street Journal, The Times of London, Harper-Collins, Realtor.com and Storyful, among others.
Prior to that, Narisetti was Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network. In this role, he headed editorial teams and content strategy for WSJ’s Digital Network, which included WSJ.com, MarketWatch.com, WSJ video platforms, and WSJ/MarketWatch Radio Networks.
Earlier, Narisetti served as Managing Editor of The Washington Post (2009-2012) overseeing digital journalism and adjacent news products, as well as managing editing, design, photo, video, engagement and social media teams, as well as the Post’s Style and other features sections. Narisetti spearheaded the Post’s efforts to combine its separate print and digital newsrooms into an integrated operation. During that period, despite significant business headwinds, the Post achieved record digital audience growth, and won many top journalism awards, including seven Pulitzer Prizes.
Prior to joining the Post, Narisetti was Founder & Editor of India’s Mint newspaper (www.livemint.com), now India’s second-largest business newspaper, by circulation. Mint is critically acclaimed in India for its high ethical standards and its pioneering Journalism Code of Conduct.
Narisetti started his U.S. journalism career as a summer reporting intern for the WSJ in 1991, and in his first 13-year stint there, held multiple reporting and editing roles, culminating in being named Editor of The Wall Street Journal Europe, and Deputy Managing Editor for the global WSJ, with responsibility for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Narisetti was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2007, and is now a member of the WEF’s Global Future Council on Information and Entertainment. He is a life member of South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA.org); and a Trustee of the International Institute of Education (IIE.org), which administers the Fulbright fellowships and operates the Scholar Rescue Fund.
Narisetti has a MA in Journalism from Indiana University, Bloomington; and a BA (Economics) and MBA from India. Born in Hyderabad, India, Narisetti began his journalism career as a Staff Writer at The Economic Times, Delhi.
Narisetti, 50, lives in Brooklyn with his wife and author, Kim Barrington Narisetti, and daughters Leila and Zola.
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innaiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13271475089972025823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617392039209496979.post-31083978828340463342016-07-05T12:38:00.000-07:002016-07-05T12:38:14.982-07:00link for Komala`s book http://www.amazon.in/gp/offer-listing/B01HZBZM3Q<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Amazon.com India link:
http://www.amazon.in/gp/offer-listing/B01HZBZM3Qinnaiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13271475089972025823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617392039209496979.post-16769019870480775772016-04-07T14:45:00.002-07:002016-04-07T14:45:43.228-07:00What is scientific what is not?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
What is scientific and what is not? Here is brief talk in Telugu language for the benifit of Telugu speaking people in India and abroad:<br />
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIJtK524-PY</div>
innaiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13271475089972025823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617392039209496979.post-5643835975744869812016-03-30T13:26:00.002-07:002016-03-30T13:26:23.665-07:00Why I am not a Muslim by Ibn Warrak<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ibn Warrak`s research publication entitled:<br />
Why I am not a muslim<br />
Center for Inquiry, USA brought out this book<br />
through Prometheus books.<br />
see chapterwise translation:<br />
link:http://www.centerforinquiry.net/india/resources/why_i_am_not_a_muslim/</div>
innaiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13271475089972025823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617392039209496979.post-2587407548714007812016-03-22T18:50:00.002-07:002016-03-22T18:50:31.581-07:00Agehananda Bharati`s talk in memory of M N Roy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Please listen to this lecture of Agehananda Bharati during 1987 in connection with M N Roy`s centenary year at Ambedkar Open University in Hyderabad.<br />
link for the u tube:<br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjeVJiEqZoE</div>
innaiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13271475089972025823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617392039209496979.post-32124732525264624412016-01-21T02:42:00.000-08:002016-01-21T02:42:22.722-08:00Ten Contradictions Theists Just Can’t Stop Making<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Talking with theists about religion sometimes – and by sometimes I mean almost always – feels like Groundhog Day, a painful and monotonous slog that simply travels the same territory over and over and over. I get weary of both hearing and repeating the same arguments so frequently, so I decided to compile the most tired (not to mention the most tiresome) themes that I encounter, so that going forward I can simply point people here when they trot out these inevitable gems.</div>
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<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Explaining what god is or wants, then saying humans cannot understand god.</strong></div>
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Theist: “God loves us and wants us to be saved. God is just and merciful. God will provide. God always gives us what we need, not just what we want.”</div>
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Atheist: “If god loves us, is merciful, provides, and always gives us what we need, why do children starve to death?”</div>
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Theist: “We are mere mortals and can’t expect to understand His ways. You can’t apply human standards to god.”</div>
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Uh . . . If we can’t apply human standards to god when it comes to figuring out why he lets children starve, why can we apply human standards to establish that he loves us, is just and merciful, and will provide? By what means do you ascertain these attributes in the first place if not by human standards? God is either knowable or he isn’t; you either understand him or you don’t. If his reasons for allowing innocent children to suffer and die are inscrutable, so too must be his reasons for everything else, and to claim otherwise is to admit that you in fact know nothing of god, but have opted to believe what is most comforting to you – something that is manifestly apparent to atheists already, but which most theists would not confess in so many words.</div>
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<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Claiming that god loves us all, then rationalizing human suffering.</strong></div>
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Theists most often dismiss human suffering by victim-blaming – declaring that our own free will causes us to make bad choices, which cause us to suffer as a result. Once we get past the inherent privilege of a claim that assumes everyone has an array of both good and bad options from which to choose (or has a choice at all), we are still left with the problem of suffering that is not the direct result of our own actions. “Free will,” they repeat. “Some people use theirs to hurt others.” Ah, okay – so god is willing to stand idly by and watch innocents be tortured and murdered because he prioritizes the free will of evil people to do harm over that of their victims? That’s not much of a resume-builder for god, but for the sake of argument I’ll give you that one too. What about illness and natural disasters then? Even the most nefarious of minds cannot will a tumor or an earthquake or a tsunami into being. That’s when, if we don’t hear “Oh, free will causes climate change which causes those disasters,” we hear (again), “We are mere mortals and can’t expect to understand god’s ways.”</div>
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In this world, deliberately inflicting pain and hardship on someone we claim to love is called abuse. In religion, it’s called grace. When we regard human suffering as not only inevitable but as an expression of love by an omnipotent being, we trivialize the experience of those who must endure it and stifle the otherwise natural human impulse to alleviate it.</div>
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<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Pretending that free will and a divine plan are not mutually exclusive.</strong></div>
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When asked once if he believed we all have free will, Christopher Hitchens ironically replied, “Of course I have free will; I don’t have a choice.” In other words, an omnipotent god endowing humans with free will and commanding that they use it negates the very notion of free will in the first place – with or without it, we are still exactly as god made us, choosing exactly as he already knows we will. Conveniently, free will seems to only ever cause humans to behave badly; when they are charitable, kind, generous, selfless, humble, honest, and virtuous, it is always because they were following the example set by god, but when they are selfish, cruel, and violent their actions are the result of their own frailty, thus ensuring that god continues to reap the credit when we choose well and remain blameless when we don’t.</div>
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As if this weren’t bad enough, many of the same folks who talk about free will also claim that god has a plan. Take a common trope on prayer, for example, that says when you pray, “God answers in one of three ways: 1. Yes; 2. No; 3. I have something even better in store.” All three of those responses entail a god who is actively shaping your life, and who is giving or withholding things based on what he either intends or knows will happen. So which is it? Because it can’t be both.</div>
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<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Behaving hatefully, then saying “god bless.”</strong></div>
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I recently had the pleasure of conversing with a theist on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GodlessMama/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">my Facebook page</a> who called me “ignorant;” a “liar;” a “child;” “dense;” “trash;” laughed that I was “probably not” in a stable relationship and therefore infected with “the latest STD;” that my jokes aren’t funny (O, the humanity!); and, predictably, that she wished she could be there when I stand before god after death to see me receive my eternal sentence for disbelief. She topped off this love-fest by saying, “May God bless you and keep you in the New Year and many more to come.” Wait, I thought you were being an arrogant ass, but you want god to bless me? Well, in that case, right back atcha! Hugs and kisses!</div>
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These people seem to think that no matter how nasty they act or how mean-spirited their words, it is all permissible and forgiven as long as they conclude with an insincere blessing. Some of them will further justify their unpleasantness by claiming they were only fulfilling their godly responsibility to love their enemies by pointing out the error of their ways. Hence we end up with comments like, “Your ignorance and your unfunny jokes make baby Jesus cry, you slutty, disease-infested piece of trash! I’ll be laughing while you burn in hell! God bless!”</div>
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<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Declaring god as the source of objective morality, then interpreting scripture.</strong></div>
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It is frustrating and disheartening that the myth that one needs to believe in the supernatural to live ethically persists in the face of thousands of years of evidence to the contrary. Beyond this obvious fallacy, however, lies the transparent manner in which theists lay claim to the objective correctness of their morals while simultaneously applying their own contemporary cultural morality to the world. “Look here,” you say, pointing at the words on the page, “it says to murder your loved ones if they worship any other god.” “You’re taking that out of context,” comes the reply. Or maybe it’s, “You have to consider the culture at the time this was written.” Or perhaps, “That isn’t meant to be taken literally.”</div>
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If objective morality comes from god, then the only way to determine that morality is through scripture. If you are not going to take scripture at face value, then you are admitting that your morals are inherent within you and influenced by the society around you, not handed down from the outside.</div>
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<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Labeling god as omnipotent, then blaming evil on the devil.</strong></div>
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Is it that god cannot defeat the devil, or is it that he chooses not to? Not that anyone could blame him if it was the latter, seeing as how the devil makes such an outstanding scapegoat. But seriously – if you believe god is omnipotent and you also believe in the devil, then you have to believe that god has made a decision to let the devil do his thing. If god cannot in fact defeat the devil then he is not omnipotent, in which case it makes little sense to worship and pray to him at all. In either case, though, god sure as shit has both the power and inclination to get involved once you’re dead – by sending you straight to hell for doing whatever it was the devil talked you into while god stood by and watched.</div>
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<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Seizing upon minuscule inconsistencies in highly specialized scientific disciplines as a failure of science to explain the universe while accepting supernatural explanations for which there is no evidence.</strong></div>
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There are mountains of evidence in support of evolution by natural selection and the Big Bang. Virtually all of modern biology and cosmology are predicated upon these theories; the elegance of their explanations and success of their predictions continually reaffirm their validity. Furthermore, there is no small amount of evidence to suggest that under the right conditions, complex molecules can become self-replicating – the first step towards the creation of life. Meanwhile, there is no evidence for god. As in, zero. Zilch. None.</div>
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It has always struck me as odd that an institution that not only extols the virtue of faith but requires it as a matter of course and as a prerequisite of salvation would turn to science at all to justify its claims; after all, if the religious are so certain they are correct, shouldn’t faith be sufficient to maintain belief? The answer is, of course it isn’t, and their desire to claim the legitimacy of science betrays their understanding (and fear) of this fact. Furthermore, you cannot pretend to be concerned about the quality or weight of the evidence for a natural explanation of the universe while simultaneously advancing a hypothesis for which thousands of years of inquiry have failed to produce a single shred of evidence.</div>
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<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Subscribing to religion, then labeling the religious beliefs of others as “crazy.”</strong></div>
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Protestants say Catholics aren’t really Christians. Baptists say Pentecostalism is a cult. Mormons say creationists are nutty. And yet all of these people believe more or less the same thing: That an invisible, omnipotent, omniscient, all-loving deity created the entire universe and was subsequently so displeased with his own creation that he made a virgin pregnant with himself in human form; condemned himself to be tortured and sacrificed to atone for the sins of his creation; rose from the dead and ascended bodily into the sky; and now presides over the affairs of all humans and keeps track of where they put their car keys and whether they masturbate so that he knows who to help while they are alive and who to torture for all eternity after they die.</div>
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Anyone who thinks this is plausible forfeits the right to comment on the sanity of anyone else’s ideas.</div>
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<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">9. Accusing atheists of cherry-picking scripture to make it look bad.</strong></div>
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This one always makes me laugh. For one thing, no one needs to try to make scripture look bad; it does that all by itself with its genocide and rape and slavery and conquest and general bloodthirsty, vengeful douchebaggery. For another thing, scripture is packed with so many mutually exclusive commands and prohibitions that cherry-picking is required if one is to follow or even just discuss it. The only question is which cherries one will pick. Some will pick the ones about love and kindness and charity and claim these are the “real” version of their religion, leaving the others – the ones about torture and violence and cruelty – on the branch, hoping no one will notice them. Perhaps cherry-picking isn’t even the right metaphor. I think a better one is the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/03/living/tree-40-fruit-sam-van-aken-feat/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tree of 40 Fruit</a>: Some of what it has to offer is sweet, some is bitter, and some may even be poisonous, but it all grows from the same plant.</div>
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<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">10. Claiming membership in one of thousands of sects of religion as authority for telling non-believers why our interpretation of religion is wrong.</strong></div>
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How often do we hear from theists that we misunderstand, misrepresent, misinterpret, or are ignorant of their scriptures? “What the bible (Qur’an / Torah / etc.) <em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">really</em> says is X,” they say, or “When god said that he meant Y.” Setting aside for the moment the fact that many atheists are former believers who are intimately familiar with scripture, what do we make of the fact that other people who also identify as belonging to that religion claim that actually, god didn’t mean Y either, but Z? And what of the ones who say not Z, but A? Theists themselves cannot agree with one another on what god really meant or wants and none of them can produce a single valid reason why their interpretation is more likely to be right than anyone else’s. Why then is the interpretation of a non-believer any less credible – or to be more precise, any more <em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">in</em>credible?</div>
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What most believers refuse to see, or at least to admit, is that there <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">is</em></strong> no wrong interpretation of scripture. What is “known” about god resides inside people’s heads; there is no objective, external yardstick by which it can be measured, nothing that can be observed, and no source to clarify what was truly intended by any given chapter or verse. Furthermore, even if we could eliminate the ambiguity of scripture we would still be left with the contradictions: For virtually every instruction, elsewhere in the text is its prohibition or the command to do the opposite, and since no one can ring up Yahweh or Allah to ask which one is the right one it is left to the individual to decide. Said another way, scripture is sufficiently ambiguous and contradictory that all interpretations are justifiable – in which case we are left with nothing more than a free-for-all in which religion is whatever any given believer says it i</div>
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innaiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13271475089972025823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617392039209496979.post-19934218570744736782015-11-04T07:58:00.000-08:002015-11-04T07:58:12.964-08:00UNBELIEF IN INDIA-Not a strong movement yet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unbelief in religion has never been strong in India. In ancient times (approx. third century B.C.E.) materialist thought prevailed for a brief period under the name of CARVAKA. The movement was also known as Lokayata. Religious fundamentalists destroyed most of the Carvaka movement, including its writings. There were periods when Buddhist philosophies held sway (see BUDDHISM, UNBELIEF WITHIN), but these lasted only as long as they enjoyed the favour of local rulers. Eventually Buddhism became nearly extinct in India, even as it metamorphosed into a religion which spread to other parts of Asia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Centuries would pass before further attempts could be made to re-launch organized unbelief. When the opportunity arose, it would be in consequence of Great Britain’s occupation and subsequent rule of India. A small number of Indians who travelled abroad brought back Western ideas about the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, and the scientific world view.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Throughout the nineteenth century, India underwent nearly continual religious reform, but most of these efforts were unsuccessful in bringing about radical or deep-rooted social change. Harmful institutions, including India’s strong caste system, untouchability, the practice of Sati (burning the widow alive on her husband’s pyre), and a demoralizing belief in Karma or fate, were based directly on ancient Hindu scriptures. While some nineteenth century reform movements— including Arya Samaj, Brahma Samaj, Prarthana Samaj, and even THEOSOPHY in its reformist aspects—brought about some social change, their impact was short lived because none of them questioned the prevailing belief system in a fundamental way. So long as no reform movement dared to confront messages of India’s so-called holy scriptures, the social evils opposed by reformers would always endure in some form, enjoying popular support on the false grounds that they embodied India’s tradition and heritage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Only with the beginning of the twentieth century did a more resilient and dynamic form of unbelief emerges. It began in southern India, not surprisingly as this region was then at the forefront of efforts to force drastic changes in India’s social structure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">E.V. Ramasami, better known as PERIYAR (18791973), launched an anti-Brahmin movement in what is now the state of Tamil Nadu. Tripuraneni Ramaswami (died 1942) in Andhra Pradesh simultaneously started anti-Brahmin movements, publishing literature in Tamil and Telugu to spread iconoclastic ideas against oppression of upper caste Brahmins. They also questioned the unchallenged supremacy of Sanskrit language, which was used as yet another tool to promote social differentiation, and suggested the replacement of Brahmin priests with non-Brahmins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Both Periyar and Ramaswami did not mince their words, using strong language to express atheistic ideas and questioning the prevailing rituals, customs, such as child marriages, and taboos of Hindus. Ramasami organized nursing homes, charitable institutions to help the downtrodden people. Both of them challenged the holy scripts of Hindus and organized training camps to educate a small number of middle class people with rational outlook. They officiated inter-caste marriages, which raised eyebrows in early 20th century. Ramasami organized sensational processions against the Hindu God Rama while hitting the Rama photo with shoes! Ramasami moved the masses with his speeches and rallied large number of people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">S. Ramanathan, a prominent politician who was a minister in the state government, showing the deep influence of the movement in the state’s intelligentsia, carried Periyar’s mantle until the early 1980s. While Periyar’s Dravida Khazagam movement would attract charismatic leaders such as Annadurai and Karunanidhi, both of whom were later to become chief ministers of the state, they ended up taking the organization into politics, pretty much ending the movement started by Ramaswami</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some followers, such ask. Veeramani tried to continue the “self-respect” movement of Dravidar Kazhagam and would later join India’s humanist movement. Others, such as Ravipudi Venkatadri, meanwhile carried the rationalist flame in Andhra.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the shining lights of southern India’s unbelief movement was Gora (died 1975), or Goparaju Ramachandrarao. He was a Brahmin who stood against the supremacy of Brahmins and hence excommunicated from the caste. He hailed from Andhra Pradesh and was closely associated with M.K. Gandhi in the freedom fight against the British.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gora never compromised on the principle of atheism and established a hermit in Mudunur village where untouchables were living. His wife Saraswati, who also came from orthodox Brahmin family, was an active participant and together they led the atheist movement. In 1940, Gora established an atheist centre in Vijayawada, a coastal town in Andhra Pradesh and spread the ideas through magazines, literature and meetings. Gora toured many countries of the world and contacted world atheist leaders such as Madalya O’Hair. He make a point, Gora organized beef and pork dinners, targeting both Hindus and Muslims who considered both products as sacred or unclean. He wanted party less democracy, simple living and the spread of positive atheism, which asserts ethical life. His entire family is still promoting his ideas: his sons Lavanam, Vijayam and Samaram, his daughter Chennupati Vidya, his daughter-in-law, Hemalatha, and even his grandson, Vikas Gora.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gora also officiated several inter-caste and inter-religious marriages and both his son and daughter married spouses who came from the untouchable castes, showing by example what their father preached.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Andhra Pradesh’s atheist movements spawned several splinter groups, often with their own magazines and literature. Jayagopal, Katti Padmarao, B. Sambasivarao, Ramakrishna, Gutta Radhakrishna Murthy, Saraiah, M. Subbarao, I. Muralidhar, C.L.N. Gandhi, Siddarth Baksh, M. Basavapunnarao, M. Sharif, Pasala Bhimanna, Vikram and others continue to fly the flag of atheism, however small or localized their efforts might be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Other Southern and Western Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra also saw a splurge in rationalist activity in the early 20th century with skeptical and agnostic ideas. Abraham Kovoor electrified the skeptics movement with his speeches and demonstrations, touring several states in India as well as Sri Lanka to spread the movement. His books—debunking astrologers, godmen—were popular. Another active member of the rationalist movement in Kerala is Govindan, who edits the magazine, Sameeksha. The duo of Joseph and Sanal Edamaruku were also instrumental in challenging god men and exposing fraudulent “miracles,” touring intensively to demonstrate the falsehood of miracles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sanal Edamaruku would later shift to Delhi where he started international rationalist organization with a web site, journals, books and an active campaign.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Maharashtra, a big campaign was organized to convert the Hindus into Buddhists so that they get rid of inequality, untouchability and attain human rights with dignity. B.R. Ambedkar led the movement though without much success.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meanwhile, skeptics groups began working in states such as West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, Punjab, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. B. Premanand arranged for a Federation of all the groups and conducted several meetings at the national level, personally training several people in magic so that faith healers and god men and women could be easily exposed. State level federation in Andhra Pradesh (FARA) actively fought against fraudulent claims of god men, alternative medicines and supernatural claims under the coordinator N. Innaiah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Rationalist Association, which started in Bombay during 1930s slowly, picked up the momentum. Abraham Solomon, Lokkiandawala, M.N. Roy, M. Ramamurhty, R. Venkatadri, Avula Gopalakrishna Murthy, Innaiah Narisetti were all active participants and advocates of the movement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">M.N. Roy gave philosophical and scientific outlook to unbelief movements at India level. He organized reorientation study camps where scientific orientation was promoted for renaissance, scientific study of history and asserting sovereignty of the individual in political field. Roy also established Radical Humanist, Renaissance and Rationalist organizations and elevated them at international level, often questioning the prevailing Gandhian spiritual ideology.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As the first prime minister of an independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru established a secular framework for the country but too had to compromise on several occasions due to political pressures, including giving up on the idea of a uniform civil code applicable to all Indians. The Congress Party, which is by far the most liberal and secular in its stated outlook, continues to compromise with all religions even as the BJP, a Hindu fundamentalist party that was in power recently, strongly reversed the rationalist trends in public life and educational fields.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meanwhile, Communist parties won power in three states—West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura—raising hopes that rational and scientific thought will take root. But in all the states, the Communists compromised with the religious sentiments of people and never encouraged the efforts of rationalists, humanists and skeptics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Communist leaders encourage popular religious festivals such as Durga Puja in West Bengal, Ayyappa festival in Kerala so that they get pilgrims and tourist revenue, not counting votes in elections. The fundamental Marxian principle that “Religion is opium to the people” was not implemented during Communist rule in India.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After the death of M.N. Roy in 1955, several intellectuals carried the spirit of inquiry through study camps, training classes, publications, seminars, and magazines. They diversified the activities into the fields of Human Rights (V.M. Tarkunde), equality of women (Indumati Parikh, Malladi Subbamma, Gauri Malik), publications (Shib Narayan Ray, Prem Nath Bazaz, Philip Sprat, Ram Singh, R.M. Pal, R.L. Nigam, C.R.M. Rao, Balraj Puri, Professor Niranjan Dhar (Vedanta and Bengal Renaissance), civil liberties (N.D. Pancholi, C.T. Daru, Jayant Patel), international organizations (G.R.R. Babu), secular activity (Avula Gopalakrishna Murthy).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V.B. Karnik and Maniben Kara concentrated their efforts among labour and humanist movement. Prof. A.B. Shah (died 1982) founded the Indian Secular Society and tried to educate Muslims with the help of Hamid Dalwai. He also established Satya Shodak Mandal for bringing the Muslim youth into mainstream of secular society. His book “Muslim Politics” provoked much discussion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A.B. Shah faced the wrath of many Hindus by questioning the ban on killing cows but he vigorously propagated the scientific method as a solution to several problems facing obscurantist India. His book Scientific Method made a rare breakthrough in Indian academia when it was prescribed as a textbook in Bangalore University when H. Narasimhaiah was the vice chancellor. Shah started several publications, magazines (Humanist Review, New Quest, The Secularist) and educational reform campaigns for humanism and secularism.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Much of the effort to promote unbelief in India has become a regional effort with pockets of resistance to the continued lack of scientific thinking and fundamentalism within the country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In West Bengal, for instance, Prafulla Kumar Naik under local humanists and rationalists has questioned the claims of miracles by Mother Theresa. Over in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, focus has been against god men and women who claim to provide miracle cures. Andhra rationalists opposed unscientific alternative medicines (Homeopathy), exposing the bogus claims of Alex Orbito (psychic surgery), the swallowing of live fish for asthma cures, the hugging of Matha Amrithananda Mayi in order to obtain prosperity, Geomancy (Vaastu).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Several books have been published with documentation about fraudulent god men such as Satya Sai Baba (Murders in Sai Baba Ashram by Premanand), Jilh’llamcidi Ainnin (by M.V. Ramamurthy), The Truth about Bible (N.V. Brahmam), The Falsehood of Geomancy (R. Venkatadri), Lie Hunting.(N. Innaiah), The Unscientific Nature of Astrology (Dr. Narasimhaiah), Why I am Not a Hindu (Ramendra), Be Gone Godmen (Abraham Kovoor). Books exposing the holy scriptures (Critique of Hinduism by Laxman Sastri Joshi, The Truth about the Gita by V.R. Narla, Gita by Premnath Bazaz, Critique on Ramayana by P.H. Gupta, Ochre Robe by Agehananda Bharati, writings of Khushwant Singh also helped spread of skeptical thinking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Basava Premanand, Sanal Edamaruku, Innaiah Narisetti, and G.R.R. Babu continue to question the authenticity of holy persons and have taken their message to an international level, drawing considerable media attention to what is going on inside India. Charvaka, Telugu magazine edited by Mr. Thotakura Venkateswarlu from Vijayawada had great impact on youth in early 1970s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Increasingly, the movement is also getting help from Indians who are now living abroad, people such as Aramalla Purnachandra, Nirmal Mishra, Jyothi Sankar (died in 1998) in USA who are providing key intellectual backing to India’s small number of humanists, skeptics and rationalists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Despite their efforts, these miracle cures continue to draw thousands of believers, many of whom are conned into making financial donations in the hope of curing their ills.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">India entered the 21st century without much success in achieving a basic scientific society. While groups of people in various states continuously fight traditional and fundamentalist –mostly religious—groups, skeptic, rational, secular, atheist, humanist groups face an uphill task of modernizing Indian society into one that has a scientific outlook. Indian Secular society (V.K. Sinha editor The Secularist), Radical Humanist association (Managing Editor, Saraswati Rekha) Indian Humanist Union (leader Prakash Narain), Bihar Buddhiwadi Samaj (leader Dr. Ramendra), Satya Shodhak Sabha in Surat, and Babubhai Desai in Gujarat state, Anti superstition organization (Maharashtra under the leadership of Dhabolkar), Muhonat (leader in Rajasthan humanist group), Rationalist groups (leaders Srini Pattathanam, Oomen), Manavatavadi Viswa Samstha (leader Manavatavadi in Haryana state), Narendra Naik in Mangalore for Indian Sceptic Society (FIRA), Subhankar, Manoj Datta, Ajit Bhattacharjee, humanist group in West Bengal, Civil liberties group and Renaissance association Mr. N.D. Pancholi, Mahipal Singh, Mr. R.B. Rawat, Gauri Malik, B.D. Sarma, Vinod Jain are functioning in their regions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All these movements have little membership and remain an almost insignificant minority among India’s millions. But they continue to express their views and raise their voices, often using local media to try and push back the onslaught of religions and dogmatic thinking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Centre for Inquiry India started in 2006 with Dr. N. Innaiah and Mr. I. Muralidhar from Hyderabad as directors. Other organisations like Jana Vignana Vedika, Manava, Vikasam, Bharat Nastika Samajam cooperate in agreeable areas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Over time, the humanist, rationalist, atheist, and skeptic movements in India established many contacts and connections with international, like-minded organizations, organizing international conferences in India and inviting foreign experts and thinkers to share their experiences.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rob Tielman, Jim Harrick, Paul Kurtz, Larry Jones, Roy Brown, Madalya O’Hair, Fred Edwords, Matt Cherry, Fenneth Hiogarth, Levi Fragil, Barbara Smoker and Herman Bondi, among others, participated, enriching Indian associations in many ways. At the same time, key Indian leaders began actively participating in overseas conferences and conventions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another avenue of helping spread unbelief in India has been the translation of key books and articles into India’s myriad languages. Books by Paul Kurtz, M.N. Roy, A.B. Shah, R.G. Ingersol, V.R. Narla, Agehanand Bharati, Laxman Sastri Joshi, Premnath Bazaz including titles such as Living without Religion and Courage to Become, Why I am Not a Muslim, The Truth about the Gita, Memoirs of a Cat, Scientific Method are popular in southern Indian languages- such as Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam. Skeptics in India have also benefited greatly from the populist writings of James Randi and have taken advantage of his $ 1 million challenge to go after India god men, none of whom are yet to come forward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">International organizations such as the International humanist and Ethical Union, Centre for Scientific Study of Paranormal Claims, Centre for Inquiry, as well as Humanist and Rationalist associations of various Western countries continue to provide help in this important fight,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Periyar movement in Tamilnadu played unique role in India which susvtained the atheist, rationalist and humanist movements. It is sustained with the efforts of Mr K. Veeramani and his followers. They honored Paul Kurtz, the leader from USA as well published Richard Dawkins God Delusion which is unique translation .</span></div>
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innaiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13271475089972025823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617392039209496979.post-87695175031191070862015-08-10T05:37:00.001-07:002015-08-10T05:37:54.758-07:00V R Narla(late)on GITA <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Twelve hundred years ago Sankaracharya picked up the Gita from the dust it was gathering, wrote a commentary on it with his unmatched genius for sophistry, and placed it before the people as the supreme guide to their life and thought and salvation. Since then its influence has been all too pervasive, all too pernicious. It has made our national mind flabby, our national spirit feeble. It has made us callous to human inequality and human suffering. It has made us shameless psychophants and sanctimonious hypocrites. This is the basic theme of a big and bold book by Prem Nath Bazaz. Of its 750 pages, nearly 500 discuss this particular aspect. Next only to the scattered writings on the Gita by Kosambi, the best critique on it is by Bazaz.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I pointed out once earlier, the emergence of the Gita as a national scripture and the emasculation of the national mind and spirit are closely linked. This is a historical truth which can hardly be challenged. But no devotee of Krishna, nor an admirer of Sankara, would take that statement lying down. They will react strongly, and call me all sorts of names. The more violent their tirade against me, the happier will I be. For there can be no surer indication that my writing did have the desired effect. What, I desired most was to start a dialogue, to provoke a debate, to stir up a disputation. It is all the same to me whether people agree or disagree with me, whether they praise or abuse me. What I always seek — as I remember to have said elsewhere — is a clash of minds, a flash of ideas. It is the only means for the upsurge of a new spirit, indeed, for the birth of new life.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I have had my say, it is time for me to wind up. But before doing so, I very much wish to give expression to two of my most ardent wishes. The first is that Krishna, if he is really the greatest god as he claimed to be again and again in the Gita and elsewhere, should not keep his promise to come down again and again to our poor little earth, whenever he thinks that righteousness is in jeopardy (IX - 7). His coming on the last occasion did infinitely more harm than good. In the name of reinstating righteousness, he was primarily instrumental to the outbreak of a terrible war, and if we were to go by the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mahabharata, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the number of survivors at its end was just nine from among the millions of its active combatants. What is worse, it marked the end of a better age (the Dwapara) and the beginning of a worse age (the Kali). It may also be recalled in this context that Krishna claimed that, of weapons, he was </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vajrayudha </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or "the thunderbolt", as Radhakrishnan preferred to translate it (X - 28). If he were reappear now, he would claim that he is the latest among the nuclear weapons. And the war which he would actively promote to reestablish righteousness would result in the extermination of all life from the face of our earth.</span></div>
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Shirdi Sai Baba – Myth and Business : newly created god<br />
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Prabhakar K.Nanawaty<br />
<br />
There is a climax shot in popular Hindi film Amar, Akbar, Anthony of erstwhile era. Akbar is<br />
<br />
singing at the top if his voice in front of Saibaba’s giant statue. Two bright and colourful rays emerge<br />
<br />
out of the eyes of statue and enter in the eyes of Akbar’s blind mother. Mother shouts: “I can see<br />
<br />
now! God blessed me!” All the spectators in the cinema hall are excited.<br />
<br />
“Saibaba is a GOD’ ‘What a wonderful thing to happen’.... Saibaba of Shiridi has become a<br />
<br />
symbol of money-spinners for film industry people. Without his blessing neither film shooting will<br />
<br />
start nor a completed film will be released in the cinema halls. While travelling to Shirdi, a place <br />
<br />
regularly visited by the film industry people and thousands of devotees from all over India. We will<br />
<br />
hear the dialogues like “We are devotees of Baba for last twenty years’. His blessings saved me<br />
<br />
many times. “The Great Saibaba!’ There is no point in arguing with devotees since all of them have<br />
<br />
immersed in Sai miracle. The impact of this strong belief will not allow one to think nationally or<br />
<br />
think at all. While travelling one can observe many people reading loudly ‘Sai Charit”. Late Govind<br />
<br />
Raghunath Dabholkar has written this book. This book is mostly about the miracles performed by<br />
<br />
Saibaba. The followers vow that they have read the book 20-30 times. The contents have been<br />
<br />
impregnated in their brains permanently if you just glance through the pages you will find miracles<br />
<br />
like Saibaba taking out his intestine, drying it in the air and again pushing it inside the abdomen. <br />
<br />
One will get nausea while reading such miracles. But the book had been reprinted more than 20<br />
<br />
times in the last 50 years selling thousands of copies. Saibaba Trust officially publishes this book and<br />
<br />
Dadasaheb Khaparde’s son had swelling on his skin and was in severe pain. His mother<br />
<br />
rushed to Saibaba . Saibaba told “Don’t worry, it will rain”. Saibaba started taking out his clothes<br />
<br />
and mother saw the swelling on Saibaba”s body. Saibaba said that he suffers all the pains of his<br />
<br />
followers. The author, Govind Dabholkar was a magistrate and he confirmed that all these events <br />
<br />
have happened in reality and no one should doubt about them. One co-passenger started babbling:<br />
<br />
’my daughter-in-law had some problem while delivering. I took holy ash from the Sai temple and<br />
<br />
pasted on her stomach and within five minutes she delivered a healthy baby.”<br />
<br />
As soon as we enter Shirdi town, handouts and cards will start passing through the windows.<br />
<br />
“Sai Shankar Flower Merchants: All items required for Pooja and Abhishek are available at<br />
<br />
reasonable prices”. However there is one more precautionary sentence for the benefit of devotees: <br />
<br />
Beware of thieves. One cannot imagine that in miracle of Saibaba. Meantime a few people<br />
<br />
practically try to drag you saying<br />
<br />
In the year 1838, a Phakeer (Muslim priest) lands here. For want of any other name the<br />
<br />
local goldsmith calls him Saibaba. Shirdi was a small village consisting of dilapidated houses. <br />
<br />
Villagers had great fun to see such a stranger in their village. Most of them were farmers. <br />
<br />
Nowadays the farming has been set aside and every one is engaged in only one industry.... Sai baba<br />
<br />
Sai is business for this town<br />
<br />
Enter any shop. By paying Rs.25 one will get all the essential items of Abhiskek. Talkative<br />
<br />
shop owners murmur ; Saibaba blesses you. ‘How to get Darshan?’. Innocent question but difficult to<br />
<br />
answer. Abhishek is performed at 9 ’O’clock in the morning. For this you should stand in queue right<br />
<br />
from early morning at 5 ‘O’ clock . Satyanarayana Pooja will be at noon 12 ‘O’ Clock. In the evening <br />
<br />
there will be Aarati will be at 10 pm. He listed the timetable. ‘Will it be possible to avoid standing in<br />
<br />
‘You need right contacts at highest level. Or you should be political bigwig like MP, MLA,<br />
<br />
Minister or Govt. Bureaucrat from secretariat. Permission is granted to enter the main temple to<br />
<br />
these influential persons only. But if one is ready to pay huge donation, say Rs.50,000, will open the<br />
<br />
gates of main Mandir immediately. Money has more miraculous power than Sai. <br />
<br />
A board is displayed in the office of Sai trust about the special category for Darshan. Some<br />
<br />
are more equal than others even here too. Whom do you complain? The trust has built a big hall<br />
<br />
for devotees anxious for Sai Daeshan. Marble benches have been provided to take rest. Close<br />
<br />
circuit TV has been installed to view the Pooja performed in the main temple by other devotees. <br />
<br />
Most in the waiting are fully satisfied with this virtual reality. All the walls in the hall have been<br />
<br />
painted with the scenes showing Saibaba’s miracles.<br />
<br />
Miracle 1. When the villages were infected by cholera, Saibaba put jowar flour around the<br />
<br />
village and cured cholera affected people. Miracle 2. Chandbhai who brought Saibaba to Shiridi,<br />
<br />
wanted to smoke Chilum (sort of handmade pipe). He couldn’t find fire anywhere nearby. Phakeer<br />
<br />
touched the green grass and fire was lit! 3. A river started from the toe of the feet of Saibaba. <br />
<br />
4. Thousands of lamps were lit on the water while Saibaba is standing on the shore. <br />
<br />
If someone stands in a queue surrounded by such scenes, one will certainly start believing <br />
<br />
anything. Mind will be conditioned to accept anything without thinking. The books like Sai Charit<br />
<br />
or Sai Leelamrit are continuously glorifying the miraculous power of Saibaba. The glorification of<br />
<br />
anything has become a core theme of Indian society. The believer will become helpless and<br />
<br />
intellectually week and starts losing confidence in himself and his efforts. Anything good that is<br />
<br />
happening in his life will be attributed to God, Guru or somebody except himself . Anything<br />
<br />
determined will be result of his fate. No one wanted to go into details of these miracles have been<br />
<br />
described never bother to give any references and historical evidences. Perhaps there may not be<br />
<br />
any base. Everything is just for these miracles. Everything is just imagination to make money. Even<br />
<br />
the photographs displayed are fake or created by Imaging. On enquiry at trust office, the<br />
<br />
concerned official said that there no original photographs of Saibaba anywhere. One starts<br />
<br />
wondering how the cult is is being built around such imaginary things and the market force to flood<br />
<br />
the photographs of Saibaba. In one of the books published in 1914, there is a reference that district<br />
<br />
collector Desai has taken a snap shot. But the reference does not have any credibility. Trust<br />
<br />
released a photograph in 1922. But the trust also took the miracle route. <br />
<br />
The serpentine queue has moving snail’s speed. The devotees were mostly from Gujarat. <br />
<br />
Every 10-15 minutes you would hear the shouting in unison: Bolo Sainath Maharaj ki Jai, Jor se bolo<br />
<br />
Sai bolo. Every one is holding a plate with flowers and other items of worship. A saffron scarf was<br />
<br />
used as headgear. Queue as moving slowly. Even the toilets have been provided for nature call of<br />
<br />
devotees. If some miscreant tries to jump queue, people will express their anger by shouting the<br />
<br />
slogan with higher pitch. Some one said “Sai will punish the intruder”.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, someone started selling Laddu for Rs. Two. The devotees are expected to put<br />
<br />
Laddu at the feet of Sai’s idol at main Mandir and eat as Prasadam, which is blessed by Sai to wash<br />
<br />
away the sins committed by devotee knowingly or unknowingly . On an average four thousand<br />
<br />
devotees are visiting every day. On Thursdays this figure will rise to sixty thousand. So you can<br />
<br />
imagine the turnover in a place like Shiridi, Satyanarain pooja will cost twenty five rupees. The Pooja<br />
<br />
itself must be fetching straight away more than 20 lakh per week. At the basement 15-18 huge<br />
<br />
sealed steel boxes are kept to receive the donations. No receipts are demanded for the donations<br />
<br />
deposited by the devotees. Some times the total collection goes upto Rs. Fifty lakh per week. In<br />
<br />
this money collecting game, one day Shiridi Saibaba will surpass Tirupati Balaji.<br />
<br />
After going through all the hasseles, battering by the security guards and the anxiety, at last<br />
<br />
one enters into the main Mandir where the devotees can physically touch the Sai Idol. Suddenly a<br />
<br />
few in the queue roll on the floor and beat their head as through possessed by some invisible thing. <br />
<br />
Devotee hands over the plate. The priest touches the plate at the idol’s feet in a flash and hands<br />
<br />
over back to the devotee. Devotee is not satisfied. He wants to be kept longer time. Everything<br />
<br />
needs to be charged by the Sai power. The priests start protesting. However, some one pacifies<br />
<br />
both the parties. Queue has to move. There are 24 priests who work in two shifts. These priests<br />
<br />
are middlemen between God Sai and the devotees. The total staff consists of 45 persons who are<br />
<br />
attending Sai round the clock. Out of 24 priests, 9 of them are holding diploma certificate from <br />
<br />
Tryambakeshwaar School of Veda , which conducts regular courses of 3 years duration on<br />
<br />
priesthood. This includes idol worship, offering flowers, Satyanarayan Pooja and various Mantras to<br />
<br />
be chanted at various occasions etc. Even the priests have to go through the shifts to earn their<br />
<br />
livelihood like any industrial worker though all of them are so near to Saibaba and everyday seeing<br />
<br />
him in person. Sai Idol is made of Italian marble. There is a throne embedded with designed<br />
<br />
carved in silver and gold plates. The Idol has been dressed with red and saffron coloured garments. <br />
<br />
A pearl necklace is around the neck. Like in any other temples, there is no mound of coconuts near<br />
<br />
the Idol but heap of dry flowers occupy the major portion of floor space.<br />
<br />
Dabholkar, Deshpande and Saagasrabuddhe trio initially started the flourishing business of<br />
<br />
Saibaba idol worship about hundred years ago. If one critically tries to analyze the stories and myths<br />
<br />
propagated, one will start doubting whether such a person was really alive or was it a figment of<br />
<br />
imagination of a few gangsters to rob the gullible public. A Phakeer comes to remotest village, says<br />
<br />
in a sort of mosque, and taken names of Allah. It means the person was never a hindu. In fact the<br />
<br />
person had a very abnormal pattern of behaviour. He was a smoker of chillum (a sort of pipe). He<br />
<br />
wandered all around the place on rivar banks and hill tops, always wearing torn clothes. Most of<br />
<br />
the time he stared at the sky without blinking the eyes. Villagers called him a mad phakeer. Beggars<br />
<br />
stole his food. Bayajabai cooked food for him. But he was never regular for his meals and got<br />
<br />
irritated very quickly. Sometimes he used to dance on the streets, Once he out his hands in the<br />
<br />
fire. He used obscene language whenever women approached him. No one was able to make<br />
<br />
sense of what he was saying in the undertone. All these details are available in the biographies<br />
<br />
published by the trust. While going through his biography one gets convinced that there is a<br />
<br />
deliberate attempt by Dabholkar, Despande, Dasganoo etc. to project Saibaba as Hindu saint. Infact<br />
<br />
Saibaba stayed al l his life in a dilapidated mosque and prayed Allah in Muslim style. But most of<br />
<br />
the Hindu Traditionalists imagined him as incarnation of their favourite God or saint. Some worship<br />
<br />
him as Swami Ramdas of 16th century era. Some say he is a Avataar of Shankar. Some vouch that<br />
<br />
he is incarnation of Dattatreya. Some had gone to the extent that he is an incarnation of Akkalkot<br />
<br />
Maharaj of 18th century. There is neither logic nor consistency in these biographies. Sai baba’s <br />
<br />
famous slogan is Allah Malik Hai. But in spite of all these supporting evidences that he is not a<br />
<br />
Hindu, every devotee assumes that there is an ardent. Hindu but behaved a bit abnormally. The<br />
<br />
prestigious gang, who elevated Sai to God’s status to fulfil their vested interests, have given him a<br />
<br />
new dimension of Hinduism. Chandorkar went to an extent saying that he had assisted Saibaba<br />
<br />
during his bath and confirmed that Sai’s ears were punctured like in Hindu tradition. Thus, an aura of<br />
<br />
Hinduism was built around Sai. Infact Saibaba had nothing to do with Ram Navami festival. This was<br />
<br />
started by the trio to make money. The tomb built on his death body was also in Hindu tradition.<br />
<br />
SAI BABA SECULARISM IS FRAUD<br />
<br />
If one goes through the historical details of Saibaba’s life there was not even a single<br />
<br />
Muslim devotee. As per Muslim religion worshipping an idol is banned. As per Muslim religion<br />
<br />
worshipping an idol is banned. As such the secularism attached to Saibaba or to his place is an<br />
<br />
outright fraud. No Muslim visits this place. No Muslim priest performs prayer. Even then media <br />
<br />
advertises this temple as a symbol of secularism. Secularism in the world of faith is a complex<br />
<br />
concept. Both Hindus and Muslims have to come to an agreement to evolve a methodology without<br />
<br />
hurting the religious feelings. However, vested interests have dominated and Hinduism is<br />
<br />
One will realize the extent of exploitation while coming out of the temple and look around it. <br />
<br />
Gullible Hindu devotees have contributed whole-heartedly to build mansions and high rise buildings,<br />
<br />
now owned by the Trust. The property may be 7-8 crore rupees worth. The building projects are<br />
<br />
still continuing and everyone except the devotees is benefited.<br />
<br />
A Neem tree with thatched roof is nearby. The legend says that the leaves of this Neem<br />
<br />
tree are very sweet. However, you can’t confirm the same since one is not allowed to pluck the<br />
<br />
leaves from the tree for eating. However, Hindu religion has a solution for any Catch 22 situation! <br />
<br />
You can eat the leaves fallen on the ground. If they are not sweet, it means you are not a pious<br />
<br />
person. God is not blessing you. One of the trust official announced that a German scientist was not<br />
<br />
able to explore the secret of sweetness. After asking for the report, he expressed his inability to<br />
<br />
produce the same. There is a very small lane passing through this place. The lane is crowded with<br />
<br />
the beggars. At least 800 beggars might have been there out of which 50-60 are women. If you just<br />
<br />
wait for a while, a bread seller will pop up with 4-5 loves of bread and request you to distribute<br />
<br />
bread to beggars. Each loaf will cost Rs.20 or more. Like him 5-10 bread sellers are standing among<br />
<br />
beggars to give an opportunity to feed the beggars. The beggars are earning at least 400 Rupees per<br />
<br />
day; most of them are bank account holders. In this economically liberated era everything has<br />
<br />
become ‘instant’ : instant beggars, instant food in the form of bread chunks. Instant sellers. <br />
<br />
Everyone wants to make a fast buck. <br />
<br />
Across the road there is a place presumed to be where Sai baba distributed the holy ash. <br />
<br />
The place is popularly known as Chandorkar Chavadi. Inside, there is nicely carved wooden plank;<br />
<br />
above which a notice board is hung indicating Baba’s sleeping place. If you keenly observe, the plank<br />
<br />
might have been carved 5-6 years ago. There is also a notice board, which warns that no woman is<br />
<br />
allowed inside. In fact as per Saibaba’s biography, Bayajabai took care of him throughout his life. <br />
<br />
But no one could explain why such a ban or discrimination towards women in these days. It appears<br />
<br />
even in 21st century some one wants to follow the dictates of age old Manusmriti.<br />
<br />
Saibaba’s contemporary, Abdul Baba’s house is very near to this place. An old man, poses<br />
<br />
of photographs that look exactly like the portraits of Saibaba. He pointed to holy book and other<br />
<br />
items and told that all these belong to Abdul baba. Devotees are coming inside and Rahimbaba<br />
<br />
blesses them. They put a few coins in return.<br />
<br />
“Have you seen Saibaba?”<br />
<br />
‘I don’t lie and I don’t want to talk on this issue. Everything is commercialized nowadays. Who is<br />
<br />
bothered about Saibaba and his whereabouts?‘ He vented his sorrow. ‘Is there any original snapshot<br />
<br />
‘You see, Abdulbaba was his contemporary and we have his genuine photographs. I don’t know<br />
<br />
about anything else. No place for the truth, Sir”.<br />
<br />
There is one more place known as Dwarakamai’s Mosque. The items, like wheat bag, bath<br />
<br />
stone, Chulha etc. have been displayed in this place like in historical museum and people come to<br />
<br />
this place with all the reverence, The wheat bag has fresh look as though purchased very recently<br />
<br />
and certainly not 100 years old. The Chulla is painted in various colours. The fireplace is still burning. <br />
<br />
All devotees bow in front of each item very piously expecting blessings from Saibaba. No one seems<br />
<br />
to have any doubts in their minds about whether these artifacts are genuine or fake. No one<br />
<br />
displays inquisitiveness while looking at these almost fake items. Thinking power, rationality, spirit<br />
<br />
of enquiry are totally absent. The manipulators of religious values have made everyone slave. Baba<br />
<br />
has all the remedies for any problems. He can cure all the diseases. Ashes given by him (or his<br />
<br />
cronies) is an ultimate medicine for diseases ranging form common cold to severe type of cancer.<br />
<br />
Tatyasheb Noolkar recovered from blindness. Padmanabh Swamy was able to hear clearly<br />
<br />
through he was deaf right from the birth since he had received blessings of Baba. Balasaheb Shimpi<br />
<br />
recovered from Malaria fully just feeding the food to dog by Baba. Shrimant recovered from<br />
<br />
Like these, there may be thousands of myths percolating every generation and at every<br />
<br />
place. No one dares to doubt Baba’s glory, his super power and his compassion. Mahadevrao<br />
<br />
Deshpande was cured of his piles by eating peanuts given by Saibaba. Just by exhauling, Baba cured<br />
<br />
the snake and scorpion bites. Swallowing the holy ash cured Dattopant’s stomachache. Though the<br />
<br />
whole village was suffering from plague. Chandorkar’s friend was saved because she had put holy<br />
<br />
ash on her face. TB patient of Malegaon could recover by just applying the holy ash all over the<br />
<br />
All these miracles printed in Sai Leelamrit, are told, retold, modified, glorified and improved<br />
<br />
so that no one will have an iota of doubt about its truthfulness. Everything is described as though<br />
<br />
narrator was invisibly present all the while and at all the place till the end. Mind is conditioned and<br />
<br />
devotees are addicted to listen to such trash. If the diseases can be cured by Darshan or by<br />
<br />
applying the holy ash, why has trust built an ultra modern hospital? The hospital incurs Rs.25 lakh<br />
<br />
loss every year since it subsidizes the medical bills of ‘poor’ devotees. Why is Saibaba not able to<br />
<br />
prevent any diseases? Why is he not able to cure poor without any medical assistance? If the place<br />
<br />
and person are so powerful. Why do you need diagnostic centres, operation theatres, surgical<br />
<br />
facilities, ICUs, trained medical staff, experienced surgeons? Shamdas Foundation owned by a<br />
<br />
devotee of Saibaba had built an ultra modern hospital at Hong Kong. Hundreds of medical experts<br />
<br />
from all over the world are attending this Hospital one or other capacity. In spite of all these<br />
<br />
modern facilities and blessings received from Saibaba, the recovery rates are at par with any other<br />
<br />
hospitals of the same caliber. Saibaba did not make any difference, inspite of all these statistical<br />
<br />
probabilities, realities and apparent evidences, the Trust still publishes various types of miracles in<br />
<br />
its monthly bulletin Sai Leela. One can understand the illiterate devotees may not be aware of the<br />
<br />
process of spread/origin of diseases or may not know the nuances of diagnostics, immunization,<br />
<br />
recovery process, or healing methods. However one thing is clear that anything good that is<br />
<br />
happening in the life is attributed to Saibaba. This mindset is playing a major role in the spread of<br />
<br />
curing power of Saibaba. Nowadays the patients suffering from polio, cancer, and heart ailments are<br />
<br />
visiting in large numbers. Couples come here very often to be blessed with a child. Offerings are<br />
<br />
made at the spur of the moment. Enourmous amount is promised if the wish is granted without<br />
<br />
taking into consideration the financial conditions. To fulfil the vow one has to be in the clutches of<br />
<br />
pawnbrokers. However, main beneficiary is the Trust which is hoarding a large sum donated by the<br />
<br />
gullible devotees. The stories of miraculous curing power of Saibaba plays greater role in amassing<br />
<br />
wealth. Trust goes on printing and reprinting the books, magazines and other materials depicting<br />
<br />
the miraculous power of Saibaba, just changing names here and there. All stories read alike.<br />
<br />
Sometime back KS Pathak, an IAS officer was nominated as receiving officer of the Trust. He<br />
<br />
found that misappropriation of large fund by the local trustees. They were looting the public. The<br />
<br />
golden and silver ornaments, belonging to the Trust, were found in the houses of the trustees. <br />
<br />
When police raided their houses, they threw the ornaments in the nearby fields. Charity<br />
<br />
commissioner imposed inquiries. CID officials investigated the frauds. Trustees tried their best to<br />
<br />
put political pressure on the receiving officer and charity commissioner to stall further<br />
<br />
investigations. A few of the trustees were punished and put into jail.<br />
<br />
In spite of these headlines in the media, the devotees are deterred to visit. ‘Saibaba is<br />
<br />
great! He will take care of our sins’. That is the attitude of the devotees. Political leaders come<br />
<br />
here to enhance their ‘power’. But sometimes they to suffer badly. Ex-President Shankar Dayal<br />
<br />
Sharma paid a visit with all its pomposity: within a few days after the visit he was suffering with<br />
<br />
severe ailments. Sharad Pawar visited the temple while he was experimenting with like-minded<br />
<br />
parties. Three months after the visit his experiment utterly failed. Shankarrao Chavan, Vasantdada<br />
<br />
Patil also suffered very badly. P.V. Narasimha Rao came to this place as a Prime Minister, but by<br />
<br />
the time he returned Delhi he was no more a minister! This may also be a miracle of Saibaba!<br />
<br />
Even if we keep aside the devotees and their problems, the trustees and local population are<br />
<br />
at daggers head. Each party wants its share of flesh in this money game. One of the trustees was<br />
<br />
arguing that villagers don’t know what they are missing since too much familiarity breeds contempt. <br />
<br />
Villagers argue that Trust has turned whole villages into five star hotel with money flowing like<br />
<br />
water. Highrice buildings, asphalt roads, even airport but local population is still deprived to basic<br />
<br />
necessities... Trustees want that local people should cooperate (in looting) with trust so that they<br />
<br />
too can get benefited. Villagers erected shanty shops all around the temple and started earning<br />
<br />
their livelihood by selling the goods required by the devotees. This irritated the trustees. They<br />
<br />
wanted these ugly structures should be removed immediately. For years together this confrontation<br />
<br />
is continuing and sometimes the situation is turning violent. If Saibaba cannot solve these problems<br />
<br />
amicably how can one expect him to take up problems of some individuals? Nowadays devotees <br />
<br />
have to take care of their belongings, cash etc. Since Saibaba is favouring pick pocketers, thieves<br />
<br />
too. Even while one is inside the main temple bags, purses etc. are stolen. While devotees are<br />
<br />
gathering on auspious days like Ram Navami, Guru Purnima, Dasera it becomes very easy for thieves<br />
<br />
to do their own business! But ardent belief in Saibaba gives the devotees to absolve these<br />
<br />
To overcome the minor problems trust has started ‘Sai Darshan’ on internet. The<br />
<br />
prominent message on the internet is “If you look at me, I will look at you”. Devotees from distant<br />
<br />
places can have instant Darshan and get blessed by Saibaba. A few foreigners’ e-mails pasted on the<br />
<br />
website make very interesting readings . Varah Appikatla is an NRI staying in US. He took<br />
<br />
‘Darshanam’ of Saibaba and managed to secure top position in IBM. Now he is ready to send huge<br />
<br />
donation to the trust. The assistance of advanced science and technology is sought to strengthen<br />
<br />
their superstitions. Saibaba cult is a sort of contagious disease and is not restricted to only<br />
<br />
Maharashtra region. In the south Puttaparthy Saibaba has surpassed the original Saibaba in all<br />
<br />
respects. Dharma Sai Seva Trust has already spread its tentacles asking for huge donations to feed<br />
<br />
the children of downtrodden and marginalized poor people and to construct Hindu nationality and<br />
<br />
People from all over India come to Shiridi. All of them are emotionally choking while they<br />
<br />
visit this place. Each one’s story is quite unique. But if one probes deeper, the devotees have lost<br />
<br />
their self-confidence and are afraid of everything – the wealth, luxuries, people around them, the<br />
<br />
place where they stay, family members etc. They are not in a position to trust anybody. A sort of<br />
<br />
mental disease has taken over these devotees. From outside they all look normal human beings can<br />
<br />
believe all these legends, miracles and power of blessings and artefacts like amulets and charms. <br />
<br />
While returning from a place like this, even a rational human being will start doubting whether this<br />
<br />
society is normal enough to realize in what trap it is bound.<br />
<br />
Once again you are amidst<br />
<br />
“Saibaba Bolo ... Saibaba Bolo...”<br />
<br />
(Author is an active Rationalist and Humanist, Editor of Tought and action web magazine resides in Pune)<br />
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-- :oOo:--</div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Telugu Association of North America is young in age but dynamic in work progress. During 1977 the first founding conference was held in New York with 1000 participants and within a year the second conference in Detroit, MI officially named it as Telugu association of North America. Slowly but steadily T.A.N.A extended its activities into various fields. So far 19 bi-annual conferences were held in various cities of USA which got attention of Telugu people worldwide .Each conference with one president and one coordinator conducted deliberations while hundreds of persons extended their help. TANA encouraged local talent and involved boys, girls, youth, and experts from various fields.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From President Bill Clinton to K. R. Narayan ,the president of India, the conferences had the benefit of getting the messages, speeches and advices. Each conference played unique role with stage dramas, folk arts, songs, cine artists, experts in various fields like business, technology, education, and music. Several talented persons from various walks of life gave their excellent knowledge to the conferences. Each conference also brought out one special souvenir with articles in English and Telugu , covering wide range of subjects.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The conferences popularized TANA in all walks of life among Telugu people. After completing 19 conferences TANA steadily moving to 20th conference to be held in Detroit during 2015 under the presidentship of Mohan Nannapaneni and Mr Gangadhar Nadella as co ordinator. In way it can be said that TANA officially commenced at Detroit and coming to the same place to conduct its 20th conference.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In between biannual conferences TANA is serving Telugu people continuously in Andhra Pradesh, India and in USA. TANA foundation is the main source of service through several projects to uplift the living conditions of people. Many villages in Andhra Pradesh were modernized with these projects as donors put their money. That includes helping cancer patients, eye camps and few other medical services.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Telugu language promotion is another uphill task undertaken by TANA which drew attention of boys and girls. In USA proper TANA has taken up emergency help programs to those who involved in accidents and who also are duped in the name false educational institutions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tana brings out monthly magazine in Telugu and English which is now running as web magazine. It is covering wide range of fields.It has editors like Dr Jampala Choudary, Mr Nehru Cherukupalli, Kidambi Raghunath, etc</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another special feature which TANA can proudly claim is the election of woman as its president, elected Ms Mutyala Padma Sri in democratic way. Tana is paying great tributes to the yeoman work of women and their contribution to the upbringing of children.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This history of TANA covers all these aspects in brief and placing before the public for the first time. It is called LIVING HISTORY OF TANA since it has only beginning and no end!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the request of Mr Nannapaneni Mohan , president TANA the task is undertaken -both in Telugu and English (as well as web edition) with available pictures and brief speeches of selected persons -like President Bill Clinton, N.T.Rama Rao (chief minister of Andhra Pradesh) Mr Ch.Ramoji Rao chief editor of Eenadu Telugu daily, and so on so forth.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The help extended by various persons including past presidents, coordinators, and others duly acknowledged.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Formation of TANA is a dynamic idea. TANA is Telugu Association of North America. Once the idea is formed it has its own logic and momentum. Few Telugu people had the idea of coming together to form into an association to discuss ideas, preserve culture and establish communication in USA.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Telugu people in New York and New Jersey gathered at a picnic in New York during 1977. Several doctors, engineers, officers working at United Nations office and other places have discussed the formation of a cultural society of Telugu people. They invited all the Telugu associations in North America to assemble in New York. The Telugu Literary and Cultural Association (TLCA) was formed with Dr. B. Siva Ram Reddy as the president. The next year Kakarla Subba Rao has become the president and Dr. Guthikonda Ravindranath was the secretary. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Founding Conference</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao, Dr. Guthikonda Ranvindranath, Dr. Bandaru Sivarama Reddy, Mr. Kidambi Raghunath have taken the initiative in September 1976 and contacted several Telugus in North America, including Mr. Veluvolu Basavaiah, Dr. Tummala Madhava Rao, Mr. Vanguri Chitten Raju, Mr. Manney Ramana Rao and others for their input to organize the conference. After several deliberations by these individuals a decision was made to organize the first North American Telugu Conference in New York during the Memorial Day weekend, May 27-28, 1977. Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao was the president of Telugu literary and Cultural Association of New York Tri-state Area (TLCA) in 1975-76 followed by Guttikonda Ravindranath in 1976-77.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The very first thought of having a conference for Telugus in U.S.A came during the first World Telugu Conference, which was organized by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India under the leadership of the then Chief Minister Sri Jalagam Vengala Rao and the Education Minister Sri M.V. Krishna Rao in Hyderabad in April 1975. The few participants, who were invited to that conference from North America were Veluvolu Basavaiah (Toronto), Sri S.V. Rama Rao (Boston) and couple of others. During the conference the idea world Telugu meeting has emerged.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Origin of Founding TELUGU CONFERENCE (1977): The idea of</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Telugu people coming together in USA is the brainchild of Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao (1st President) and Dr. Guttikonda Ravindranath (Convener of the first Telugu conference).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Telugu Literary and Cultural association of New York (TLCA) was one of the earliest Indian organizations in USA, founded in 1971. Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao was the president of Telugu literary and Cultural Association of New York Tri State Area (TLCA) in 1975-76 followed by Guttikonda Ravindranath in 1976-77. Both of them felt the need to have a meeting of all the Telugus living in USA and Canada at New York to promote Telugu language and culture. They invited all the Telugu associations in North America to assemble in New York City.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5000-7000 Telugu families in North America represented by nine associations are : Telugu Literary and Cultural association of New York (TLCA), Telugu Cultural Association of Delaware Valley (TAGDV), Greater Washington Telugu Cultural Society (GWTCS) Telugu Cultural Association of Houston (TCAH), Telugu Cultural Association of Greater Chicago (TAGC), Detroit Telugu Cultural Association (DTA), Bay Area Telugu Association of San Francisco (BATA) and Andhra Cultural Association of Southern California in Los Angeles (ACASC) from USA and Andhra Cultural Association of Edmonton (ACAE) from Canada.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Representatives of nine associations met under the leadership of Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao and Mr. Guttikonda Ravindranath and formulated the details for the first North America Telugu Conference that was held on May 28-29, 1977. Chief Guest was Mr. Anna Rao of TTD. This was attended by about 310 Telugu families, with 940 delegates from 30 states of USA. It was held in a high school, attendees were hosted in local homes and food was prepared by the volunteer women at the venue. A total of $8,004.08 was collected with surplus of $1,412.10 after $6,591.98 expenses. $412.10 spent on post conference report and $1000 was passed on to Detroit as seed money for the 2nd conference.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Founding conference was arranged in a local school, which was attended by 1000. The food was prepared by the local Telugu families. Dr. Ravindranath Guthikonda, Convener welcomed the guests. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Bandaru Subhashini Reddy has introduced the speakers. An ad-hoc committee consisting of Dr.Kakarla SubbaRao (Chairperson), Dr. Madhava Rao Tummala (Secretary), Dr. Guthikonda Ravindranath, Mr. Ramana Rao Manney, K Ramakrishna Reddy, Mr. Tella Tirupataiah, Mr. Veluvolu Basavaiah and Mr. Vanguri Chitten Raju was formed.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inaugural Ceremonies were presided over by Dr. Kakarala Subba Rao (New York) Member of the Conference Committee. He welcomed all the delegates and invited the chief guest, Mr. C. Annaro of Tirupati - Tirumala Devasthanams, A.P. India, Ms. Anasuya Anna Rao, Dr. Ravindra Nath Guttikonda (New Jersey), Convener of the Conference, Sri B. Krishnam Raju (Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh, India) who release the literary souvenir and opened the art craft exhibition, Sri S.V. Rama Rao, Artist (Kentucky), who release the philatelic souvenir; Mr. G. A. Narasimha Rao (New York), who introduced Mr. C. Annarao; Dr. B. S. Reddy (New York), Chairman, Reception Committee, who introduced all the dignitaries to the audience; Mr. Krishna M. Vempaty, Chairman, Finance Committee, who read all the special message of best wishes received from many countries; Dr. Subhashini Reddy, Metropolitan New York area representative on the Conference Committee, who introduced all the other area representatives on the conference committee -- Dr. Madhava Rao Tummala (Detroit), Mr. Emmadi Ramakrishna (Michigan), Mr. Veluvolu Basavaiah (Toronto), Mr. Ramana Rao Manney (Washington), Mr. Tirupataiah Tella (Chicago), Mr. K. Ramakrishna Reddy (Philadelphia), Dr. Chitten Raju Vanguri (Houston), And Mr. Tirumalarao Tipirneni (New Jersey), Secretary of the Host Organization Telugu Literary and Cultural Association, New York, thanked the participants.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Ravindra Nath Guthikonda, Convener of the conference, in his welcome address said: </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Welcome to the proceedings of the First Telugu Conference of North America.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The main aim of this conference is to establish links between various organizations with common goal of setting up guidelines and suggestions to attain a unique blend of Telugu, American and Canadian cultural heritages … TANA have more than 800 delegates participating here both in the cultural programs and the discussions. These, TANA hopes, will extensively contribute to the welfare of the entire Indian Community, with special reference to Telugu Community, in the years ahead. Some of the cultural programs reflect the revival of now less-popular items, which are fast going extinct - even in Andhra Pradesh - most of the outcomes of the discussions, recommendations and mechanisms of action will be announced in the general body meeting. We sincerely hope the participation will be extensive now and in the future also.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ambassador of India to U.S. Mr. Kewal Singh said in this message, “I do hope the First Telugu Conference will be a real success and will lead to further activities promoting mutual appreciations of India’s cultural heritage and the cultural richness of this great country.” Indian Consul General, Mr. Ashrani of New York, said, “I share your hope that the conference will provide an opportunity for North American people to know, understand and appreciate the Telugu Cultural Heritage.” Vice-consul sent his best wishes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. C. Anna Rao, the chief guest spoke thus </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: “The main aim of this conference is to establish links between various organizations with a common goal of setting up guidelines and suggestions to attain a unique blend of Telugu, American and Canadian cultural heritages we have more than 800 delegates participating here both in the cultural programs and the discussions. These, we hope, will extensively contribute to the welfare of the entire Indian community, with special reference to Telugu community, in the years ahead. The topics for discussion have been given above by me a short while ago. Some of the cultural programs reflect the revival of now less-popular isms'</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">which are fast going extinct - even in Andhra Pradesh - most of the outcomes of the discussions recommendations and mechanisms of action will be announced to you in the general body meeting tomorrow. We sincerely hope your participation will be extensive now and in the future also.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh conveyed his best wishes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Subhashini Reddy introduced all the representatives:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Veluvolu Basavaiah, Toronto; Mr. Tirupataiah Tella, Chicago; Dr. Chitten Raju Vanguri, Houston; Mr. Ramana Rao Manney, Washington; Mr. K. Ramakrishna Reddy, Philadelphia; Attendees were felicitations by Dr. B. S. Reddi.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RELEASE OF THE LITERARY SOUVENIR BY MR. B. KRISHNAM RAJU</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Kakarla Subbarao introduced the guest thus: Mr. B. Krishnam Raju was the vice President of Bharatiya Natya Sangh, joint secretary of Andhra Pradesh Sangeet Nataka Academy; president of all India theater institute, number of the Andhra Pradesh Children’s Academy. Conspicuous among the positions held is during the First World Telugu Conference as Convener and Coordinator, actor, writer, journalist, and editor of “Sutradhari” Journal devoted to theater arts..</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. B. Krishnam Raju released the Souvenir.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Ravindranath Guthikonda, Convener, handed over the first copy of the Literary Souvenir to Mr. B. Krishnam Raju and everyone sitting on the dias has been given one copy each.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RELEASE OF THE PHILATELIC SOUVENIR BY MR. S. V. RAMARAO</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. S. V. Ramarao, who designed the cachet on the First Day Issue of the Philatelic Souvenir, was introduced by Dr. Kakarla Subbarao:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Mr. S.V. Ramarao graduated from Madras University. He is an abstract Telugu painter. He taught Art and Design Painting in London, Cincinnati and Kentucky. At present he is living in Kentucky. His exhibitions and works were reviewed extensively by the International Press. He was Chairman of the Art Conference for the First World Telugu Conference and is serving on the Executive Committee of the Second World Telugu Conference, to be held in Malaysia in 1978. May I invite him to release the philatelic souvenir cover and address us.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Ravindranath Guthikonda, convener, handed over the first copy of the philatelic souvenir cover to Mr. S.V.Ramarao and every one sitting on the dias has been given one copy each.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then Dr. Ravindranath Guthikonda, the convener, made announcements.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. S. V. Ramarao spoke in Telugu.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Tirumala Rao Tipiraneni, Secretary of the hosting organization, Telugu Literary and Cultural Association, was asked to propose a vote of thanks. Mr. Tipirneni spoke in Telugu.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Program:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photos of the Conference…….</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INAUGURATION OF THE ARTS & CRAFTS EXHIBITION</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Formation which led to TANA</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In December 1977, to follow up the activities of the organization, a meeting was organized by Dr. Madhava Rao Tummala in Detroit and was attended by several Ad-Hoc committee members and other interested from Detroit and Chicago Telugu communities. Several names were suggested and it was decided to name it the Telugu Association of North America (TANA). It was also decided to make this organization a Federation of different Telugu associations existing in North America mainly to promote the dialogue and develop interactions among these associations. Organizing conferences and to have newsletters could be the vehicles to achieve this important function.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first Executive Committee:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. KakarlaSubba Rao: President,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Madhava Rao Tummala: Secretary</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All the delegates then proceeded to the Exhibition Hall for Arts & Crafts. Mr. B. Krishnam Raju inaugurated the exhibition with a few remarks in Telugu.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*The material for this compilation has been very patiently transcribed from the original record tapes by Dr. Kidambi Raghunath.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Appa Rao Mukkamala: Treasurer</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First Executive Committee were formed by the Ad-Hoc Committee in Detroit. Also, a subcommittee consisting of Dr. Jasti Venkateswarlu, Mr. Atchuta Rao Ramineni and others was appointed to draft the by-laws of TANA. A follow up meeting of TANA was organized to discuss the draft copy of the by-laws in Washington D.C. It was in this meeting the Executive Committee has decided to incorporate TANA in Washington D.C. The Detroit Telugu Association (DTA) was also established in 1977. This made DTA possible to become a member association of TANA since only associations are eligible as TANA is based on the concept of Federation of Telugu Associations. Detroit Telugu Association, Chicago Telugu Association (TLCA), and Washington Telugu Association came forward to organize the second Telugu conference. It was decided that Detroit Telugu Association to organize the second Telugu conference, Chicago Telugu Association to organize the third Telugu conference, and Washington D.C. Telugu Association to organize the fourth Telugu conference. It is interesting to note that Detroit conference was the first TANA conference and Chicago conference was the Second TANA conference since TANA was formally conceived in December 1977. However, we are treating the first Telugu conference as the first foundation that led toTANA conference for historical and sentimental perspective.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Aims and objectives set for future in founding conference</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Being a Housewife"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“We attempted to define the role of a housewife. We agreed that a housewife is a woman responsible for running her home. In our society the role is customarily performed by a woman who is married.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As we are a group of women coming from a different countries, cultures and environments and living in the United States, we decided to examine the relative merits and demerits in living here away from India. We found that with all the appliances and convenience foods available here, housekeeping is made a lot easier. most of us, of course, missed the domestic help we got in India and found basic housekeeping unproductive and frustrating. It is suggested that women who are confined to the house because of young children or lack of suitable or marketable skills, take an active interest in community events.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Out of the five panelists, four are pursuing careers that take them outside their homes, and they discussed knowledgeably, the problems a woman confronts when holding what amounts to two jobs. These housewives hoped men would pitch in with the housework and child-raising and help them realize their full potential in their careers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since the mother is mainly responsible in raising her children and since all agreed that our children growing here should be made aware of their Telugu roots, culture and tradition, we felt that the housewife could do a lot in this respect. She could continue the rituals and festivals that are part of our tradition, so that children could grow familiar with them. Also we could pool our resources and organize co-op libraries for Telugu books and records.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When the discussion was thrown open to the audience, many men had a lot to say about women and careers. They seemed to think that the suggestion that the women seek careers to make their lives more fulfilling just so much women's liberation rhetoric. The panel had no intention of suggesting that being a housewife is unfulfilling for everyone. A lot of men and one lady were very defensive about the "feminine mystique" and the "joys of motherhood". A couple of gentlemen pointed out the dearth of suitable jobs for graduate women who are not professionals.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Though we did not reach any momentous conclusions, the panel felt that they tried truly to examine the situation of the Telugu housewife transplanted on the American soil”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Members of the Panel :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Smt. Akkaraju Kameswari, Dr. Tallam Kusumakumari, Smt. Kuchibhatla Jaya, Smt. Indira Rajan and Smt. Timmaraju Chaya.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Philadelphia, PA</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Marriages of Our Children"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The remarks made by Shri Putrevu Jagannadha Rao, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Traditional Indian marriages are based on two primary considerations. These are, a) stability of marriage as a life-long bond, and b) welfare of the offspring. Realizing that stability largely depends on compatibility of the partners, Indian parents look for a spouse with similar social, economic and cultural backgrounds -- a factor that largely makes for similar reaction to situations and helps minimize friction. In the old days selection of a spouse from the same caste or sub-caste was considered the best possible method of ensuring similarity of backgrounds leading to maximum compatibility.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Parental initiative and guidance in the selection of a spouse is necessary because, at the age at which a boy and girl are married, neither is really mature enough to judge suitability of the match from all points of view, and in particular, that of durability.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The supreme importance that Indians give to the durability factor is related to the second consideration mentioned, namely, welfare of children. It is the innocent children, offspring of a broken marriage who become its worst victims. Notwithstanding all the precautions taken to ensure compatibility between marital partners, frictions can and do develop between a husband and wife. Ours is a highly individualistic culture and two individuals sharing a common life can, despite their similar social backgrounds, find themselves in frequent disagreement leading to friction and thoughts of separation or divorce. Our norms demand that the partners develop tolerance and accommodation and not break their marriage. To do otherwise is considered rank selfishness in that it shows reluctance to make the necessary sacrifice in the legitimate interests of the offspring. Social disapproval has been the most potent factor against a pair resorting to divorce.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The above two principles followed in India in the selection of a spouse have stood the test of time. They are unexceptionable by any cultural standards. The society is a growing organism which flourishes best in its native soil which promotes natural evolution. While the basic norms outlined earlier hold good, considerations of caste and other outdated customs have little validity today. Compatibility is looked for in other aspects of social and cultural life, host Telugus in North America are first generation immigrants who have their cultural moorings in the society back home. Their children, on the other hand are brought up in a foreign environment which deprives them of the cultural influences of life in India. The influence of home has to make up for this. The speaker who had lived in several countries by virtue of his job found one way of filling in the gap as far as his children were concerned. That was to read out to them regularly the epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata. The importance of these epics, as the single unifying cultural influence among Hindus can hardly be overstressed. Despite the low percentage of formal education in India, men, women and children through the length and breadth of the country share the same value system because of their knowledge of and veneration for these great epics. The pattern of life at home also shapes the ideas and values of growing children and should be fully utilized. These and other methods of inculcating respect for the accepted social and cultural norms among the young people are the best guarantee of keeping up these time-tested values.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The interaction of the culture of their adopted country on their inherited culture often produces desirable results provided they have the capacity to value the best of both. In certain countries where Indian immigration is older, one can notice a distinct regional coloring in the social and cultural life of these immigrant communities. By the third or fourth generation they do tend to be self-sufficient in that they can find matches locally. The main thing is to preserve the best in the Indian tradition which will also be a valuable addition to the composite culture of the countries they adopt.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1979 - Detroit</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">T.A.N.A. (Telugu Association of North America) officially came into vogue from second conference onwards. The conference was held in Detroit 1979 under the presidentship of Kakarla Subba Rao. Tummala Madhava Rao is the convenor. A souvenir committee was constituted with Ramadevi Cherukuri and Achyuta Rao Ramineni. Another committee for art exhibition was formed with S.V. Rama Rao, Vijaya Emmadi as the organisers. Dr. G.M. Sastry, Prasada Rao Kollipara undertook the responsibility of the publicity. Dr. Kakarala Chandrasekhara Rao is the Chairman of committee for nominations. Detroit Telugu people hosted the conference. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Poet Laureate Dasaradhi graced the occasion as a chief guest. Akkineni Nageswara Rao (actor), Avula Sambasiva Rao, Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court, Cherukuri Ramoji Rao’ Chief Editor of Eenaadu were the guest participants in the conference. P.V. Narasimha Rao (Minister in Indira Gandhi`s cabinet during emergency) commenced the literary programmes. This conference specially discussed the problems of Telugu people living in America. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The special attraction in the conference was Harikatha of Veeragandham Venkata Subba Rao. The audience enjoyed with spell bound attention. Mr. Subba Rao came to the conference with his own expenditure. 2000 people attended the conference. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2nd TANA conference followed the by-laws which were passed by then. The member societies from various parts in USA are allowed as official delegates. The general body elected executive committee for 1979-81. Dr. Madhara Rao Tummala was the Chairman. Dr. Bandaru Siva Ramireddy, Dr. Duggirala Premchand were vice-presidents. General Secretary wasTella Tirupataiah. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Guthikonda Ravindranath sent $1000 (Half of the proceeds of the leftover funds from the First TANA Conference) to start the initial activities of the Second TANA Conference. The rest was collected from conference registration fees and donor-patron categories. Total amount collected was about $11,000 and the expenses were in the order of $7,000 and $4,000 . Of this amount, $2,000 was given to Detroit Telugu Association, the co-sponsoring organization of the second Telugu Conference, and $2,000 was given to TANA. .</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Directors :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Dr. Kakarala Chandrasekhara Rao, Vadlamudi Sri Krishna, V.R. Anumolu Mr. Vanitha Velgonda, Mrs. Lakshmi Cherukuri. This was the first elected executive committee. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The conference souvenir was printed in Andhra Jyothi Press with the generous help of K..LN. Prasad, General Manager, Andhra Jyothi. Cherukuri Rama Devi is the president of Souvenir committee, Puranam Subrahmanya Sarma helped her from India. The title art was done by artist S.V. Rama Rao. The writers in this souvenir are : Satyasai, B.S.R. Krishna, Nanduri Pardha Saradhi, Venudhar, S.V. Rama Rao, Ramadevi Galla, Puranam Subrahmanya Sarma, Nayagara Dance (Poem), Noma S.R. Sarma, Pathuri Nagabhushanam, K.V. Ramana Reddy, - C. Venugopala Rao, - Jakkampudi Subbaraidu, - Bandaru Lakshma Reddy. - Ravindranath Guttikonda, - Rama Kakarala,and contributors from Telugu Associations in Chicago, New york, Detroit, San francisco.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3rd TANA Conference was held in Chicago on May 23rd and 24th 1981. (The venue was Oak Park and River Forest High School, Oakmont, Chicago). The Telugu Association of Chicago extended full co-operation for the conference. Madhava Rao Tummala supervised while Tirupataiah Tella was the convenor. For the 4000 people, Chicago Telugu residents hosted with Telugu delicious food items. In the co-ordination committee Shankar N Franjari, Ananth R Vutukuri, Arunasri Tanuku, Baburao Javvaji, C.L.Narayana, C. Umapathi Reddy, Janardhan Manthani Reddy took full responsibility in conducting the conference. The cultural celebrations were conducted by Ramana Murthy V. Yadavalli and Co-chairman Ram Reddy Sama. Naidu R Galla was the chairman of committee for discussions. S.V. Rama Rao and Arunasri Tanuku were the chairman and co-chairman for art exhibition. Upendranath Nimmagadda as chairman and Harnath B. Tripuraneni, K.S. Chowdary Gorantla were in the finance committee. The stage arrangements were supervised by Y. Shyama Sundara Rao and Umapathi Reddy. Madhava B.M. Reddy looked after the publicity as chairman and Pattabhi Allmittapalli as vice Chairman. Souvenir committee Chairman was Utkuru Anantha Rama Rao whereas Parimi Sri Ranga Nayakulu, Damaraju Sachchidananda Murthy were co-chairmans. Host Committee chairman was Sudarshana Rao Akkineni and Co-chairman Savitri G. Komanduri. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Third conference was held under stewardship of Tella Tirupataiah as convener at Chicago, who subsequently became the third president of TANA. This was attended by about 2000 people with a budget around $30,000. Tirupataiah was instrumental in making TANA more visible. Getting a full fledged delegation from AP government, responsible in obtaining non-profit status for TANA by IRS and was also responsible for initiating the TANA Foundation in 1981 (Before it used to be called Telugu foundation of TANA). 3,200 people participated in the conference. Each family contributed $40. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Youth was given utmost importance in the conference. A separate stage was prepared for them; and separate rooms were provided for the youth programs. These programs were conducted by the youth themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The food for the entire conference was prepared and served by the host families of Chicago. This included a breakfast in the first day, and serving both lunches and dinners for two days. This itself was a gigantic operation, completed without any hitch or complaints.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Conference provided an excellent Art Exhibition, with paintings by artists from both USA and India. “Baapu” paintings were special attraction in the exhibition.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The conference had several discussion panels on various subjects, such as Women’s and Children’s problems, Setting up Industries in AP., Old age, Retirement issues, Medical Issues.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> A gramophone LP Record was issued, for the first time in the Chicago TANA Conference in 1981. This consisted of Invitation and a musical presentation to the guests.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the conference Akkineni Nageswara Rao (Cine actor), S. Rajeswara Rao (Music director), Yedlapati Venkatarao Chairman Industrial Development Corporation), Freedom fighter Veluvolu Sitharamaiah, Industrialist Mullapudi Harischandra Prasad, Famous poets C. Narayana Reddy and Sri Sri, Ministers of Andhra Pradesh M. Baga Reddy and Avula Madana Mohan, Govt. of India Representative Bhatnagar spoke briefly. Was addressing the conference Sri Sri said : that the conference gave him a feeling as …. he will attending the marriage celebration. He further commented that the conference gave him a feeling as a blend of east west cultures and he wished to see the future generation as Universal peace lovers. Poet C. Narayana Reddy commented that - the moon light in the east is the same as sunlight in the west and vice versa. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The other guests who participated in the conference were : Dr. Venkata Rao, C.N. Sastry, Anandaramam, Nayani Krishna Kumari, Maharadhi Tripuraneni, M.S. Reddy, Mullapudi Harischandra Prasad, U. Venkateswarlu, V. Rama Rao, Basavapunnaiah (journalist), Veeramachineni Madhusudana Rao, Dr. Somaraju, Y.V. Ramana, Akkineni Annapurna, Sumathi Kousal, Narla Tata Rao. High level discussion on industrial development was held in the conference. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA commence to all the famous personalities from the third conference onwards. The old famous statistutional professor C.R.Rao was the first person who received such an honour. Based on the dias TANA elected the executive committee. Tella Titupataiah as president, Kakarla Chandra Sekhara and Gorantla Chowdary as vice-chairman, Yadavalli Somayajulu as Secretary and Madhava Rao Tummala along with the presidents of other Telugu associations as directors. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The writers in the souvenir are : Dasaradhi, C. Narayana Reddy, Durga Prasad Varanasi, Upendra Pushka, Sista Vijaya, Yadavalli Ramana Murthy, V. Padmavathi, Cintham Rani Samyukta, Bangaru Swarupa, Sama Ramireddy, V. Susarla, Krishna Devulapalli, Anil Kumar, A. Lakshmi Ramana, S.V. Rama Rao, Kota Sundara Rama Sarma, Vanguri Chittemraju, Galla Aruna, Mani Issola, Saradapurna Sonti, Kakarla Subbarao, Cherukuri Rama Devi, Lakshmi Damaraju, Obula Narayana Sarma, Challuri Jaganmohana Reddy, Pachha Vasudeva Rao, Satya, Vemuri Venkata Surya Narayana, Vemuri Venkateswara Rao, Murthy N. Damaraju, Puchcha Vasantha Lakshmi, Mokkapati S. Prasad, Dr. Kristu Rao, Nayani Krishna Kumari, Yarlagadda Anjaneyulu, Suryakantham Pappu, Kolavennu Venkata Krishnaiah, V.V. L. Narasimba Rao, Vadrevu Subba Rao.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In English section: P. Venugopala Rao, Kota S. R. Sarma, Annapurna Garimella, Usha Annam Bhatla, Y. Shyama Sundara Rao, P. Rajagopala Naidu, Nadumi Aditam, Padmaja Reddy Saama, Benguluru Sureswara, Madhuri Kakarala, Giridhar Devulapalli, Kala Annambhotla, Shyamala Elamanchili. V. V. Manikyala Rao, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Washington DC (1983) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the first time TANA conference was held in Washington DC on May 28th-29th 1983. Local Greater Washington Telugu Cultural Society co-operated for the success of the conference. The venue was Northwood High School, Silver Spring, Maryland. 2000 delegates participated in the conference. Thirupathaiah Tella was the president whereas Subbarayudu Jakkampudi was the convenor. The co-ordination committee consisting of Rajagopala Rao Koneru, S.V. Rama Rao, Soma Sudarshan Reddy shared the responsibilities. Food committee was formed under the Chairmanship of Vadlmudi Jamuanbai, Mannava Madhusudana Rao as Co-chairman and Sadananda Mrulani as co-chairperson. Guntakatta Srinivasa Murthy was the chairman of program committee whereas Kesari Lakshmi Narayana was the chairman of host committee. S.V. Rama Rao as chairman of art committee conducted the exhibitions. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. K.R. Narayanan done ambassador of India in USA., The peasant leader Prof. N.G. Ranga, Charles Gil Christ, Justice Ramarao, Former Chief Minister Dr. M. Chennareddy were the main speakers. The cultural programmes were held on both days. There were dance dramas, stage plays, Bhuvana Vijayam Play and Several attractive items put the audience spell down attention. Apart from the special souvenir, a special stamp also was released. Several stalls with industrial, and artpeace were exhibited. The two day discussion was highlighted with problems of sharing several arts which are disappearing in Andhra Pradesh. The educational problems of Telugu children in America, exchange of technical knowledge, trade opportunities for Telugu people in America, protection of health were the themes discussed in two day deliberations. The discussions also included marriage problems, literature, culture, and art. Varaprasada Rao Gutti supervised these discussions. Cherukuri Ramadevi, Velcheru Malathi, Madhusudhana Reddy Kakulavarapu, Akella Murthy, Latha Rao, S.V. Rama Rao R.V.S. Sundaram took keen interest in the deliberations. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers of English articles </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Ramarao Cherukuri, S. S. Murthy, P. Venugopala Rao, Sabala Mandava, Phani Bantumilli, Suguna Pappu, Neeraja Rao Cheragondla, Madhuri Kakarala, Padmaja Sama, Sumukha Guntakatta, Pemmaraju Sri Ramarao. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This conference was held with Dr. Raghavendra Prasad as convener, Co-convenor Dr. Premchand Duggirala and Kakarala Chandrasekhara Rao as TANA president. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16 committees were formed with members from Los Angeles Telugu community. The conference was held in Long Beach Convention Center with budget of $100,000. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the central coordination committee Atluri Chandra Sekhara Rao President of Los Angeles Telugu Association along with Nageswara Rao Gangula, Rallabandi Shankaram, Chowdary D. Voleti, Satyanarayana Upadhyayula, A. Narendra Nath Reddy, Vijayasaradhi Komanduri, Mani Ayasola, P.S. Vijaya Kumar, Ramalinga Reddy, Damodar Reddy, G Reddy Prasad, Venkateswara Rao Daluvayi, Padma Upadhyayula, Sundari Samudrala, Gummadi Dharmarao, Ramachandra Rao Paladugu, Papaiah Gogineni, Aruna Reddy Chilumula, Subbarao Balusu, Vemuri Venkateswara Rao, J.S.M. Kamala, P.S. Kamala, Koganti Madhusudana Rao, Kamesh Iyyasola, Janapati Hanumantha Rao, Komanduri Lakshmi, Sitha Vemuri co-operated well actively. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Parvathaneni Upendra, opposition leader in Lok Sabha, M.S. Koteswara Rao, Minister, Vasantha Nageswara Rao Minister, C. Narayana Reddy poet, Potturi Venkateswara Rao Journalist, P. L. Sanjeeva Reddy Managing director of Andhra Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation, Varlu Director Andhra Pradesh Electronics Corporation, Dr. Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad, Chairman Hindi Academy,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Kasaraneni Sadasiva Rao spoke in the conference. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burrakatha and Harikatha attracted the participants were in Kurmanatha Rao Dusi, Bandaru Parvathiswara Rao, V. Rama Rao, Mandapaka Sarada played active role. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sobhanaidu’s Kuchipudi Dance was tremendous success in the conference. Cultural programmes were directed by Nunna Nagabhushanam (Pittsburgh), K.V. Rao (New York). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Awards Banquet was separately arranged to save time on main stage. A moving Stage was created to save time in transition between artists groups. 100 Telugu young adults served in awards banquet. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kavi Sammelanam - recital of poetry by various poets commenced in this conference for the first time. Astavadhanam was added attraction in the conference. Business Conference took up serious discussion with several experts. The conference saved $30,000. Instead of May the Conference was held in July in America. The expenses of the six member Delegation of artists which participated in TANA were met by Government of Andhra Pradesh. Shri. Krishnam Raju, movie icon sent a delegation at his expense. Los Angeles Telugu community involved actively in the convention. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After Fifth TANA Convention, Raghavendra Prasad was unanimously elected as TANA Fifth President. TANA received wide publicity in India because of its service activities. Vempati Chinna Sathyam, Sobha Naidu Dance Troups performed in the conference. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA created and introduced the concept of continuing medical education discussions during conference.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eminent persons who received awards during the conference under the chaimanship of Pemmaraju Venugopala Rao : Awardees : Ratna Anil Kumar </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Special session was held where serious discussions were conducted on commerce and trade. The discussion was centred about investing in various industries and business establishments. Ministers, Industrialists, trade representatives contributed useful discussions. Continuing medical education session was held with several doctors. The sessions paid tributes to Late Dr. Y. Nayudamma who died in the plane accident. Women`s forum met separately in which Jyotsna Paruchuri, Bharathi Vayuvegula, Aruna Chilumula, Neti Suseela contributed their thoughts. Under youth forum discussions were held. Lakshmi Komanduri was in chair. Love marriages, opinions of parents, and aspects of weddings were main themes in the discussion. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers in the souvenir : Pucha Annapurna, Viswanatha Achyutha Rayalu, Cherukuri Ramadevi, Vital Janaki Ramasastry, Vanguri Chitten raju, Isola Mani, Jayaprada Srinivasan, Vemuri Narasimhamurthy, Gidugu Lakshmi Dattu, K. Sakuntala, Vadlakonda Ravindra, Pudipeddi Lakshmana Murthy, Manepalli Satyanarayana, Lalla Devi, Prema Gayatri, Puranam Seetha, V.V.Suryanarayana, Paladugu Venkateswara Rao, Pappu Venugopala Rao, Cherukupalli Nehru, Akella Jagannadham, Malathi Chandur, B. Vidyasagar, Gollapudi Maruthi rao, Vemuri Venkateswara Rao, Pillutla Narasimha, Mahendra, Vemuri Venkateswara Rao, B.S.R. Krishna, Sama Rami Reddi, Puligadda Viswanatha Rao, C.S. Kumar, Ravi Kondala Rao, Pattinapu Gangadharam, Vadlakonda Swarajya Lakshmi, Kota Sundara Rama Sarma, Puranam Subrahmanya Sarma. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sixth TANA conference was held in 1987 (July 11 and 12th) in university campus at St Louis, with Dr. Mantena Narasa Raju as the convener and Raghavendra Prasad as President. Co-convenor Gopichand Yelamanchili. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Kaja Rama Rao, Dr. Dandamudi Rajendra Prasad took overall responsibility for making the conference success. Various responsibilities were undertaken by Patibandla V. Rao, Sudha Satya Sagar, Rajyalakshmi Naidu, Vinjamuri Sujatha, Dandu Raghunandan, Kosuri Subbaiah, Ananthaneni Prakasa Rao, Valluri Prasad, Gandikota V Rao, and Kaja Venkateswara Rao.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prof. Sripathi Chandrasekhar (1918-2001) was the keynote speaker. He was famous demographer and minister in Indira Gandhi’s cabinet. Ambassador representative S. Mukherjee addressed the conference.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Few popular cine stars were introduced in the conference at St. Louis. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There was special exhibition on the culture, art, and life styles of Telugu people. A separate session was held where the industrial sector and investments were discussed. Vijaya Kumar was the co-ordinator were the discussions. Mr. Pandurangarao assessed the growing impact of industries. K. R. Rao reviewed the progress of various projects. C.S. Sarma delivered the keynote speech. Mr. Bhagath singh the Industrialist brought out the difficulties and problems in running small industries with advanced technology. Several industrialists from Andhra Pradesh actively participated. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the Medical Seminar Dr. G.V. Naidu was the co-ordinator, Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao discussed the problems of health in Andhra Pradesh. Dr. K. Jaganmohana Rao brought out the problems in supplying medical technical equipment. Dr. Sankaram discussed medical course progress and problems in India. Dr. Raghavendra Prasad Sudanagunta brought out details about medical educational schemes in Andhra Pradesh. G. Damodar Reddy explained about tax shelters. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Raghavendra Prasad in his presidential remarks said : “The migrants from Andhra Pradesh put lot of effort and reached high position in America. 5% of Indians in America were Telugu people who attained higher income slab. It is gratifying that they combined the best in east and west. There are conflicting cultural lifestyles at home and in society in America. Our people are reconciling and make best out of it. Youth must take lead in deriving best of both countries”.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The conference had special fashion show and youth were given at most importance. A special session was held with women where beware of in the ladies, culture, bringing up children were discussed. The participants are : Paruchuri Jyotsna, Meenal Manthani, Uma Echchampati, Nayani Krishna Kumari, Vinjamuri Sithadevi. Shakuntala Gangadharam, Nidadavolu Malathi, Yashoda Reddy.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Youth problems were discussed by Krishna Mantena, Sailendra Sunkara, Sireesha Samudrala, Sherli Vamaraju, Dr. Vedavyas, Krishna Usha.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The cultural programmes were special attraction with Shobharaju, Vamsee Troop, Githasri, Mrs. Madhusudana Rao. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Awards received by : Akuluri V. Ramaiah (Nuclear Physics), Dr. K. Janardhana Reddy (Medicine), Matempalli Madhusudana Rao (Medicine), Kakarala Subbarao (Community Service), Narsing Aduparao (Medicine), Pemmaraju Venugopala Rao (Community Service), Nimmagadda Upendra Nath (Community Service), Pothu Narasimha Rao (Community Service), Sitha, Githa Kalapatapu (Classical Music), Singiresu Sambasiva Rao (Mechanical Engineering) Dr. Tejaswini (Sastriya Nrityam), Tella Tirupataiah (Community Service), Velicheti Narayana Rao (Telugu Literature), Tummala V. Madhava Rao (Scientific Research).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Title cover: Bapu. Director: Gandikota Venkata Rao, Co-chairperson: Buddhiraju Vijayalakshmi, Youth division convenor: Anitha G. Rao, members Dandamudi Prasad, Kaasinadhuni Udaya Shankar, Rednam Krishna Rao, Ventra Pragada Mohan are in the souvenir committee. Writers : C. Narayana Reddy, Vinjamuri Anasuyadevi, Viswanatha Achyutha Devarayalu, Pavani Sasstry, Puranam Sitha, Prayaga Ramakrishna, Arudra.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Houston (1989)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7th TANA conference was held with Dr. Vinta Janardhan Reddy as its convener and Mr. B. Venkateswara Rao as president in University of Houston campus on july 1-2,1989.. 2000 people enjoyed the deliberations. $110,000 was collected with a surplus of $20,000 that was shared between TANA and local Telugu Association. Seating was segregated with ropes to separate donors from the ordinary registrants. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Unity is the Strength” is the main theme of the conference. The unique feature of the conference was outstanding linguist Dr. Bhardriraju Krishnamurthy ,Vice Chancellor of Hyderabad University, (1928-2012)gave expert talk about the experiments in the language.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">P. Suseela, Ramakrishna attracted the audience with their songs. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This conference officially accepted and released TANA logo. Audience were asked to select the best items of the conference. Accordingly, the first prize was given to Kuchipudi Dance Drama. The troop came from Atlanta under the direction of Pemmaraju Venugopala Rao. The 2nd prize was given “Amerikanyasulkam” play written by Chitten Raju with music direction by Kodavatiganti Rohini Prasad. Medasani Mohan performed Astavadhanam first time in TANA conference. The souvenir release at this conference was given the title ‘Madhura Vani’. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The conference executive committee : Mallik S. Puchcha, Yaratha Ramamohan Reddy, A.V.N. Reddy, Rajasekhar Yelamanchili, Palani Janaki Rani, Ratnakumar, Sita Mutyala, Venugopala R., Ballari Shyama Sundaram, Nagaraju Yeleswarapu, Surya Rao Tota, M. Jitender Reddy, A. Janardhan Reddy, V. Kesava Rao. Houston Telugu cultural Society executive committee member played key role. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Special Scholarship was given in the name of Guttikonda Aruna. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Awards were given to : Ambati Jayakrishna, Ambati Balamurali Krishna, Dattatreya Nori (Cancer research), Raju K. Kucharlapalli (Molecular Genetics), Dr. P. Syamasundara Rao (Pediatric Cordialogy), Shankuntala Pattisapam (Literature and culture), Bandaru Subhashini Reddy (Community Services), Avanthi Moduri (Clssical Music), Uma Bharathi (Classical Dance), Vinjamuri Sithadevi, Avasarala Anasuyadevi (Folk Music).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Mr Janardhana Reddy Vinta Convenor of the conference said:”Active involvement and patronage of more and more generous and industrious people will improve the quality and span of organization.The repeated Biennial conferences will add more and more vigor and life to TANA.Let us hope that our united efforts strike to direct our youth to emerge into a brighter race and a noble humanity.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President of the souvenir :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Vanguri Chittenraju. editors : Kalanadha Bhatta Veerabhadra Sastry, Puranam Subrahmanya Sarma. Special articles: on Telugu language history, music, dance, art, dramas, cinema, state politics, religion, education, Songs, stories . </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Chalasani Prasada Rao, Sri Sri, Ravi kondala Rao, Indraganti Janaki Bala, Indraganti Srikanth Sarma, Namini Subrahmanyam Naidu, Puranapanda Ranganath, Turlapati Kutumba Rao, Malathi Chandur, Dr. G. Samaram, Veeraji, Guntur Seshendra Sarma, Ushasri.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Poetry translated into English :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak, Sri Sri, Somasundar, C. Narayana Reddy, Devulapalli Venkata Krishna Sastry</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Messages :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Houston mayor Vint Mair, Indian ambassador in America P.N.Koul, US senator Philgram, Layid Bent Sen . </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8th TANA Conference</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Atlanta - 1991</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8th TANA conference was held in world convention center, Atlanta, july 5, 6 -1991 with Dr. Vanapalli Manga Raju as the convener and Dr. Nallamothu Satyanarayana as president. The main theme of the conference : “Our Culture - Our Progress”.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Conference executive committee : P. Seshu Sharma, Aruna Prasad Kancharla, P. Ramachandra Reddy, Ranakumar Nadendla, Narender G. Reddy, Sheela R Lingani, P. Ravisharma, Rama Rao Meka, Rajaravulapalli, B. Krishna Mohan, C. Bapireddy, Sarveswar I Naidu, Jayaprakash Bangaru, Purna Ginjupalli, Sudhakar Devaraju, Gopichand Manne, Narahari Rao Purugulla, Sujatha K. Reddy, Kusuma Zonavally. Chief Adviser : P. Venugopala Rao. Telugu Association of Metro Atlanta conducted the conference. The executive committee members : Ravinder C. Reddy, P. S. Lakshmi Rao, Narendra G. Reddy, Sanjeeva Rao, Sujatha Ginjupalli. Ex-official member : Nallamothu Satyanarayana, President TANA. Sudhakar Pavuluri, Treasurer, Ramakishan Rao Damala, Vice-President. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">20 eminent persons from India participated in the conference. Indian Ambassador in USA Dr. Abid Hussain spoke at the first day of the conference. Murali Mohan, Cine actor directed stage plays with Gummadi, Janaki, Sakshi Ranga Rao, Sarath Babu. In this conference Arudra’s Literary History Volumes were released. Cherukupalli David commenced with invocation prayer.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Awards were given to : Parikshit Sarma Voleti, Lakshmi Saroja Poruri, Ranga N. B. Gorrepati, Chandrasekhara Rao Kakarala, Raghavedra Prasad, D. Venkateswara Rao, Ravindra Nath Guttikonda, Jaganmohana Rao Kakarala, Rajireddy, R.K.N. Jayanthi, Venkat S. Ram, Vijayalakshmi Unnava. In recognition of their outstanding achievements the awards were given. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The second day of the conference: Ramoji Rao, Head of the Eenadu News paper delivered a special speech. He came out very strongly against caste system which is eating the vitality of the society and also dividing the people. Caste has become main obstruction for social progress. He strongly pleaded to discard caste system and appealed Telugu people in America to bring casteless society. He appreciated the achievements of Telugu people in America and congratulated those who attained higher levels. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : Maruvada Rajeswara Rao, Radhika Nori, Malempati Indira Priyadarsini, Vasundhara (Sydney, Australia), K. Saroja (Canada), Tangirala Lakshmi Narayana, Machiraju Savitri, A. Subba Rao, S. Vardhani Murthy, Vanguri Chittemraju, Ragipudi Yogiswara Swamy, Nellutla Ranga Rao, Meka Ramarao, P.V.G., Indira, Usha Raju, Kondapalli Koteswaramma (Vijayawada), B.N.Reddy (artist - Pavan, Hyderabad), J. Bapu Reddy (Hyderabad), Narasimha Malladi Sidhdhanti, Sunkara Mani Ramachandra Rao (Rajahmundry), Kota Sundara Ramasarma, Sonti Saradapurna, Kolugotla Suryaprakasa Rao, Vinnakota Ravi Sankar (Hyderabad), Elchuri Vijaya Raghava Rao, N.S.S. Murthy, K.V.S. Swamy (Rajahmundry), Meka Rama Rao, Tumuluri Sastry (Sydney, Australia), Jaya Prabha (Hyderabad), Suseela Subbarao (Canada), Vemuri Venkateswara Rao, Chaparala Baburao (England), Sulochana Bandaru, Satya Duvvuri, Radhika Sastry, Pillalamarri Ramakrishna, Viswanatha Achyutha Devarayalu, Pemmaraju Venugopala Rao, Kota Sundara Ramasarma, Vinnakota Phanidra. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1993 - New York</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">World Telugu conference and Tana Conference held joint deliberations for 5 days in New York during July first week in 1993. It was largely attended conference with 10 thousand people participated in divergent activities, and discussions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the inaugural session day former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Mr N.T.Rama rao delivered a very emotional spirited speech which was received amidst cheers and applause. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The conference was given support by New York Telugu association and tri state telugu association.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr Nallamothu Satyanarayana and DR Dasaratharam Reddi put great effort to make the conference a grand success and turning point in the history of TANA.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Participants from USA were the largest contingent while other enthusiastic participants were from Andhra Pradesh, Australia, Malaysia, UK, Europe,and few other places. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The conference which was held in Nasa Colisium, Long Island, New York has Colisium vehicles which carried the guests to the stage with announcements. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9th TANA conference which combines World Telugu Conference was held in July 1st to 5th in the World Trade City, New York. The Venue was Nasa Colisium, Long Island. Telugu Literary Association of New york, Telugu Fine Arts Society joined hands to celebrate the conference. One of the unique features in the conference was the art exhibition of Suryadevara Sanjeeva dev, renowned selfmade artist from Andhra Pradesh. : K.R. Narayanan (Later President of India), P.V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India, King of Nepal sent their special messages. N.T. Rama Rao, Chief Minister, actor who stood for upliftment of Telugu language and culture specially graced the conference. Cine actor Chiranjeevi and Parvathaneni Upendra, cabinet minister in central cabinet graced the occasion.. M.V.Krishnarao former Education minister in Andhra Pradesh participated in the conference.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steering committee chairman Satyanarayana Rao Nallamothu, Coordinator and Chairman Gaddam Dasaratha Ramireddy, Co-convenors Radha Krishna Murthy, Kidambi Raghunath, Secretary Nehru Cherukupalli, Joint Secretary Mahesh Saladi, Treasurer Meka Venkata Narayana, Joint treasurer Sambasivarao Venigalla, Members Mohan Rao Bade, Murthy R. Bhavaraju, Ramakrishna Jonnada, Krishna Kochcharala Kota, R. K. Narra, Nagamma Diddempudi, Kusumakar, Ara Kuchakulla, Krishna Polavarapu, Janaki Rao, Royapeta SekharDattatreya Nori, Krishna Vemuri, Raghava Rao Polavarapu, Prasad Chalasani, Swami Dukkipati, Ramakrishna Chalikonda, Nirmala Sastry, Vijaya Dukkipati, Padmavathi Erramalli, Dr. P.S. Rao, Subhadra Nori, Sivanarayana Paturi, Mani Paturi, Rama Rao shared various responsibilities and conducted the conference successfully. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA specially brought out ‘Yagnam’ the story of Kalipatnam Rama Rao which was given Central Saahitya Akademi Award in India. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Dasaradharami Reddy as the convener and Dr. Nallamothu Satyanarayana as the president. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Large number of artists participated in this conference .</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sanjiva Dev, self made writer, artist exhibited his paintings which drew interesting audience.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nilupara Neejaati –Nindu Gowravamu</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I salute all those who are striving to protect heritage of Indian Culture and civilization, carrying with them the sweetness of Telugu language of their mother land to continents, spreading culture and to those dedicated workers, preservers of Telugu honor, spreading glory of Andhra. I salute, those masters in arts who are taking them to its pinnacle. My blessings to my sisters who gave this place the look as if we are attending a female festival (perantam), with their colorful decoration with ‘rangavallulu’. I bless all these little children who are nothing less than little gods. I offer my celestial blessings to those Telugus who came down here from around thirty countries to share their experience. The convention looks as though Telugu is there across the world as though it glorified this place, giving a feel that Telugu language, its arts and technology congregated at this place. I salute to all those who gathered here.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I am honored for being invited as chief guest to take part in this conference organized by all those who were born in Telugu land, brought up in mother’s lap sharing mother’s unmatched love, learning alphabets and now working in economic, technical, science, social and political fields. I wish all the efforts you are putting in would sure become the path laying endeavor.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Your mother, Telugu land, is keeping a constant watch over what all you are contributing to this land for its progress in the fields of science and technology that gave you space to work. Your mother land is hoping that your presence here would sure double up her happiness. Though you came away to these far off places, either for sustenance or to gain greater knowledge; remember the land you migrated to is no less than your own mother land. Can we find any difference between the love shown the land that gave you birth and the one that is now taking care of you?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This equality is nothing but commenting as ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbam’ (World is one family). This outlook peels off one’s narrow mindedness, rendering one the citizen of the world. Friendship and brotherly love should become our model for living. This feel of love should be the rule that all subjects in the world are the same.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Science and technology erased the distance between people and brought all people together as if this earth is dwarfed. At one time Swamy Vivekananda, who spread sweetness of ‘Indian spiritualism’ across the world, shortened the distance between countries, with his message to the world from this country. For this Vivekananda had to take an adventurous journey and traveled all the way to this land. Today from the ends of the world thousands of enthusiasts congregated here, even reducing the time of travel to not even ten hours, defeating the theory of time and distance.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We salute to all those who are producing live babies from test tubes, activating stopped hearts by employing top class medical knowledge, building colonies in sending interplanetary vehicles and even doing research for further knowledge in this field.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> At the same time we are also worried the knowledge they are gaining is being used to destroy the entire world with nuclear arms. This is indeed unfortunate development and is sad part that the entire world is worried about, that too at a time small nations are making progress in developmental activities.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Besides some nations are kicking up communal tensions leading to wars taking toll of human life. Yet there are many poverty ridden nations facing health problems, illiteracy, hunger and diseases.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> On one side we find slogans for rightful life</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> On the other activities of terrorism</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> On one side cries for human rights</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> On the other hateful killings</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> On one side darkness around, hunger, health problems and deaths</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Is there no solution?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Can’t our intellectual energy find solutions?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Shouldn’t we find solutions in these times when some drastic changes are taking place erasing the very base despite some of our advanced countries stepping forward to mitigate these problems by laying minimum plans to mitigate these problems.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To earn a roti, one has to stand in endless queues in one nation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To get a potful water women walking miles in one country</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To get food packets supplied by international agencies, while praying to gods above in </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">another country.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What a miserable situation is this?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How long can they suffer this?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Is there no solution?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This is not a job to be attended to just by a few. You are all highly educated. Please concentrate on these problems. You are all well equipped. Get started to mitigate these evils. Move forward.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Ours is sacred land. We always chant ‘Sarve Janah Sukhnobhavantu’ Let all the people be happy. Let us start our work to fulfill these needs. Let us make a beginning.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You have all come from the land of Budha. ‘Viswa Santhi’ is our slogan. Make ways to attain peace. You came from land where Mahatma Gandhi was born. Lay plans to achieve this. Your motherland is a place that gave birth to Ambedkar. Fill your hearts with a mission to serve utterly poor with love.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You are all descendents of Swamy Vivekananda who said ‘even starving dog would shake my conscience’. Please plan to help the downtrodden. The humanism in us should surface to initiate lending help to the poor. Help illiterates to become literates.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Adi Sankara said that all humans are equal. You should work in that direction. Treat all humans as equal and with dignity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You are not just representatives of the six crore Telugus, but you are brothers of 86 crores of Indians. You are bridge to carry the culture of the country to project the soul of the country and greatness of Telugu land. You steer the future of the Telugus. I wish you share part of your earnings to your motherland that gave birth and progress in your life, like you are doing to the nation you are serving now. You should also share the knowledge you gained hear in politics, scientific achievements, technology, intellectual caliber and social service. Your motherland should have all the benefits you gained serving this nation to keep the wheels of Telugu land keep going. I hope you fulfill all my desires for betterment of the land you hailed from.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You are now part and parcel of the progress of this nation you are serving. You need to live as co-patriots of this land you are working for, as brothers with co existence. I wish this country’s greatness would sure be further elevated because of you too.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> There are two types of humans - those who choose tradition and truth – They are called ‘Samanyulu’ (common people). Those who implement them are the second kept in higher pedestal. There should be a combination of providing help for the progress of both countries with collaborative attempts in all fields.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA an old Telugu Association putting joint efforts to make this even successful was a positive measure in elevating the pride of Telugu people. I thank the American Government for taking the Telugu people’s services in equal measure in the progress of the nation and I hope this would continue in future.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Choosing New York’s Long Island, amidst high raised buildings to hold this 9</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.799999999999999px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">th</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> conference and inviting me to address you is an honor you bestowed on me and I thank you again for this gesture. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Editors :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Cherukupalli Nehru (president of souvenir committee), Parinam Srinivas Rao, Kasatapadi Srinivasa Rao, Dr. Katasapadi Srinivasa Rao, Dr. Jemmi Sudha Ratnanjali.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cover page : Puppet Dolls</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Messages from :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> King of Nepal, Ex. Prime Minister P.V.Narasimha Rao, Vice-president K.R.Narayana Rao</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA President :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Nallamothu Satyanarayana</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Cherukuri Ramadevi, Kamala Chimata, Vanguri Chitten raju, P. Venugopala Rao, Yarlagadda Kimira, Venkateswara Rao Veluri, Pillalamarri Sivaramakrishna, Cherukupalli Nehru, Sista Sriramachandramurthy, Parvathi Ponnaluri, Pippilla Suryaprakasa Rao, Prasadu Varanasi, Updrasta Satyanarayana, Kolagotla Suryaprakasa Rao, Komaravolu Saroja, Kota Sundara Ramasarma, Damaraju Murthy, Kidambi Raghunatha, Srinivas, P.S.Murali, N. R. Nandi, S. S. Murthy, Brahmam Kanchibotla, Puranam Sitha, Kanaka Prasad, Syamala Jayaraman, Anamika, Ram Kolluri, Baburao Samudrala, S.V.Rama Rao, Krishna Vemuri, P. Venugoala Rao, Sankarambadi, Samdrala Vijayalakshmi, Pammara Seshagirirao, Arudra, Vemuri Venkata Ramanadham, Sri Nagesh, Kovvali Jyothi, Meka Rama Rao, Bhoj, Tirumala Seshacharyulu, A. V. Murali Krishna, Sadhana Venkata Swamy Naidu, Kolagotla Surya Prakasa Rao, Aparna Gunupudi, Sama Ramireddy, Sriramamurthy Daggupati, K. Saroja, Sudarshan Raj, Machiraju Savitri, Gangapalli Jagannadha Rao, Samudrala Baburao, C.H.Ramulu, Suneetha Vankayalapaati, Pranati Kondalaneni, G. Rajeswara Rao, Ramireddy Sama, Kotapati Sambasiva Rao, Aari Sitharamaiah, Chitrapu Prabhakar, Rayali Rajagopal, Narayana Rao, A. Veera Prasad, Murali Mohan Reddy, Meka Rama Rao, Ratna Kumar, Viswanatha Achyutha Rayalu, Mohan, Kamala, Yadavalli Ramakrishna, Sobha, Pratima G. N. Rao, Krishna, Dr. Jyothi, Totakura Appa Rao, Sonti Sarada Purna.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chicago - 1995</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10th conference was conducted with Yadlapati Yugandhar as convener and Mantena Narasa Raju as the President. 7200 people participated.. $ 785,000 was collected. Expenses were $ 700,000 leaving a surplus of $85,000 that was given to TANA. This had the first inaugural dance ballet and the first laser show. Business seminar is well attended. Youth were involved on the main stage. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10th TANA conference which was held from July 1st to 3rd 1995 in Chicago had made a mark. Dr. Yugandhar Yedlapati as convenor. Mr. Narasaraju Manthena as President with the help of numerous persons made the conference great success. Sidhdhardha Sankar Ray Ambassador of India in America delivered keynote speech. Mr. Rangaiah Naidu, Central minister from India Mr. Yanamala Ramakrishnudu speaker Andhra Pradesh assembly, Mr. Madhava Reddy, Pratibha Bharathi, Devineni Nehru were the Chief guest of the Conference. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Lakshmi Prasad Yarlgadda and Artist Bapu were specially honoured by the conference. In this contest Bapu, Ramana first title “Bomma Borusu” was brought out as a special honour to them. Kongara Jaggaiah as a special guest to the conference released his translation of Tagore’s Githanjali and Dr. Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad History of Modern Telugu Literature were released in the conference. The stories of Bhamidipati Ramagopalam which were written to honour Bapu Ramana, The stories of smile, The stories of Dr. K. Sadasiva Rao were released in the Conference. Kongara Jaggaiah cine actor inaugurated the cultural programmes. In various programmes in this conference Amani, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Ramakrishna, Sarada, Brahmanandam, Avs, Suseela, Ramakrishna, Zikki, M. Raja took active part. Vempati China Satyam performed special Kuchipudi Dance. Surabhi stage players exhibited their talent in various stage plays. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chairperson : Venkata Subbarao Vuppuluri</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Co-chairperson : Ramaraju B. Yalavarthi</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Members : Dronam Raju Sivarama Krishna, Raghavendra rao Pathuri, Bhaskar Ravi, Krishnaiah Revuluri, Venkata Rama Rao, C. Ramadasu, Sarada Purna Sonti</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Youth Division Member : Dipika Reddy</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : Mullapudi Venkata Ramana, N.T. Rama Rao, Kongara Jaggaiah, Malathi Chandur, Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad, Vempati China Satyam, Nanduri Ramamohana Rao, Bharago.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anaheim (1997)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11th conference was conducted with Kottapalli Kondala Rayudu as the convener and Vadlamudi Ramamohana Rao as the President. The first Novel writing competition was held with a prize money of Rs.1.5 lakhs. A supplemental stage was started for selection of local artists to perform on the main stage. This conference collected $750,000 with expenditure of $500,000. Surplus of $250,000 was passed on to TANA treasury .</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr Vadlamudi Rama Mohana Rao “in his speech appealed for the unity of Telugu people in America. He also stressed the need for development of internet which youth help to organise their activities in a better way. He appealed to the youth and Telugu people in America he make Janmabhumi programme in Andhra Pradesh so that villages will have modern facilities.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chalasani Mallikharjuna Rao was the president from 1997-99. During his tenure, he beefed up the membership list, issued ID numbers for life members, updated voter list by removing more than 3 votes for one family. TANA finances were beefed up by cutting down TANA Patrika to 8 issues/year from 12./ year. He had a novel writing contest like the year before, before the convention.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Radha J. Sarma, Dharma Reddy Gummai, Ravipudi subba Rao, Nageswara Rao Gangula, satish chilukuri, Venkatadri Bobba, Diwakar Reddy, Krishna Reddy M., Kanya Sonti, Sundari Sri Ganti, J.s. Sarma, Mukkamala Apparao, Peraiah Sudanagunta, Prem Chand Duggirala, Rajeswara Rao Gudipati, Ramakrishna Reddy Tadi, Rao Koneru, Sekhar Reddy Kallam, Viswanatha Achyutha Rayalu made the conference successful by sharing various responsibilities. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jaipal Reddy Cabinet Minister from India was the Chief guest Akkineni Nageswara Rao gave away the awards. Nandamuri Balakrishna received award which was given for N.T. Rama Rao.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jr. N.T.R. performed his dance in the presence of spell belled audience. Damaraju Murthy as Duryodhana in Maya sabha stunned the audience. Ravi Kumar Karna was another stage actor who exhibited his talent. Murali Mohan troupe performed the stage patriotic songs. Sridevi cine actor was specially honoured. Where as Balasubhramanyam, sailaja gave their special performance. Fashion show was conducted in a new way under the youth generation. A separate session was held for youth large number of women participated in women’s forum. The songs of L.R. Eswari, Pranay Kumar attracted the audience. Competitions were held to youth. Vemuri Venkateswara Rao conducted the computer course to encourage youth. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : P.V.Narasimha Rao, Dr. Garikapati Narasimha Rao, Jayaprabha, Jayaprakash Narayana, V.R. Veluri, Paruchuri Srinivas, Sherrad brown, S. S. Murthy, Ravi, Savitri, Deepthi Chinta, Sobhanbabu Atluri, P. Venugopala Rao, Swarup Madduri, Machiraju Savitri, Chodavarapu Prasad, Turamella Madhava Kumar, Pappu Suryakantam, Utukuri Gopalarao, Dr. K.V.S. Rama Rao, Achaya Pippalla Surya Prakasa Rao, Yallapragada Janaki Rani, Sai Lakshmi, Sankara Narayana Swamy, Nori Radhika, Kanaka Prasad, Aari Sitaramaiah, Gurajada Suryakumari, Kolli Indira, Vikram, Palana, Dokka Rambhra, Kanneganti Chandrasekhara Rao, Madhukeela, Vinnakota Ravisankar, Machiraju Saavitri, Dr. Avasarala Ansuyadevi (Vinjamuri), Viswanatha Achyuta Devarayalu, Mutyala Seetha, Aravinda, Rachakonda Narasimha Sarma, Dokka Srinivasa Phanikumar, Udaya Bhaskar, Vasu, Dr. Papineni Siva Sankar, Indraganti Srikanth Sarma, Narisetti Innaiah, Kotturu S. Ratna, Indraganti Srikanth Sarma, Kotapati Sambasiva Rao, Jampala Chowdary, Aarudra, K.V. Ramana Reddy, Ajantha, Madhuranthakam Rajaram, Vakati Panduranga Rao.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Philadelphia - 2001</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13th TANA conference in Philadelphia 2001 had the distinction of having two conveners followed by one another. They are : Allada Janardhana Rao and Kosaraju Vijaya Saradhi. Nadella Gangadhar was the president of TANA. In this conference the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandra Babu Naidu’s speech from Hyderabad was shown live through telecast to all the delegates. 7000 people attended the conference. $1.1 million was collected with expenditure of $1,03 million leaving a surplus of $70,000. Out of this $20,000 was transferred to TANA treasury.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Indraganti Srikanth Sarma played the special stage performance which depicted History and literature of the past glory. Akkineni Nageswara Rao, M. Vekaiah Naidu BJP Leader, Poet C. Narayana Reddy, Narla Tata rao, Ramanaidu specially attended the Programme.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Awards were given in honour of the achievements made in different feels. They are : Murali Atluri (business), Murthy V. A. Bondada (Civil Engineering), Malavika Rao Kalapatapu, Adinarayana Murthy, Kautha, Achyut Paruchuri, Sai Rani Ravi, Prasad Totakura, Mahalakshmi Timmana (Community Services), K.S.Ramarao Pappu (Philosophy), J.N. Reddy (education) Sarada Purnasonti (arts and literature) Yugandhara Rao Vallabhaneni (social service), Venkata Ramanatham Vemuri. Dr Jampala Choudary( for medical services.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cover Page : Krishna</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the youth division - Our beautiful state of Andhra Pradesh, Differences in work and family life between India and U.S., Rating India vs the US., Amara Chitrakatha crossword puzzle, Why Hindus worship deities, My thoughts exactly, why should know Telugu, Word scramble, Telugus surfing the net, Easy cooking tips, Vemana’s wisdom, Answer to puzzle. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : Vanguri Chitten Raju, Satyam Mandapati, Uppala Anantha Sudhakar, Lalitha Pillalamarri, Diwakar Peri, Tadepalli Krishna, Radhika Nori, Mangala Kandur, Challa Satyavathi, Srinivasa Prasad Peddu, Pattisapu Radha</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SAN JOSE - 2003</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Komati Jairam was the convener and Muthyala Padma Sri was the president for this conference. The post of chairman was created and Dr. Peraiah Sudanagunta took the role of the chairman. The conference was attended by 7,000 people. Total collection was $1.1 million. The winning team was supposed to come to the conference, however due to problems with visa this did not materialize.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During the tenure of Dr. Navaneetha Krishna Gorrepati as president, he conducted children’s Cultural programs in Dallas, Detroit, New York, Washington Dc, and San Jose that selected child artists to perform in Detroit TANA Conference. He was also involved in arranging Tsunami disaster relief in Prakasam District near Chirala. A TANA Nagar was built at a cost $50,000 with 80 houses and given to fishermen there.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Winners of the stories competition : Nandini, MIttava, V. Pratima, K. Varalakshmi, Peddinti Ashok Kumar, Jatasri, Chandrasekhar Azad</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : Pasunuru Sridhar Babu, Mukunda Rama Rao, Srikanth Kodali Manchikanti, Bachchoti Sridhara Rao, Elchuri Vijaya Raghava Rao, Iranki Venkata Kameswar, Tatipamula Mrityunjayudu, Kalasapudi Srinivasa Rao, Nachaki, Chandra Kanneganti, Santi Nemani, S. Munisundaram, Vijayalakshmi Nadimpalli, Uma Ramanujam Eyyunni, Sanyasi, Vinnakota Ravisankar, Dr. N. Gopi, Mahajabeen, Dr. Boyina Venkateswara Rao, Jayaprabha, Kuchi, Satyam Mandapati, Sudera, Nadella Anuradha, Nisapathi, Dr. C. Narayana Reddy, Nidadavolu Malathi, Kanchi Seshagiri Rao, Ardial, Nikhileswar, Nagnamuni, Dr. Vasaprabhavathi, Mandarapu Hymavathi, Yarramsetti Papa, Jandhyala Venkata Rama Sastry. Vanguri Chittenraju, Vemuri Venkateswarulu, Tushara, Adusumalli Devendra Rao, Dr. S. V. Rama Rao, Aparna Munukutla, Marepalli Venkata Sastry, Saradapurna Sonti, Yandamuri Veerendranath, Pothukuchi Sambasiva Rao, Dr. Mudigonda Sivaprasad, Koduri Sriramamurthy, Dr. Poranki Dakshinamurthy, Pannala Subrahmanya Bhattu, Dr. K. Ramamohana Rai, Garikapati Pavan Kumar, Kotti Ramarao, C.S.Narayana, Vijaya Asuri, Gandham Yajnavalka Sarma, Saleem, K.V.Giridhara Rao, Katragadda Dayanand, Palepu Buchchiraju, Vanguri Chittenraju, Elactron, Pulikanti Krishna Reddy, Yaralgadda Kimira, Jalandhara, Vasundhara, Sailajarao, Boya Jangaiah, K.K.Meenan, Pattisapu Radha Mahalakshmi, Mudiganti Sujatha Reddy, D. Kameswari, Lavanya Mandalapu Vemsani, P. S. Narayana, Avasarala Ramakrishna Rao, Gorthi Brahmanandam, Binadevi, Srivirinchi, Tammineni Yadukula Bhushan, Kaasibhtla Venugopal, Suryakumari Upadhyayula, Aare Padmaja Chowdari, Alladi Mallesayya, Nemaluri Bhaskara Rao, Sri Subha, Gantikota Brahmaji Rao, Sitha Satya, Turaga Syamala. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This conference was held with Dr. Kodali Srinivasa Rao as the coordinator and Dr. Gorrepati Navaneetha Krishna as the president. Conference team developed some guidelines to go by through town hall meetings with local Telugu community. . 200 people attended each of these meetings, assessed the needs of the community.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Deliberations of these meetings were summarized thus: (1) 70% of the performers in cultural program to be from USA. (2) Youth should have enough representation. (3) Tickets and honorariums should not be paid to any artists and others from India. (4) Conference committee members agreed not to get reimbursed for travel and telephones from the conference funds. (5) Transparency in accounts. (6) Surplus is the goal. 8000 people attended the conference. A Total of $1.5 million was collected, leaving a surplus of $340,000 that was divided between TANA and local association at 75% to 25% ratio.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Detroit Telugu association mainly took responsibility in helping the conference. Messages were received from Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy (c.m. ) renuka chowdary - central minister, Nara Chandrababu Naidu Opp. leader. President Gorrepati Navaneetha Krishna, Krishna Prasad Chairman, secretary Boppana dwaraka Prasad, Treasurer Kakarla Mahipala Rao, various other responsibilities were shared by Bodepudi Shyambabu, Koneru Srinivas, Bandla Hanumaiah, Mandava Saranya, Vishnubhatla Ramanna, Sathi Mallikarjuna Reddy, Bikkena Sai Ramesh, Gutta ramakrishna. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Co-Editors : Maddipati Krishna Rao, Vasireddi Naveen</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : Bhadriraju Krishna Murthy, K. Ranganadh Acharyulu, Vasireddy Sithadevi, Atluri Srinivas, Jampala Chowdary, Vemuri Venkateswara Rao, Nandivada Udayabhaskar, Navodaya Ramamohana Rao, Kantragadda Dayanand, Yediganti Sujatha Reddy, Bachchoti Srihari Rao, Velaga Venkatappayya, Vittala Janakirama Sastry, Kandala Srinivasacharyulu, Afsar, J. Krishnamohana Rao, R.M. Umamaheswara Rao, Kochcharlakota Bapa Rao, Pappu Suryakantham, Katyayani Vidmahe, Paranandi Lakshmi Narasimham</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Yadla Hema Prasad was the convener and Bandla Hanumaiah was the president of TANA conference held in Washington DC in 2007. 14,000 people enjoyed the conference. Highlight of the conference was hour long speech of President Bill Clinton to the business seminar.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kakarala Prabhakara Chowdary was the TANA president During 2007-2009. During his tenure TANA along with Telugu communities across the globe fought for recognition of Telugu as “</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PRACHEENA BHASHA</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” and achieved it in the year 2009. TANA continued it’s on ongoing programs, Telugu teaching at UT Austin, International Internship program, back pack program with school supplies and scholarship program for college students. A new program called TEAM SQUARE was started to help Telugu families in USA under distress. During his term, there was an Internal Revenue Service audit of TANA, Inc-Foundation, Convention, Trust funds and General funds for the years 2004 and 2005. TANA successfully came out of this audit with the pro bono CPA services of Prabhakara Chowdary. He obtained Illinois Tax exempt status that saved several thousands in refunds to TANA for the conference expenditure.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“This is a historic day in our – in Telugu Association of North America’s history. As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Tana organization, we are fortunate to have a man that we all consider to be a friend of Indian Americans, the very first president to visit Andhra Pradesh, the state that we all came from, the president during whose leadership of this great country, there has been a tremendous opportunity created for literally thousands of fellow Americans to come and participate in the industrial – in the information technology revolution that has energized and transformed not just U.S., not just India but the entire world. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know that you are all eager to hear the keynote address. I now invite the president of our beloved organization TANA, Dr. Hanumaiah Bandla. Ladies and gentlemen, Dr. Hanumaiah Bandla will welcome Mr. Chandrababu Naidu (Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Chandrababu Naidu said “I’m thanking Sri Hanumaiah Bandla for asking me to introduce President Clinton. Though I am privileged, it is very difficult to introduce a person who needs no introduction, that too in a span of few minutes. Clinton, we are all aware, very charismatic statesmen, a humanitarian and perhaps the most popular American President that world ever has had. A person…</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> …who gave the biggest example for all of us, a person born in rural Arkansas in a humble family was able to raise to the world’s most highest position is a testimony to the real strength of democracy. He is a role model to emulate. United States has seen the highest economic growth during his 8 years of governance. He has balanced the federal budget and paid off $360 billion U.S. dollars of the national debt and converted the largest budget deficit in American history through the largest surplus..</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During his presidency he created of more than 22 million jobs. To achieved lowest rate of unemployment in 30 years and lowest for women in 40 years, highest homeownership in American history, lowest crime rate in 26 years, highest incomes at all levels with the equitable wealth distribution with the bottom 20 percent seeing the largest income growth at 16.3 percent, lowest poverty rate in 20 years, lowest infant mortality rate in American history.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He has nominated minorities and women as federal court judges, cabinet members and other government officials. He has provided additional funds for the environment programs and tax credits for college education. And he has left the office with the highest voter approval. That is his credit, we are very happy for this.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All the Telugu people are here and also Indians are here. We are all very happy after long span of time, 20 years gap, he has visited India. He has stayed in India three days, even all of us remember his visit. He has created tremendous impact on Indians and also those who are working abroad especially in America.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He has spent some wonderful time in Hyderabad, all Telugu people you remember that. He has interacted very good interactions with self help groups. And also he stayed with us for three to four hours. Even now we are unable to forget about all remembrances. When he visited back to America, he asked his governors and also politicians to go to India how technology, seva, issue of driving licenses and how we handle other issues. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After his visit to India, our people are doing extremely well. For the last nine days, I toured the entire USA and observed the amount of confidence Indians are having and especially the Telugu people are having, nobody can imagine. I am having total confidence today, even in future, Indians especially Telugu people will play very major role not only in employment and also in all walks of life. All this credit goes to Bill Clinton. He has motivated us. He has inspired us in a big way.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After office also he is very popular. In this TANA conference the crowd is 3,000 people. That shows his charisma, that is his popularity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because of constitutional problems, he is unable to contest third time in the United States. He is so popular now. If he contest in India also, he will become the prime minister of India. That is his popularity. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He is a leader, global leader. At the same time, he is very popular all over the world across the boundaries. Now it is his duty to work for the global benefit of the community. I requested him to concentrate on peace mission. Now we are seeing so many problems on religion. Religion has become fanaticism under the process. People are hating each other and there is a threat for global peace. He has to take some organization, some platform so that we can concentrate on global peace.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are all seeing global warming. Environment problems are coming in a big way. Because of environmental problems, there is a threat for survival or existence itself. We are watching poverty. There is poverty in India. There is a clear division between haves and have nots. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Even in America there is poverty. All of us have to fight poverty. All of us have to work to eradicate AIDS. This is also a big challenge for human survival. These are all the four issues I mentioned with him. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bill Clinton speech :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “Mr. Naidu gave me a very kind introduction, and also a very wonderful welcome to Andhra Pradesh when I was president. You know, in America we have slightly different – a political traditions and when I got to Andhra Pradesh, there were these huge banners all over with his picture and my picture. And I felt like a rock star instead of a politician. And when you’re getting old and gray, to feel like a rock star is a very good thing. So I thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I would like to thank very much the officers, the executive committee, the president, the president elect of this fine organization. I would like to thank Dr. Athera John, Krishna Katragadda and others who made my visit here possible today.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I would like to thank all the members of the Telugu Community who have made such a remarkable contribution to the United States. And thank you for coming here to celebrate your art and culture including having the wonderful dancers here when I came on stage. I wish they hadn’t left. Then you could look at them and listen to me and it would be far more interesting. And I would like to thank the ministers who have come here from a long way away from India to be here with me today and for the kind gifts and greetings they brought.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I believe one of the most important objectives that our administration achieved in foreign policy was the repairing of the long rift between United States and India and building a genuine partnership and friendship. I welcomed former Prime Minister Rao to the White House in 1994, after long years in which we were separated over cold war issues which had not been relevant for some time. I thought we had an opportunity to work on a number of issues and we did.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was frankly a little jealous when both my wife and daughter got to go to India during my first term as president, they came home telling me what a wonderful opportunity I had missed. In 2000, I was able to rectify that and…</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> That, of course, is when I had my great trip to Hyderabad but I was also honored to address the Indian Parliament, something which I will never forget.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I like the Parliament building but I must say it would be frightening for an American president to go and to address the United States Congress in an atmosphere in which the members of Congress were so close to the President. Sometimes I think it would lead to encounters not altogether positive.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was glad in 1999, eight years ago yesterday, on July 4th, our Indian – our Independence Day to meet with the then Prime Minister of Pakistan and do what I could to move the troops of the Pakistani Army back across the line of control and to avert a major political crisis and a potential military intervention.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And since I left office, I’ve had three great opportunities to continue to work in India for which I am very, very grateful. After the earthquake in Gujarat in 2001, I was asked by the Prime Minister to try and help raise funds among Indians in the United States to help to rebuild the villages because hundreds of them had been destroyed. It led to the establishment of something called the American India Foundation which is now raised almost $40 million for building thousands of homes and hospitals and schools, artisans workshop, marketing of Indian crafts in the United States. It was really quite rewarding.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And, of course, after the tsunami, the president had asked his father and me to try to raise funds and work in that area. And I wound up staying on for two years as United Nation’s coordinator for a tsunami redevelopment and reconstruction. It was rewarding everywhere. Of course the hardest hit part was Aceh, Indonesia. We made a lot of progress there but – and they ended their civil conflict but they have a long way to go. Now, the Thais were hard hit but they were able to quickly recover because it was a wealthy area. The Maldives basically recovered on the strength of their tourism. Sri Lanka did well until they began to fight with one another again, that always impedes recovery. But the best job in restoring, in diversifying the economy away from the pre-tsunami economy to a new one was done by India and the [Indiscernible] [0:20:38]. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was amazing. I watched women who had been widowed, their fishermen husband killed, making candles for Hindu Temples. Something that seemed simple but it was something that had never been done before. And the last time I visited, I visited family after family after family in new storm resistant housing, much more efficient with good sanitation for the first time ever, with schools that had libraries, and with early warning and rescue systems in place as sophisticated as anything you would find anywhere in the world. So, I would say, in terms of overall rebuilding, so far, India wins the prize. And it was a great honor for me to be there.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But perhaps the most important thing for me personally is the work that I’ve been able to do in India with HIV and AIDS. In two senses, first of all, most of my major partners in providing lifesaving medication around the world are the manufacturers of generic drugs in India, the big ones like Cipla and Ranbaxy but also smaller companies. We have one South African partner and increasingly others want to come. But the Indian companies were producing state of the art, world-class quality medicine that when I started it cost on average about $500 a person a year. We paid 10,000 a person a year in America. The Europeans and Canadians pay 3,500 for the same drugs we pay 10,000 for which is why the American pharmaceutical companies oppose Americans as being able to re-import drugs from Canada.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Something terrible happens to American medicine when it goes to Canada – some virus infection. And if you take it when it comes back across the border, you will drop dead immediately. The Canadians have a remarkable resistance to this virus, they do very well with our drugs across the border. But the point is, the world could not afford it, even in the poorest countries in the world, the discount price was about $1,000 or $1,500.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, we went to the Indian companies and we said, you know, even at $500 a year are there bulk prices when if you bought by then what at that time was a big volume, you could get maybe $350 price. It was still operating on the model of a small jewelry store. Do you know how a jewelry store in America operates? You have to have a whole lot of inventory and it cost a lot of money to maintain the inventory. If you don’t sell much, so you have to have a big markup. Also, some people who buy diamond rings may not be able to make all the payments, and then you have to undertake the expense of getting the ring back.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So I said to them, “This is too big a business. There are six and a half million people who need this medicine.” At that time in developing countries, only 70,000 people outside Brazil where the government purchased it all, we’re getting [AIDS] medicine.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, I said, “Suppose we went to a grocery store model where we have high volume, low profit margins for sale and absolutely certain payment. I’ll raise the money, guarantee the payment, but we got to get big volumes.” They kept the prices to $139 a person a year. You should be very proud of that. Every Indian in the world should be proud of that.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then, we did the same thing with children’s medicine which was $600 a person a year because the children’s volumes were so small. But every year, over 500,000 children die of AIDS who could live if they had the medicine. And the adult medicine doesn’t work so well. It’s not like an Aspirin, you can’t just cut it in half and give the smaller portion to a child and expect it to work. So, we went from $600 to $190. Then, the French imposed a small airline tax to create a fund to buy medicines to combat serious illnesses of all kinds around the world called UNITAID. And 19 other countries gave them some money. So, they asked me to buy the medicine for children with HIV and AIDS. The price is now $60, from $600 to $60.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, as a result of that, we have done – we have operated healthcare programs in 25 countries, my foundation has including India. I’ll say more about that in a minute. And we sell this medicine in 68 countries where the World Health Organization says the healthcare system will distribute the medicine and monitor it and test for its impact properly. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When we started, as I said, there were only 70,000 people in the world getting this medicine. Today, there are about 2.4 million people getting the medicine. And one full third of that – a third of all of the people in the world getting this medicine are getting it from these contracts made possible because Indian drug manufacturers changed their business model. Seven hundred and fifty thousand people who will live including the overwhelming majority of all the children on earth getting AIDS medicine. I hope that you are all very proud of that.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s been an honor for me also to work in India working on building networks for children’s health care, for care of adults. We’re giving thousands upon thousands of people the medicine. We have now trained 55,000 physicians in 13 states with 1,100 training sessions. And we have a curriculum now we’ve developed with I-TECH for hospitals and ERT nurse training centers that, I believe, will eventually in the next year or so give us a nationwide coverage along with the funds, along with the medicine manufactured in India to make India the first developed country with a large AIDS population to in effect be able to treat everybody. And they – I hope that will happen and I’m looking forward to it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, why are you here and why do I do that? That’s what I want to talk about for a few minutes. What does all this mean? How did all this happen? Most people who lived at White House, as I did, go out and, you know, play golf and make a few speeches. And I didn’t because I thought it would have been immoral given the life I’d had but also because I think this is more interesting and more important and more fulfilling. But I see all of you here and I read in the press all the time about the stories about outsourcing which bothers me but what about all the insourcing. Look at what you did for America. Look at how many of you are here. How many jobs you’ve created? How many people work for you?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And I think – so I want you to think with me just for a few minutes about what all this means. What is good about the globalized world of the 21st century and what are its major problems? Because in different versions, you find every good and bad thing going on not only in India but in the United States. The modern world is obviously full of opportunity. It rewards intellect and imagination and vision and training and entrepreneurial skill with open borders, easy travel, easy immigration. You see these things happening all over the world. We are increasingly bound together. And with more a trillion dollars crossing national borders every year, even if we repeat all the trade agreements in the world, you couldn’t stop a lot of these globalization and mobility. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, the really important thing to do is to say what’s good about it and how do we accelerate it and what are the problems and how do we reduce them. Well, what’s good about it is self-evident. If there weren’t a lot of good things about it, you couldn’t have afforded the plane tickets to come here today. Think about it. The prosperity enjoyed by the Indian community in the United States is evidence of what is good about the global economy. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ability to cherish your traditions and your heritage to preserve your culture, your language, your faith and still be integrated into different societies all across the world is evidence of what’s good about the global economy and consistent with the vision Gandhi had when India was established in the first place. That’s also true.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And many Americans have been a part of this, in ways large and small. I once had – few years ago, I have a cousin who lives in the mountains of North Arkansas, in the middle of America, who played chess once a week on the internet with a man in Australia. They took turns deciding who had to stay up all night long to conduct these chess matches. And they quit after a couple of years because they were both sleep deprived. But it’s an example of the kind of connections that can be used to bring the world together and to move the world to a better place.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, what are the problems with this world? Essentially three, it is unequal and in many places growing more unequal, unequal in income, education and health outcomes. It is insecure because acts of violence can quickly destabilize the kinds of information based on web-like economies that have generated so much publicity of so much prosperity, insecure in terms of terror, weapons and mass destruction, traditional conflicts. How much more prosperous would India and Pakistan be if they didn’t have to maintain nuclear arsenals and increase defense spending every year. How much better would it be?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You know, I think about how many poor people would there be? You know, I could go before a group of Pakistanis living in America and see doctors and business people and high tech people and people who have Indian friends in their home communities and they’re doing very well here. I tell everybody – I think of the Pales – these Palestinians, big story out of Palestine today, you know, is the Hamas and the Fatah are fighting each other. And 90 people were killed so that Hamas could gain a great military victory in Gaza taking over the security headquarters of Fatah. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Does anybody here ever been to Gaza? I’ve actually been there. The military headquarters that they took over would fit in about 25 percent of this room. And it’s not nearly as nice. And you have a million people there packed into Gaza living in abject poverty. On 43 kilometers of this most beautiful beachfront in the world, nothing in the south of France is better than the Gaza beach. No beach facing the Mediterranean is better. The only difference is they play war games in Gaza and they [Indiscernible] [0:33:54] in the south of France. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know lots of Palestinians. I do not know a single poor Palestinian outside the territories. Every Palestinian I personally know is a college professor are a millionaire. The Palestinians dominate the flower trade in Chile. They have the highest per capita income in Ecuador. They do well all over the world except at home. Why? Because they fight. So, this is an insecure world. And violence and insecurity undermines the opportunities of the integrated world of the 21st century.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And the third problem we have is it is an unsustainable world because of the undeniable realities of climate change and resource depletion. Most everybody accepts the reality of climate change now and the only big fight is who should do what and when about it and how soon is it going to be bad? And can a country grow rich, stay rich and get richer and reduce its greenhouse gases? But before the worst impacts of climate change hit, I believe we will experience serious problems of resource depletion. Already a billion people in the world never have access to clean water, two and a half billion no access to sanitation. The tsunami was terrible, as I said, but one of the things that was built back better is that there were people in India and elsewhere and for the first time in their life had access to sanitary facilities because of the rebuilding efforts.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of four of all the deaths on earth every year occurred from AIDS, TB, malaria, and infections related to dirty water. Almost no one in America will die of any of those things this year. This is an unequal world made worse by resource depletion. The amount of clean water is drying up. Topsoil is being blown away.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you’ve been to Beijing lately, you know, it probably has the worst air quality of any major city in the world because it has localized air pollution and because the prevailing winds in China there blow from north to south. And what used to be a breadbasket north of Beijing has been turned into a virtual desert by the destruction of the top soil. So that the localized air pollution is like a big soccer net collecting billions of soccer balls of dust everyday making it difficult for people to breathe. We’re looking topsoil. We’re losing trees.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ninety percent of the world’s fishing centers are under stocked today and only partly because they’ve been overfished. Partly it’s because the ocean is trying bravely to absorb more greenhouse gases, more CO</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> offensively as we cut down trees and put more CO</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in the air, the ocean tries to take up the slack to keep our planet in balance. As it does so, it changes the chemical composition of the water, destroying sometimes barely microscopic elements in the food chain of fish. All these things are happening together. Meanwhile, because of new found prosperity, the world’s prosperity population is expected to grow between from now and 2015 in the next 43 years from its current level of six and a half billion to nine billion because we can keep babies alive better. But most of that growth will occur in countries which can now not afford to give every member a good standard of living.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So I was – amused is the wrong word, I don’t want to trivialize this but I found a certain unreal quality to the debate in the Congress recently over what should be done about illegal immigration because the world took 150,000 years to go from one person standing up on the African Savanna to its current population of six and a half billion but will take only 43 years to go to nine billion. So, if you believe that illegal immigration is a problem today, just take care of yourself, live another 20 years and you will see something that you couldn’t even imagine.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So this is an unsustainable world. So in our relations with each other and within our own communities and nations, we have to go beyond an interdependence that is unequal, unstable and unsustainable. We have to build integrated communities of shared opportunities, a shared sense of responsibility for success, a genuine sense of belonging so that we do something about these three problems. The good news is we actually know how to do a lot of this. We know what it would cost to put every child in school who is not in school. And we know what if the wealthy countries of the world chose to pay for it, we know that it wouldn’t be an aid, it would be an investment in the world’s future. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We also know what it would cost to build effective health systems to deal with AIDS, TB, malaria, other tropical diseases, maternal and child health. And it should be seen not as aid but as an investment in a common future. When I was a young boy barely old enough to be aware in the late 1940s, there were still places in my home state in Arkansas which had a per capita income of only half the national average. There were places in my home state that had no electricity that had only well water, no running water, that had no sanitation, even it had no telephones. There were a few rural places that had no telephones in my lifetime. Soon enough all those places were reached, those remote, rural villages that are quite poor. No one thought of it as aid because we were all in one nation. It was viewed as an investment. That’s the way the world has to look at every place that needs income, education and healthcare. It’s an investment because we’re all tied together. We know how to do that.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In terms of the world becoming more unsustainable because of climate change, I happen to believe that dealing with the energy problem is the greatest opportunity we have to remove the tension about outsourcing. And to – because the outsourcing tension – the root of the outsourcing tension in the United States is this, median wages in our country have been stagnant more or less since 1973 except for the last five years of my presidency when they rose and inequality went down.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, why did that happen? I’d like to tell you it happened because I was an economic genius and had wonderful policies. Yes, maybe a little bit. But no, the real reason it happened is that in the late 1990s, and many of you were part of this, in the second half of that decade, information technology moved out of Silicon Valley into every aspect of the American economy. Some of the most successful companies in Texas, for example, are video game companies. Video game companies are nothing but sophisticated information technology companies. And they created enormous economic opportunity so that it was only 8 percent of our jobs but 28 percent of our job growth in over a third of our income growth from one source rifling throughout the economy, changing all the averages and lifting the public at large.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No rich country, whatever its trade policies, can maintain a strong middle class unless every five to eight years, it has a source of new jobs. Now, if you look at India, what’s the challenge there? Why did Mr. Singh win an election in which the previous government, Mr. Vajpayee government was presiding over 9 percent growth? Because the 9 percent growth was concentrated in 350 million Indian lives including the ones you led, sir, in Andhra Pradesh. But the other 600 – the other 650 million Indians didn’t feel that they were part of it. So the Congress party went out and organized them and got them all to come to vote. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But how do you take an engine like the IT revolution which has powered so much of India’s growth and move it from the one-third who can access it to the two-thirds who feel further and further and further away from a reality that many of you take for granted. If you think about it, it’s your version of the outsourcing problem, your version of America’s problem where we have a 40-year high in corporate profits, an all time high in the stock market. Our workers’ productivity is going up every year but wages are flat and poverty among working people is going up in America and so is the absence of health care among people who work. So the inequality is getting greater even as the prosperity figures overall look good. It is the great threat to democracies everywhere and a great challenge of all modern societies.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Think about energy. In the industrial era, it was true that you could not grow rich, stay rich and get richer without putting more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. It is now manifestly not true. Look at tiny Denmark, in the last few years, Denmark has grown its economy by 50 percent, the whole country. Wages are rising for everybody, inequality is going down, and they have a lot of immigrants in Denmark. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why has that happened? How did they grow their economy 50 percent and reduce inequality? Because they created a lot of new jobs. How did they do it? How much has energy increased in Denmark while their economy grew 50 percent? Answer, zero. Not one extra watt of electricity. How much have greenhouse gases increased? Answer, they have gone down. How? Because now 22 percent of their electricity is generated from wind, highest percentage in the world. You say, “Oh, well, they only have five million people. It doesn’t apply to India.” So we’ll go to the United Kingdom, the economy most like America’s.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The U.K.’s unemployment rate is about what America’s is. And as we all know, they have lots of immigrants, right? People from all over the world, they’re making a living. Unlike America, however, their median incomes are going up and they have had no increase in inequality in this decade. Why? Because when the United States walked away from the Kiyoto climate change treaty, saying it would be the end of the world if we agree to limit greenhouse gas emissions, the British said, “We like this agreement but it’s too weak. We will beat our targets by 25 to 50 percent.” And they will. As a result of which, they have created a huge number of new high skilled, high wage jobs which have kept inequality from increasing even as people have claimed their gains from the global economy there just as they have in India and the United States.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Now, consider what would happen among the 650,000 Indians living in rural India if India produced all of its own fuel? And if you run every vehicle, everything in the world that runs in India but jet airplanes on biofuels, all generated in India. More money for the farmers, food processing manufacturing, biofuel facilities every 50 or 100 miles because you can’t transport it long distances without using it – losing it, a new tax based to build decent roads and sewer systems and water systems. What if you decided that India should become – should displace Japan as the number one producer of solar energy or should displace Germany as the number one producer of wind energy? You wouldn’t hurt the Germans, they still need the wind. They still manufacture a lot. And these jobs are not easily outsourceable.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I just agreed to work with 40 of the biggest cities in the world including Mumbai and Delhi to prove that we could reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a way that creates jobs not cost jobs. And we started…</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We started with the program we announced last month in New York to retrofit buildings with solar power, with wind power, with new glass, with new lighting. And to do this all over the world, we can finance such things in New York but not every city can. So I went to five banks and got them each to commit $1 billion. That more than doubled – what’s this, this is how little. You know, $5 billion is not much money in Hyderabad anymore. You know, that’s not much money. That’s not a great deal of money on the global scheme of things but this is how pitifully developed we are in this fight. That more than doubled the amount of capital available for retrofitting buildings and making them energy efficient in the entire developing world – the entire world. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, what can we do with that? Well suppose you decided that you were going to abolish incandescent light bulbs in India? Then you could set up factories to make compact fluorescent ones or light emitting diode bulbs and creating more jobs and jobs for people who don’t necessarily have university degrees. Then someone has to go and install them, someone has to sell them, someone has to transport them from one place to the next. This is a huge deal. There’s a bill in the United States Congress today to ban incandescent light bulbs in the next 10 years. Do you know what impact it would have in America? It would reduce the need, eliminate the need for 80, 8-0, 80 coal-fired power plants – just changing the light bulbs. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And instead of hurting people’s jobs, it would create more jobs, huge numbers of jobs. So, I would like to modestly propose that what we really need in India is an economic strategy to bring the benefits of the one-third to the other two-thirds. In America, we need a strategy to create enough jobs so that outsourcing is not a problem. If we retrofitted every building in New York City where I live, there are 950,000 buildings in New York City. And let’s say we wanted to green the roofs, that’s a big strategy. In any hot climate, you should put something besides a tar surface on the roof. Put any kind of living vegetation on the roof, you can cut the temperature on a hot day drastically.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Like in New York, on a 90-degree day, every one of our old roofs with a tar surface will reach a temperature of 150 degrees at the surface point. If you green it, you seal it, so it doesn’t leak and then you put sod down, the maximum temperature drops from 150 to 80. That drastically changes the energy realities requirements in that building. And for our people, it cuts the utility bills dramatically of residence and small businesses and others accessing these buildings.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, I tell all my friends in New York, “You can’t outsource those jobs. Don’t worry about India, someone has to be standing on the roof.” And there are jobs like that everywhere. So think about all the things that can be done in India for the 650 million that the 350 million can’t do because a physical presence is required. This is the way the world should be thinking on this and so many other issues. We have to find win-win solutions. We had to deal with inequality, we have to deal with instability, we have to deal with insecurity. And it just happens that in this decade, the answer should be energy. In the next decade, there will be another answer. And the young people here will figure out what it is. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And this brings me to my last point, I think the most important challenge of the world is how we think and feel and teach our children to think and feel. The biggest – the biggest external challenges we face today are all related to resource allocation, inequality, climate change, conflicts. But a lot of them are rooted in how we think and feel. America has been following a foreign policy in the last few years that basically says we will act alone when we can and cooperate when we have to. In an interdependent world, you have to cooperate whenever you can and act alone only when you’re forced to. It’s the way you think, it’s a thinking pattern. It’s also an emotional preference. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let me give you another example. There was just exceedingly traumatic event in London when I was there. You know, where they found all these car bombs. And it appears that the bombs were implanted by a coalition of people who met through medical contacts. Doctors who were supposed to be spending their lives making people well or keeping them from getting sick decided that they should become instruments of death. Now, these people were apparently British citizens or at least several of them were even though their homes where somewhere else. When the London subway and bus bombings occurred, all the people who perpetrated that were British citizens, not people who came from somewhere else as what we experienced on 9/11.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You have it in India when the Muslims and Hindus fight in the western part of the country when the beautiful mosque was blown up and where should the temple to Rama be established, all these things. All this is about one thing, it is the central challenge of the 21st century world. More important, I would argue, even in dealing with climate change, identity. Identity. How do you define your life in relation to others? How do you do it intellectually? How do you do it emotionally?</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most of you are incredibly prosperous in part because of your phenomenal capacity to make distinctions. And for all, we all know that the – what we call in America the Arabic number system is the Indian number system. We know that sort of legendary facility of Indians going to the beginning of mathematics, to the triumph in information technology. All of that is about the ability to imagine distinctions. Sometimes my [Indiscernible] [0:56:13] that fill gaps, that solve problems or create opportunities. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You come here to celebrate the language and culture of your people. And it’s important to you and it should be. The question is when you make all these distinctions, at what point for that distinction to matter do you have to make a negative reference to someone else? Why do people need not only – need to think worst of someone else, to think well of themselves? Why do people believe that their success requires someone else’s defeat? How hardwired are our brains over millennia of development to create emotional reactions as well as intellectual ones that are territorial and that see all life’s distinctions as zero sum games?</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Look, throughout most of history, there have been absolutely good reasons for seeing some people as threats and the enemies. The whole history of humanity is basically the story of wider and wider and wider and wider circles of interdependence. But when you first meet the other in the next circle, there is conflict. And we like all these differences. We would certainly don’t want to homogenize the world, America is so much more interesting a place today than it was 30 years ago because we have people from everywhere here. And we know that all these distinctions and these differences add the search for truth and help us to push back the barriers of all the problems we have.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But when we believe that our distinctions are so important that they obliterate the significance of our common humanity, in an interdependent world, we are bound for constant trouble because we cannot escape each other. So, just think about it. Think of what Sri Lanka could become, India’s neighbor. If the Hindu Tamils and the Sinhalese Buddhist did not believe their differences were irreconcilable. And so they fight on. How crazy is it that Gaza and the West Bank, a tiny place? Now, they don’t even have time to fight the Israelis anymore, they’re too busy fighting themselves. How plagued is the Middle East by the Salafisuni ideology which says we have to kill the near enemy before we can get around to the far enemy? And the near enemy are the Shiyah and the weak Sunnis who don’t understand how morally superior we are and don’t agree with every last ritual and lifestyle choice we made. So we want to wipe all of them out and then we get around the Israelis and then we’ll come after the Americans and the Europeans and anybody else. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And there are people who seriously believe this, people die every day. And they’re not stupid people. It’s not easy to, you know, you put these little roadside bombs together and then you have to time them and you want to make sure you hit them right when the vehicles are going over so you just blow the limbs of, people now older than your own children. And it’s always more expensive in going to war. This is a huge deal everywhere, identity. I want you to think about it. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gandhi understood this. He had this vision of India which was heartbreaking in the beginning when Pakistan separated. But now, we know something we didn’t know when Gandhi was there. Gandhi knew from the depths of his soul about our common humanity. So none of us were that great but we don’t have to be that great anymore. We are on this little bitty planet. There are – and we now know there are hundreds of billions of planets in the universe. We just learned that the conditions that we have – they have [indiscernible] [1:01:09] conditions may be mirrored in a planet orbiting one of the 20 solar systems closest to us. It’s – at last it’s 20 million light-years away so we’ll never know if there’s life on that planet. Lest, we got a family or two willing to commit four generations to space travel. We have to wait for them to come to us. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But the whole world’s future comes down to this. How do we identify ourselves? How did we learn to make distinctions without which we couldn’t navigate – I couldn’t get off this stage if I didn’t know the difference high and low. Our whole man, our whole being is wired toward making distinctions that make all progress possible, that make all learning possible, that make all relationships possible, and [Indiscernible] [1:02:14] between men and women and tall and short, old and young. That’s how our brains work. But if we lose the sense that our common humanity matters more in a world where everything is related, then all the things I have said today about climate change, health care, education, everything else is totally irrelevant. And every little feeble effort I’ve made in my life to bring people together while others are trying to tear them apart will be a pathetic failure.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That is what I ask you to think about. India can take the prosperity of the 350 million to the other 650 million. America can heal the gaps caused by the globalization of the economy. We can deal with all these challenges. They’re easily solvable intellectually. The resources are there. What is keeping us from it is an inadequate sense of identity, a sense of belonging that we belong together.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Africa, where I do a lot of my AIDS work, one of the countries where we work, the typical tribal greeting goes something like this, someone says, “Hello, how are you, good morning.” Instead of saying, “I’m fine, how are you?” The answer is, “I see you.” Think of that. Think of that. Think about all the people we never see, all of us, not just terrorists, all of us. And we all leave here today, someone is going to have to come in and clean this up. And I promise you a lot of the people who will fold these chairs feel – or carry them off and fold the tables up and feel it. People don’t see them.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I made my last trip to Indonesia, my next to last trip, I went to one of these camps where 40,000 people were still living in tent camps. And you know how hot it is, it was so hot. They were living in these awful tents. So there were few thousand of people in this little tent camp. And every camp had an elected leader. So – with the U.N. envoy and I had to go and listen to them tell me their problems and trying to solve them, I was met by the leader and his wife and his son. And my little – my interpreter was there, a nice young Indonesian woman who had been a television personality and had been in this camp before. So I looked at this family and I looked down at this boy and I just gasped. He was so beautiful. The child was beautiful. These luminous dark eyes, this beautiful smile. And I said to the lady, I said, “I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a more beautiful child.” My interpreter said, “Oh, he’s a very beautiful boy.” Before the tsunami, he had nine brothers and sisters, they’re all gone.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, the lady and the boy take [relief] [01:05:38]. The husband who lost nine of his children takes me through the camp, never one word about his loss, only about the needs of the people in the camp and what can be done – only. Then, at the end of the tour, we finished at the health clinic which was very important to me. We’d work hard to reinstate health systems. And I look up and the leader was there, his wife comes up who had lost nine of her children holding this baby, a two-day old baby. In the Indonesian culture, when a woman has a baby, she gets to go to bed for 40 days, waited on hand and foot. And then at 40 – on the 41st day she gets up and then name the baby. Interesting tradition.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But here was this woman who’d lost nine of her children holding this baby with a smile on her face. She said, “This is our newest baby. And we want you to name him.” So I said to her, I said, “Well, do you have a word that means new beginning?” She said – so they talk to the interpreter the lady and she said, “Yes, lucky for you, in our language the word Dawn, the coming of the morning, is a boy’s name, not a girl’s. We will name this boy Dawn and he will symbolize our new beginning.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, I thought to myself, first of all, it was one of the most wonderful moments of my life. I thought I never have had a problem. I hate it every time I had ever felt sorry for myself. What I really thought is why do we had to be confronted with someone who’s lost nine of their 10 children, had the courage to go on and cherish the one they had left, had the heart to name a newborn baby Dawn? Why do we have to hear a story like that to feel our common humanity? Why can’t we rewire ourselves so that we live this way every day and we see this all the time? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So I leave you with this. Sometime in the 21st century, the Indian economy and the Chinese economies and if they continue to grow together, the European economies will all be bigger than the American economy. Sometime in the 21st century, we will face crunch time with climate change and resource depletion. Sometime in the 21st century, we’ll have to figure out what in the wild world are we going to do with nine billion people or if we finally start educating women properly, it will be less, maybe seven and a half billion. We’re going to have to figure out what to do with all this. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why do we do any of it and whether our grandchildren can be in a meeting like this 50 years from now depends on identity? And whether we think our interesting differences are not nearly as important as our common humanity. It’s interesting, isn’t it, that the smarter we get, the simpler our choices become. Dr. Hema Prasad Yadla : “Mr. President, you indeed made our dreams come true today. We have been working on this for the past one year with the help of Telugu brothers Krishna Prasad and David Prasad. And it made – the day is made true and this is one of the days we can write in the history of the annals of Telugu pride.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. President, there will be volumes written to describe the achievements of your presidency, your compassion for the underdogs is only imagined by your remarkable ability to help them while dealing with all the odds and harnessing all the strengths in the most creative way. Your presence in our time has been a stabilizing factor and a blessing for humanity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. President, we the Telugu people now gathered here in the land of great American people do realize the dreams what every human being desires. For this, we thank our ancestral homeland which enabled us to participate in the struggle for life shoulder-to-shoulder with great American people. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Important article : History of TANA by Dr. Guttikonda Ravindranath</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : Chinna Jeeyar Swamy, T. Gowrishankar, Jayanthi Ramaiah Panthulu, K. K. Ranganatha Charyulu, Ansuya Reddy, Buddiga Subbarayan, Kolichala Suresh, Avula Manjulatha, C. Dharma Rao, A.B.K. Prasad, Ramesh, Chekuri Ramarao, Tadikonda Sivakumara Sarma, Induru Niranjan, Kalalapudi Manjusha, Tirumala Krishnadesikacharyulu, K. Sivareddy, Sailajamitra, Kandukuri Sriramulu, Meka Ramarao, Sonti Saradapurna, Seemanapalli Vijayalakshmi, Vamdluri Sudhakar, Chakalakonda Ramakantharao, Kalluri Siva Raju, Kolagotla Suryaprakasa Rao, Perugu Ramakrishna, Avaala Damodara Reddy, Vedula China Venkata Chayamalu, Nannapaneni Aakineedu, Jandhyala Jayakrishna Bapuji, Battula Subrahmanyam, Tallapragada Purna, Yalamanchili Gandhiji, Katari Nehru, Puligandla Ramakrishna, Konduri Ramasarma, Sahavasi, Inganti Venkata Rao, Vajhjhu Babu Rao, Tripuraneni Venkateswara Rao, Yarlagadda Balagangadhara Rao, Vaddemgunta Ankaiah, Kommineni Venkataramaiah, Acharya N.G. Ranga, Tummala Sitharamamurthy Chowdary, Jakkampudi Sitha Rama Rao, Volga, Nadella Guruprasada Rao, Papineni Sivasankar, Totakura Satyanarayana Raju, Narisetti Innaiah, Parunam Srinivasa Rao, Battula Subrahmanyam, Nagnath, Sonti Saradapurna, Mukkamala Appa Rao, M. Ramamurthy, Damarla Priyanka, Swamy Chidatmananda, Yarlagadda Kimira.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chicago - 2009</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">17th Conference was held in Chicago on July 2,3,4 -2009 with Yadlapati Yugandhar as the co-ordinator and Kakarala Prabhakara Chowdary as President of TANA. The venue: Donald Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Y.V. Reddy, eminent economist and former Governor of Reserve Bank, Reserve Bank of India was the chief guest. Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois Arne Duncan were the chief participants in the conference</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Secretary of Education, Ambassador (Ms) Meera Shankar, Consul General Ashok Kumar Atri. The famous poet Sri Sirivennela Seetarama Sastri, and the Industrialist and Philanthropist Sri Galla Ramachandra Naidu are the other Guests of Honor. Dignitaries from India include Padmasri S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, the recipient of TANA Lifetime Achievement Award, and literary stalwarts Medasani Mohan and Rallabandi Kavita, Ramarao (NTR Jr), who were accompanied by charming stars Swati, Prasad. The star of the show is the young heartthrob Nandamuri , Charmi, Naresh, Rajeev and Suma Kanakala, Uttej, Raghubabu, and AVS along with classical dancers, melodious folk singers, top-notch musicians, famous writers and distinguished scholars.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">17th TANA Conference hosted the first ever North American Super Singer Contest, in</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">collaboration with MAA TV. TANA conducted a three stage competition for gifted Telugu singers. Mano, Suddala Ashok Teja, Chandrabose and Goreti Venkanna as the judges. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Awards Banquet</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The festivities began on July 2, celebrating the illustrious achievers of our community from various walks of life with TANA Awards for Excellence. The Awards Banquet was held in the spacious and elegant ambience of the Grand Ballroom at the Donald A Stephens Convention Center. Chicago, the venue for the first ever TANA Awards Banquet, a memorable event with the Banquet Committee designed a dignified awards ceremony, a delectable, multi-course, sit-down dinner, and special entertainment fitting the occasion.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inaugural Ceremonies , the harbinger of the quality of the program made great impact. The Cultural Committee produced an innovative inaugural program .. A special dance ballet to commemorate the Conference theme, Technological Innovation and Cultural Celebration, is composed specially for the occasion by the immensely talented and highly popular poet, Sri ‘Sirivennela’ Sitarama Sastry. More than 100 young Telugu dancers of Chicago, under the guidance of the artistically creative local choreographers enthralled the audience.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The 17th TANA Conference Cultural Committee strived hard to put together a uniquely entertaining cultural program that was ‘most entertaining to most of the audience of all the time”. The TANA-MAA TV Super Singers lifted spirits with the best of the Indo-American musical talents. The glittering film stars led by NTR Jr, along with Charmi, Swati, Naresh and Rajeev Kanakala presented exciting entertainment under the expert stewardship of Sri Murali Mohan, Paruchuri Gopala Krishna and EVV Satyanarayana. There were laughs galore led by Nandi award winning Uttej, AVS, Maharshi and Raghubabu, accompanied by mimicry artists and folk and parody singers. The legendary SP Balasubrahmanyam, accompanied by S. P. Sailaja, Ranjith Kalpana and Vishnubhotla Srikrishna, presented a gala concert in his inimitable style befitting the Grand Finale.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Literary program</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Several noted scholars and poets including the much celebrated stalwarts like Akkiraju Sundara Ramakrishna, Tirumala Desikacharya, Gollapudi Maruti Rao, Sri Ramana, Vasireddy Naveen, Cherukuri Ramadevi, Vanguri Chitten Raju, Veluri Venkateswara Rao, and Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy participated in several interactive programs. In addition to the ever popular </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">avadhanam, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">spearheaded by two avadhanis of distinction, Sri Medasani Mohan, and Sri Rallabandi Kavita Prasad, a program with unique, new event, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Netraavadhaanam </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(avadhanam while communicating nonverbally) by two gifted and talented women, Nidamarti Lalita Kameswari, and Kasibhotla Rama Kumari was main attraction. Renowned poets Sirivennela Sitarama Sastri, Suddala Ashok Teja, Chandrabose, Goreti Venkanna, Papineni Sivasankar, and Vinnakota Ravisankar recited their distinct styles of writings and discussed nuances of poetry.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Competitions in Telugu vocabulary and extempore speaking kept the youngsters excited.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There was also a religious session.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Youth</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The 1995 Chicago TANA Conference conducted youth events like- cruise, fashion show, talk-shows and prime-time participation. The Youth Committee reinvented the youth program with plenty of exciting events to expand the social horizons of youngsters of all age groups. Events included a banquet at the bustling Navy Pier featuring a Telugu rapper and comedians of Indian origin and a nationwide</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Business Seminars</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This conference featured two days of Business Seminars. Dr. Y.V. Reddy, who led the banking reforms as Governor of Reserve Bank of India, delivered the keynote address. Leading entrepreneurs from many walks of business including Health and Pharmaceuticals, Clean and Green Technologies and Infrastructure Development shared their experiences and expertise. Special panels addressed the needs of Women and Young Entrepreneurs. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Continuing Medical Education</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To catch up with the latest Technological Innovations in Medicine CME discussed where leading luminaries from the Second Generation Telugu physicians was the highlight of the discussion. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Padma Sri, S.V. Ramarao conducted Arts and Crafts Exhibition with artwork created by Telugu people. Artists in various media, both from North America and India displayed their works in the exhibition. Special exhibition of paintings by artists from Andhra Pradesh was organized by TANA in cooperation with the Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University., Hyderabad.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Conference had commercial exhibition with enticing jewelry and saree shops with vintage videos, latest music and upscale real estate to non-profit services.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mohan Nannapaneni elaborated the help extended to the victims of accidents in USA.Thotakura Prasad gave details of International scholarships through TANA.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dilip Kuchipudi narrated the useful work done by Tana foundation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr Jampala Choudary introduced the judges of talent singers which was central show in the cultural program.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jandhyala`s MADHYA TARAGATI MANDAHASAM WAS ENACTED AS STAGE PLAY.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The political session Mr I V Subbarao in chair contributed to the contemporary thinking.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Krishna Rayabaram stage play was quite impressive.Musical session of Sanjay put the audience in aesthetic mood.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sundar Dittakavi and Krishna Sarada acted as anchors for cultural programs.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Two troops Detroit were center of attraction in the function through their bollywood stage performance and pop songs.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AVS humour made all audience into laughing mood.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The conference incidentally congratulated Yugandhar Yadlapati since july 4th the American independence day happened to be his birthday too.He thanks the 200 volunteers who worked for the success of conference.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Balasubrahmanyam music concert was quite turning point in the program. After that he was honored on the stage.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suneeta`s song performance made audience into musical mood.Yugala Astaavadhanam was another gravity of attraction for literary lovers.Youth had their talent test and awards were given to the best performance.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The audience witnessed the services of TANA to the blind people in in Andhra. through special video. There was Veena concert with youngsters expert musical talent. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shobha Rani choreographed the program.Rama Gurupalli conducted variety of folk music.Chintakayala Ravi group dance made mark in the cultural programs.Undavalli Anuradha conducted marriage Vedukalu with young girls. Kuchipudi dance performance with Krishna Leelalu is another master performance in the cultural show.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10th TANA Conference held in Chicago in 1995 at the same venue. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Welcoming the gathering, Prabhakar Chowdary Kakarala, President of TANA, expressed happiness for grand success of Chicago conference.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Co-Editor : Vasireddi Naveen</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President : Vuppuluri Venkata Subbarao</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vice-President : Ramaraja Bhushanudu Yalavarthi</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : Papineni Siva Shankar, Kompalle Ravichandran, Rasmi Balasubrahmanyam, Potturi Venkateswara Rao, Vemuri Balaram, N. Innaiah, S.V. Rama Rao, Volga, Mahammad Khadir Babu, Mrunalini, Saichand, Pappu Suryakantham, Vanguri Chittenraju, Kadregula Nageswara Rao, Sivaji, Kandukuri Ramesh Babu, V. Srinivas,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Narasimha Rao,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> K. R. Chowdari, Chukka Ramaiah, Rentala Jayadeva, Tankasala Ashok, K. Ramachandra Murthy, A.K. Prabhakar, Dr. Anil K. Jampala, Nirmaladitya, Videhi Sashidhar, Narayanaswamy, Chandra Kannelaganti, Machiraju Savitri, Vinnakota Ravisankar, Satyam Mandapathi, Narayana Swamy, Ala, Pudipeddi Seshusarma, S.V. rama Rao, Machaki, J.U.V.B. Prasad, Vemuri Venkateswara Rao, Krishna Konduri, Raghavendra Ichchada, Sai Brahmanandam Gorthi, Rahul Pavuluri, Ramakrishna Velamati, Sarada Purna Sonti. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Santa Clara - 2011 </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">18th Conference of Tana was held with Chilukuri Satish as the coordinator and Komati Jairam as president and with numerous Tana volunteers from local area who worked day and night to make the conference success. It resulted in a surplus of $400,000 that fortunately wiped out the deficit from the Chicago conference. Komati Jairam put lot of effort for this surplus to materialize.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">18th TANA Conference was held in santa clara, california state during July 1-3, 2011. 8000 thousand people enjoyed the conference programmes. Several politicians, Industrialists, and artists came from Andhra. Jayaram Komati was the president and Chilukuri Satish is the co-ordinator, who conducted the conference most successfully with the co-operation of hundreds of TANA volunteers. Deputy defence minister from the central Pallam Raju was the chief guest. State minister Galla Aruna Kumari and Pitani Satyanarayana. Members from Parliament Rayapati Sambasivarao, Madhuyashki Goud, M. Venugopala Reddy, Leaders of the Communist Parties Raghavulu, Narayana, Andhra Jyothi Managing Director Radha Krishna, T.V.9 CEO Raviprakash, Praja Paksham with Paruchuri Gopala Krishna, Sekhar Kammula, Cine actor Nandamuri Balakrishna were the luminaries in the conference. Dr. Jampala Chowdary introduced the programmes. A Photography session with local professional photographer was well attended.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Pallam Raju the defence minister in his speech reminded that India attained world fame in the cricket. He requested the Telugu people in america to extend their help to their country. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Galla Aruna Kumari the minister said that Telugu people in should contribute for the development of Andhra Pradesh. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vijaya Aasuri conducted the cultural programmes. Overall programmes were directed by Satish chilukuri and Nadella Jaya Prasad. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The three day conference was conducted with full of cultural programmes, economic seminar, women’s forum, film and photography meet, peoples representatives forum, business seminar, open heart with R.K., encounter with Raviprakash engaged all the participants. audience enjoyed the music performance of Sriramchandra, Kausalya, Pranavi, Beepula, Nandamuri Balakrishna acted as Raraja Narendra in Historical Play along with him Paruchuri Gopala Krishna, Gummadi Gopala Krishna, AVS, Murali mohan, Surekha Rani, Sana, Jyothi, Ganesh, and Jonnavittula participated. AVS humourous play Hasyavallari engaged the audience. The guys who acted in the dances got appreciation from the audience.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jayaram Komati President TANA paid various tributes to volunteers for their effort to motive conference to success. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Co-editor : Naveena Vasireddy</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cover design : Anwar</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : Katyayani Vidyanmahe, Mrunalini, Bhairavabhatla Kameswara Rao, Tammineni Yadukula Bhushan, Palaparthi Indrani, Vinnakota Ravishankar, Dr. Videhi Sashidhar, K. Geetha, Chandra Kanneganti, Pudipedi Seshusharma, M.B.S.Prasad, Laila Yerneni, Ketu Viswanatha Reddy, Vamsi, Mandapati Satyam, Akkiraju Bhattiprolu, Tatipamula Mrityunjayudu, Dr. Narayana Garimella, G.K. Anantha Suresh Kanaka Prasad. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DALLAS, Texas - 2013</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">19th Conference of Tana was held at Dallas,Texas state in May 24-26, 2013. Mr Prasad Thotakura was the president where as Mr Vennam Murali was co ordinator.Mr Justice Jasti Chalameswar, judge in Supreme court, India was the chief guest and spoke extensively. He was presented momentos to winners of various items during the conference.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ms Nirupama Rao, ambassador of India in USA spoke extempore about the role of India in USA and excellence of various persons who are playing important positions in various walks of life.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr Chiranjeevi, minister for tourism in government of India and cine actor narrated the schemes taken up of to promote goodwill through various schemes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ministers from Andhra Pradesh Mr Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Pitani Satyanarayana, Ghanta Srinivasarao actively represented the government.Few legislators from Andhra pradesh took part in the conference actively. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr Ravi Prakash, chief of TV9 channel in India spoke emphatically with many suggestions to improve quality of life through scientific attitude.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad, representative of Indian cultural affairs in Canada suggested several steps to promote Telugu language in India and abroad.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA gave 12 awards while the president of TANA gave 5 awards to various persons who achieved eminence in their fields.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Special songs of Jonnavittula composed and sung for the occasion were released in the conference.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In a special session of youth Mr Mohan Nannapaneni narrated the steps to be taken for protection of students and young people from falling victims to road accidents and other dangers in USA.He also indicated to take care of academic fields and not to fall into the trap of cheating in educational institutions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The literary forum was conducted by Mr Chandrahas Maddukuri where in Mr Mandali Buddha Prasad, Gollapudi Marutirao, Prof Afsar, Ms Kalpana, Innaiah Narisetti spoke about the actions to be taken to save Telugu language in future.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chagarlamudi Pakeeraiah conducted business session wherein participants discussed various measures to improve trade and commerce.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Separate session was held to discuss the problems of women where in Ms Jaya Sudha, cine actress came out with good suggestions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the closing session Mr Mohan Babu, cine actor exhibited the educational schemes which are being implemented in Vidyaniketan, near Tirupati where discipline is observed without any caste, creed, religion barriers. Ms Jayasudha spoke briefly about life experiences. Mr Brahmanandam, the actor narrated his experiences in cine field.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr Prasad Thotakura, in his presidential remarks narrated the schemes which are going to be implemented in USA for the promotion of arts, crafts, language courses with the help of Telugu University. Mr Nannapaneni elaborated the future schemes of Tana in USA.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the closing ceremony the outgoing president Mr Thotakura Prasad thanks and handed over the responsibilities to the elected president Mr Mohan Nannapaneni.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The music session of Sailaja, Balasubrahmanyam is the highlight of the conference where audience enjoyed thoroughly.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There was special stalls with various items like Lok Satta services, different book stalls, arts, crafts, books, jewellery, sarees that attracted participants.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tana conference under the presidentship of Mr Thotakura Prasad $450000 which put the organization on safe pedal and it the largest amount saved for Tana so far. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> July 2-4 2015 Detroit</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President elected: Dr Jampala Choudary</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2015-17</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TELUGU PALUKU - SOUVENIR</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Editor : Chandra Kanneganti</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Co-editor : Naveen Vasireddy</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cover Design : Vasu</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Art : Raju Yepuri</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : R. V. Ramarao, Yarlagadda Balagangadhara Rao, Dr. Garikapati Narasimha Rao, Rentala Jayadev, Chowdary Jampala, S. V. Ramesh, Nagarajam Y, Sannidhanam Narasimha Sarma, Nannapaneni Mohan, Jampala Chowdary, Dr. Raghavendra Prasad, S. Prasad, Susmitha Kosuri, Kanneganti Manjulatha, Bhadriraju Krishna Murthy, C. Dharma Rao, Sai Brahmanandam Gorthi, S. Narayana Swamy, Peddinti Ashok Kumar, Laila Yerneni, Nani Krishnamurthy, Satyam Mandapati, G. Lakshmi, Potturi Vijayalakshmi, P. Chandrasekhara Azad, V. Raja Ramamohana Rao, Mannem Sindhumadhuri, Akkiraju Ramapathi Rao, Sri Ramana, Gollapudi Maruthi Rao, MVS Prasad, K.V.S. Rama Rao, Krishna mohana Rao, Mohan, Hasya Brahma Sankara Narayana, Dr. Garikapati Satyanarayana, Gayatri Bhogapalli, Rajesh Veerapaneni.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">20. TANA Youth Conferences</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Youth Conference is a conference organised by TANA youth to discuss related to TANA youth. It is typically on a Memorial Day weekend on the even number year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sr.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Place</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sr.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Place</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sr.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Place</span></div>
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font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1977</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New York</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1993</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New York</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; 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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Detroit</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1979</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Detroit</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1995</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chicago</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1990</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Edwardsville, IL</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1981</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chicago</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1997</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Los Angeles</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1992</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Washington DC</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1983</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Washington</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1999</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CinCinnati</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1994</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cincinnati</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1985</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Los Angeles</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2001</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Philadelphia</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; 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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New Jersey</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1987</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">St. Louis</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2003</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">San Jose</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; 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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Austin</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 8.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1991</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Atlanta</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2007</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Washington DC</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2002</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Conzume, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board of Directors responsibilities</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Board of Directors: TANA Board of Directors are responsible for protecting the bylaws, providing oversight and establishing the goals and direction for TANA. They are also responsible for long-range planning and short term assistance on critical issues. They manage all the Trust funds of TANA including TANA life membership fund.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During July 1999 - June 2001, TANA Foundation has initiated carefully-selected development projects that are expected to improve the quality of life of the beneficiaries. Each of these projects was made possible by many generous donors in the North American Telugu community.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"To Share, To Care, And To Serve the Needy"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation is a perpetual autonomous body of Telugu Association of North America (TANA). The mission of the Foundation is to improve the quality of life of all needy people in North America and Andhra Pradesh.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chairman </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ravindranath Guthikonda</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lenin Pam</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The monetary value of the charitable work that is carried out by TANA Foundation averages one million dollars a year. The charitable work falls into three broad categories:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Projects Facilitated By TANA Foundation:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These are projects sponsored by philanthropists and well-wishers in North America. These projects benefit the hometown or village that the sponsor originates from. The projects facilitated by the Foundation span a wide spectrum; projects include protected drinking water, construction of permanent cyclone shelters, school and college buildings, community halls, senior citizen centers, places of worship, sanitary facilities, and model villages.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The projects are normally executed by a not-for-profit organization such as a Village Development Committee in India or, in some instances, by the State Government. Since the funds for the charitable project are sent through TANA Foundation, the sponsor in most instances will be able to treat the contribution, for tax purposes, as a charitable donation. The sponsor does the spadework in terms of defining the project, arranging for matching funds from the Government. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Projects Executed by TANA Foundation:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These are projects that have a very broad scope and have the potential of helping the needy in the whole of Andhra Pradesh or the U.S. These projects have a leader designated by the Board of Trustees of the Foundation. The Board ensures that the benefits from the project are not limited to a particular region of Andhra Pradesh or the U.S.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Good examples of TANA Foundation Projects include - Hepatitis B vaccination, Child Rescue Shelter, Eyesight restoration, Nebuliser for Asthma Patients, Adopting bright Children to provide free higher Education (ACE), and Rural Sanitation. In most instances, TANA Foundation teams up with a local non-profit organization to execute the project. The Project Leader designated by the Board plays a strong role in raising the funds and executing the project. Eyesight Restoration, Nebuliser for Asthma Patients, and ACE are three projects that are currently very actively pursued by the Foundation. The status of these projects is highlighted in the following pages.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Funding of Scholarships and Calamity Alleviation from Endowment Income:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Foundation has, over a period of time, accumulated funds generated internally as well as those received from donors. These are restricted funds that are invested for the long haul. The interest income from such investments is used to fund a limited number of scholarships as well as provide emergency relief in the event of a calamity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Currently six named scholarships of $2000 each are being issued annually to students from India who is pursuing graduate studies in the US. Also, four scholarships of $750 each are issued annually to High School Seniors in the US who are pursuing higher education. Further, $500 is provided annually to North/South Foundation for conducting Spelling Bee Competitions. Several bright but poor ACE students in India are also funded through endowment income.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What has been accomplished to date has been no more than a small step towards improving the quality of life of the people in need. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> has been the top organization for doing charitable activities in Andhra Pradesh from USA. Averages of a million dollars per year worth of projects have been implemented consistently for more than a decade.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Orphanages:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many Orphanages have been identified which are being run very efficiently but not able to provide everything they want to due to paucity of funds. An endowment of One Crore rupees will feed 1000 children for at least one month every year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eye Camps</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Operation Envision has been one of the most successful projects of TANA Foundation. TANA sponsored 500 eye camps in various parts of Andhra Pradesh and 35000 people are living a better productive life due to these camps. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cancer Camps:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Foundation started to sponsor cancer camps with the help of Basava Tharakam Cancer Hospital in Hyderabad. A cancer camp can be conducted with $1500. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation conducts many programs in Andhra Pradesh promoting preventive health care among the poor and disadvantaged. One such program is the Cancer Screening and Awareness program implemented in collaboration with the Indo-American Cancer Hospital One of the main objectives of this program is to create cance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.799999999999999px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">r</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> awareness and conduct free cancer screening programs, specially aiming at women because of the high incidence of breast cancer and cancer of the cervix.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the state of Andhra Pradesh where the population is more than 8 crores, the incidence of cancer is almost 1 lakh new cases every year. The incidence of breast cancer and cervical cancer are very high, especially in the age group of 30-60 years old. In men, the cancer of mouth (especially in tobacco users), tongue, sound box, esophagus, stomach and colon are very common.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a commitment towards society and to fulfill the above objectives, the Indo-American Cancer Hospital is conducting Cancer Awareness and Cancer Screening Programs at regular periodicity in the twin cities, districts and rural areas since inauguration. These programs </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">were </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">being organized with the kind co-operation of local authorities, NGOs and other philanthropic organizations.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Earlier the screening was limited to a thorough clinical examination and Pap smear for women. Fortunately with the help of Mobile Cancer Screening Unit which is equipped with Mammography, Ultrasound and X-ray units, we are in a position to do Ult</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.799999999999999px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">r</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">asound, Mammography, X-ray and give the reports on the spot.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Baseline Mammography is done in women above the age of 45-50 years for early detection of breast cancer and also in women with a strong family history of breast cancer every year. Mammography units are available only in a few centers in the cities. With the help of TANA, the Hospital is trying to bring awareness in the rural areas and provide free screening for better lives. Many donors to TANA Foundation Cancer Screening camps are enthusiastically supporting this noble cause in their native places.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unlike other health camps, the Cancer Screening Program involves a number of costly consumables like X-Ray Films for Chest X-Ray, 4 Films for Mammography, Developers, Print Rolls for U/S Scanning, Spatula, Brushes, Slides, Reagents, Cyto Fixtures for Pap smear and payment to the Screening Tent. Though Indo-Cancer Hospital absorbs the major portion of the expenses, they need the support of sponsors towards consumables and other expenditure of the Cancer Screening Program.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For a cost of $1,500, the hospital organizes a camp through TANA. The sponsorship covers the following expenditures:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cleft Lip:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The face of a child can be with $300. Cleft lip and unusual growth in the mouth and throat severely affect children with these deformities. Moreover these happen in remote areas among poor people due probably of nutritional deficiencies. This project has been just taken up and 10 surgeries have been sponsored till date. It takes the hospital crew to convince the parents of these affected children to come to the hospital for a free surgery as they are scared of the costs and after effects of the surgery.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Libraries:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation with the help of BREAD society has been establishing libraries in Government schools. For about $500 a library can be established which is administered by a teacher of the school. There has been a 75% success rate of utilization of these libraries. BREAD society regularly inspects these libraries and is starting to give prizes for students who use the libraries and submit write ups on the books they read. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Activities</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA members have contributed $1.9 million dollars to projects in USA and in Andhra Pradesh through TANA foundation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA foundation has 150 projects sponsored by its members. All those projects are funded in last two years.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Backpack programs for needy children in USA</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- 600 backpacks with supplies in Dallas.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- 1000 backpacks supplies with in Boston area.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- 220 Donors in USA</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- More than 20,000 Cataract Surgeries</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Camps conducted across Andhra Pradesh</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- $90,000 in total funds.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- $30,000 in yahoo employee fund</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- $10,000 in TANA foundation matching grants.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Free Eye camps</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA conducted free Eye camp in Mynampadu on 5-4-2009 (Late. Aggavenkata Subbayya, Tulsamma)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eye camp at Hanuman Junction.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Free Eye Camps are conducted in Hanuman Junction, Krishna Dist. and Shankara Eye Hospital and District Blind Education Society in Minampadu. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Success story of Sankara Eye Hospital, Guntur with the help of TANA Foundation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation has been a great supporter of Sankara Eye Hospital, Guntur, during its construction and afterwards. TANA Foundation organized a successful fund raiser for the construction of this Eye Hospital in 2003 in Detroit. TANA promoted the Sankara's cause of "Eradicating Curable Blindness in India by year 2020" amongst their members through many TANA conferences - in particular 2003 and 2011 conferences held in San Jose and Santa Clara, California, respectively. TANA Foundation also sponsors eye camps regularly through Guntur hospital in and around Guntur and Krishna districts. To date, TANA Foundation sponsored more than 110 eye camps, helped perform more than 18000 free eye surgeries and contributed more than half a million dollars for prevention of blindness in Andhra Pradesh.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF) is fortunate to have TANA and TANA Foundation as partners-in-service in this noble mission and appreciates this valuable partnership. This partnership helped raise at least half-a-million dollars towards Sankara Eye Hospital, Guntur. SEF thanks leadership of TANA Foundation, TANA and TANA Members for their continued support and hope to continue this partnership in the years to come and help needlessly blind in Andhra Pradesh. Together let us eradicate curable blindness in India by 2020 if not sooner.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Giving training to children in Tailoring, Automobile, Binding, Carpentry and Electrical works.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation builds a Child rescue shelter in Vijayawada.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation maintaining Khaja Sitalakshmamma (wife of late Khaja Lakshmi Narayana) Memorial Old age home in Gudivada.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sri Kakatiya Student Welfare Society conducted by Jasthi Venkateswarlu</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- 334 scholarships during the year 2008.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Part of the Scholarships through TANA foundation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rangaraya Medical College, Liberty</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- More than $200,000 raised by RMC alumni</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Funded through TANA foundation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- First year M.B.B.S. students are permitted to have complete access to the liberty facilities.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Library operated by June 2009.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Most RMC alumni are TANA members.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nannapaneni Mohan Z.P.H. School, Bhadrachalam</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Water Plants in A.P.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Funds for Abbineni Guntapalem Water Plant have been donated by Kantheti Balakrishna and Avanthi.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Funds for Konjedu Water project were donated by Obbayya Chenna Reddy Prakasam Dist.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Adavikonlanu plant was established with the funds of Sitaramudu Ande.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Funds for Pedapadu Plant were given by J.R. Kakarla.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Donar of Kavutharam plant Rama Mohan Vadlamudi</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Water Plants through TANA Foundation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- At Vunguturu by Mani Pathuri</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- At Kolluru Village, Guntur Dist. by Dr. Lokeswara Rao Edara.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- At Palaparru by RamaraoPentela.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Water Plants</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reverse Osmosis Plant.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Plant Cost 3 to 4 lakhs</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Land</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Civil Project Cost 2 lakhs</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nandi Foundation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Water Plant at Addineni Gunta Palem - JMJ Social Service Society, Nallapadu and TANA Foundation, USA.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Water Health Care Welfare Society - Kolluru Village Panchayat.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Sai foundation has been conducting free dental clinics for school children and poor people throughout Hyderabad, Krishna, Ranga Reddy, Nalgonda Districts.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- 400 patients are being treated every week at these clinics.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Provided de-fluoridation plants in Nalgonda District.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Dr. Sairam Atluri and Dr. Pratha Atluri have generously contributed over $100,000 in past 2 years for this great cause.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- TANA foundation provides its helping hands to send funds and organize dental clinics in villages.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Community based de-fluoridation system in (CBDFLS) in Yadavalli village.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Skeletal Fluorosis patient able to walk after operation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director General of health Govt. of Thailand has visited community de-fluoridation project in Nalgonda Dist.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yearly Graduate Scholarships</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Seven $2000 Graduate Scholarships for Telugu students.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Kind hearted sponsors</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Padmavathy and Ravindranath Guttikonda of Edison, New Jersey (one)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scholarships for youth</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Economic Need</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- TANA foundation is pleased to announce that three $2000.00 scholarships will be provided for the high school seniors pursuing higher college education in North America.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Economic Need</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Academic Performance</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One reference letter from teacher.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scholarships for poor students</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- More than 234 new scholarships for poor students across Andhra Pradesh every year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- 150 scholarships being renewed every year till the completion of college education through BREAD society.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(The Basic Research Education and Development Society (BREAD) was established in 1989 with the purpose of extending assured financial support to brilliant, but very poor students to pursue higher education. However, higher education has been made free by Govt. of Andhra Pradesh to all students whose annual parental income is less than Rs. 1 lakh. Hence, BREAD Society has turned its attention towards school education.) http://breadsocietyindia.org/</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B.Sc., B.com. B.Ed., Nursing, Polytechnic, B.Tech., M.B.B.S., D.Ed, D.Pharm.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ViswahithaSholarhsips</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- $100,000 since 2003.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Scholarships to 30 students during 2007-2008</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Scholarships range from 15,000 to 30,000</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Helping poor merit students.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Please visit website for student history</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="http://www.viswahita.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.viswahita.org</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Vishwahitha is a registered non-profit organization founded by a group of people endeavoring to provide moral and financial help to less fortunate children in Andhra Pradesh since 1999. They have helped more than 100 students in last 10 years. Their goal was to help students who need assistance at a critical time during their education, i.e. during Intermediate (11th and 12th). They believe intermediate is the most important time in their student life.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> foundation for helping Vishwahitha in raising donations for last 7 years.TANA for encouraging charitable organizations like Viswahita.)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation-B.R.E.A.D Society sponsors Children's Libraries in Government and Aided Schools: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation has coordinated with BREAD Society (Non-profit organization at Hyderabad) on Adopt a Child to Educate Program (ACE) for the last few years. They are doing an excellent job in providing education to college bound poor and meritorious 0 children. It is a well-recognized non-profit organization. In order to inculcate reading habits among children from an early stage, BREAD Society under the leadership of Sri Kakani Ramamohanrao and Smt. Ravi Saradagaru (Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Library Association) has recently established 12 Children's Libraries during Library Week (November 14- 20) in 2009. These are located in the high schools at Donepudi, Kuchipudi, Amruthalur, Govada, and Bodipalern in Guntur district; Durgapuram, Patamata, and GaniAtkur in Krishna district; and Mallaln, Velangi, Kaleru, and Chelluru in East Godavari District.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -0.95pt; margin-right: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With a donation of $500 for a library, they provide bookshelves and 300 books to start with in the first year. They strengthen these libraries by adding about 100 new titles each year over the next three years. BREAD Society will take care of annual maintenance expenses like purchase of registers, replacement of hooks torn due to excessive usage or loss of books (in exceptional cases), and other incidental expenses. The response to establishing Children's Libraries in schools has been encouraging.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BREAD Society would like you to suggest the name of a local person who will monitor the progress of the Children's Library on an informal basis, at each and every place you propose to sponsor Libraries. Such a person should make casual enquiries from children as to what books they have read and should motivate them to read. He can also make friendly enquiries 6 from the teacher in-charge and I-lead Master without appearing to interfere in their work.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Proposals for new Libraries may be initially processed by Mentor-Coordinators and sent to the BREAD Society where a donor comes forward. Mentor-Coordinators should play a proactive role Lo encourage the Head Master and/or Teacher to take up the project. Mentor-Coordinators are key in making this program a success as regular visits to schools and interactions, especially with students, will lead to inculcating reading habits among them.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While BREAD Society has district level mentor-coordinators, they can only frequent Library Centers once in a while, whereas the local person can really make a significant impact in inculcating reading habits among school children.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The government also supplies library books to schools but they are not normally lent out to students for reading at home. In many schools, books remain in bundles, the way they were received because of lack a secure storage space (bookshelf with locking facility), and there is no teacher who will take responsibility to handle the job. When a Head Master nominates a teacher to look after the library, he/she has to render a complete account of the books through the process of stock verification on transfer/retirement, and shortages are debited to his/her account. Hence, they do not normally issue books to students to read at home. All 0 classes are supposed to have one library period a week; this is observed in the breach in most cases. Of course, there are also good Head Masters and teachers who appropriately utilize their resources.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recently, TANA Foundation Board approved the noble concept to try to solicit Telugu brothers and sisters for CHILDREN'S LIBRARY PROJECT at least one for each village in Andhra Pradesh.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-left: -0.95pt; margin-right: 14pt; margin-top: 7pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With a Tax -deductible Donation of $500 to TANA Foundation, you can sponsor one school library. The Donor name will be written on the bookshelves. We strongly urge you to donate.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Healthier Highways</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Adopt-a-Highway: erecting billboards educating high risk groups like truck drivers about healthier and preventive projects. A small donation of about US $500 will help in erecting a billboard. $80,000 raised since 2007.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sreyassu</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Improving Quality of life of PSHA.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Improving Quality of life for those suffering from HIV/AIDs</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Curb the spread of HIV/AIDs into general population.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Serving 27 villages over PSHAs in Jaggaiahpet Mandal, Krishna Dist.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Providing Nutritional Medical Counseling services, Foster care and educational support to HIV orphans.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Community outreach work organizing support and self-help groups.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Centre for Social Service, Nagole, Hyderabad.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Center for Social Service is a Voluntary Organization, with no monetary profit motive aimed at ensuring better opportunities economically and socially deprived girls in our society.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">VR Sidhdhardha Scholarship</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Funds support poor students of V.R. Sidhdhardha Engineering College in the form of Scholarships.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">More than $90,000 has been raised during the academic year 2008-2009.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Funds raised by alumni of the college.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA FOUNDATION Projects</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During the July 1999 - June 2001 period. TANA Foundation has initiated many carefully selected development projects that are expected to improve the quality of life of the beneficiaries. Each of these projects was made possible by many generous donors in North American Telugu community.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS IN NORTH AMERICA AND ANDHRA PRADESH</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Helped ($2000) Pydipati Sabitha in Philadelphia to undergo emergency surgery for bleeding. She has recovered well.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Helped ($6900) MuraliKrishnam Raju of East Godavari to undergo bone marrow transplant surgery for aplastic anemia at Vellore Hospital. He recovered well. TANA Foundation, compassionate donors and Telugu community were saddened by the shocking news that he has recently succumbed to sudden illness.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 25pt; margin-right: 65pt; margin-top: 5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -17.95pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Provided ($2500) Hepatitis B vaccination was provided to about 480 street children in Hyderabad being cared for by CAP program. Following the success of this program, a number of sponsors came forward to extend this program to 5000 children in different parts of Andhra Pradesh in collaboration with local voluntary organizations.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RECOGNIZING THE ARTISTIC TALENTS OF TELUGUS</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-left: 7pt; margin-right: 65pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -10.95pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• TANA Foundation announced ARUN GUTHIKONDA MEMORIAL AWARDS the best artists selected from the participants in the I3" TANA Conference held in Philadelphia. The Endowment established in 1981 provided $1,300 for the Honorariums and Plaques distributed to the winning artists.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HELPING THE HEALTH INSTITUTIONS</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Arranged ($16,400) funds to supply desperately needed Ultrasound scanner, pulse oximeter, and operating table to Victoria hospital for women and children in Visakhapatnam,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HELPING TO BUILD INSTITUTIONS FOR DISABLED</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Vegesna Foundation in Hyderabad with donations of $10,500 is providing facilities to disabled.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PROMOTING TELUGU LANGUAGE IN NORTH AMERICA</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Awarded ($4,500) scholarships to doctoral candidates Christopher Chekuri, Aravinda Pillalamarri, and Rajagopal Vakulabharanain to promote Telugu language at the University of Wisconsin. Madison.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 7pt; margin-right: 65pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INVITING TELUGU STUDENTS FROM ANDHRA PRADESH WITH SCHOLARSHIPS</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• During the 2000-200I academic year, TANA Foundation offered two ($2,000) scholarships to Lavanya Vallabhaneni of Hyderabad and P. Vamsee Gnanakan of Guntur for Graduate studies at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago respectively. During the 2001-2002 academic year, TANA Foundation offered six scholarships and two additional scholarships.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">REWARDING TALENTED TELUGU YOUTH WITH SCHOLARSHIPS</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• During the academic year – 2000-2001, TANA Foundation awarded 5 named scholarships of $750 each and 5 TANA Foundation scholarships of $300 each to Telugu North America High School seminars :</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">School seniors</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sandhya Bondada (Lexington KY)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> VumsecChagaturu (W. Wind, NJ)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vasantha Kolavennu (Free mont, AL)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mallika Mcndu (Barrington, RI)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Neilesh Mutyala (Monroeville, PA)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BikkinaTirapanna Scholarship</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rekha Gavini (Laytonsville, MD)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation Scholarship</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Geeta Pamidimukkala (Paramus, NJ)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation Scholarship</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vijay Paruchuru (Edison, NJ)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation Scholarship</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anita Tipirneni (Fort Salonga, NY)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation Scholarship</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HariTunuguntla (Ruston, LA)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation Scholarship</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 6pt; margin-right: 65pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.7000000000000002pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The recipients for the upcoming academic year 2014 will be announced during the thirteenth TAM Conference. Full details of the named scholarships are provided in the accompanying pages.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ENCOURAGING THE YOUTH IN COLLABORATION WITH NORTH-SOUTH FOUNDATION</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• RASI Laboratories Endowment. TANA Foundation is able to encourage our youth participate actively in Spelling Bee competition conducted annually by North South Foundation by giving them an opportunity to excel challenging themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE IN ANDHRA PRADESH</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Successfully completed a ($47000i 20 villa ERADICATION OF OPEN DEFECATIC PROGRAM in Andhra Pradesh in collaboration with enthusiastic individual sponsors of the native places, NAANDI Foundation and the A. Government. With Naandi Foundation embarking on another (-54700) 20 village chalien originally proposed by TANA Foundation. A total of 4000 individual toilets will reduce the up defecation in these villages substantial improving the health and quality of life of these villagers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Helping the Poor Needy & Homeless in North America</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contributed matching funds to Inter Church coalition for soup kitchen and holiday gifts to the homeless and the poor in Tiffin, OH.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Arranged matching funds to provide doctor’s visits, screening, treatment and prescriptions to uninsured poor in Lansdale, Hatfield, Montgomeryville, Upper Gwynedd and Towamacin townships in Pennsylvania.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: -48px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 65pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Joined hands with Hindu Temple and Cultural Society of Bridgewater, NJ to arrange soup kitchen in Edison, NJ for the homeless and poor.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Perpetual Scholarship Endowment for Graduate Students from A.P., India.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: -48px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 65pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How to set up a permanent named scholarship, in honor of loved ones, for Graduate students from Andhra Pradesh? Donate a currently determined minimum annual amount of $2,000 perpetually or donate currently determined minimum amount of $ 25,000 in three years as endowment, the annual interest from which will be perpetually used to provide for the scholarships. The following generous sponsors have set up the endowments in 2000 and 2001.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation Endowment of 15000 and increasing for Scholarships for Graduate students from Andhra Pradesh.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sponsor: TANA Foundation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Cherreddi Narayana Rao & Radhamanohari Endowment of $25,000, and Chereddi Narayana Rao & Radhamanohari Scholarships ($2,000, mainly from annual interest from $25,000 endowment)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Sponsor: Smt. Padmavathy & Sri Ravindra Nath Guthikonda </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">GaddeSitaravamma & Tirupataiah Endowment of $25,000 and GaddeSitaravamma & Tirupataiah Scholarships ($2,000, mainly from annual interest from $25,000 endowment).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ekal Vidyalaya</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prasad Yalamanchi, Trustee and Joint Secretary of the TANA Foundation, speaks to us about his favorite charity:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"If you were to make only one charitable contribution this year, I recommend that you put the Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation on the top of your list. For only a dollar a day per school in rural parts of Andhra Pradesh, you can make a significant difference in a child's life. $365 will fund an entire school in rural Andhra Pradesh for an entire year. Giving the gift of education is giving the GIFT OF A LIFETIME."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is Ekal Vidyalaya?</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 9pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 65pt; margin-top: 2pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Ekal Vidyalaya movement aims to help eradicate illiteracy from rural and tribal India by 2015, in line with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. To date, Ekal \/idyalaya is a movement of over 20,000 teachers, 5,000 volunteers, 20 field organizations throughout 20 Indian states and 8 support agencies. This tremendous force strives to create a network of non-formal schools that will educate and empower children in rural and tribal India through advanced developmental techniques like multi-grade teaching.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board of Trustees</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Janaki Rao (Chairperson)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. SateeshChilukuri</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Prasad Chukkapalli</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Monthly Magazine commenced from 1983-83 under the editorship of Kidambi Raghunath at the outset it was in book size (8.5” x 11”) and mostly handwritten and xeroxed copy. The first editorial was written by kidambi Raghunath with aims and objectives of the journal. After Ravindranath Mr. Parinam Srinivasa Rao forward by Cherukupalli Nehru edited the journal for few years. Dr. Yelavarthi Ramaraja bhushanudu helped the editorial section for a long time. Then that Dr. Jampala Chowdary took up the editorial responsibilities for six years. Afterwards Vaguri Chittenraju was the editor then during that period Dr. Nallamothu Satyanarayana over viewed the journals publication and saw it could reach the readers on 25th of every month punctually. The journal gave importance for literary matters. Kanneganti Chandrasekhar and later Kiran Prabha worked as editors. In 2003 Kiran Prabha took up the editorial responsibilities and brought out 25th year of Magazine with literary flavour. A special issue was published which was released by M. Venkaiah Naidu. Kiran Prabha looked after the journal as editor for some years. Between 2007 and 2009 print edition came out regularly. Then Dr. Jampala Choudary took over as chief editor Narayana Swamy Sankgiri as executive editor. Srinivasulu Basabarthi, Naveen Vasireddy are the joint editors. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA celebrated the International Women's Day with a special program for Telugu youth and women, Reaching for the Stars, on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at the Royal Alberts Palace in Edison, New Jersey. The day-long event focused on the many achievements of Telugu youth and women in various fields and recognizing some of the STARS in the Telugu community.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Much celebrated youth icon Nina Davuluri, who stunned the world by winning the crown of Miss America, is the Chief Guest at this event. The first Telugu woman elected to a state legislature (Maryland), Aruna Miller was the Guest of Honor. Aravind Mahankali, the Telugu whiz-kid that won the 2013 National Spelling Bee was honored. Singing phenomenon Subha Vedula, a semifinalist in the American Idol 2012 competition celebrated along with many other Telugu Young STARs, including aspiring space scientists Kavya Manyapu and Sirisha Bandla, the Youth Poet Laureate of New York City - Ramya Ramana, and the Commencement Speaker at University of Alabama- Swapna Kakani, Young Stars for Community Service Pranamya Suri and Pranhuti Suri . Several prominent Telugu Woman STARs from the Mid-Atlantic region, including Dr. Tulasi Polavarapu, Dr. Sunitha Kanumury, Dr. Meera Boppana, Dr. Shalini Patcha, Dr. Janani Krishna, Janaki Rao, Jayaprada Vallurupalli, Saroja Sagaram, Shobha Tummala and Pavana Polineni recognized for their achievements and many contributions to the community.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA - TTA organized a Program with Sri. Sirivenniala Sitarama Sastry in Chicago.</span></h1>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA, in collaboration with the Tristate Telugu Association of Chicago, on Saturday June 21, conducted Sirivennela Antarangam, a literary and musical evening, featuring the celebrated poet Sri Sirivennela Seetarama Sastri accompanied by singers Parthu and Saahiti. The event was held in a packed auditorium at the Balaji Temple Auditorium in Aurora.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sri Sirivennela talked about the inspirations for many of his songs -both in and out of movies and elaborated on his philosophy of life: loving life, living life, not accepting failure, keeping hope alive and fighting for future. He also talked about our cultural and spiritual heritage, development of the individual, the need to respect women, and the universality of man. Singers Parthu, Saahiti and Praveen Jaligama sang some of the famous songs written by Sri Sirivennela. The over-flowing crowd that attended the event despite the stormy weather was spellbound and stayed thru the very late hours.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recalling his long association with TANA, Sri Sirivennela extolled praises on the volunteers of TANA TEAM Square for their extraordinary service to fellow Telugus in need. Dr. Chowdary Jampala, Executive Vice President of TANA, made a presentation about TANA's many activities with a special emphasis on TEAM Square. The audience responded generously with pledges and donations to TEAM Square.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Hema Prasad Yadla</span></div>
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innaiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13271475089972025823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617392039209496979.post-81870744693393251372015-06-23T05:25:00.000-07:002015-06-23T05:25:15.755-07:00Living History of TANA ( Telugu association of North America) by Innaiah Narisetti<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Innaiah Narisetti</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Living history of T.A.N.A</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Telugu Association of North America is young in age but dynamic in work progress. During 1977 the first founding conference was held in New York with 1000 participants and within a year the second conference in Detroit, MI officially named it as Telugu association of North America. Slowly but steadily T.A.N.A extended its activities into various fields. So far 19 bi-annual conferences were held in various cities of USA which got attention of Telugu people worldwide .Each conference with one president and one coordinator conducted deliberations while hundreds of persons extended their help. TANA encouraged local talent and involved boys, girls, youth, and experts from various fields.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From President Bill Clinton to K. R. Narayan ,the president of India, the conferences had the benefit of getting the messages, speeches and advices. Each conference played unique role with stage dramas, folk arts, songs, cine artists, experts in various fields like business, technology, education, and music. Several talented persons from various walks of life gave their excellent knowledge to the conferences. Each conference also brought out one special souvenir with articles in English and Telugu , covering wide range of subjects.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The conferences popularized TANA in all walks of life among Telugu people. After completing 19 conferences TANA steadily moving to 20th conference to be held in Detroit during 2015 under the presidentship of Mohan Nannapaneni and Mr Gangadhar Nadella as co ordinator. In way it can be said that TANA officially commenced at Detroit and coming to the same place to conduct its 20th conference.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In between biannual conferences TANA is serving Telugu people continuously in Andhra Pradesh, India and in USA. TANA foundation is the main source of service through several projects to uplift the living conditions of people. Many villages in Andhra Pradesh were modernized with these projects as donors put their money. That includes helping cancer patients, eye camps and few other medical services.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Telugu language promotion is another uphill task undertaken by TANA which drew attention of boys and girls. In USA proper TANA has taken up emergency help programs to those who involved in accidents and who also are duped in the name false educational institutions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tana brings out monthly magazine in Telugu and English which is now running as web magazine. It is covering wide range of fields.It has editors like Dr Jampala Choudary, Mr Nehru Cherukupalli, Kidambi Raghunath, etc</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another special feature which TANA can proudly claim is the election of woman as its president, elected Ms Mutyala Padma Sri in democratic way. Tana is paying great tributes to the yeoman work of women and their contribution to the upbringing of children.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This history of TANA covers all these aspects in brief and placing before the public for the first time. It is called LIVING HISTORY OF TANA since it has only beginning and no end!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the request of Mr Nannapaneni Mohan , president TANA the task is undertaken -both in Telugu and English (as well as web edition) with available pictures and brief speeches of selected persons -like President Bill Clinton, N.T.Rama Rao (chief minister of Andhra Pradesh) Mr Ch.Ramoji Rao chief editor of Eenadu Telugu daily, and so on so forth.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The help extended by various persons including past presidents, coordinators, and others duly acknowledged.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is small wonder to know that among all ethnic language groups from India, TANA is the first to organize nationwide organization in USA!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tana History Writer</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Formation of TANA is a dynamic idea. TANA is Telugu Association of North America. Once the idea is formed it has its own logic and momentum. Few Telugu people had the idea of coming together to form into an association to discuss ideas, preserve culture and establish communication in USA.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Telugu people in New York and New Jersey gathered at a picnic in New York during 1977. Several doctors, engineers, officers working at United Nations office and other places have discussed the formation of a cultural society of Telugu people. They invited all the Telugu associations in North America to assemble in New York. The Telugu Literary and Cultural Association (TLCA) was formed with Dr. B. Siva Ram Reddy as the president. The next year Kakarla Subba Rao has become the president and Dr. Guthikonda Ravindranath was the secretary. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Founding Conference</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao, Dr. Guthikonda Ranvindranath, Dr. Bandaru Sivarama Reddy, Mr. Kidambi Raghunath have taken the initiative in September 1976 and contacted several Telugus in North America, including Mr. Veluvolu Basavaiah, Dr. Tummala Madhava Rao, Mr. Vanguri Chitten Raju, Mr. Manney Ramana Rao and others for their input to organize the conference. After several deliberations by these individuals a decision was made to organize the first North American Telugu Conference in New York during the Memorial Day weekend, May 27-28, 1977. Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao was the president of Telugu literary and Cultural Association of New York Tri-state Area (TLCA) in 1975-76 followed by Guttikonda Ravindranath in 1976-77.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The very first thought of having a conference for Telugus in U.S.A came during the first World Telugu Conference, which was organized by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India under the leadership of the then Chief Minister Sri Jalagam Vengala Rao and the Education Minister Sri M.V. Krishna Rao in Hyderabad in April 1975. The few participants, who were invited to that conference from North America were Veluvolu Basavaiah (Toronto), Sri S.V. Rama Rao (Boston) and couple of others. During the conference the idea world Telugu meeting has emerged.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At that time local Telugu Associations were functioning at New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, Toronto and Washington D.C. The first Telugu Association was formed in Chicago with the title of Telugu Literary and Cultural Association. Immediately after that the Telugu Literary and Cultural Association of New York-New Jersey was formed in Toronto, Canada. Before this, in the mid-60s, North East Ohio Telugu Association consisting of Greater Cleveland, Youngstown, Akron, Bowling Green, and Pittsburgh areas was formed by Dr. Kakarala Chandrasekhara Rao.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Origin of Founding TELUGU CONFERENCE (1977): The idea of</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Telugu people coming together in USA is the brainchild of Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao (1st President) and Dr. Guttikonda Ravindranath (Convener of the first Telugu conference).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Telugu Literary and Cultural association of New York (TLCA) was one of the earliest Indian organizations in USA, founded in 1971. Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao was the president of Telugu literary and Cultural Association of New York Tri State Area (TLCA) in 1975-76 followed by Guttikonda Ravindranath in 1976-77. Both of them felt the need to have a meeting of all the Telugus living in USA and Canada at New York to promote Telugu language and culture. They invited all the Telugu associations in North America to assemble in New York City.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5000-7000 Telugu families in North America represented by nine associations are : Telugu Literary and Cultural association of New York (TLCA), Telugu Cultural Association of Delaware Valley (TAGDV), Greater Washington Telugu Cultural Society (GWTCS) Telugu Cultural Association of Houston (TCAH), Telugu Cultural Association of Greater Chicago (TAGC), Detroit Telugu Cultural Association (DTA), Bay Area Telugu Association of San Francisco (BATA) and Andhra Cultural Association of Southern California in Los Angeles (ACASC) from USA and Andhra Cultural Association of Edmonton (ACAE) from Canada.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Representatives of nine associations met under the leadership of Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao and Mr. Guttikonda Ravindranath and formulated the details for the first North America Telugu Conference that was held on May 28-29, 1977. Chief Guest was Mr. Anna Rao of TTD. This was attended by about 310 Telugu families, with 940 delegates from 30 states of USA. It was held in a high school, attendees were hosted in local homes and food was prepared by the volunteer women at the venue. A total of $8,004.08 was collected with surplus of $1,412.10 after $6,591.98 expenses. $412.10 spent on post conference report and $1000 was passed on to Detroit as seed money for the 2nd conference.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao, Souvenir Committee Chair</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Vempati Krishnamurthy, Finance Committee Chair</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mrs. Lakshmi Subba Rao Kakarla, Food Committee Chair</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. TellaTirupathaiah (Chicago)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Kondavalasa Shyamsundara Rao (Edmonton, Canada)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr (Mrs). Bandaru Subhashini Reddy (Metropolitan New York)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. K. Rama Krishna Reddy (Philadelphia)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Basavaiah Veluvolu (Toronto, Canada)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Ramana Rao Manney (Washington, D.C.)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Founding conference was arranged in a local school, which was attended by 1000. The food was prepared by the local Telugu families. Dr. Ravindranath Guthikonda, Convener welcomed the guests. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Bandaru Subhashini Reddy has introduced the speakers. An ad-hoc committee consisting of Dr.Kakarla SubbaRao (Chairperson), Dr. Madhava Rao Tummala (Secretary), Dr. Guthikonda Ravindranath, Mr. Ramana Rao Manney, K Ramakrishna Reddy, Mr. Tella Tirupataiah, Mr. Veluvolu Basavaiah and Mr. Vanguri Chitten Raju was formed.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inaugural Ceremonies were presided over by Dr. Kakarala Subba Rao (New York) Member of the Conference Committee. He welcomed all the delegates and invited the chief guest, Mr. C. Annaro of Tirupati - Tirumala Devasthanams, A.P. India, Ms. Anasuya Anna Rao, Dr. Ravindra Nath Guttikonda (New Jersey), Convener of the Conference, Sri B. Krishnam Raju (Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh, India) who release the literary souvenir and opened the art craft exhibition, Sri S.V. Rama Rao, Artist (Kentucky), who release the philatelic souvenir; Mr. G. A. Narasimha Rao (New York), who introduced Mr. C. Annarao; Dr. B. S. Reddy (New York), Chairman, Reception Committee, who introduced all the dignitaries to the audience; Mr. Krishna M. Vempaty, Chairman, Finance Committee, who read all the special message of best wishes received from many countries; Dr. Subhashini Reddy, Metropolitan New York area representative on the Conference Committee, who introduced all the other area representatives on the conference committee -- Dr. Madhava Rao Tummala (Detroit), Mr. Emmadi Ramakrishna (Michigan), Mr. Veluvolu Basavaiah (Toronto), Mr. Ramana Rao Manney (Washington), Mr. Tirupataiah Tella (Chicago), Mr. K. Ramakrishna Reddy (Philadelphia), Dr. Chitten Raju Vanguri (Houston), And Mr. Tirumalarao Tipirneni (New Jersey), Secretary of the Host Organization Telugu Literary and Cultural Association, New York, thanked the participants.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ms. Prabha Raghunath sang a song in Telugu, composed by Ms. Samanthakamani Murthy Mukkavilli composed and presented the conference song, along with her daughter, Ms. Lalitha while Ms. Prabha Raghunath recited a song in Telugu.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Ravindra Nath Guthikonda, Convener of the conference, in his welcome address said: </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Welcome to the proceedings of the First Telugu Conference of North America.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The main aim of this conference is to establish links between various organizations with common goal of setting up guidelines and suggestions to attain a unique blend of Telugu, American and Canadian cultural heritages … TANA have more than 800 delegates participating here both in the cultural programs and the discussions. These, TANA hopes, will extensively contribute to the welfare of the entire Indian Community, with special reference to Telugu Community, in the years ahead. Some of the cultural programs reflect the revival of now less-popular items, which are fast going extinct - even in Andhra Pradesh - most of the outcomes of the discussions, recommendations and mechanisms of action will be announced in the general body meeting. We sincerely hope the participation will be extensive now and in the future also.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Vempaty read the messages received from various countries -</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Messages from Jimmy Carter, the President of the United States, Walter Mondale, Vice President, Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, several senators and representatives from United States and Canada, and Mayor Abraham Became of New York were read out.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ambassador of India to U.S. Mr. Kewal Singh said in this message, “I do hope the First Telugu Conference will be a real success and will lead to further activities promoting mutual appreciations of India’s cultural heritage and the cultural richness of this great country.” Indian Consul General, Mr. Ashrani of New York, said, “I share your hope that the conference will provide an opportunity for North American people to know, understand and appreciate the Telugu Cultural Heritage.” Vice-consul sent his best wishes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From India, Minister for Education and Cultural Affairs Mr. M.V. Krishna Rao received messages from several ministers and vice chancellors of the universities.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. P.S. Raja Gopala Raju from Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanam sent messages in Telugu.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Other messages from Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Gummadi, P.S.R. Apparao, Director of World Telugu Institute, Hyderabad, Dasarathi, Poet, and Dr. C. Apparao, President of Andhra Association of Malaysia were read out.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. C. A. Narasimha Rao introduced the chief guest, Mr. C. Annarao who spoke in Telugu.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CHIEF GUEST’S ADDRESS</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. C. Anna Rao, the chief guest spoke thus </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: “The main aim of this conference is to establish links between various organizations with a common goal of setting up guidelines and suggestions to attain a unique blend of Telugu, American and Canadian cultural heritages we have more than 800 delegates participating here both in the cultural programs and the discussions. These, we hope, will extensively contribute to the welfare of the entire Indian community, with special reference to Telugu community, in the years ahead. The topics for discussion have been given above by me a short while ago. Some of the cultural programs reflect the revival of now less-popular isms'</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">which are fast going extinct - even in Andhra Pradesh - most of the outcomes of the discussions recommendations and mechanisms of action will be announced to you in the general body meeting tomorrow. We sincerely hope your participation will be extensive now and in the future also.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh conveyed his best wishes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Subhashini Reddy introduced all the representatives:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Veluvolu Basavaiah, Toronto; Mr. Tirupataiah Tella, Chicago; Dr. Chitten Raju Vanguri, Houston; Mr. Ramana Rao Manney, Washington; Mr. K. Ramakrishna Reddy, Philadelphia; Attendees were felicitations by Dr. B. S. Reddi.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RELEASE OF THE LITERARY SOUVENIR BY MR. B. KRISHNAM RAJU</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Kakarla Subbarao introduced the guest thus: Mr. B. Krishnam Raju was the vice President of Bharatiya Natya Sangh, joint secretary of Andhra Pradesh Sangeet Nataka Academy; president of all India theater institute, number of the Andhra Pradesh Children’s Academy. Conspicuous among the positions held is during the First World Telugu Conference as Convener and Coordinator, actor, writer, journalist, and editor of “Sutradhari” Journal devoted to theater arts..</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. B. Krishnam Raju released the Souvenir.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Ravindranath Guthikonda, Convener, handed over the first copy of the Literary Souvenir to Mr. B. Krishnam Raju and everyone sitting on the dias has been given one copy each.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RELEASE OF THE PHILATELIC SOUVENIR BY MR. S. V. RAMARAO</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. S. V. Ramarao, who designed the cachet on the First Day Issue of the Philatelic Souvenir, was introduced by Dr. Kakarla Subbarao:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Mr. S.V. Ramarao graduated from Madras University. He is an abstract Telugu painter. He taught Art and Design Painting in London, Cincinnati and Kentucky. At present he is living in Kentucky. His exhibitions and works were reviewed extensively by the International Press. He was Chairman of the Art Conference for the First World Telugu Conference and is serving on the Executive Committee of the Second World Telugu Conference, to be held in Malaysia in 1978. May I invite him to release the philatelic souvenir cover and address us.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Ravindranath Guthikonda, convener, handed over the first copy of the philatelic souvenir cover to Mr. S.V.Ramarao and every one sitting on the dias has been given one copy each.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then Dr. Ravindranath Guthikonda, the convener, made announcements.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. S. V. Ramarao spoke in Telugu.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Tirumala Rao Tipiraneni, Secretary of the hosting organization, Telugu Literary and Cultural Association, was asked to propose a vote of thanks. Mr. Tipirneni spoke in Telugu.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Program:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photos of the Conference…….</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INAUGURATION OF THE ARTS & CRAFTS EXHIBITION</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Formation which led to TANA</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In December 1977, to follow up the activities of the organization, a meeting was organized by Dr. Madhava Rao Tummala in Detroit and was attended by several Ad-Hoc committee members and other interested from Detroit and Chicago Telugu communities. Several names were suggested and it was decided to name it the Telugu Association of North America (TANA). It was also decided to make this organization a Federation of different Telugu associations existing in North America mainly to promote the dialogue and develop interactions among these associations. Organizing conferences and to have newsletters could be the vehicles to achieve this important function.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first Executive Committee:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. KakarlaSubba Rao: President,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Madhava Rao Tummala: Secretary</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All the delegates then proceeded to the Exhibition Hall for Arts & Crafts. Mr. B. Krishnam Raju inaugurated the exhibition with a few remarks in Telugu.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*The material for this compilation has been very patiently transcribed from the original record tapes by Dr. Kidambi Raghunath.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Appa Rao Mukkamala: Treasurer</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First Executive Committee were formed by the Ad-Hoc Committee in Detroit. Also, a subcommittee consisting of Dr. Jasti Venkateswarlu, Mr. Atchuta Rao Ramineni and others was appointed to draft the by-laws of TANA. A follow up meeting of TANA was organized to discuss the draft copy of the by-laws in Washington D.C. It was in this meeting the Executive Committee has decided to incorporate TANA in Washington D.C. The Detroit Telugu Association (DTA) was also established in 1977. This made DTA possible to become a member association of TANA since only associations are eligible as TANA is based on the concept of Federation of Telugu Associations. Detroit Telugu Association, Chicago Telugu Association (TLCA), and Washington Telugu Association came forward to organize the second Telugu conference. It was decided that Detroit Telugu Association to organize the second Telugu conference, Chicago Telugu Association to organize the third Telugu conference, and Washington D.C. Telugu Association to organize the fourth Telugu conference. It is interesting to note that Detroit conference was the first TANA conference and Chicago conference was the Second TANA conference since TANA was formally conceived in December 1977. However, we are treating the first Telugu conference as the first foundation that led toTANA conference for historical and sentimental perspective.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Aims and objectives set for future in founding conference</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Being a Housewife"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“We attempted to define the role of a housewife. We agreed that a housewife is a woman responsible for running her home. In our society the role is customarily performed by a woman who is married.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As we are a group of women coming from a different countries, cultures and environments and living in the United States, we decided to examine the relative merits and demerits in living here away from India. We found that with all the appliances and convenience foods available here, housekeeping is made a lot easier. most of us, of course, missed the domestic help we got in India and found basic housekeeping unproductive and frustrating. It is suggested that women who are confined to the house because of young children or lack of suitable or marketable skills, take an active interest in community events.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Out of the five panelists, four are pursuing careers that take them outside their homes, and they discussed knowledgeably, the problems a woman confronts when holding what amounts to two jobs. These housewives hoped men would pitch in with the housework and child-raising and help them realize their full potential in their careers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since the mother is mainly responsible in raising her children and since all agreed that our children growing here should be made aware of their Telugu roots, culture and tradition, we felt that the housewife could do a lot in this respect. She could continue the rituals and festivals that are part of our tradition, so that children could grow familiar with them. Also we could pool our resources and organize co-op libraries for Telugu books and records.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When the discussion was thrown open to the audience, many men had a lot to say about women and careers. They seemed to think that the suggestion that the women seek careers to make their lives more fulfilling just so much women's liberation rhetoric. The panel had no intention of suggesting that being a housewife is unfulfilling for everyone. A lot of men and one lady were very defensive about the "feminine mystique" and the "joys of motherhood". A couple of gentlemen pointed out the dearth of suitable jobs for graduate women who are not professionals.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Though we did not reach any momentous conclusions, the panel felt that they tried truly to examine the situation of the Telugu housewife transplanted on the American soil”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Members of the Panel :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Smt. Akkaraju Kameswari, Dr. Tallam Kusumakumari, Smt. Kuchibhatla Jaya, Smt. Indira Rajan and Smt. Timmaraju Chaya.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Marriages of Our Children"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The remarks made by Shri Putrevu Jagannadha Rao, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Traditional Indian marriages are based on two primary considerations. These are, a) stability of marriage as a life-long bond, and b) welfare of the offspring. Realizing that stability largely depends on compatibility of the partners, Indian parents look for a spouse with similar social, economic and cultural backgrounds -- a factor that largely makes for similar reaction to situations and helps minimize friction. In the old days selection of a spouse from the same caste or sub-caste was considered the best possible method of ensuring similarity of backgrounds leading to maximum compatibility.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Parental initiative and guidance in the selection of a spouse is necessary because, at the age at which a boy and girl are married, neither is really mature enough to judge suitability of the match from all points of view, and in particular, that of durability.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The supreme importance that Indians give to the durability factor is related to the second consideration mentioned, namely, welfare of children. It is the innocent children, offspring of a broken marriage who become its worst victims. Notwithstanding all the precautions taken to ensure compatibility between marital partners, frictions can and do develop between a husband and wife. Ours is a highly individualistic culture and two individuals sharing a common life can, despite their similar social backgrounds, find themselves in frequent disagreement leading to friction and thoughts of separation or divorce. Our norms demand that the partners develop tolerance and accommodation and not break their marriage. To do otherwise is considered rank selfishness in that it shows reluctance to make the necessary sacrifice in the legitimate interests of the offspring. Social disapproval has been the most potent factor against a pair resorting to divorce.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The above two principles followed in India in the selection of a spouse have stood the test of time. They are unexceptionable by any cultural standards. The society is a growing organism which flourishes best in its native soil which promotes natural evolution. While the basic norms outlined earlier hold good, considerations of caste and other outdated customs have little validity today. Compatibility is looked for in other aspects of social and cultural life, host Telugus in North America are first generation immigrants who have their cultural moorings in the society back home. Their children, on the other hand are brought up in a foreign environment which deprives them of the cultural influences of life in India. The influence of home has to make up for this. The speaker who had lived in several countries by virtue of his job found one way of filling in the gap as far as his children were concerned. That was to read out to them regularly the epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata. The importance of these epics, as the single unifying cultural influence among Hindus can hardly be overstressed. Despite the low percentage of formal education in India, men, women and children through the length and breadth of the country share the same value system because of their knowledge of and veneration for these great epics. The pattern of life at home also shapes the ideas and values of growing children and should be fully utilized. These and other methods of inculcating respect for the accepted social and cultural norms among the young people are the best guarantee of keeping up these time-tested values.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The interaction of the culture of their adopted country on their inherited culture often produces desirable results provided they have the capacity to value the best of both. In certain countries where Indian immigration is older, one can notice a distinct regional coloring in the social and cultural life of these immigrant communities. By the third or fourth generation they do tend to be self-sufficient in that they can find matches locally. The main thing is to preserve the best in the Indian tradition which will also be a valuable addition to the composite culture of the countries they adopt.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1979 - Detroit</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">T.A.N.A. (Telugu Association of North America) officially came into vogue from second conference onwards. The conference was held in Detroit 1979 under the presidentship of Kakarla Subba Rao. Tummala Madhava Rao is the convenor. A souvenir committee was constituted with Ramadevi Cherukuri and Achyuta Rao Ramineni. Another committee for art exhibition was formed with S.V. Rama Rao, Vijaya Emmadi as the organisers. Dr. G.M. Sastry, Prasada Rao Kollipara undertook the responsibility of the publicity. Dr. Kakarala Chandrasekhara Rao is the Chairman of committee for nominations. Detroit Telugu people hosted the conference. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Poet Laureate Dasaradhi graced the occasion as a chief guest. Akkineni Nageswara Rao (actor), Avula Sambasiva Rao, Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court, Cherukuri Ramoji Rao’ Chief Editor of Eenaadu were the guest participants in the conference. P.V. Narasimha Rao (Minister in Indira Gandhi`s cabinet during emergency) commenced the literary programmes. This conference specially discussed the problems of Telugu people living in America. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The special attraction in the conference was Harikatha of Veeragandham Venkata Subba Rao. The audience enjoyed with spell bound attention. Mr. Subba Rao came to the conference with his own expenditure. 2000 people attended the conference. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2nd TANA conference followed the by-laws which were passed by then. The member societies from various parts in USA are allowed as official delegates. The general body elected executive committee for 1979-81. Dr. Madhara Rao Tummala was the Chairman. Dr. Bandaru Siva Ramireddy, Dr. Duggirala Premchand were vice-presidents. General Secretary wasTella Tirupataiah. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Guthikonda Ravindranath sent $1000 (Half of the proceeds of the leftover funds from the First TANA Conference) to start the initial activities of the Second TANA Conference. The rest was collected from conference registration fees and donor-patron categories. Total amount collected was about $11,000 and the expenses were in the order of $7,000 and $4,000 . Of this amount, $2,000 was given to Detroit Telugu Association, the co-sponsoring organization of the second Telugu Conference, and $2,000 was given to TANA. .</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Directors :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Dr. Kakarala Chandrasekhara Rao, Vadlamudi Sri Krishna, V.R. Anumolu Mr. Vanitha Velgonda, Mrs. Lakshmi Cherukuri. This was the first elected executive committee. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> TANA conference constituted TANA foundation. TANA board of directors accepted this decision. TANA was also recognised as non profitable institute. According to by-laws every member should pay the fee depending upon the total number of the committee. </span></div>
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><img alt="2nd TANA Conference souvenir.JPG" height="168px;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/EUpxrjaxT_jIMgVAJurP9QCdXz6IVZkVxvmuquEwqps98l46yxBt2on2SDcAdWQRJhzWuSinw9mlZvdMUlxQhX_-PBITYD9UF1fcdc77Btu01-r5G_RSdQ_d_Z4CVaHVZIAzvzVxFXnq4Mkl" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="147px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The conference souvenir was printed in Andhra Jyothi Press with the generous help of K..LN. Prasad, General Manager, Andhra Jyothi. Cherukuri Rama Devi is the president of Souvenir committee, Puranam Subrahmanya Sarma helped her from India. The title art was done by artist S.V. Rama Rao. The writers in this souvenir are : Satyasai, B.S.R. Krishna, Nanduri Pardha Saradhi, Venudhar, S.V. Rama Rao, Ramadevi Galla, Puranam Subrahmanya Sarma, Nayagara Dance (Poem), Noma S.R. Sarma, Pathuri Nagabhushanam, K.V. Ramana Reddy, - C. Venugopala Rao, - Jakkampudi Subbaraidu, - Bandaru Lakshma Reddy. - Ravindranath Guttikonda, - Rama Kakarala,and contributors from Telugu Associations in Chicago, New york, Detroit, San francisco.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1981 - Chicago</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3rd TANA Conference was held in Chicago on May 23rd and 24th 1981. (The venue was Oak Park and River Forest High School, Oakmont, Chicago). The Telugu Association of Chicago extended full co-operation for the conference. Madhava Rao Tummala supervised while Tirupataiah Tella was the convenor. For the 4000 people, Chicago Telugu residents hosted with Telugu delicious food items. In the co-ordination committee Shankar N Franjari, Ananth R Vutukuri, Arunasri Tanuku, Baburao Javvaji, C.L.Narayana, C. Umapathi Reddy, Janardhan Manthani Reddy took full responsibility in conducting the conference. The cultural celebrations were conducted by Ramana Murthy V. Yadavalli and Co-chairman Ram Reddy Sama. Naidu R Galla was the chairman of committee for discussions. S.V. Rama Rao and Arunasri Tanuku were the chairman and co-chairman for art exhibition. Upendranath Nimmagadda as chairman and Harnath B. Tripuraneni, K.S. Chowdary Gorantla were in the finance committee. The stage arrangements were supervised by Y. Shyama Sundara Rao and Umapathi Reddy. Madhava B.M. Reddy looked after the publicity as chairman and Pattabhi Allmittapalli as vice Chairman. Souvenir committee Chairman was Utkuru Anantha Rama Rao whereas Parimi Sri Ranga Nayakulu, Damaraju Sachchidananda Murthy were co-chairmans. Host Committee chairman was Sudarshana Rao Akkineni and Co-chairman Savitri G. Komanduri. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Third conference was held under stewardship of Tella Tirupataiah as convener at Chicago, who subsequently became the third president of TANA. This was attended by about 2000 people with a budget around $30,000. Tirupataiah was instrumental in making TANA more visible. Getting a full fledged delegation from AP government, responsible in obtaining non-profit status for TANA by IRS and was also responsible for initiating the TANA Foundation in 1981 (Before it used to be called Telugu foundation of TANA). 3,200 people participated in the conference. Each family contributed $40. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Youth was given utmost importance in the conference. A separate stage was prepared for them; and separate rooms were provided for the youth programs. These programs were conducted by the youth themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The food for the entire conference was prepared and served by the host families of Chicago. This included a breakfast in the first day, and serving both lunches and dinners for two days. This itself was a gigantic operation, completed without any hitch or complaints.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Conference provided an excellent Art Exhibition, with paintings by artists from both USA and India. “Baapu” paintings were special attraction in the exhibition.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The conference had several discussion panels on various subjects, such as Women’s and Children’s problems, Setting up Industries in AP., Old age, Retirement issues, Medical Issues.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> A gramophone LP Record was issued, for the first time in the Chicago TANA Conference in 1981. This consisted of Invitation and a musical presentation to the guests.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the conference Akkineni Nageswara Rao (Cine actor), S. Rajeswara Rao (Music director), Yedlapati Venkatarao Chairman Industrial Development Corporation), Freedom fighter Veluvolu Sitharamaiah, Industrialist Mullapudi Harischandra Prasad, Famous poets C. Narayana Reddy and Sri Sri, Ministers of Andhra Pradesh M. Baga Reddy and Avula Madana Mohan, Govt. of India Representative Bhatnagar spoke briefly. Was addressing the conference Sri Sri said : that the conference gave him a feeling as …. he will attending the marriage celebration. He further commented that the conference gave him a feeling as a blend of east west cultures and he wished to see the future generation as Universal peace lovers. Poet C. Narayana Reddy commented that - the moon light in the east is the same as sunlight in the west and vice versa. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The other guests who participated in the conference were : Dr. Venkata Rao, C.N. Sastry, Anandaramam, Nayani Krishna Kumari, Maharadhi Tripuraneni, M.S. Reddy, Mullapudi Harischandra Prasad, U. Venkateswarlu, V. Rama Rao, Basavapunnaiah (journalist), Veeramachineni Madhusudana Rao, Dr. Somaraju, Y.V. Ramana, Akkineni Annapurna, Sumathi Kousal, Narla Tata Rao. High level discussion on industrial development was held in the conference. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA commence to all the famous personalities from the third conference onwards. The old famous statistutional professor C.R.Rao was the first person who received such an honour. Based on the dias TANA elected the executive committee. Tella Titupataiah as president, Kakarla Chandra Sekhara and Gorantla Chowdary as vice-chairman, Yadavalli Somayajulu as Secretary and Madhava Rao Tummala along with the presidents of other Telugu associations as directors. </span></div>
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br /><img alt="1981 Sovenir.jpg" height="168px;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JlKaV8qb2xrA5KAYBkGmCfIW3BcO3Uaa2iDV0RUtT_SKkSLo0199SVDi6RBB9sgoWGHwLPZR-Vq3-c4ETDeVT4mHqMVIxzP4uGYC98rQlFOZjU8u8XFlJvooLYH_o8MKheQqozAOJsMDObhn" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="176px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The writers in the souvenir are : Dasaradhi, C. Narayana Reddy, Durga Prasad Varanasi, Upendra Pushka, Sista Vijaya, Yadavalli Ramana Murthy, V. Padmavathi, Cintham Rani Samyukta, Bangaru Swarupa, Sama Ramireddy, V. Susarla, Krishna Devulapalli, Anil Kumar, A. Lakshmi Ramana, S.V. Rama Rao, Kota Sundara Rama Sarma, Vanguri Chittemraju, Galla Aruna, Mani Issola, Saradapurna Sonti, Kakarla Subbarao, Cherukuri Rama Devi, Lakshmi Damaraju, Obula Narayana Sarma, Challuri Jaganmohana Reddy, Pachha Vasudeva Rao, Satya, Vemuri Venkata Surya Narayana, Vemuri Venkateswara Rao, Murthy N. Damaraju, Puchcha Vasantha Lakshmi, Mokkapati S. Prasad, Dr. Kristu Rao, Nayani Krishna Kumari, Yarlagadda Anjaneyulu, Suryakantham Pappu, Kolavennu Venkata Krishnaiah, V.V. L. Narasimba Rao, Vadrevu Subba Rao.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In English section: P. Venugopala Rao, Kota S. R. Sarma, Annapurna Garimella, Usha Annam Bhatla, Y. Shyama Sundara Rao, P. Rajagopala Naidu, Nadumi Aditam, Padmaja Reddy Saama, Benguluru Sureswara, Madhuri Kakarala, Giridhar Devulapalli, Kala Annambhotla, Shyamala Elamanchili. V. V. Manikyala Rao, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4th TANA Conference</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Washington DC (1983) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the first time TANA conference was held in Washington DC on May 28th-29th 1983. Local Greater Washington Telugu Cultural Society co-operated for the success of the conference. The venue was Northwood High School, Silver Spring, Maryland. 2000 delegates participated in the conference. Thirupathaiah Tella was the president whereas Subbarayudu Jakkampudi was the convenor. The co-ordination committee consisting of Rajagopala Rao Koneru, S.V. Rama Rao, Soma Sudarshan Reddy shared the responsibilities. Food committee was formed under the Chairmanship of Vadlmudi Jamuanbai, Mannava Madhusudana Rao as Co-chairman and Sadananda Mrulani as co-chairperson. Guntakatta Srinivasa Murthy was the chairman of program committee whereas Kesari Lakshmi Narayana was the chairman of host committee. S.V. Rama Rao as chairman of art committee conducted the exhibitions. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. K.R. Narayanan done ambassador of India in USA., The peasant leader Prof. N.G. Ranga, Charles Gil Christ, Justice Ramarao, Former Chief Minister Dr. M. Chennareddy were the main speakers. The cultural programmes were held on both days. There were dance dramas, stage plays, Bhuvana Vijayam Play and Several attractive items put the audience spell down attention. Apart from the special souvenir, a special stamp also was released. Several stalls with industrial, and artpeace were exhibited. The two day discussion was highlighted with problems of sharing several arts which are disappearing in Andhra Pradesh. The educational problems of Telugu children in America, exchange of technical knowledge, trade opportunities for Telugu people in America, protection of health were the themes discussed in two day deliberations. The discussions also included marriage problems, literature, culture, and art. Varaprasada Rao Gutti supervised these discussions. Cherukuri Ramadevi, Velcheru Malathi, Madhusudhana Reddy Kakulavarapu, Akella Murthy, Latha Rao, S.V. Rama Rao R.V.S. Sundaram took keen interest in the deliberations. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA awards were given to Dr. G. Nageswara Rao, founder L.V. Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad; Prof. Pesara Reddy Sudhakar, Associate Professor in the Medical Department of Pittsburgh University; famous artist S.V. Rama Rao; Prof. Nannapaneni Narayana Rao, Electrical Engineer in Illinois University. Kakarala Subba Rao was the chairman of awards committee. Special function was arranged to give the awards under the chairmanship of Dr. Kakarala Chandrasekhara Rao. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="Telugu Paluku 1983.jpg" height="180px;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0BhEjmL1NLnf3Tw1NIJPYrQHtM6RZ7nQd3LnKeDxYEtD98muvihmlDBrwXTMUjpvhzO4YxKbCVziZ6-U76XB18SvmyJWKsxtOf26SLAYj2iGVr_T5uO2JmYHhUDjob-uMYJLMmmVfa38-KaO" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="176px;" /></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The writers in the souvenir are :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Saama Ramireddy, Dr. Rani Samyukta Chintam, Prabha Chityala, Sudheshna, Utkuri Ananth, T.V.V. Ramarao, Kotra Krishnamurthy, Jakkampudi Subbaraidu Suktulu, Tangirala Lakshmi Narayana, Pattinnapu Sakuntala Gangadharam, Tripuraneni Venkateswara Rao, Yethukuchi Krishna, Gandhiji Yelamanchili, Yeluri Venkateswara Rao, Damaraju Sachchidananda Murthy, Aruna Galla, Devulapalli Krishna.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers of English articles </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Ramarao Cherukuri, S. S. Murthy, P. Venugopala Rao, Sabala Mandava, Phani Bantumilli, Suguna Pappu, Neeraja Rao Cheragondla, Madhuri Kakarala, Padmaja Sama, Sumukha Guntakatta, Pemmaraju Sri Ramarao. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5th TANA Conference</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Los Angeles (1985)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This conference was held with Dr. Raghavendra Prasad as convener, Co-convenor Dr. Premchand Duggirala and Kakarala Chandrasekhara Rao as TANA president. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16 committees were formed with members from Los Angeles Telugu community. The conference was held in Long Beach Convention Center with budget of $100,000. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the central coordination committee Atluri Chandra Sekhara Rao President of Los Angeles Telugu Association along with Nageswara Rao Gangula, Rallabandi Shankaram, Chowdary D. Voleti, Satyanarayana Upadhyayula, A. Narendra Nath Reddy, Vijayasaradhi Komanduri, Mani Ayasola, P.S. Vijaya Kumar, Ramalinga Reddy, Damodar Reddy, G Reddy Prasad, Venkateswara Rao Daluvayi, Padma Upadhyayula, Sundari Samudrala, Gummadi Dharmarao, Ramachandra Rao Paladugu, Papaiah Gogineni, Aruna Reddy Chilumula, Subbarao Balusu, Vemuri Venkateswara Rao, J.S.M. Kamala, P.S. Kamala, Koganti Madhusudana Rao, Kamesh Iyyasola, Janapati Hanumantha Rao, Komanduri Lakshmi, Sitha Vemuri co-operated well actively. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Parvathaneni Upendra, opposition leader in Lok Sabha, M.S. Koteswara Rao, Minister, Vasantha Nageswara Rao Minister, C. Narayana Reddy poet, Potturi Venkateswara Rao Journalist, P. L. Sanjeeva Reddy Managing director of Andhra Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation, Varlu Director Andhra Pradesh Electronics Corporation, Dr. Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad, Chairman Hindi Academy,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Kasaraneni Sadasiva Rao spoke in the conference. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burrakatha and Harikatha attracted the participants were in Kurmanatha Rao Dusi, Bandaru Parvathiswara Rao, V. Rama Rao, Mandapaka Sarada played active role. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sobhanaidu’s Kuchipudi Dance was tremendous success in the conference. Cultural programmes were directed by Nunna Nagabhushanam (Pittsburgh), K.V. Rao (New York). </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Awards Banquet was separately arranged to save time on main stage. A moving Stage was created to save time in transition between artists groups. 100 Telugu young adults served in awards banquet. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kavi Sammelanam - recital of poetry by various poets commenced in this conference for the first time. Astavadhanam was added attraction in the conference. Business Conference took up serious discussion with several experts. The conference saved $30,000. Instead of May the Conference was held in July in America. The expenses of the six member Delegation of artists which participated in TANA were met by Government of Andhra Pradesh. Shri. Krishnam Raju, movie icon sent a delegation at his expense. Los Angeles Telugu community involved actively in the convention. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After Fifth TANA Convention, Raghavendra Prasad was unanimously elected as TANA Fifth President. TANA received wide publicity in India because of its service activities. Vempati Chinna Sathyam, Sobha Naidu Dance Troups performed in the conference. TANA created and introduced the concept of continuing medical education discussions during conference.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President Chendrasekhar Kakarala and Dr Nallamothu satynarayan as convenor arranged 1st TANA Youth/Family conference Detroit in May 1984.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Convenors: Srikala Yedavally, Satyanarayan Chada; Reception Committee: Chairman: Satyanarayan Chada, Members: Ravi Kodali, Shylaja Gontina, Rajesh Gutta, Sandeep Chada, Sesi Kodali, Pramada Reddy; Hospitality Committee: Chairman: Pranathi Reddy, Member: Srikala Yedavally; Souvenir Committee: Chairman: Ramanna Vishnubhotla, Members: Madhavi Kakarala, Madhu Kakarala, Ravi Gutta, Shylaja Gonuna, Srenni Cherukuri;</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First Conference of its kind of the Telugu Youth, by the Telugu Youth and for the Telugu Youth.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eminent persons who received awards during the conference under the chaimanship of Pemmaraju Venugopala Rao : Awardees : Ratna Anil Kumar </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sixth TANA conference was held in 1987 (July 11 and 12th) in University campus at St Louis, with Dr. Mantena Narasa Raju as the convener and Raghavendra Prasad as President. Co-convenor Gopichand Yelamanchili. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Few popular cine stars were introduced in the conference at St. Louis. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There was special exhibition on the culture, art, and life styles of Telugu people. A separate session was held where the industrial sector and investments were discussed. Vijaya Kumar was the co-ordinator were the discussions. Mr. Pandurangarao assessed the growing impact of industries. K. R. Rao reviewed the progress of various projects. C.S. Sarma delivered the keynote speech. Mr. Bhagath singh the Industrialist brought out the difficulties and problems in running small industries with advanced technology. Several industrialists from Andhra Pradesh actively participated. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the Medical Seminar Dr. G.V. Naidu was the co-ordinator, Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao discussed the problems of health in Andhra Pradesh. Dr. K. Jaganmohana Rao brought out the problems in supplying medical technical equipment. Dr. Sankaram discussed medical course progress and problems in India. Dr. Raghavendra Prasad Sudanagunta brought out details about medical educational schemes in Andhra Pradesh. G. Damodar Reddy explained about tax shelters. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Raghavendra Prasad in his presidential remarks said : “The migrants from Andhra Pradesh put lot of effort and reached high position in America. 5% of Indians in America were Telugu people who attained higher income slab. It is gratifying that they combined the best in east and west. There are conflicting cultural lifestyles at home and in society in America. Our people are reconciling and make best out of it. Youth must take lead in deriving best of both countries”.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Awards received by : Akuluri V. Ramaiah (Nuclear Physics), Dr. K. Janardhana Reddy (Medicine), Matempalli Madhusudana Rao (Medicine), Kakarala Subbarao (Community Service), Narsing Aduparao (Medicine), Pemmaraju Venugopala Rao (Community Service), Nimmagadda Upendra Nath (Community Service), Pothu Narasimha Rao (Community Service), Sitha, Githa Kalapatapu (Classical Music), Singiresu Sambasiva Rao (Mechanical Engineering) Dr. Tejaswini (Sastriya Nrityam), Tella Tirupataiah (Community Service), Velicheti Narayana Rao (Telugu Literature), Tummala V. Madhava Rao (Scientific Research).</span></div>
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><img alt="Telugu Paluku 1987.jpg" height="211px;" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/RuSpTgvsPr38W3Dlfsua_NB26wB_RXaMSr8-tq13VAEWNQI-G3efX44IooxRqVlmHn0Lq4eoCODIrfN873Xqu6snIiiJgzF0ehoo00pqy0s28XfZYtFZgZwIWH_t7YRxkmZK73kmWcsv1qiK" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="167px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Houston (1989)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7th TANA conference was held with Dr. Vinta Janardhan Reddy as its convener and Mr. B. Venkateswara Rao as president in University of Houston campus on july 1-2,1989.. 2000 people enjoyed the deliberations. $110,000 was collected with a surplus of $20,000 that was shared between TANA and local Telugu Association. Seating was segregated with ropes to separate donors from the ordinary registrants. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Unity is the Strength” is the main theme of the conference. The unique feature of the conference was outstanding linguist Dr. Bhardriraju Krishnamurthy ,Vice Chancellor of Hyderabad University, (1928-2012)gave expert talk about the experiments in the language.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During Opening ceremony 7th TANA conference President B.V.Rao opened the TANA Reference Manual and TANA membership directory and informed to the attendees these books are available at registration desk. This manual is the First Edition contains the history of TANA and By-laws and other information.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">P. Suseela, Ramakrishna attracted the audience with their songs. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This conference officially accepted and released TANA logo. Audience were asked to select the best items of the conference. Accordingly, the first prize was given to Kuchipudi Dance Drama. The troop came from Atlanta under the direction of Pemmaraju Venugopala Rao. The 2nd prize was given “Amerikanyasulkam” play written by Chitten Raju with music direction by Kodavatiganti Rohini Prasad. Medasani Mohan performed Astavadhanam first time in TANA conference. The souvenir release at this conference was given the title ‘Madhura Vani’. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The conference executive committee : Mallik S. Puchcha, Yaratha Ramamohan Reddy, A.V.N. Reddy, Rajasekhar Yelamanchili, Palani Janaki Rani, Ratnakumar, Sita Mutyala, Venugopala R., Ballari Shyama Sundaram, Nagaraju Yeleswarapu, Surya Rao Tota, M. Jitender Reddy, A. Janardhan Reddy, V. Kesava Rao. Houston Telugu cultural Society executive committee member played key role. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Special Scholarship was given in the name of Guttikonda Aruna. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Awards were given to :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Ambati Jayakrishna, Ambati Balamurali Krishna, Dattatreya Nori (Cancer research), Raju K. Kucharlapalli (Molecular Genetics), Dr. P. Syamasundara Rao (Pediatric Cordialogy), Shankuntala Pattisapam (Literature and culture), Bandaru Subhashini Reddy (Community Services), Avanthi Moduri (Clssical Music), Uma Bharathi (Classical Dance), Vinjamuri Sithadevi, Avasarala Anasuyadevi (Folk Music).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Conference Committee: Satya N. Nallamothu (Convenor), B.V. Rao, Krishna Reddy, Ramesh Jasti, Usha Rani Sunkara, Rajesh Gutta, Gouri Reddy Juvvala, Usha Raju, Sambasiva Rao Kottamasu, Butchi Babu Paidipaty, Nirdoshreddy Junutulla, Vasudevareddy Garlapati, Vinaya Kumar Gavini, Sujatha Reddy Kotha, K.C. Prasad, Satyanarayana Rao Palakodeu, Kamala YedIa and Vani Gutta.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">•</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose of this conference was to help our youth keep strong identity with our culture, heritage and adopt the best in the American Society.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">•</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Separate programs were organized for Young Adults (college students), Youth (high school students) and children (6-12 years old).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Following topics were discussed:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Youth identity in America</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Political awareness and participation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do you need religion?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">East-West cultural fellowship for parents and youth</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Commonly asked questions about India and traditions of Indians Festivals of India - Indian Music/musical instruments</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President B.V. Rao and Dr. Nallmothu Satya Nrayana as convenor conducted 2nd youth/family conference in Detroit in July 1988 see sheet 12 of 16 of Attachment 1). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also President and Treasurer T.Ramchandra Reddy published TANA membership directory (Life & Association members and and by laws in Ma1989 and released at the 7th TANA conference. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The 7th TANA conference Convenor Dr.Vinta Janadhana Reddy and his team established scholarship fund from part of the savings from conference revenues . Since 1980 till today, every year they are giving $500/ scholarships for three high school graduates from Texas (see Page 1/18 of Attachment 2). So far in the history of TANA this is one and only City is facilitating that service on the name of TANA conference. The remaining amount was given to TANA operations.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President Nallmothu Satyanarayana and Dr Samala Ramaiah as convenor arranged 3rd Youth/ Family conference in Edvard Ville , Illinois in July 1990 and with Pratap Reddy as convenor Valuswamy Reddy as co-convenor & Madhvi Kata as youth Coordinator conducted First TANA Regional Conference in New Orleans in Nov 19</span></div>
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br /><img alt="madhuravani.jpg" height="227px;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_FazBA4d6X_AH25Pg61WBIETl7qhiHKXZqPB4otzORDeLaCiTASPOMWUix2subYR6_KVUSstnWEzpJeBfu-4E3gvtajCP2sma5KN4Soh9Kc5e9rExmYRqGgcjR5fMiENo17ReMft3kOYE2ya" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="179px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President of the souvenir :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Vanguri Chittenraju. editors : Kalanadha Bhatta Veerabhadra Sastry, Puranam Subrahmanya Sarma. Special articles: on Telugu language history, music, dance, art, dramas, cinema, state politics, religion, education, Songs, stories . </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Chalasani Prasada Rao, Sri Sri, Ravi kondala Rao, Indraganti Janaki Bala, Indraganti Srikanth Sarma, Namini Subrahmanyam Naidu, Puranapanda Ranganath, Turlapati Kutumba Rao, Malathi Chandur, Dr. G. Samaram, Veeraji, Guntur Seshendra Sarma, Ushasri.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Poetry translated into English :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak, Sri Sri, Somasundar, C. Narayana Reddy, Devulapalli Venkata Krishna Sastry</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Messages :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Houston mayor Vint Mair, Indian ambassador in America P.N.Koul, US senator Philgram, Layid Bent Sen . </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8th TANA Conference</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Atlanta - 1991</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8th TANA conference was held in world convention center, Atlanta, july 5, 6 -1991 with Dr. Vanapalli Manga Raju as the convener and Dr. Nallamothu Satyanarayana as president. The main theme of the conference : “Our Culture - Our Progress”.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Conference executive committee : P. Seshu Sharma, Aruna Prasad Kancharla, P. Ramachandra Reddy, Ranakumar Nadendla, Narender G. Reddy, Sheela R Lingani, P. Ravisharma, Rama Rao Meka, Rajaravulapalli, B. Krishna Mohan, C. Bapireddy, Sarveswar I Naidu, Jayaprakash Bangaru, Purna Ginjupalli, Sudhakar Devaraju, Gopichand Manne, Narahari Rao Purugulla, Sujatha K. Reddy, Kusuma Zonavally. Chief Adviser : P. Venugopala Rao. Telugu Association of Metro Atlanta conducted the conference. The executive committee members : Ravinder C. Reddy, P. S. Lakshmi Rao, Narendra G. Reddy, Sanjeeva Rao, Sujatha Ginjupalli. Ex-official member : Nallamothu Satyanarayana, President TANA. Sudhakar Pavuluri, Treasurer, Ramakishan Rao Damala, Vice-President. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">20 eminent persons from India participated in the conference. Indian Ambassador in USA Dr. Abid Hussain spoke at the first day of the conference. Murali Mohan, Cine actor directed stage plays with Gummadi, Janaki, Sakshi Ranga Rao, Sarath Babu. In this conference Arudra’s Literary History Volumes were released. Cherukupalli David commenced with invocation prayer.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President Dr Nallmothu Satynarayana traveled across North America and motivated various Telugu associations (around 40) in North America to join as an affiliated members of TANA, published TANA Patrica every month and provided services such as mailing " Indian Cusine" book written by Saraynya Mandava (see page 2 /18 of attachment 2) the most popular among majority of Teleugu and toured cultural troupes , fantastic entertainment program choreographed by move artist Murali Mohan (around 30 cities). 25 years later TANA current President Mohan Nannapaneni has brought various cultural and religious programs from India and toured them across North America in medium and smaller cities to revitalize the glory days of TANA.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr Mallmothu excutive committee introduced position of Vice President with joint nomination by presidents (similar to America system) through by law amendment. Dr .Nallmothu selected Dr.Velati Vekata Rao as his running mate in his second term.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Awards were given to : Parikshit Sarma Voleti, Lakshmi Saroja Poruri, Ranga N. B. Gorrepati, Chandrasekhara Rao Kakarala, Raghavedra Prasad, D. Venkateswara Rao, Ravindra Nath Guttikonda, Jaganmohana Rao Kakarala, Rajireddy, R.K.N. Jayanthi, Venkat S. Ram, Vijayalakshmi Unnava. In recognition of their outstanding achievements the awards were given. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The second day of the conference: Ramoji Rao, Head of the Eenadu News paper delivered a special speech. He came out very strongly against caste system which is eating the vitality of the society and also dividing the people. Caste has become main obstruction for social progress. He strongly pleaded to discard caste system and appealed Telugu people in America to bring casteless society. He appreciated the achievements of Telugu people in America and congratulated those who attained higher levels. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Maruvada Rajeswara Rao, Radhika Nori, Malempati Indira Priyadarsini, Vasundhara (Sydney, Australia), K. Saroja (Canada), Tangirala Lakshmi Narayana, Machiraju Savitri, A. Subba Rao, S. Vardhani Murthy, Vanguri Chittemraju, Ragipudi Yogiswara Swamy, Nellutla Ranga Rao, Meka Ramarao, P.V.G., Indira, Usha Raju, Kondapalli Koteswaramma (Vijayawada), B.N.Reddy (artist - Pavan, Hyderabad), J. Bapu Reddy (Hyderabad), Narasimha Malladi Sidhdhanti, Sunkara Mani Ramachandra Rao (Rajahmundry), Kota Sundara Ramasarma, Sonti Saradapurna, Kolugotla Suryaprakasa Rao, Vinnakota Ravi Sankar (Hyderabad), Elchuri Vijaya Raghava Rao, N.S.S. Murthy, K.V.S. Swamy (Rajahmundry), Meka Rama Rao, Tumuluri Sastry (Sydney, Australia), Jaya Prabha (Hyderabad), Suseela Subbarao (Canada), Vemuri Venkateswara Rao, Chaparala Baburao (England), Sulochana Bandaru, Satya Duvvuri, Radhika Sastry, Pillalamarri Ramakrishna, Viswanatha Achyutha Devarayalu, Pemmaraju Venugopala Rao, Kota Sundara Ramasarma, Vinnakota Phanidra. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9th TANA Conference - World Telugu Conference</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1993 - New York</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">World Telugu conference and Tana Conference held joint deliberations for 5 days in New York during July first week in 1993. It was largely attended conference with 10 thousand people participated in divergent activities, and discussions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the inaugural session day former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Mr N.T.Rama rao delivered a very emotional spirited speech which was received amidst cheers and applause. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The conference was given support by New York Telugu association and tri state telugu association.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr Nallamothu Satyanarayana and DR Dasaratharam Reddi put great effort to make the conference a grand success and turning point in the history of TANA.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Participants from USA were the largest contingent while other enthusiastic participants were from Andhra Pradesh, Australia, Malaysia, UK, Europe,and few other places. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The conference which was held in Nasa Colisium, Long Island, New York has Colisium vehicles which carried the guests to the stage with announcements. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9th TANA conference which combines World Telugu Conference was held in July 1st to 5th in the World Trade City, New York. The Venue was Nasa Colisium, Long Island. Telugu Literary Association of New york, Telugu Fine Arts Society joined hands to celebrate the conference. One of the unique features in the conference was the art exhibition of Suryadevara Sanjeeva dev, renowned selfmade artist from Andhra Pradesh. : K.R. Narayanan (Later President of India), P.V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India, King of Nepal sent their special messages. N.T. Rama Rao, Chief Minister, actor who stood for upliftment of Telugu language and culture specially graced the conference. Cine actor Chiranjeevi and Parvathaneni Upendra, cabinet minister in central cabinet graced the occasion.. M.V.Krishnarao former Education minister in Andhra Pradesh participated in the conference.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steering committee chairman Satyanarayana Rao Nallamothu, Coordinator and Chairman Gaddam Dasaratha Ramireddy, Co-convenors Radha Krishna Murthy, Kidambi Raghunath, Secretary Nehru Cherukupalli, Joint Secretary Mahesh Saladi, Treasurer Meka Venkata Narayana, Joint treasurer Sambasivarao Venigalla, Members Mohan Rao Bade, Murthy R. Bhavaraju, Ramakrishna Jonnada, Krishna Kochcharala Kota, R. K. Narra, Nagamma Diddempudi, Kusumakar, Ara Kuchakulla, Krishna Polavarapu, Janaki Rao, Royapeta SekharDattatreya Nori, Krishna Vemuri, Raghava Rao Polavarapu, Prasad Chalasani, Swami Dukkipati, Ramakrishna Chalikonda, Nirmala Sastry, Vijaya Dukkipati, Padmavathi Erramalli, Dr. P.S. Rao, Subhadra Nori, Sivanarayana Paturi, Mani Paturi, Rama Rao shared various responsibilities and conducted the conference successfully. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA specially brought out ‘Yagnam’ the story of Kalipatnam Rama Rao which was given Central Saahitya Akademi Award in India. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">N.T.R. in his eloquent speech brought out the glory of Telugu language and culture. He appealed to preserve the greatness of Telugu heritage while observing the human values in USA.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Dasaradharami Reddy as the convener and Dr. Nallamothu Satyanarayana as the president. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Large number of artists participated in this conference .</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sanjiva Dev, self made writer, artist exhibited his paintings which drew interesting audience.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In second term Dr Satyanarayana Nallmothu contiued his juny as President of TANA and arranged 2nd TANA Regional Conference with Dr. Jagnmohana Polavarpu as convenor in Toronto, Canada in October 1991 and Dr C. Narayna Reddy addressed the attendees as Key note speaker.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President also torched the 4th Youth/Family conference with Dr . Prasad Y. Rao as convenor & Ms Roja Kolachina as youth organizer in July 1992 at Georgetown University, Washington D.C.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NTR’S ADDRESS in the COVENTION</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ye Desamegina - Yendu Kaalidina</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nilupara Neejaati –Nindu Gowravamu</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I salute all those who are striving to protect heritage of Indian Culture and civilization, carrying with them the sweetness of Telugu language of their mother land to continents, spreading culture and to those dedicated workers, preservers of Telugu honor, spreading glory of Andhra. I salute, those masters in arts who are taking them to its pinnacle. My blessings to my sisters who gave this place the look as if we are attending a female festival (perantam), with their colorful decoration with ‘rangavallulu’. I bless all these little children who are nothing less than little gods. I offer my celestial blessings to those Telugus who came down here from around thirty countries to share their experience. The convention looks as though Telugu is there across the world as though it glorified this place, giving a feel that Telugu language, its arts and technology congregated at this place. I salute to all those who gathered here.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I am honored for being invited as chief guest to take part in this conference organized by all those who were born in Telugu land, brought up in mother’s lap sharing mother’s unmatched love, learning alphabets and now working in economic, technical, science, social and political fields. I wish all the efforts you are putting in would sure become the path laying endeavor.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Your mother, Telugu land, is keeping a constant watch over what all you are contributing to this land for its progress in the fields of science and technology that gave you space to work. Your mother land is hoping that your presence here would sure double up her happiness. Though you came away to these far off places, either for sustenance or to gain greater knowledge; remember the land you migrated to is no less than your own mother land. Can we find any difference between the love shown the land that gave you birth and the one that is now taking care of you?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This equality is nothing but commenting as ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbam’ (World is one family). This outlook peels off one’s narrow mindedness, rendering one the citizen of the world. Friendship and brotherly love should become our model for living. This feel of love should be the rule that all subjects in the world are the same.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Science and technology erased the distance between people and brought all people together as if this earth is dwarfed. At one time Swamy Vivekananda, who spread sweetness of ‘Indian spiritualism’ across the world, shortened the distance between countries, with his message to the world from this country. For this Vivekananda had to take an adventurous journey and traveled all the way to this land. Today from the ends of the world thousands of enthusiasts congregated here, even reducing the time of travel to not even ten hours, defeating the theory of time and distance.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We salute to all those who are producing live babies from test tubes, activating stopped hearts by employing top class medical knowledge, building colonies in sending interplanetary vehicles and even doing research for further knowledge in this field.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> At the same time we are also worried the knowledge they are gaining is being used to destroy the entire world with nuclear arms. This is indeed unfortunate development and is sad part that the entire world is worried about, that too at a time small nations are making progress in developmental activities.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Besides some nations are kicking up communal tensions leading to wars taking toll of human life. Yet there are many poverty ridden nations facing health problems, illiteracy, hunger and diseases.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Why is this difference?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Why is it indifference?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> On one side we find slogans for rightful life</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> On the other activities of terrorism</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> On one side cries for human rights</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> On the other hateful killings</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> On one side darkness around, hunger, health problems and deaths</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Is there no solution?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Can’t our intellectual energy find solutions?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Shouldn’t we find solutions in these times when some drastic changes are taking place erasing the very base despite some of our advanced countries stepping forward to mitigate these problems by laying minimum plans to mitigate these problems.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To earn a roti, one has to stand in endless queues in one nation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To get a potful water women walking miles in one country</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To get food packets supplied by international agencies, while praying to gods above in </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">another country.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What a miserable situation is this?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How long can they suffer this?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Is there no solution?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This is not a job to be attended to just by a few. You are all highly educated. Please concentrate on these problems. You are all well equipped. Get started to mitigate these evils. Move forward.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Ours is sacred land. We always chant ‘Sarve Janah Sukhnobhavantu’ Let all the people be happy. Let us start our work to fulfill these needs. Let us make a beginning.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You have all come from the land of Budha. ‘Viswa Santhi’ is our slogan. Make ways to attain peace. You came from land where Mahatma Gandhi was born. Lay plans to achieve this. Your motherland is a place that gave birth to Ambedkar. Fill your hearts with a mission to serve utterly poor with love.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You are all descendents of Swamy Vivekananda who said ‘even starving dog would shake my conscience’. Please plan to help the downtrodden. The humanism in us should surface to initiate lending help to the poor. Help illiterates to become literates.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Adi Sankara said that all humans are equal. You should work in that direction. Treat all humans as equal and with dignity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You are not just representatives of the six crore Telugus, but you are brothers of 86 crores of Indians. You are bridge to carry the culture of the country to project the soul of the country and greatness of Telugu land. You steer the future of the Telugus. I wish you share part of your earnings to your motherland that gave birth and progress in your life, like you are doing to the nation you are serving now. You should also share the knowledge you gained hear in politics, scientific achievements, technology, intellectual caliber and social service. Your motherland should have all the benefits you gained serving this nation to keep the wheels of Telugu land keep going. I hope you fulfill all my desires for betterment of the land you hailed from.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You are now part and parcel of the progress of this nation you are serving. You need to live as co-patriots of this land you are working for, as brothers with co existence. I wish this country’s greatness would sure be further elevated because of you too.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> There are two types of humans - those who choose tradition and truth – They are called ‘Samanyulu’ (common people). Those who implement them are the second kept in higher pedestal. There should be a combination of providing help for the progress of both countries with collaborative attempts in all fields.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA an old Telugu Association putting joint efforts to make this even successful was a positive measure in elevating the pride of Telugu people. I thank the American Government for taking the Telugu people’s services in equal measure in the progress of the nation and I hope this would continue in future.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I also appeal to the parents in Telugu land to help their children learn and retain the Telugu traditions. Telugus working here should also retain their culture and help to develop the Telugu land, doing which they keep in touch with their mother land too.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Choosing New York’s Long Island, amidst high raised buildings to hold this 9</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.799999999999999px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">th</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> conference and inviting me to address you is an honor you bestowed on me and I thank you again for this gesture. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Editors :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Cherukupalli Nehru (president of souvenir committee), Parinam Srinivas Rao, Kasatapadi Srinivasa Rao, Dr. Katasapadi Srinivasa Rao, Dr. Jemmi Sudha Ratnanjali.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Members :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> P.S.Rao, Srinivasa Rao, J. Sudha Ratnanjali</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cover page : Puppet Dolls</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Messages from :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> King of Nepal, Ex. Prime Minister P.V.Narasimha Rao, Vice-president K.R.Narayana Rao</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA President :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Nallamothu Satyanarayana</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Cherukuri Ramadevi, Kamala Chimata, Vanguri Chitten raju, P. Venugopala Rao, Yarlagadda Kimira, Venkateswara Rao Veluri, Pillalamarri Sivaramakrishna, Cherukupalli Nehru, Sista Sriramachandramurthy, Parvathi Ponnaluri, Pippilla Suryaprakasa Rao, Prasadu Varanasi, Updrasta Satyanarayana, Kolagotla Suryaprakasa Rao, Komaravolu Saroja, Kota Sundara Ramasarma, Damaraju Murthy, Kidambi Raghunatha, Srinivas, P.S.Murali, N. R. Nandi, S. S. Murthy, Brahmam Kanchibotla, Puranam Sitha, Kanaka Prasad, Syamala Jayaraman, Anamika, Ram Kolluri, Baburao Samudrala, S.V.Rama Rao, Krishna Vemuri, P. Venugoala Rao, Sankarambadi, Samdrala Vijayalakshmi, Pammara Seshagirirao, Arudra, Vemuri Venkata Ramanadham, Sri Nagesh, Kovvali Jyothi, Meka Rama Rao, Bhoj, Tirumala Seshacharyulu, A. V. Murali Krishna, Sadhana Venkata Swamy Naidu, Kolagotla Surya Prakasa Rao, Aparna Gunupudi, Sama Ramireddy, Sriramamurthy Daggupati, K. Saroja, Sudarshan Raj, Machiraju Savitri, Gangapalli Jagannadha Rao, Samudrala Baburao, C.H.Ramulu, Suneetha Vankayalapaati, Pranati Kondalaneni, G. Rajeswara Rao, Ramireddy Sama, Kotapati Sambasiva Rao, Aari Sitharamaiah, Chitrapu Prabhakar, Rayali Rajagopal, Narayana Rao, A. Veera Prasad, Murali Mohan Reddy, Meka Rama Rao, Ratna Kumar, Viswanatha Achyutha Rayalu, Mohan, Kamala, Yadavalli Ramakrishna, Sobha, Pratima G. N. Rao, Krishna, Dr. Jyothi, Totakura Appa Rao, Sonti Sarada Purna.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers in English :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> P. Venugopala Rao, Bhavaraju, Rajitha Bhavaraju, P. Narsinga Rao, Ramarao, Aari Sitharamaiah, P. Srinivasa Rao, Ushadevi.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10th TANA Conference</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chicago - 1995</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10th conference was conducted with Yadlapati Yugandhar as convener and Mantena Narasa Raju as the President. 7200 people participated.. $ 785,000 was collected. Expenses were $ 700,000 leaving a surplus of $85,000 that was given to TANA. This had the first inaugural dance ballet and the first laser show. Business seminar is well attended. Youth were involved on the main stage. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10th TANA conference which was held from July 1st to 3rd 1995 in Chicago had made a mark. Dr. Yugandhar Yedlapati as convenor. Mr. Narasaraju Manthena as President with the help of numerous persons made the conference great success. Sidhdhardha Sankar Ray Ambassador of India in America delivered keynote speech. Mr. Rangaiah Naidu, Central minister from India Mr. Yanamala Ramakrishnudu speaker Andhra Pradesh assembly, Mr. Madhava Reddy, Pratibha Bharathi, Devineni Nehru were the Chief guest of the Conference. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Lakshmi Prasad Yarlgadda and Artist Bapu were specially honoured by the conference. In this contest Bapu, Ramana first title “Bomma Borusu” was brought out as a special honour to them. Kongara Jaggaiah as a special guest to the conference released his translation of Tagore’s Githanjali and Dr. Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad History of Modern Telugu Literature were released in the conference. The stories of Bhamidipati Ramagopalam which were written to honour Bapu Ramana, The stories of smile, The stories of Dr. K. Sadasiva Rao were released in the Conference. Kongara Jaggaiah cine actor inaugurated the cultural programmes. In various programmes in this conference Amani, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Ramakrishna, Sarada, Brahmanandam, Avs, Suseela, Ramakrishna, Zikki, M. Raja took active part. Vempati China Satyam performed special Kuchipudi Dance. Surabhi stage players exhibited their talent in various stage plays. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In this conference youth has special role and dedicated one evening for their events. They presented good humorous programs including Cruise on Lake . Also it is first of it kind in the on main stage of conference . </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President Narasa Raju Mantena initiate the First TANA Young Adult Conference and endorsed by ATA ( See pages 9/18,10/18 11/18 of attachment 2). This conference was arranged in Miami University (Cincinnati) in May 1994, planned and executed by Young adults steering committee Shobha Tummala(convenor), Nalini Doneperthi, Naveen Kakarala , Ravi Mallikharjuna Rao Chalasani (mentor). They have done very superb job in execution and able to save around $9,200 with out collecting donations as well as received best complements from all over North America.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President and his executive committee replaced Vice President position with President -Elect with independent nomination and added Board of trustees to safe guard TANA (6 positions) through amending by laws. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chairperson : Venkata Subbarao Vuppuluri</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : Mullapudi Venkata Ramana, N.T. Rama Rao, Kongara Jaggaiah, Malathi Chandur, Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad, Vempati China Satyam, Nanduri Ramamohana Rao, Bharago.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11th conference was conducted with Kottapalli Kondala Rayudu as the convener and Vadlamudi Ramamohana Rao as the President. The first Novel writing competition was held with a prize money of Rs.1.5 lakhs. A supplemental stage was started for selection of local artists to perform on the main stage. This conference collected $750,000 with expenditure of $500,000. Surplus of $250,000 was passed on to TANA treasury .</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr Vadlamudi Rama Mohana Rao “in his speech appealed for the unity of Telugu people in America. He also stressed the need for development of internet which youth help to organise their activities in a better way. He appealed to the youth and Telugu people in America he make Janmabhumi programme in Andhra Pradesh so that villages will have modern facilities.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chalasani Mallikharjuna Rao was the president from 1997-99. During his tenure, he beefed up the membership list, issued ID numbers for life members, updated voter list by removing more than 3 votes for one family. TANA finances were beefed up by cutting down TANA Patrika to 8 issues/year from 12./ year. He had a novel writing contest like the year before, before the convention.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Radha J. Sarma, Dharma Reddy Gummai, Ravipudi subba Rao, Nageswara Rao Gangula, satish chilukuri, Venkatadri Bobba, Diwakar Reddy, Krishna Reddy M., Kanya Sonti, Sundari Sri Ganti, J.s. Sarma, Mukkamala Apparao, Peraiah Sudanagunta, Prem Chand Duggirala, Rajeswara Rao Gudipati, Ramakrishna Reddy Tadi, Rao Koneru, Sekhar Reddy Kallam, Viswanatha Achyutha Rayalu made the conference successful by sharing various responsibilities. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jaipal Reddy Cabinet Minister from India was the Chief guest Akkineni Nageswara Rao gave away the awards. Nandamuri Balakrishna received award which was given for N.T. Rama Rao.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jr. N.T.R. performed his dance in the presence of spell belled audience. Damaraju Murthy as Duryodhana in Maya sabha stunned the audience. Ravi Kumar Karna was another stage actor who exhibited his talent. Murali Mohan troupe performed the stage patriotic songs. Sridevi cine actor was specially honoured. Where as Balasubhramanyam, sailaja gave their special performance. Fashion show was conducted in a new way under the youth generation. A separate session was held for youth large number of women participated in women’s forum. The songs of L.R. Eswari, Pranay Kumar attracted the audience. Competitions were held to youth. Vemuri Venkateswara Rao conducted the computer course to encourage youth. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Dasartharama Reddy Gaddem the served as TANA President from July 1995-1996. and Dr Ramamohan Rao Vadlamudi served as President of TANA from July 1996-July 1997.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First time in this conference Chairman Murali Chundurri conducted Telugu Novel contest and gave monitary prize of 1 laksh rupees and honored the winner on stage in fornt of 4000 audience.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12th TANA conference was held in Cincinnati 1999 with Gorrepati Ranganatha Babu as convener and Chalasani Mallikharjuna Rao as president. The Conference had a revenue of about $1.2 million and had a surplus of $270,000. $200,000 of this transferred to TANA treasury and $70,000 was transferred to local Telugu association. Highlight of the program is the local unity, business seminar and 3 hour cultural program by Akkineni Nagarjuna and his team of 40 members. Miss world Rita Faria from Hyderabad attended the convention. Movie play back singer Suseela received the life time achievement award at this conference. Folk art festival in India by name Chaitanya Sravanthi was started at this time. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tho co-ordinator for funds was chowdary Bobba, Treasurer Prof. V. Mannala, Coordinator of the Programmes Dr. Jampala Chowdary, various responsibilities were carried out by Savitri Chindu, Sarada Nagasetti, Anil Nalagatla, Sarada Purna Sonti, Prasada Raju, Hari K Maddali, Ananada Raju, Raghu Tadepalli, Anil Maddali, Swarana Kakani, Indira Gorrepati, Krishna Rao Kakani, Ranganath Babu Kakani, Gopi Krishna Pudatala, Hari Maddali, Patel V. Mannala, Rani Panangi, Balarama Raju, Devi Prasad Alapati, Rajasekhar Lakkaraju, Prasad Chandra, Girish Nagasetti, Patel V Mannava, Savitri Chinta, Madhavarao Dasari, Vasundhra dasari, Rani Bobba, Madhavi Kollu, Aruna Chowdary, Annapurna Chandra Malleswari reddy, Raghu Tadepalli.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unity education and modernity are the main themes of the conference. Farmer prime minister P.V. Narasimharao was the chief guest. Member of Parliament M. Venkayya Naidu releasing the Souvenir. Ken Blackwell, Ohio. T.P. Srinivasan Indian embassy in America representative from U.s. Ferror Brown were the dignitaries attended the conference. Loksatta leader Jayaprakash Narayan delivered a special talk in the occasion. Kiran Narayan head of anthropology department in wisconsin University delivered the special talk Ramanaidu film producer, B.V. Parameswara Rao, P. Suseela Singer, Vemuri Balaram Editor swathi, Varaprasada Reddy, M.D., Santha Biotech, P. Hanumantha Rao, Manager Pragathi Arti Printers, Cine Director Bapu, Chalasani Prasada Rao Eenadu staff, Murali Mohan A.P. cine development corporation were specially honoured. Cine actor Nagarjuna Brahamanandam, Tabu, Ramya Krishna, Samanth, Rajendra Prasad, Ali, Music Director Vandemantaram Srinivas, Garikpati Narasimha Rao, Jayaprabha writer, Dayana Hedden Miss world took part in the deliberations. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Continuous Medical Education session was conducted Dr. Jampala Chowdary, Dr. Naveen Hemanth gave a video presentation talk on the problems of Children and depression. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This 12 Th TANA conference was started of with business seminar organized by Chairman Rao V Chalasani with a theme " Hi-Tch Opportunities in the new Millennium" with key note speaker Prof C.K .Prahalad addressing the chalangeslaying ahead for Indian entrepreneurs in 21st century. The well known gust speakers are Dr.Kanwak Rekhi the founder of TIE, Ramliga Raju of Satyam Computers,Gall Naidu ,Amarraja Batteries, Rajendra Vetttikuti of CBSI and Anji Reddy of Reddy labs. (see page 12/18 of Attachment 2)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ranagandh Bau Gorrepati, Convenor welcomed the audience & guests and President Mallikharjuna Rao Chalasani urged the community to take active part in the mainstream of America while maintaining the Telugu identity. Ohio secretary of State stated as a community, you bring richness of culture, tremendous brain power to meet the challenges of 21st century and have the best of two countries. On the first day evening youth introduced Miss world of 1998 Diana Hayden of Hyderabad and Key note speaker Prof. Kiran Narayan of university of Wisconsin spoke on the burden of first generation immigrants and problems encountered by second generation youngsters.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA foundation explained about Naandi Foundation set up by Government of AP to channel NRI contribution towards rebuilding of State.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The names of awarders were written in the previous conferences. That why I attaced this list.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Award Committee Chairman Dr. Sharma Challa presented the names of awarders. Krishna Chand Akkineni( Entrepreneur service).Surya Kumari Mahidhra (Community service) Rao V Chalasani ( Finance), Vinod K. Dasari (Business), Mannava Setha Ramiah (Scince & Technology), Dr Nallmothu Satyanarayana (community service and publication skills) , Narayana Rao Nannpaneni (Education), Dr Krishna Rao Potaraju (Science) Dr Chitten Raju Vanguri (Litarature), Krishna S Vavilala (Community Service) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contributing Editor : Jampala Chowdary</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vice-chairperson - Prasad Totakura</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cover page - Chandra</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : P.V.Narasimha Rao, Dr. Garikapati Narasimha Rao, Jayaprabha, Jayaprakash Narayana, V.R. Veluri, Paruchuri Srinivas, Sherrad brown, S. S. Murthy, Ravi, Savitri, Deepthi Chinta, Sobhanbabu Atluri, P. Venugopala Rao, Swarup Madduri, Machiraju Savitri, Chodavarapu Prasad, Turamella Madhava Kumar, Pappu Suryakantam, Utukuri Gopalarao, Dr. K.V.S. Rama Rao, Achaya Pippalla Surya Prakasa Rao, Yallapragada Janaki Rani, Sai Lakshmi, Sankara Narayana Swamy, Nori Radhika, Kanaka Prasad, Aari Sitaramaiah, Gurajada Suryakumari, Kolli Indira, Vikram, Palana, Dokka Rambhra, Kanneganti Chandrasekhara Rao, Madhukeela, Vinnakota Ravisankar, Machiraju Saavitri, Dr. Avasarala Ansuyadevi (Vinjamuri), Viswanatha Achyuta Devarayalu, Mutyala Seetha, Aravinda, Rachakonda Narasimha Sarma, Dokka Srinivasa Phanikumar, Udaya Bhaskar, Vasu, Dr. Papineni Siva Sankar, Indraganti Srikanth Sarma, Narisetti Innaiah, Kotturu S. Ratna, Indraganti Srikanth Sarma, Kotapati Sambasiva Rao, Jampala Chowdary, Aarudra, K.V. Ramana Reddy, Ajantha, Madhuranthakam Rajaram, Vakati Panduranga Rao.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Philadelphia - 2001</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13th TANA conference in Philadelphia 2001 had the distinction of having two conveners followed by one another. They are : Allada Janardhana Rao and Kosaraju Vijaya Saradhi. Nadella Gangadhar was the president of TANA. In this conference the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandra Babu Naidu’s speech from Hyderabad was shown live through telecast to all the delegates. 7000 people attended the conference. $1.1 million was collected with expenditure of $1,03 million leaving a surplus of $70,000. Out of this $20,000 was transferred to TANA treasury.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Indraganti Srikanth Sarma played the special stage performance which depicted History and literature of the past glory. Akkineni Nageswara Rao, M. Vekaiah Naidu BJP Leader, Poet C. Narayana Reddy, Narla Tata rao, Ramanaidu specially attended the Programme.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President Gangadhar Nadella amd with Prasd Thotakura as convenor conducted 3rd Regional Conference in Dallas in September 2000 . Governor V.S. Ramadevi as Chief Gust and Loksabha Speaker G.M.C.Balayogi as Key note speaker and Minister Yerram Naidu and U.S.Congressman Martin Forest were attended as special gusts. Dr Vempati China Satyam and troupe performed classical dance program along other musical preformence by prominent artis from India.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Awards were given in honour of the achievements made in different feels. They are : Murali Atluri (business), Murthy V. A. Bondada (Civil Engineering), Malavika Rao Kalapatapu, Adinarayana Murthy, Kautha, Achyut Paruchuri, Sai Rani Ravi, Prasad Totakura, Mahalakshmi Timmana (Community Services), K.S.Ramarao Pappu (Philosophy), J.N. Reddy (education) Sarada Purnasonti (arts and literature) Yugandhara Rao Vallabhaneni (social service), Venkata Ramanatham Vemuri. Dr Jampala Choudary( for medical services.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cover Page : Krishna</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the youth division - Our beautiful state of Andhra Pradesh, Differences in work and family life between India and U.S., Rating India vs the US., Amara Chitrakatha crossword puzzle, Why Hindus worship deities, My thoughts exactly, why should know Telugu, Word scramble, Telugus surfing the net, Easy cooking tips, Vemana’s wisdom, Answer to puzzle. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : Vanguri Chitten Raju, Satyam Mandapati, Uppala Anantha Sudhakar, Lalitha Pillalamarri, Diwakar Peri, Tadepalli Krishna, Radhika Nori, Mangala Kandur, Challa Satyavathi, Srinivasa Prasad Peddu, Pattisapu Radha</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SAN JOSE - 2003</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Komati Jairam was the convener and Muthyala Padma Sri was the president for this conference. The post of chairman was created and Dr. Peraiah Sudanagunta took the role of the chairman. The conference was attended by 7,000 people. Total collection was $1.1 million. The winning team was supposed to come to the conference, however due to problems with visa this did not materialize.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During the tenure of Dr. Navaneetha Krishna Gorrepati as president, he conducted children’s Cultural programs in Dallas, Detroit, New York, Washington Dc, and San Jose that selected child artists to perform in Detroit TANA Conference. He was also involved in arranging Tsunami disaster relief in Prakasam District near Chirala. A TANA Nagar was built at a cost $50,000 with 80 houses and given to fishermen there.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : Foreword of Mutyala Padmasri, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Winners of the stories competition : Nandini, MIttava, V. Pratima, K. Varalakshmi, Peddinti Ashok Kumar, Jatasri, Chandrasekhar Azad</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : Pasunuru Sridhar Babu, Mukunda Rama Rao, Srikanth Kodali Manchikanti, Bachchoti Sridhara Rao, Elchuri Vijaya Raghava Rao, Iranki Venkata Kameswar, Tatipamula Mrityunjayudu, Kalasapudi Srinivasa Rao, Nachaki, Chandra Kanneganti, Santi Nemani, S. Munisundaram, Vijayalakshmi Nadimpalli, Uma Ramanujam Eyyunni, Sanyasi, Vinnakota Ravisankar, Dr. N. Gopi, Mahajabeen, Dr. Boyina Venkateswara Rao, Jayaprabha, Kuchi, Satyam Mandapati, Sudera, Nadella Anuradha, Nisapathi, Dr. C. Narayana Reddy, Nidadavolu Malathi, Kanchi Seshagiri Rao, Ardial, Nikhileswar, Nagnamuni, Dr. Vasaprabhavathi, Mandarapu Hymavathi, Yarramsetti Papa, Jandhyala Venkata Rama Sastry. Vanguri Chittenraju, Vemuri Venkateswarulu, Tushara, Adusumalli Devendra Rao, Dr. S. V. Rama Rao, Aparna Munukutla, Marepalli Venkata Sastry, Saradapurna Sonti, Yandamuri Veerendranath, Pothukuchi Sambasiva Rao, Dr. Mudigonda Sivaprasad, Koduri Sriramamurthy, Dr. Poranki Dakshinamurthy, Pannala Subrahmanya Bhattu, Dr. K. Ramamohana Rai, Garikapati Pavan Kumar, Kotti Ramarao, C.S.Narayana, Vijaya Asuri, Gandham Yajnavalka Sarma, Saleem, K.V.Giridhara Rao, Katragadda Dayanand, Palepu Buchchiraju, Vanguri Chittenraju, Elactron, Pulikanti Krishna Reddy, Yaralgadda Kimira, Jalandhara, Vasundhara, Sailajarao, Boya Jangaiah, K.K.Meenan, Pattisapu Radha Mahalakshmi, Mudiganti Sujatha Reddy, D. Kameswari, Lavanya Mandalapu Vemsani, P. S. Narayana, Avasarala Ramakrishna Rao, Gorthi Brahmanandam, Binadevi, Srivirinchi, Tammineni Yadukula Bhushan, Kaasibhtla Venugopal, Suryakumari Upadhyayula, Aare Padmaja Chowdari, Alladi Mallesayya, Nemaluri Bhaskara Rao, Sri Subha, Gantikota Brahmaji Rao, Sitha Satya, Turaga Syamala. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Detroit - 2005</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This conference was held with Dr. Kodali Srinivasa Rao as the coordinator and Dr. Gorrepati Navaneetha Krishna as the president. Conference team developed some guidelines to go by through town hall meetings with local Telugu community. . 200 people attended each of these meetings, assessed the needs of the community.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Deliberations of these meetings were summarized thus: (1) 70% of the performers in cultural program to be from USA. (2) Youth should have enough representation. (3) Tickets and honorariums should not be paid to any artists and others from India. (4) Conference committee members agreed not to get reimbursed for travel and telephones from the conference funds. (5) Transparency in accounts. (6) Surplus is the goal. 8000 people attended the conference. A Total of $1.5 million was collected, leaving a surplus of $340,000 that was divided between TANA and local association at 75% to 25% ratio.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Co-Editors : Maddipati Krishna Rao, Vasireddi Naveen</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Yadla Hema Prasad was the convener and Bandla Hanumaiah was the president of TANA conference held in Washington DC in 2007. 14,000 people enjoyed the conference. Highlight of the conference was hour long speech of President Bill Clinton to the business seminar.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kakarala Prabhakara Chowdary was the TANA president During 2007-2009. During his tenure TANA along with Telugu communities across the globe fought for recognition of Telugu as “</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PRACHEENA BHASHA</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” and achieved it in the year 2009. TANA continued it’s on ongoing programs, Telugu teaching at UT Austin, International Internship program, back pack program with school supplies and scholarship program for college students. A new program called TEAM SQUARE was started to help Telugu families in USA under distress. During his term, there was an Internal Revenue Service audit of TANA, Inc-Foundation, Convention, Trust funds and General funds for the years 2004 and 2005. TANA successfully came out of this audit with the pro bono CPA services of Prabhakara Chowdary. He obtained Illinois Tax exempt status that saved several thousands in refunds to TANA for the conference expenditure.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“This is a historic day in our – in Telugu Association of North America’s history. As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Tana organization, we are fortunate to have a man that we all consider to be a friend of Indian Americans, the very first president to visit Andhra Pradesh, the state that we all came from, the president during whose leadership of this great country, there has been a tremendous opportunity created for literally thousands of fellow Americans to come and participate in the industrial – in the information technology revolution that has energized and transformed not just U.S., not just India but the entire world. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know that you are all eager to hear the keynote address. I now invite the president of our beloved organization TANA, Dr. Hanumaiah Bandla. Ladies and gentlemen, Dr. Hanumaiah Bandla will welcome Mr. Chandrababu Naidu (Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Chandrababu Naidu said “I’m thanking Sri Hanumaiah Bandla for asking me to introduce President Clinton. Though I am privileged, it is very difficult to introduce a person who needs no introduction, that too in a span of few minutes. Clinton, we are all aware, very charismatic statesmen, a humanitarian and perhaps the most popular American President that world ever has had. A person…</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> …who gave the biggest example for all of us, a person born in rural Arkansas in a humble family was able to raise to the world’s most highest position is a testimony to the real strength of democracy. He is a role model to emulate. United States has seen the highest economic growth during his 8 years of governance. He has balanced the federal budget and paid off $360 billion U.S. dollars of the national debt and converted the largest budget deficit in American history through the largest surplus..</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During his presidency he created of more than 22 million jobs. To achieved lowest rate of unemployment in 30 years and lowest for women in 40 years, highest homeownership in American history, lowest crime rate in 26 years, highest incomes at all levels with the equitable wealth distribution with the bottom 20 percent seeing the largest income growth at 16.3 percent, lowest poverty rate in 20 years, lowest infant mortality rate in American history.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He has nominated minorities and women as federal court judges, cabinet members and other government officials. He has provided additional funds for the environment programs and tax credits for college education. And he has left the office with the highest voter approval. That is his credit, we are very happy for this.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All the Telugu people are here and also Indians are here. We are all very happy after long span of time, 20 years gap, he has visited India. He has stayed in India three days, even all of us remember his visit. He has created tremendous impact on Indians and also those who are working abroad especially in America.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He has spent some wonderful time in Hyderabad, all Telugu people you remember that. He has interacted very good interactions with self help groups. And also he stayed with us for three to four hours. Even now we are unable to forget about all remembrances. When he visited back to America, he asked his governors and also politicians to go to India how technology, seva, issue of driving licenses and how we handle other issues. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After his visit to India, our people are doing extremely well. For the last nine days, I toured the entire USA and observed the amount of confidence Indians are having and especially the Telugu people are having, nobody can imagine. I am having total confidence today, even in future, Indians especially Telugu people will play very major role not only in employment and also in all walks of life. All this credit goes to Bill Clinton. He has motivated us. He has inspired us in a big way.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After office also he is very popular. In this TANA conference the crowd is 3,000 people. That shows his charisma, that is his popularity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because of constitutional problems, he is unable to contest third time in the United States. He is so popular now. If he contest in India also, he will become the prime minister of India. That is his popularity. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He is a leader, global leader. At the same time, he is very popular all over the world across the boundaries. Now it is his duty to work for the global benefit of the community. I requested him to concentrate on peace mission. Now we are seeing so many problems on religion. Religion has become fanaticism under the process. People are hating each other and there is a threat for global peace. He has to take some organization, some platform so that we can concentrate on global peace.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are all seeing global warming. Environment problems are coming in a big way. Because of environmental problems, there is a threat for survival or existence itself. We are watching poverty. There is poverty in India. There is a clear division between haves and have nots. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bill Clinton speech :</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “Mr. Naidu gave me a very kind introduction, and also a very wonderful welcome to Andhra Pradesh when I was president. You know, in America we have slightly different – a political traditions and when I got to Andhra Pradesh, there were these huge banners all over with his picture and my picture. And I felt like a rock star instead of a politician. And when you’re getting old and gray, to feel like a rock star is a very good thing. So I thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I would like to thank very much the officers, the executive committee, the president, the president elect of this fine organization. I would like to thank Dr. Athera John, Krishna Katragadda and others who made my visit here possible today.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I would like to thank all the members of the Telugu Community who have made such a remarkable contribution to the United States. And thank you for coming here to celebrate your art and culture including having the wonderful dancers here when I came on stage. I wish they hadn’t left. Then you could look at them and listen to me and it would be far more interesting. And I would like to thank the ministers who have come here from a long way away from India to be here with me today and for the kind gifts and greetings they brought.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I believe one of the most important objectives that our administration achieved in foreign policy was the repairing of the long rift between United States and India and building a genuine partnership and friendship. I welcomed former Prime Minister Rao to the White House in 1994, after long years in which we were separated over cold war issues which had not been relevant for some time. I thought we had an opportunity to work on a number of issues and we did.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was frankly a little jealous when both my wife and daughter got to go to India during my first term as president, they came home telling me what a wonderful opportunity I had missed. In 2000, I was able to rectify that and…</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> That, of course, is when I had my great trip to Hyderabad but I was also honored to address the Indian Parliament, something which I will never forget.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I like the Parliament building but I must say it would be frightening for an American president to go and to address the United States Congress in an atmosphere in which the members of Congress were so close to the President. Sometimes I think it would lead to encounters not altogether positive.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was glad in 1999, eight years ago yesterday, on July 4th, our Indian – our Independence Day to meet with the then Prime Minister of Pakistan and do what I could to move the troops of the Pakistani Army back across the line of control and to avert a major political crisis and a potential military intervention.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And since I left office, I’ve had three great opportunities to continue to work in India for which I am very, very grateful. After the earthquake in Gujarat in 2001, I was asked by the Prime Minister to try and help raise funds among Indians in the United States to help to rebuild the villages because hundreds of them had been destroyed. It led to the establishment of something called the American India Foundation which is now raised almost $40 million for building thousands of homes and hospitals and schools, artisans workshop, marketing of Indian crafts in the United States. It was really quite rewarding.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And, of course, after the tsunami, the president had asked his father and me to try to raise funds and work in that area. And I wound up staying on for two years as United Nation’s coordinator for a tsunami redevelopment and reconstruction. It was rewarding everywhere. Of course the hardest hit part was Aceh, Indonesia. We made a lot of progress there but – and they ended their civil conflict but they have a long way to go. Now, the Thais were hard hit but they were able to quickly recover because it was a wealthy area. The Maldives basically recovered on the strength of their tourism. Sri Lanka did well until they began to fight with one another again, that always impedes recovery. But the best job in restoring, in diversifying the economy away from the pre-tsunami economy to a new one was done by India and the [Indiscernible] [0:20:38]. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was amazing. I watched women who had been widowed, their fishermen husband killed, making candles for Hindu Temples. Something that seemed simple but it was something that had never been done before. And the last time I visited, I visited family after family after family in new storm resistant housing, much more efficient with good sanitation for the first time ever, with schools that had libraries, and with early warning and rescue systems in place as sophisticated as anything you would find anywhere in the world. So, I would say, in terms of overall rebuilding, so far, India wins the prize. And it was a great honor for me to be there.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But perhaps the most important thing for me personally is the work that I’ve been able to do in India with HIV and AIDS. In two senses, first of all, most of my major partners in providing lifesaving medication around the world are the manufacturers of generic drugs in India, the big ones like Cipla and Ranbaxy but also smaller companies. We have one South African partner and increasingly others want to come. But the Indian companies were producing state of the art, world-class quality medicine that when I started it cost on average about $500 a person a year. We paid 10,000 a person a year in America. The Europeans and Canadians pay 3,500 for the same drugs we pay 10,000 for which is why the American pharmaceutical companies oppose Americans as being able to re-import drugs from Canada.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Something terrible happens to American medicine when it goes to Canada – some virus infection. And if you take it when it comes back across the border, you will drop dead immediately. The Canadians have a remarkable resistance to this virus, they do very well with our drugs across the border. But the point is, the world could not afford it, even in the poorest countries in the world, the discount price was about $1,000 or $1,500.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, we went to the Indian companies and we said, you know, even at $500 a year are there bulk prices when if you bought by then what at that time was a big volume, you could get maybe $350 price. It was still operating on the model of a small jewelry store. Do you know how a jewelry store in America operates? You have to have a whole lot of inventory and it cost a lot of money to maintain the inventory. If you don’t sell much, so you have to have a big markup. Also, some people who buy diamond rings may not be able to make all the payments, and then you have to undertake the expense of getting the ring back.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So I said to them, “This is too big a business. There are six and a half million people who need this medicine.” At that time in developing countries, only 70,000 people outside Brazil where the government purchased it all, we’re getting [AIDS] medicine.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, I said, “Suppose we went to a grocery store model where we have high volume, low profit margins for sale and absolutely certain payment. I’ll raise the money, guarantee the payment, but we got to get big volumes.” They kept the prices to $139 a person a year. You should be very proud of that. Every Indian in the world should be proud of that.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then, we did the same thing with children’s medicine which was $600 a person a year because the children’s volumes were so small. But every year, over 500,000 children die of AIDS who could live if they had the medicine. And the adult medicine doesn’t work so well. It’s not like an Aspirin, you can’t just cut it in half and give the smaller portion to a child and expect it to work. So, we went from $600 to $190. Then, the French imposed a small airline tax to create a fund to buy medicines to combat serious illnesses of all kinds around the world called UNITAID. And 19 other countries gave them some money. So, they asked me to buy the medicine for children with HIV and AIDS. The price is now $60, from $600 to $60.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, as a result of that, we have done – we have operated healthcare programs in 25 countries, my foundation has including India. I’ll say more about that in a minute. And we sell this medicine in 68 countries where the World Health Organization says the healthcare system will distribute the medicine and monitor it and test for its impact properly. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When we started, as I said, there were only 70,000 people in the world getting this medicine. Today, there are about 2.4 million people getting the medicine. And one full third of that – a third of all of the people in the world getting this medicine are getting it from these contracts made possible because Indian drug manufacturers changed their business model. Seven hundred and fifty thousand people who will live including the overwhelming majority of all the children on earth getting AIDS medicine. I hope that you are all very proud of that.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s been an honor for me also to work in India working on building networks for children’s health care, for care of adults. We’re giving thousands upon thousands of people the medicine. We have now trained 55,000 physicians in 13 states with 1,100 training sessions. And we have a curriculum now we’ve developed with I-TECH for hospitals and ERT nurse training centers that, I believe, will eventually in the next year or so give us a nationwide coverage along with the funds, along with the medicine manufactured in India to make India the first developed country with a large AIDS population to in effect be able to treat everybody. And they – I hope that will happen and I’m looking forward to it.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, why are you here and why do I do that? That’s what I want to talk about for a few minutes. What does all this mean? How did all this happen? Most people who lived at White House, as I did, go out and, you know, play golf and make a few speeches. And I didn’t because I thought it would have been immoral given the life I’d had but also because I think this is more interesting and more important and more fulfilling. But I see all of you here and I read in the press all the time about the stories about outsourcing which bothers me but what about all the insourcing. Look at what you did for America. Look at how many of you are here. How many jobs you’ve created? How many people work for you?</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And I think – so I want you to think with me just for a few minutes about what all this means. What is good about the globalized world of the 21st century and what are its major problems? Because in different versions, you find every good and bad thing going on not only in India but in the United States. The modern world is obviously full of opportunity. It rewards intellect and imagination and vision and training and entrepreneurial skill with open borders, easy travel, easy immigration. You see these things happening all over the world. We are increasingly bound together. And with more a trillion dollars crossing national borders every year, even if we repeat all the trade agreements in the world, you couldn’t stop a lot of these globalization and mobility. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, the really important thing to do is to say what’s good about it and how do we accelerate it and what are the problems and how do we reduce them. Well, what’s good about it is self-evident. If there weren’t a lot of good things about it, you couldn’t have afforded the plane tickets to come here today. Think about it. The prosperity enjoyed by the Indian community in the United States is evidence of what is good about the global economy. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ability to cherish your traditions and your heritage to preserve your culture, your language, your faith and still be integrated into different societies all across the world is evidence of what’s good about the global economy and consistent with the vision Gandhi had when India was established in the first place. That’s also true.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And many Americans have been a part of this, in ways large and small. I once had – few years ago, I have a cousin who lives in the mountains of North Arkansas, in the middle of America, who played chess once a week on the internet with a man in Australia. They took turns deciding who had to stay up all night long to conduct these chess matches. And they quit after a couple of years because they were both sleep deprived. But it’s an example of the kind of connections that can be used to bring the world together and to move the world to a better place.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, what are the problems with this world? Essentially three, it is unequal and in many places growing more unequal, unequal in income, education and health outcomes. It is insecure because acts of violence can quickly destabilize the kinds of information based on web-like economies that have generated so much publicity of so much prosperity, insecure in terms of terror, weapons and mass destruction, traditional conflicts. How much more prosperous would India and Pakistan be if they didn’t have to maintain nuclear arsenals and increase defense spending every year. How much better would it be?</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You know, I think about how many poor people would there be? You know, I could go before a group of Pakistanis living in America and see doctors and business people and high tech people and people who have Indian friends in their home communities and they’re doing very well here. I tell everybody – I think of the Pales – these Palestinians, big story out of Palestine today, you know, is the Hamas and the Fatah are fighting each other. And 90 people were killed so that Hamas could gain a great military victory in Gaza taking over the security headquarters of Fatah. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Does anybody here ever been to Gaza? I’ve actually been there. The military headquarters that they took over would fit in about 25 percent of this room. And it’s not nearly as nice. And you have a million people there packed into Gaza living in abject poverty. On 43 kilometers of this most beautiful beachfront in the world, nothing in the south of France is better than the Gaza beach. No beach facing the Mediterranean is better. The only difference is they play war games in Gaza and they [Indiscernible] [0:33:54] in the south of France. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know lots of Palestinians. I do not know a single poor Palestinian outside the territories. Every Palestinian I personally know is a college professor are a millionaire. The Palestinians dominate the flower trade in Chile. They have the highest per capita income in Ecuador. They do well all over the world except at home. Why? Because they fight. So, this is an insecure world. And violence and insecurity undermines the opportunities of the integrated world of the 21st century.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And the third problem we have is it is an unsustainable world because of the undeniable realities of climate change and resource depletion. Most everybody accepts the reality of climate change now and the only big fight is who should do what and when about it and how soon is it going to be bad? And can a country grow rich, stay rich and get richer and reduce its greenhouse gases? But before the worst impacts of climate change hit, I believe we will experience serious problems of resource depletion. Already a billion people in the world never have access to clean water, two and a half billion no access to sanitation. The tsunami was terrible, as I said, but one of the things that was built back better is that there were people in India and elsewhere and for the first time in their life had access to sanitary facilities because of the rebuilding efforts.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of four of all the deaths on earth every year occurred from AIDS, TB, malaria, and infections related to dirty water. Almost no one in America will die of any of those things this year. This is an unequal world made worse by resource depletion. The amount of clean water is drying up. Topsoil is being blown away.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you’ve been to Beijing lately, you know, it probably has the worst air quality of any major city in the world because it has localized air pollution and because the prevailing winds in China there blow from north to south. And what used to be a breadbasket north of Beijing has been turned into a virtual desert by the destruction of the top soil. So that the localized air pollution is like a big soccer net collecting billions of soccer balls of dust everyday making it difficult for people to breathe. We’re looking topsoil. We’re losing trees.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ninety percent of the world’s fishing centers are under stocked today and only partly because they’ve been overfished. Partly it’s because the ocean is trying bravely to absorb more greenhouse gases, more CO</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> offensively as we cut down trees and put more CO</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in the air, the ocean tries to take up the slack to keep our planet in balance. As it does so, it changes the chemical composition of the water, destroying sometimes barely microscopic elements in the food chain of fish. All these things are happening together. Meanwhile, because of new found prosperity, the world’s prosperity population is expected to grow between from now and 2015 in the next 43 years from its current level of six and a half billion to nine billion because we can keep babies alive better. But most of that growth will occur in countries which can now not afford to give every member a good standard of living.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So I was – amused is the wrong word, I don’t want to trivialize this but I found a certain unreal quality to the debate in the Congress recently over what should be done about illegal immigration because the world took 150,000 years to go from one person standing up on the African Savanna to its current population of six and a half billion but will take only 43 years to go to nine billion. So, if you believe that illegal immigration is a problem today, just take care of yourself, live another 20 years and you will see something that you couldn’t even imagine.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So this is an unsustainable world. So in our relations with each other and within our own communities and nations, we have to go beyond an interdependence that is unequal, unstable and unsustainable. We have to build integrated communities of shared opportunities, a shared sense of responsibility for success, a genuine sense of belonging so that we do something about these three problems. The good news is we actually know how to do a lot of this. We know what it would cost to put every child in school who is not in school. And we know what if the wealthy countries of the world chose to pay for it, we know that it wouldn’t be an aid, it would be an investment in the world’s future. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We also know what it would cost to build effective health systems to deal with AIDS, TB, malaria, other tropical diseases, maternal and child health. And it should be seen not as aid but as an investment in a common future. When I was a young boy barely old enough to be aware in the late 1940s, there were still places in my home state in Arkansas which had a per capita income of only half the national average. There were places in my home state that had no electricity that had only well water, no running water, that had no sanitation, even it had no telephones. There were a few rural places that had no telephones in my lifetime. Soon enough all those places were reached, those remote, rural villages that are quite poor. No one thought of it as aid because we were all in one nation. It was viewed as an investment. That’s the way the world has to look at every place that needs income, education and healthcare. It’s an investment because we’re all tied together. We know how to do that.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In terms of the world becoming more unsustainable because of climate change, I happen to believe that dealing with the energy problem is the greatest opportunity we have to remove the tension about outsourcing. And to – because the outsourcing tension – the root of the outsourcing tension in the United States is this, median wages in our country have been stagnant more or less since 1973 except for the last five years of my presidency when they rose and inequality went down.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, why did that happen? I’d like to tell you it happened because I was an economic genius and had wonderful policies. Yes, maybe a little bit. But no, the real reason it happened is that in the late 1990s, and many of you were part of this, in the second half of that decade, information technology moved out of Silicon Valley into every aspect of the American economy. Some of the most successful companies in Texas, for example, are video game companies. Video game companies are nothing but sophisticated information technology companies. And they created enormous economic opportunity so that it was only 8 percent of our jobs but 28 percent of our job growth in over a third of our income growth from one source rifling throughout the economy, changing all the averages and lifting the public at large.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No rich country, whatever its trade policies, can maintain a strong middle class unless every five to eight years, it has a source of new jobs. Now, if you look at India, what’s the challenge there? Why did Mr. Singh win an election in which the previous government, Mr. Vajpayee government was presiding over 9 percent growth? Because the 9 percent growth was concentrated in 350 million Indian lives including the ones you led, sir, in Andhra Pradesh. But the other 600 – the other 650 million Indians didn’t feel that they were part of it. So the Congress party went out and organized them and got them all to come to vote. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But how do you take an engine like the IT revolution which has powered so much of India’s growth and move it from the one-third who can access it to the two-thirds who feel further and further and further away from a reality that many of you take for granted. If you think about it, it’s your version of the outsourcing problem, your version of America’s problem where we have a 40-year high in corporate profits, an all time high in the stock market. Our workers’ productivity is going up every year but wages are flat and poverty among working people is going up in America and so is the absence of health care among people who work. So the inequality is getting greater even as the prosperity figures overall look good. It is the great threat to democracies everywhere and a great challenge of all modern societies.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Think about energy. In the industrial era, it was true that you could not grow rich, stay rich and get richer without putting more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. It is now manifestly not true. Look at tiny Denmark, in the last few years, Denmark has grown its economy by 50 percent, the whole country. Wages are rising for everybody, inequality is going down, and they have a lot of immigrants in Denmark. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why has that happened? How did they grow their economy 50 percent and reduce inequality? Because they created a lot of new jobs. How did they do it? How much has energy increased in Denmark while their economy grew 50 percent? Answer, zero. Not one extra watt of electricity. How much have greenhouse gases increased? Answer, they have gone down. How? Because now 22 percent of their electricity is generated from wind, highest percentage in the world. You say, “Oh, well, they only have five million people. It doesn’t apply to India.” So we’ll go to the United Kingdom, the economy most like America’s.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The U.K.’s unemployment rate is about what America’s is. And as we all know, they have lots of immigrants, right? People from all over the world, they’re making a living. Unlike America, however, their median incomes are going up and they have had no increase in inequality in this decade. Why? Because when the United States walked away from the Kiyoto climate change treaty, saying it would be the end of the world if we agree to limit greenhouse gas emissions, the British said, “We like this agreement but it’s too weak. We will beat our targets by 25 to 50 percent.” And they will. As a result of which, they have created a huge number of new high skilled, high wage jobs which have kept inequality from increasing even as people have claimed their gains from the global economy there just as they have in India and the United States.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Now, consider what would happen among the 650,000 Indians living in rural India if India produced all of its own fuel? And if you run every vehicle, everything in the world that runs in India but jet airplanes on biofuels, all generated in India. More money for the farmers, food processing manufacturing, biofuel facilities every 50 or 100 miles because you can’t transport it long distances without using it – losing it, a new tax based to build decent roads and sewer systems and water systems. What if you decided that India should become – should displace Japan as the number one producer of solar energy or should displace Germany as the number one producer of wind energy? You wouldn’t hurt the Germans, they still need the wind. They still manufacture a lot. And these jobs are not easily outsourceable.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I just agreed to work with 40 of the biggest cities in the world including Mumbai and Delhi to prove that we could reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a way that creates jobs not cost jobs. And we started…</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We started with the program we announced last month in New York to retrofit buildings with solar power, with wind power, with new glass, with new lighting. And to do this all over the world, we can finance such things in New York but not every city can. So I went to five banks and got them each to commit $1 billion. That more than doubled – what’s this, this is how little. You know, $5 billion is not much money in Hyderabad anymore. You know, that’s not much money. That’s not a great deal of money on the global scheme of things but this is how pitifully developed we are in this fight. That more than doubled the amount of capital available for retrofitting buildings and making them energy efficient in the entire developing world – the entire world. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, what can we do with that? Well suppose you decided that you were going to abolish incandescent light bulbs in India? Then you could set up factories to make compact fluorescent ones or light emitting diode bulbs and creating more jobs and jobs for people who don’t necessarily have university degrees. Then someone has to go and install them, someone has to sell them, someone has to transport them from one place to the next. This is a huge deal. There’s a bill in the United States Congress today to ban incandescent light bulbs in the next 10 years. Do you know what impact it would have in America? It would reduce the need, eliminate the need for 80, 8-0, 80 coal-fired power plants – just changing the light bulbs. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And instead of hurting people’s jobs, it would create more jobs, huge numbers of jobs. So, I would like to modestly propose that what we really need in India is an economic strategy to bring the benefits of the one-third to the other two-thirds. In America, we need a strategy to create enough jobs so that outsourcing is not a problem. If we retrofitted every building in New York City where I live, there are 950,000 buildings in New York City. And let’s say we wanted to green the roofs, that’s a big strategy. In any hot climate, you should put something besides a tar surface on the roof. Put any kind of living vegetation on the roof, you can cut the temperature on a hot day drastically.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Like in New York, on a 90-degree day, every one of our old roofs with a tar surface will reach a temperature of 150 degrees at the surface point. If you green it, you seal it, so it doesn’t leak and then you put sod down, the maximum temperature drops from 150 to 80. That drastically changes the energy realities requirements in that building. And for our people, it cuts the utility bills dramatically of residence and small businesses and others accessing these buildings.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, I tell all my friends in New York, “You can’t outsource those jobs. Don’t worry about India, someone has to be standing on the roof.” And there are jobs like that everywhere. So think about all the things that can be done in India for the 650 million that the 350 million can’t do because a physical presence is required. This is the way the world should be thinking on this and so many other issues. We have to find win-win solutions. We had to deal with inequality, we have to deal with instability, we have to deal with insecurity. And it just happens that in this decade, the answer should be energy. In the next decade, there will be another answer. And the young people here will figure out what it is. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And this brings me to my last point, I think the most important challenge of the world is how we think and feel and teach our children to think and feel. The biggest – the biggest external challenges we face today are all related to resource allocation, inequality, climate change, conflicts. But a lot of them are rooted in how we think and feel. America has been following a foreign policy in the last few years that basically says we will act alone when we can and cooperate when we have to. In an interdependent world, you have to cooperate whenever you can and act alone only when you’re forced to. It’s the way you think, it’s a thinking pattern. It’s also an emotional preference. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let me give you another example. There was just exceedingly traumatic event in London when I was there. You know, where they found all these car bombs. And it appears that the bombs were implanted by a coalition of people who met through medical contacts. Doctors who were supposed to be spending their lives making people well or keeping them from getting sick decided that they should become instruments of death. Now, these people were apparently British citizens or at least several of them were even though their homes where somewhere else. When the London subway and bus bombings occurred, all the people who perpetrated that were British citizens, not people who came from somewhere else as what we experienced on 9/11.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You have it in India when the Muslims and Hindus fight in the western part of the country when the beautiful mosque was blown up and where should the temple to Rama be established, all these things. All this is about one thing, it is the central challenge of the 21st century world. More important, I would argue, even in dealing with climate change, identity. Identity. How do you define your life in relation to others? How do you do it intellectually? How do you do it emotionally?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most of you are incredibly prosperous in part because of your phenomenal capacity to make distinctions. And for all, we all know that the – what we call in America the Arabic number system is the Indian number system. We know that sort of legendary facility of Indians going to the beginning of mathematics, to the triumph in information technology. All of that is about the ability to imagine distinctions. Sometimes my [Indiscernible] [0:56:13] that fill gaps, that solve problems or create opportunities. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You come here to celebrate the language and culture of your people. And it’s important to you and it should be. The question is when you make all these distinctions, at what point for that distinction to matter do you have to make a negative reference to someone else? Why do people need not only – need to think worst of someone else, to think well of themselves? Why do people believe that their success requires someone else’s defeat? How hardwired are our brains over millennia of development to create emotional reactions as well as intellectual ones that are territorial and that see all life’s distinctions as zero sum games?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Look, throughout most of history, there have been absolutely good reasons for seeing some people as threats and the enemies. The whole history of humanity is basically the story of wider and wider and wider and wider circles of interdependence. But when you first meet the other in the next circle, there is conflict. And we like all these differences. We would certainly don’t want to homogenize the world, America is so much more interesting a place today than it was 30 years ago because we have people from everywhere here. And we know that all these distinctions and these differences add the search for truth and help us to push back the barriers of all the problems we have.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But when we believe that our distinctions are so important that they obliterate the significance of our common humanity, in an interdependent world, we are bound for constant trouble because we cannot escape each other. So, just think about it. Think of what Sri Lanka could become, India’s neighbor. If the Hindu Tamils and the Sinhalese Buddhist did not believe their differences were irreconcilable. And so they fight on. How crazy is it that Gaza and the West Bank, a tiny place? Now, they don’t even have time to fight the Israelis anymore, they’re too busy fighting themselves. How plagued is the Middle East by the Salafisuni ideology which says we have to kill the near enemy before we can get around to the far enemy? And the near enemy are the Shiyah and the weak Sunnis who don’t understand how morally superior we are and don’t agree with every last ritual and lifestyle choice we made. So we want to wipe all of them out and then we get around the Israelis and then we’ll come after the Americans and the Europeans and anybody else. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And there are people who seriously believe this, people die every day. And they’re not stupid people. It’s not easy to, you know, you put these little roadside bombs together and then you have to time them and you want to make sure you hit them right when the vehicles are going over so you just blow the limbs of, people now older than your own children. And it’s always more expensive in going to war. This is a huge deal everywhere, identity. I want you to think about it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gandhi understood this. He had this vision of India which was heartbreaking in the beginning when Pakistan separated. But now, we know something we didn’t know when Gandhi was there. Gandhi knew from the depths of his soul about our common humanity. So none of us were that great but we don’t have to be that great anymore. We are on this little bitty planet. There are – and we now know there are hundreds of billions of planets in the universe. We just learned that the conditions that we have – they have [indiscernible] [1:01:09] conditions may be mirrored in a planet orbiting one of the 20 solar systems closest to us. It’s – at last it’s 20 million light-years away so we’ll never know if there’s life on that planet. Lest, we got a family or two willing to commit four generations to space travel. We have to wait for them to come to us. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But the whole world’s future comes down to this. How do we identify ourselves? How did we learn to make distinctions without which we couldn’t navigate – I couldn’t get off this stage if I didn’t know the difference high and low. Our whole man, our whole being is wired toward making distinctions that make all progress possible, that make all learning possible, that make all relationships possible, and [Indiscernible] [1:02:14] between men and women and tall and short, old and young. That’s how our brains work. But if we lose the sense that our common humanity matters more in a world where everything is related, then all the things I have said today about climate change, health care, education, everything else is totally irrelevant. And every little feeble effort I’ve made in my life to bring people together while others are trying to tear them apart will be a pathetic failure.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That is what I ask you to think about. India can take the prosperity of the 350 million to the other 650 million. America can heal the gaps caused by the globalization of the economy. We can deal with all these challenges. They’re easily solvable intellectually. The resources are there. What is keeping us from it is an inadequate sense of identity, a sense of belonging that we belong together.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Africa, where I do a lot of my AIDS work, one of the countries where we work, the typical tribal greeting goes something like this, someone says, “Hello, how are you, good morning.” Instead of saying, “I’m fine, how are you?” The answer is, “I see you.” Think of that. Think of that. Think about all the people we never see, all of us, not just terrorists, all of us. And we all leave here today, someone is going to have to come in and clean this up. And I promise you a lot of the people who will fold these chairs feel – or carry them off and fold the tables up and feel it. People don’t see them.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I made my last trip to Indonesia, my next to last trip, I went to one of these camps where 40,000 people were still living in tent camps. And you know how hot it is, it was so hot. They were living in these awful tents. So there were few thousand of people in this little tent camp. And every camp had an elected leader. So – with the U.N. envoy and I had to go and listen to them tell me their problems and trying to solve them, I was met by the leader and his wife and his son. And my little – my interpreter was there, a nice young Indonesian woman who had been a television personality and had been in this camp before. So I looked at this family and I looked down at this boy and I just gasped. He was so beautiful. The child was beautiful. These luminous dark eyes, this beautiful smile. And I said to the lady, I said, “I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a more beautiful child.” My interpreter said, “Oh, he’s a very beautiful boy.” Before the tsunami, he had nine brothers and sisters, they’re all gone.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, the lady and the boy take [relief] [01:05:38]. The husband who lost nine of his children takes me through the camp, never one word about his loss, only about the needs of the people in the camp and what can be done – only. Then, at the end of the tour, we finished at the health clinic which was very important to me. We’d work hard to reinstate health systems. And I look up and the leader was there, his wife comes up who had lost nine of her children holding this baby, a two-day old baby. In the Indonesian culture, when a woman has a baby, she gets to go to bed for 40 days, waited on hand and foot. And then at 40 – on the 41st day she gets up and then name the baby. Interesting tradition.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, I thought to myself, first of all, it was one of the most wonderful moments of my life. I thought I never have had a problem. I hate it every time I had ever felt sorry for myself. What I really thought is why do we had to be confronted with someone who’s lost nine of their 10 children, had the courage to go on and cherish the one they had left, had the heart to name a newborn baby Dawn? Why do we have to hear a story like that to feel our common humanity? Why can’t we rewire ourselves so that we live this way every day and we see this all the time? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So I leave you with this. Sometime in the 21st century, the Indian economy and the Chinese economies and if they continue to grow together, the European economies will all be bigger than the American economy. Sometime in the 21st century, we will face crunch time with climate change and resource depletion. Sometime in the 21st century, we’ll have to figure out what in the wild world are we going to do with nine billion people or if we finally start educating women properly, it will be less, maybe seven and a half billion. We’re going to have to figure out what to do with all this. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why do we do any of it and whether our grandchildren can be in a meeting like this 50 years from now depends on identity? And whether we think our interesting differences are not nearly as important as our common humanity. It’s interesting, isn’t it, that the smarter we get, the simpler our choices become. Dr. Hema Prasad Yadla : “Mr. President, you indeed made our dreams come true today. We have been working on this for the past one year with the help of Telugu brothers Krishna Prasad and David Prasad. And it made – the day is made true and this is one of the days we can write in the history of the annals of Telugu pride.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. President, there will be volumes written to describe the achievements of your presidency, your compassion for the underdogs is only imagined by your remarkable ability to help them while dealing with all the odds and harnessing all the strengths in the most creative way. Your presence in our time has been a stabilizing factor and a blessing for humanity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. President, we the Telugu people now gathered here in the land of great American people do realize the dreams what every human being desires. For this, we thank our ancestral homeland which enabled us to participate in the struggle for life shoulder-to-shoulder with great American people. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : Chinna Jeeyar Swamy, T. Gowrishankar, Jayanthi Ramaiah Panthulu, K. K. Ranganatha Charyulu, Ansuya Reddy, Buddiga Subbarayan, Kolichala Suresh, Avula Manjulatha, C. Dharma Rao, A.B.K. Prasad, Ramesh, Chekuri Ramarao, Tadikonda Sivakumara Sarma, Induru Niranjan, Kalalapudi Manjusha, Tirumala Krishnadesikacharyulu, K. Sivareddy, Sailajamitra, Kandukuri Sriramulu, Meka Ramarao, Sonti Saradapurna, Seemanapalli Vijayalakshmi, Vamdluri Sudhakar, Chakalakonda Ramakantharao, Kalluri Siva Raju, Kolagotla Suryaprakasa Rao, Perugu Ramakrishna, Avaala Damodara Reddy, Vedula China Venkata Chayamalu, Nannapaneni Aakineedu, Jandhyala Jayakrishna Bapuji, Battula Subrahmanyam, Tallapragada Purna, Yalamanchili Gandhiji, Katari Nehru, Puligandla Ramakrishna, Konduri Ramasarma, Sahavasi, Inganti Venkata Rao, Vajhjhu Babu Rao, Tripuraneni Venkateswara Rao, Yarlagadda Balagangadhara Rao, Vaddemgunta Ankaiah, Kommineni Venkataramaiah, Acharya N.G. Ranga, Tummala Sitharamamurthy Chowdary, Jakkampudi Sitha Rama Rao, Volga, Nadella Guruprasada Rao, Papineni Sivasankar, Totakura Satyanarayana Raju, Narisetti Innaiah, Parunam Srinivasa Rao, Battula Subrahmanyam, Nagnath, Sonti Saradapurna, Mukkamala Appa Rao, M. Ramamurthy, Damarla Priyanka, Swamy Chidatmananda, Yarlagadda Kimira.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">17th Conference was held in Chicago on July 2,3,4 -2009 with Yadlapati Yugandhar as the co-ordinator and Kakarala Prabhakara Chowdary as President of TANA. The venue: Donald Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Y.V. Reddy, eminent economist and former Governor of Reserve Bank, Reserve Bank of India was the chief guest. Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois Arne Duncan were the chief participants in the conference</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Secretary of Education, Ambassador (Ms) Meera Shankar, Consul General Ashok Kumar Atri. The famous poet Sri Sirivennela Seetarama Sastri, and the Industrialist and Philanthropist Sri Galla Ramachandra Naidu are the other Guests of Honor. Dignitaries from India include Padmasri S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, the recipient of TANA Lifetime Achievement Award, and literary stalwarts Medasani Mohan and Rallabandi Kavita, Ramarao (NTR Jr), who were accompanied by charming stars Swati, Prasad. The star of the show is the young heartthrob Nandamuri , Charmi, Naresh, Rajeev and Suma Kanakala, Uttej, Raghubabu, and AVS along with classical dancers, melodious folk singers, top-notch musicians, famous writers and distinguished scholars.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">17th TANA Conference hosted the first ever North American Super Singer Contest, in</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">collaboration with MAA TV. TANA conducted a three stage competition for gifted Telugu singers. Mano, Suddala Ashok Teja, Chandrabose and Goreti Venkanna as the judges. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Awards Banquet</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The festivities began on July 2, celebrating the illustrious achievers of our community from various walks of life with TANA Awards for Excellence. The Awards Banquet was held in the spacious and elegant ambience of the Grand Ballroom at the Donald A Stephens Convention Center. Chicago, the venue for the first ever TANA Awards Banquet, a memorable event with the Banquet Committee designed a dignified awards ceremony, a delectable, multi-course, sit-down dinner, and special entertainment fitting the occasion.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inaugural Ceremonies , the harbinger of the quality of the program made great impact. The Cultural Committee produced an innovative inaugural program .. A special dance ballet to commemorate the Conference theme, Technological Innovation and Cultural Celebration, is composed specially for the occasion by the immensely talented and highly popular poet, Sri ‘Sirivennela’ Sitarama Sastry. More than 100 young Telugu dancers of Chicago, under the guidance of the artistically creative local choreographers enthralled the audience.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The 17th TANA Conference Cultural Committee strived hard to put together a uniquely entertaining cultural program that was ‘most entertaining to most of the audience of all the time”. The TANA-MAA TV Super Singers lifted spirits with the best of the Indo-American musical talents. The glittering film stars led by NTR Jr, along with Charmi, Swati, Naresh and Rajeev Kanakala presented exciting entertainment under the expert stewardship of Sri Murali Mohan, Paruchuri Gopala Krishna and EVV Satyanarayana. There were laughs galore led by Nandi award winning Uttej, AVS, Maharshi and Raghubabu, accompanied by mimicry artists and folk and parody singers. The legendary SP Balasubrahmanyam, accompanied by S. P. Sailaja, Ranjith Kalpana and Vishnubhotla Srikrishna, presented a gala concert in his inimitable style befitting the Grand Finale.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Literary program</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Several noted scholars and poets including the much celebrated stalwarts like Akkiraju Sundara Ramakrishna, Tirumala Desikacharya, Gollapudi Maruti Rao, Sri Ramana, Vasireddy Naveen, Cherukuri Ramadevi, Vanguri Chitten Raju, Veluri Venkateswara Rao, and Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy participated in several interactive programs. In addition to the ever popular </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">avadhanam, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">spearheaded by two avadhanis of distinction, Sri Medasani Mohan, and Sri Rallabandi Kavita Prasad, a program with unique, new event, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Netraavadhaanam </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(avadhanam while communicating nonverbally) by two gifted and talented women, Nidamarti Lalita Kameswari, and Kasibhotla Rama Kumari was main attraction. Renowned poets Sirivennela Sitarama Sastri, Suddala Ashok Teja, Chandrabose, Goreti Venkanna, Papineni Sivasankar, and Vinnakota Ravisankar recited their distinct styles of writings and discussed nuances of poetry.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There was also a religious session.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Youth</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The 1995 Chicago TANA Conference conducted youth events like- cruise, fashion show, talk-shows and prime-time participation. The Youth Committee reinvented the youth program with plenty of exciting events to expand the social horizons of youngsters of all age groups. Events included a banquet at the bustling Navy Pier featuring a Telugu rapper and comedians of Indian origin and a nationwide</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This conference featured two days of Business Seminars. Dr. Y.V. Reddy, who led the banking reforms as Governor of Reserve Bank of India, delivered the keynote address. Leading entrepreneurs from many walks of business including Health and Pharmaceuticals, Clean and Green Technologies and Infrastructure Development shared their experiences and expertise. Special panels addressed the needs of Women and Young Entrepreneurs. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Forums offered Socio-economic, Film Making, Science and Superstition, Entertaining in an Ethnic Kitchen, Rural Development, Women’s Issues. Face-To-Face meetings with film stars was held. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Continuing Medical Education</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To catch up with the latest Technological Innovations in Medicine CME discussed where leading luminaries from the Second Generation Telugu physicians was the highlight of the discussion. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Arts & Crafts</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Padma Sri, S.V. Ramarao conducted Arts and Crafts Exhibition with artwork created by Telugu people. Artists in various media, both from North America and India displayed their works in the exhibition. Special exhibition of paintings by artists from Andhra Pradesh was organized by TANA in cooperation with the Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University., Hyderabad.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Commercial Exhibits</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Conference had commercial exhibition with enticing jewelry and saree shops with vintage videos, latest music and upscale real estate to non-profit services.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mohan Nannapaneni elaborated the help extended to the victims of accidents in USA.Thotakura Prasad gave details of International scholarships through TANA.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dilip Kuchipudi narrated the useful work done by Tana foundation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr Jampala Choudary introduced the judges of talent singers which was central show in the cultural program.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jandhyala`s MADHYA TARAGATI MANDAHASAM WAS ENACTED AS STAGE PLAY.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The political session Mr I V Subbarao in chair contributed to the contemporary thinking.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Krishna Rayabaram stage play was quite impressive.Musical session of Sanjay put the audience in aesthetic mood.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sundar Dittakavi and Krishna Sarada acted as anchors for cultural programs.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Two troops Detroit were center of attraction in the function through their bollywood stage performance and pop songs.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AVS humour made all audience into laughing mood.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The conference incidentally congratulated Yugandhar Yadlapati since july 4th the American independence day happened to be his birthday too.He thanks the 200 volunteers who worked for the success of conference.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Balasubrahmanyam music concert was quite turning point in the program. After that he was honored on the stage.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suneeta`s song performance made audience into musical mood.Yugala Astaavadhanam was another gravity of attraction for literary lovers.Youth had their talent test and awards were given to the best performance.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The audience witnessed the services of TANA to the blind people in in Andhra. through special video. There was Veena concert with youngsters expert musical talent. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shobha Rani choreographed the program.Rama Gurupalli conducted variety of folk music.Chintakayala Ravi group dance made mark in the cultural programs.Undavalli Anuradha conducted marriage Vedukalu with young girls. Kuchipudi dance performance with Krishna Leelalu is another master performance in the cultural show.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yugandhar Yadlapati was the Coordinator of the Conference. He was the Convenor of the very successful </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Welcoming the gathering, Prabhakar Chowdary Kakarala, President of TANA, expressed happiness for grand success of Chicago conference.</span></div>
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><img alt="17th.jpg" height="204px;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/e9G_zYV-LPwuvhoy-0CBNjCHqN3TB_yjXYN-T8zabvLl6AWKS_obMD_1EyxKSfj7SXuy4IL5f6lpKE7msR-JbTxyktP1v_s4Sw11pTXCP4SnJddMp9KcEWQ0NCKo_Ia22NyGE8hvo6oVO3l-" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="162px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vice-President : Ramaraja Bhushanudu Yalavarthi</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : Papineni Siva Shankar, Kompalle Ravichandran, Rasmi Balasubrahmanyam, Potturi Venkateswara Rao, Vemuri Balaram, N. Innaiah, S.V. Rama Rao, Volga, Mahammad Khadir Babu, Mrunalini, Saichand, Pappu Suryakantham, Vanguri Chittenraju, Kadregula Nageswara Rao, Sivaji, Kandukuri Ramesh Babu, V. Srinivas, Narasimha Rao, K. R. Chowdari, Chukka Ramaiah, Rentala Jayadeva, Tankasala Ashok, K. Ramachandra Murthy, A.K. Prabhakar, Dr. Anil K. Jampala, Nirmaladitya, Videhi Sashidhar, Narayanaswamy, Chandra Kannelaganti, Machiraju Savitri, Vinnakota Ravisankar, Satyam Mandapathi, Narayana Swamy, Ala, Pudipeddi Seshusarma, S.V. rama Rao, Machaki, J.U.V.B. Prasad, Vemuri Venkateswara Rao, Krishna Konduri, Raghavendra Ichchada, Sai Brahmanandam Gorthi, Rahul Pavuluri, Ramakrishna Velamati, Sarada Purna Sonti. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Santa Clara - 2011 </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">18th Conference of Tana was held with Chilukuri Satish as the coordinator and Komati Jairam as president and with numerous Tana volunteers from local area who worked day and night to make the conference success. It resulted in a surplus of $400,000 that fortunately wiped out the deficit from the Chicago conference. Komati Jairam put lot of effort for this surplus to materialize.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">18th TANA Conference was held in santa clara, california state during July 1-3, 2011. 8000 thousand people enjoyed the conference programmes. Several politicians, Industrialists, and artists came from Andhra. Jayaram Komati was the president and Chilukuri Satish is the co-ordinator, who conducted the conference most successfully with the co-operation of hundreds of TANA volunteers. Deputy defence minister from the central Pallam Raju was the chief guest. State minister Galla Aruna Kumari and Pitani Satyanarayana. Members from Parliament Rayapati Sambasivarao, Madhuyashki Goud, M. Venugopala Reddy, Leaders of the Communist Parties Raghavulu, Narayana, Andhra Jyothi Managing Director Radha Krishna, T.V.9 CEO Raviprakash, Praja Paksham with Paruchuri Gopala Krishna, Sekhar Kammula, Cine actor Nandamuri Balakrishna were the luminaries in the conference. Dr. Jampala Chowdary introduced the programmes. A Photography session with local professional photographer was well attended.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Pallam Raju the defence minister in his speech reminded that India attained world fame in the cricket. He requested the Telugu people in america to extend their help to their country. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Galla Aruna Kumari the minister said that Telugu people in should contribute for the development of Andhra Pradesh. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vijaya Aasuri conducted the cultural programmes. Overall programmes were directed by Satish chilukuri and Nadella Jaya Prasad. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The three day conference was conducted with full of cultural programmes, economic seminar, women’s forum, film and photography meet, peoples representatives forum, business seminar, open heart with R.K., encounter with Raviprakash engaged all the participants. audience enjoyed the music performance of Sriramchandra, Kausalya, Pranavi, Beepula, Nandamuri Balakrishna acted as Raraja Narendra in Historical Play along with him Paruchuri Gopala Krishna, Gummadi Gopala Krishna, AVS, Murali mohan, Surekha Rani, Sana, Jyothi, Ganesh, and Jonnavittula participated. AVS humourous play Hasyavallari engaged the audience. The guys who acted in the dances got appreciation from the audience.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jayaram Komati President TANA paid various tributes to volunteers for their effort to motive conference to success. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : Katyayani Vidyanmahe, Mrunalini, Bhairavabhatla Kameswara Rao, Tammineni Yadukula Bhushan, Palaparthi Indrani, Vinnakota Ravishankar, Dr. Videhi Sashidhar, K. Geetha, Chandra Kanneganti, Pudipedi Seshusharma, M.B.S.Prasad, Laila Yerneni, Ketu Viswanatha Reddy, Vamsi, Mandapati Satyam, Akkiraju Bhattiprolu, Tatipamula Mrityunjayudu, Dr. Narayana Garimella, G.K. Anantha Suresh Kanaka Prasad. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">19th TANA. Conference </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DALLAS, Texas - 2013</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">19th Conference of Tana was held at Dallas,Texas state in May 24-26, 2013. Mr Prasad Thotakura was the president where as Mr Vennam Murali was co ordinator.Mr Justice Jasti Chalameswar, judge in Supreme court, India was the chief guest and spoke extensively. He was presented momentos to winners of various items during the conference.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ms Nirupama Rao, ambassador of India in USA spoke extempore about the role of India in USA and excellence of various persons who are playing important positions in various walks of life.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr Chiranjeevi, minister for tourism in government of India and cine actor narrated the schemes taken up of to promote goodwill through various schemes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ministers from Andhra Pradesh Mr Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Pitani Satyanarayana, Ghanta Srinivasarao actively represented the government.Few legislators from Andhra pradesh took part in the conference actively. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr Ravi Prakash, chief of TV9 channel in India spoke emphatically with many suggestions to improve quality of life through scientific attitude.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad, representative of Indian cultural affairs in Canada suggested several steps to promote Telugu language in India and abroad.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA gave 12 awards while the president of TANA gave 5 awards to various persons who achieved eminence in their fields.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Special songs of Jonnavittula composed and sung for the occasion were released in the conference.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In a special session of youth Mr Mohan Nannapaneni narrated the steps to be taken for protection of students and young people from falling victims to road accidents and other dangers in USA.He also indicated to take care of academic fields and not to fall into the trap of cheating in educational institutions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The literary forum was conducted by Mr Chandrahas Maddukuri where in Mr Mandali Buddha Prasad, Gollapudi Marutirao, Prof Afsar, Ms Kalpana, Innaiah Narisetti spoke about the actions to be taken to save Telugu language in future.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chagarlamudi Pakeeraiah conducted business session wherein participants discussed various measures to improve trade and commerce.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Separate session was held to discuss the problems of women where in Ms Jaya Sudha, cine actress came out with good suggestions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the closing session Mr Mohan Babu, cine actor exhibited the educational schemes which are being implemented in Vidyaniketan, near Tirupati where discipline is observed without any caste, creed, religion barriers. Ms Jayasudha spoke briefly about life experiences. Mr Brahmanandam, the actor narrated his experiences in cine field.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr Prasad Thotakura, in his presidential remarks narrated the schemes which are going to be implemented in USA for the promotion of arts, crafts, language courses with the help of Telugu University. Mr Nannapaneni elaborated the future schemes of Tana in USA.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the closing ceremony the outgoing president Mr Thotakura Prasad thanks and handed over the responsibilities to the elected president Mr Mohan Nannapaneni.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The music session of Sailaja, Balasubrahmanyam is the highlight of the conference where audience enjoyed thoroughly.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There was special stalls with various items like Lok Satta services, different book stalls, arts, crafts, books, jewellery, sarees that attracted participants.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tana conference under the presidentship of Mr Thotakura Prasad $450000 which put the organization on safe pedal and it the largest amount saved for Tana so far. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="cover page.jpg" height="165px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/e8P8H6cRbtTVs1rsY2Hl-NJaNAh82PriJGFfA7MLcQIVkmamhfJOrFxV_WADVaNBjD9boJb6fBp2M7qWexRtvSq5Ja6U6WDQ_fg6d2BRKezDjDM5iB8Otr21s-V8kNURNTCP_-R4AwgGkTEB" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="138px;" /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Editor : Chandra Kanneganti</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Co-editor : Naveen Vasireddy</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cover Design : Vasu</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Art : Raju Yepuri</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers : R. V. Ramarao, Yarlagadda Balagangadhara Rao, Dr. Garikapati Narasimha Rao, Rentala Jayadev, Chowdary Jampala, S. V. Ramesh, Nagarajam Y, Sannidhanam Narasimha Sarma, Nannapaneni Mohan, Jampala Chowdary, Dr. Raghavendra Prasad, S. Prasad, Susmitha Kosuri, Kanneganti Manjulatha, Bhadriraju Krishna Murthy, C. Dharma Rao, Sai Brahmanandam Gorthi, S. Narayana Swamy, Peddinti Ashok Kumar, Laila Yerneni, Nani Krishnamurthy, Satyam Mandapati, G. Lakshmi, Potturi Vijayalakshmi, P. Chandrasekhara Azad, V. Raja Ramamohana Rao, Mannem Sindhumadhuri, Akkiraju Ramapathi Rao, Sri Ramana, Gollapudi Maruthi Rao, MVS Prasad, K.V.S. Rama Rao, Krishna mohana Rao, Mohan, Hasya Brahma Sankara Narayana, Dr. Garikapati Satyanarayana, Gayatri Bhogapalli, Rajesh Veerapaneni.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">20. TANA Youth Conferences</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Youth Conference is a conference organised by TANA youth to discuss related to TANA youth. It is typically on a Memorial Day weekend on the even number year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here are the list of places where the conference was previously held. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sr.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Place</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sr.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Place</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sr.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Place</span></div>
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font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1977</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New York</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1993</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New York</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1988</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Detroit</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1979</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Detroit</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1995</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chicago</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1990</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Edwardsville, IL</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1981</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chicago</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1997</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Los Angeles</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1992</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Washington DC</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1983</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Washington</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1999</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CinCinnati</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1994</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cincinnati</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1985</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Los Angeles</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2001</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Philadelphia</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1996</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New Jersey</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1987</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">St. Louis</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2003</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; 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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 8.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1991</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Atlanta</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2007</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Washington DC</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2002</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Conzume, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Youth conferences are conducted alternate years. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They are not conducted </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">after</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 2000 year..</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Board of Directors: TANA Board of Directors are responsible for protecting the bylaws, providing oversight and establishing the goals and direction for TANA. They are also responsible for long-range planning and short term assistance on critical issues. They manage all the Trust funds of TANA including TANA life membership fund.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During July 1999 - June 2001, TANA Foundation has initiated carefully-selected development projects that are expected to improve the quality of life of the beneficiaries. Each of these projects was made possible by many generous donors in the North American Telugu community.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"To Share, To Care, And To Serve the Needy"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation is a perpetual autonomous body of Telugu Association of North America (TANA). The mission of the Foundation is to improve the quality of life of all needy people in North America and Andhra Pradesh.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lenin Pam</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The monetary value of the charitable work that is carried out by TANA Foundation averages one million dollars a year. The charitable work falls into three broad categories:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Projects Facilitated By TANA Foundation:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These are projects sponsored by philanthropists and well-wishers in North America. These projects benefit the hometown or village that the sponsor originates from. The projects facilitated by the Foundation span a wide spectrum; projects include protected drinking water, construction of permanent cyclone shelters, school and college buildings, community halls, senior citizen centers, places of worship, sanitary facilities, and model villages.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The projects are normally executed by a not-for-profit organization such as a Village Development Committee in India or, in some instances, by the State Government. Since the funds for the charitable project are sent through TANA Foundation, the sponsor in most instances will be able to treat the contribution, for tax purposes, as a charitable donation. The sponsor does the spadework in terms of defining the project, arranging for matching funds from the Government. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Projects Executed by TANA Foundation:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These are projects that have a very broad scope and have the potential of helping the needy in the whole of Andhra Pradesh or the U.S. These projects have a leader designated by the Board of Trustees of the Foundation. The Board ensures that the benefits from the project are not limited to a particular region of Andhra Pradesh or the U.S.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Good examples of TANA Foundation Projects include - Hepatitis B vaccination, Child Rescue Shelter, Eyesight restoration, Nebuliser for Asthma Patients, Adopting bright Children to provide free higher Education (ACE), and Rural Sanitation. In most instances, TANA Foundation teams up with a local non-profit organization to execute the project. The Project Leader designated by the Board plays a strong role in raising the funds and executing the project. Eyesight Restoration, Nebuliser for Asthma Patients, and ACE are three projects that are currently very actively pursued by the Foundation. The status of these projects is highlighted in the following pages.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Funding of Scholarships and Calamity Alleviation from Endowment Income:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Foundation has, over a period of time, accumulated funds generated internally as well as those received from donors. These are restricted funds that are invested for the long haul. The interest income from such investments is used to fund a limited number of scholarships as well as provide emergency relief in the event of a calamity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Currently six named scholarships of $2000 each are being issued annually to students from India who is pursuing graduate studies in the US. Also, four scholarships of $750 each are issued annually to High School Seniors in the US who are pursuing higher education. Further, $500 is provided annually to North/South Foundation for conducting Spelling Bee Competitions. Several bright but poor ACE students in India are also funded through endowment income.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What has been accomplished to date has been no more than a small step towards improving the quality of life of the people in need. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> has been the top organization for doing charitable activities in Andhra Pradesh from USA. Averages of a million dollars per year worth of projects have been implemented consistently for more than a decade.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Orphanages:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many Orphanages have been identified which are being run very efficiently but not able to provide everything they want to due to paucity of funds. An endowment of One Crore rupees will feed 1000 children for at least one month every year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eye Camps</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Operation Envision has been one of the most successful projects of TANA Foundation. TANA sponsored 500 eye camps in various parts of Andhra Pradesh and 35000 people are living a better productive life due to these camps. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cancer Camps:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Foundation started to sponsor cancer camps with the help of Basava Tharakam Cancer Hospital in Hyderabad. A cancer camp can be conducted with $1500. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation conducts many programs in Andhra Pradesh promoting preventive health care among the poor and disadvantaged. One such program is the Cancer Screening and Awareness program implemented in collaboration with the Indo-American Cancer Hospital One of the main objectives of this program is to create cance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.799999999999999px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">r</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> awareness and conduct free cancer screening programs, specially aiming at women because of the high incidence of breast cancer and cancer of the cervix.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the state of Andhra Pradesh where the population is more than 8 crores, the incidence of cancer is almost 1 lakh new cases every year. The incidence of breast cancer and cervical cancer are very high, especially in the age group of 30-60 years old. In men, the cancer of mouth (especially in tobacco users), tongue, sound box, esophagus, stomach and colon are very common.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a commitment towards society and to fulfill the above objectives, the Indo-American Cancer Hospital is conducting Cancer Awareness and Cancer Screening Programs at regular periodicity in the twin cities, districts and rural areas since inauguration. These programs </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">were </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">being organized with the kind co-operation of local authorities, NGOs and other philanthropic organizations.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Earlier the screening was limited to a thorough clinical examination and Pap smear for women. Fortunately with the help of Mobile Cancer Screening Unit which is equipped with Mammography, Ultrasound and X-ray units, we are in a position to do Ult</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.799999999999999px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">r</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">asound, Mammography, X-ray and give the reports on the spot.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Baseline Mammography is done in women above the age of 45-50 years for early detection of breast cancer and also in women with a strong family history of breast cancer every year. Mammography units are available only in a few centers in the cities. With the help of TANA, the Hospital is trying to bring awareness in the rural areas and provide free screening for better lives. Many donors to TANA Foundation Cancer Screening camps are enthusiastically supporting this noble cause in their native places.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unlike other health camps, the Cancer Screening Program involves a number of costly consumables like X-Ray Films for Chest X-Ray, 4 Films for Mammography, Developers, Print Rolls for U/S Scanning, Spatula, Brushes, Slides, Reagents, Cyto Fixtures for Pap smear and payment to the Screening Tent. Though Indo-Cancer Hospital absorbs the major portion of the expenses, they need the support of sponsors towards consumables and other expenditure of the Cancer Screening Program.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For a cost of $1,500, the hospital organizes a camp through TANA. The sponsorship covers the following expenditures:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Transportation of 16-member team by rail or road</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fuel for the Mobile Cancer Screening Unit equipped with X-ray, - Ultrasound and Mammography (@Rs. 30 per KM.)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cleft Lip:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The face of a child can be with $300. Cleft lip and unusual growth in the mouth and throat severely affect children with these deformities. Moreover these happen in remote areas among poor people due probably of nutritional deficiencies. This project has been just taken up and 10 surgeries have been sponsored till date. It takes the hospital crew to convince the parents of these affected children to come to the hospital for a free surgery as they are scared of the costs and after effects of the surgery.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Libraries:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation with the help of BREAD society has been establishing libraries in Government schools. For about $500 a library can be established which is administered by a teacher of the school. There has been a 75% success rate of utilization of these libraries. BREAD society regularly inspects these libraries and is starting to give prizes for students who use the libraries and submit write ups on the books they read. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Activities</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA members have contributed $1.9 million dollars to projects in USA and in Andhra Pradesh through TANA foundation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA foundation has 150 projects sponsored by its members. All those projects are funded in last two years.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projects:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Scholarships, Orphanages, Schools, Roads, Eye Camps, Dental Clinics, Temples, Safe Water Plants, Community Halls, Mahaprastanam, Old Age Homes, Free Article Limbs, Ekal Vidyalaya (</span><a href="http://www.ekaliindia.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.ekaliindia.org</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Backpack programs for needy children in USA</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- 600 backpacks with supplies in Dallas.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- 1000 backpacks supplies with in Boston area.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Operation Envision</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- 220 Donors in USA</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- More than 20,000 Cataract Surgeries</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Camps conducted across Andhra Pradesh</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- $90,000 in total funds.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- $30,000 in yahoo employee fund</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- $10,000 in TANA foundation matching grants.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Free Eye camps</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA conducted free Eye camp in Mynampadu on 5-4-2009 (Late. Aggavenkata Subbayya, Tulsamma)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eye camp at Hanuman Junction.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Free Eye Camps are conducted in Hanuman Junction, Krishna Dist. and Shankara Eye Hospital and District Blind Education Society in Minampadu. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Success story of Sankara Eye Hospital, Guntur with the help of TANA Foundation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation has been a great supporter of Sankara Eye Hospital, Guntur, during its construction and afterwards. TANA Foundation organized a successful fund raiser for the construction of this Eye Hospital in 2003 in Detroit. TANA promoted the Sankara's cause of "Eradicating Curable Blindness in India by year 2020" amongst their members through many TANA conferences - in particular 2003 and 2011 conferences held in San Jose and Santa Clara, California, respectively. TANA Foundation also sponsors eye camps regularly through Guntur hospital in and around Guntur and Krishna districts. To date, TANA Foundation sponsored more than 110 eye camps, helped perform more than 18000 free eye surgeries and contributed more than half a million dollars for prevention of blindness in Andhra Pradesh.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF) is fortunate to have TANA and TANA Foundation as partners-in-service in this noble mission and appreciates this valuable partnership. This partnership helped raise at least half-a-million dollars towards Sankara Eye Hospital, Guntur. SEF thanks leadership of TANA Foundation, TANA and TANA Members for their continued support and hope to continue this partnership in the years to come and help needlessly blind in Andhra Pradesh. Together let us eradicate curable blindness in India by 2020 if not sooner.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Giving training to children in Tailoring, Automobile, Binding, Carpentry and Electrical works.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation builds a Child rescue shelter in Vijayawada.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation maintaining Khaja Sitalakshmamma (wife of late Khaja Lakshmi Narayana) Memorial Old age home in Gudivada.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sri Kakatiya Student Welfare Society conducted by Jasthi Venkateswarlu</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- 334 scholarships during the year 2008.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- More than $70,000.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Part of the Scholarships through TANA foundation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rangaraya Medical College, Liberty</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- More than $200,000 raised by RMC alumni</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Funded through TANA foundation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- First year M.B.B.S. students are permitted to have complete access to the liberty facilities.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Library operated by June 2009.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Most RMC alumni are TANA members.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nannapaneni Mohan Z.P.H. School, Bhadrachalam</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Water Plants in A.P.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Funds for Abbineni Guntapalem Water Plant have been donated by Kantheti Balakrishna and Avanthi.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Funds for Konjedu Water project were donated by Obbayya Chenna Reddy Prakasam Dist.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Funds for Pedapadu Plant were given by J.R. Kakarla.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Water Plants through TANA Foundation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- At Vunguturu by Mani Pathuri</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- At Kolluru Village, Guntur Dist. by Dr. Lokeswara Rao Edara.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- At Palaparru by RamaraoPentela.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Water Plants</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reverse Osmosis Plant.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Plant Cost 3 to 4 lakhs</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Land</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Civil Project Cost 2 lakhs</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nandi Foundation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Water Plant at Addineni Gunta Palem - JMJ Social Service Society, Nallapadu and TANA Foundation, USA.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Water Health Care Welfare Society - Kolluru Village Panchayat.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA foundation arranged Water Plant Transportation Vehicle</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sai Oral Health Foundation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Sai foundation has been conducting free dental clinics for school children and poor people throughout Hyderabad, Krishna, Ranga Reddy, Nalgonda Districts.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- 400 patients are being treated every week at these clinics.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Provided de-fluoridation plants in Nalgonda District.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Dr. Sairam Atluri and Dr. Pratha Atluri have generously contributed over $100,000 in past 2 years for this great cause.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- TANA foundation provides its helping hands to send funds and organize dental clinics in villages.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Community based de-fluoridation system in (CBDFLS) in Yadavalli village.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Skeletal Fluorosis patient able to walk after operation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director General of health Govt. of Thailand has visited community de-fluoridation project in Nalgonda Dist.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yearly Graduate Scholarships</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Seven $2000 Graduate Scholarships for Telugu students.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Kind hearted sponsors</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Padmavathy and Ravindranath Guttikonda of Edison, New Jersey (one)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scholarships for youth</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Economic Need</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- TANA foundation is pleased to announce that three $2000.00 scholarships will be provided for the high school seniors pursuing higher college education in North America.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Economic Need</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Academic Performance</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One reference letter from teacher.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scholarships for poor students</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- More than 234 new scholarships for poor students across Andhra Pradesh every year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- 150 scholarships being renewed every year till the completion of college education through BREAD society.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(The Basic Research Education and Development Society (BREAD) was established in 1989 with the purpose of extending assured financial support to brilliant, but very poor students to pursue higher education. However, higher education has been made free by Govt. of Andhra Pradesh to all students whose annual parental income is less than Rs. 1 lakh. Hence, BREAD Society has turned its attention towards school education.) http://breadsocietyindia.org/</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B.Sc., B.com. B.Ed., Nursing, Polytechnic, B.Tech., M.B.B.S., D.Ed, D.Pharm.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- $100,000 since 2003.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Scholarships to 30 students during 2007-2008</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Scholarships range from 15,000 to 30,000</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Helping poor merit students.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Please visit website for student history</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="http://www.viswahita.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.viswahita.org</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Vishwahitha is a registered non-profit organization founded by a group of people endeavoring to provide moral and financial help to less fortunate children in Andhra Pradesh since 1999. They have helped more than 100 students in last 10 years. Their goal was to help students who need assistance at a critical time during their education, i.e. during Intermediate (11th and 12th). They believe intermediate is the most important time in their student life.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> foundation for helping Vishwahitha in raising donations for last 7 years.TANA for encouraging charitable organizations like Viswahita.)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation-B.R.E.A.D Society sponsors Children's Libraries in Government and Aided Schools: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation has coordinated with BREAD Society (Non-profit organization at Hyderabad) on Adopt a Child to Educate Program (ACE) for the last few years. They are doing an excellent job in providing education to college bound poor and meritorious 0 children. It is a well-recognized non-profit organization. In order to inculcate reading habits among children from an early stage, BREAD Society under the leadership of Sri Kakani Ramamohanrao and Smt. Ravi Saradagaru (Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Library Association) has recently established 12 Children's Libraries during Library Week (November 14- 20) in 2009. These are located in the high schools at Donepudi, Kuchipudi, Amruthalur, Govada, and Bodipalern in Guntur district; Durgapuram, Patamata, and GaniAtkur in Krishna district; and Mallaln, Velangi, Kaleru, and Chelluru in East Godavari District.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With a donation of $500 for a library, they provide bookshelves and 300 books to start with in the first year. They strengthen these libraries by adding about 100 new titles each year over the next three years. BREAD Society will take care of annual maintenance expenses like purchase of registers, replacement of hooks torn due to excessive usage or loss of books (in exceptional cases), and other incidental expenses. The response to establishing Children's Libraries in schools has been encouraging.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BREAD Society would like you to suggest the name of a local person who will monitor the progress of the Children's Library on an informal basis, at each and every place you propose to sponsor Libraries. Such a person should make casual enquiries from children as to what books they have read and should motivate them to read. He can also make friendly enquiries 6 from the teacher in-charge and I-lead Master without appearing to interfere in their work.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Proposals for new Libraries may be initially processed by Mentor-Coordinators and sent to the BREAD Society where a donor comes forward. Mentor-Coordinators should play a proactive role Lo encourage the Head Master and/or Teacher to take up the project. Mentor-Coordinators are key in making this program a success as regular visits to schools and interactions, especially with students, will lead to inculcating reading habits among them.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While BREAD Society has district level mentor-coordinators, they can only frequent Library Centers once in a while, whereas the local person can really make a significant impact in inculcating reading habits among school children.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The government also supplies library books to schools but they are not normally lent out to students for reading at home. In many schools, books remain in bundles, the way they were received because of lack a secure storage space (bookshelf with locking facility), and there is no teacher who will take responsibility to handle the job. When a Head Master nominates a teacher to look after the library, he/she has to render a complete account of the books through the process of stock verification on transfer/retirement, and shortages are debited to his/her account. Hence, they do not normally issue books to students to read at home. All 0 classes are supposed to have one library period a week; this is observed in the breach in most cases. Of course, there are also good Head Masters and teachers who appropriately utilize their resources.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recently, TANA Foundation Board approved the noble concept to try to solicit Telugu brothers and sisters for CHILDREN'S LIBRARY PROJECT at least one for each village in Andhra Pradesh.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With a Tax -deductible Donation of $500 to TANA Foundation, you can sponsor one school library. The Donor name will be written on the bookshelves. We strongly urge you to donate.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Healthier Highways</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Adopt-a-Highway: erecting billboards educating high risk groups like truck drivers about healthier and preventive projects. A small donation of about US $500 will help in erecting a billboard. $80,000 raised since 2007.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sreyassu</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Improving Quality of life of PSHA.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Improving Quality of life for those suffering from HIV/AIDs</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Curb the spread of HIV/AIDs into general population.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Serving 27 villages over PSHAs in Jaggaiahpet Mandal, Krishna Dist.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Providing Nutritional Medical Counseling services, Foster care and educational support to HIV orphans.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Community outreach work organizing support and self-help groups.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Centre for Social Service, Nagole, Hyderabad.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Center for Social Service is a Voluntary Organization, with no monetary profit motive aimed at ensuring better opportunities economically and socially deprived girls in our society.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">VR Sidhdhardha Scholarship</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Funds support poor students of V.R. Sidhdhardha Engineering College in the form of Scholarships.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">More than $90,000 has been raised during the academic year 2008-2009.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Funds raised by alumni of the college.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA FOUNDATION Projects</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During the July 1999 - June 2001 period. TANA Foundation has initiated many carefully selected development projects that are expected to improve the quality of life of the beneficiaries. Each of these projects was made possible by many generous donors in North American Telugu community.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS IN NORTH AMERICA AND ANDHRA PRADESH</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Helped ($2000) Pydipati Sabitha in Philadelphia to undergo emergency surgery for bleeding. She has recovered well.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Helped ($6900) MuraliKrishnam Raju of East Godavari to undergo bone marrow transplant surgery for aplastic anemia at Vellore Hospital. He recovered well. TANA Foundation, compassionate donors and Telugu community were saddened by the shocking news that he has recently succumbed to sudden illness.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Provided ($2500) Hepatitis B vaccination was provided to about 480 street children in Hyderabad being cared for by CAP program. Following the success of this program, a number of sponsors came forward to extend this program to 5000 children in different parts of Andhra Pradesh in collaboration with local voluntary organizations.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RECOGNIZING THE ARTISTIC TALENTS OF TELUGUS</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• TANA Foundation announced ARUN GUTHIKONDA MEMORIAL AWARDS the best artists selected from the participants in the I3" TANA Conference held in Philadelphia. The Endowment established in 1981 provided $1,300 for the Honorariums and Plaques distributed to the winning artists.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HELPING THE HEALTH INSTITUTIONS</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Arranged ($16,400) funds to supply desperately needed Ultrasound scanner, pulse oximeter, and operating table to Victoria hospital for women and children in Visakhapatnam,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HELPING TO BUILD INSTITUTIONS FOR DISABLED</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Vegesna Foundation in Hyderabad with donations of $10,500 is providing facilities to disabled.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PROMOTING TELUGU LANGUAGE IN NORTH AMERICA</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Awarded ($4,500) scholarships to doctoral candidates Christopher Chekuri, Aravinda Pillalamarri, and Rajagopal Vakulabharanain to promote Telugu language at the University of Wisconsin. Madison.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INVITING TELUGU STUDENTS FROM ANDHRA PRADESH WITH SCHOLARSHIPS</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• During the 2000-200I academic year, TANA Foundation offered two ($2,000) scholarships to Lavanya Vallabhaneni of Hyderabad and P. Vamsee Gnanakan of Guntur for Graduate studies at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago respectively. During the 2001-2002 academic year, TANA Foundation offered six scholarships and two additional scholarships.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vasantha Kolavennu (Free mont, AL)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RASI Laboratories Scholarship</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mallika Mcndu (Barrington, RI)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Guthikonda Balamani & Ramabrahmam Schnlanh,l</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Neilesh Mutyala (Monroeville, PA)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BikkinaTirapanna Scholarship</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rekha Gavini (Laytonsville, MD)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation Scholarship</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Geeta Pamidimukkala (Paramus, NJ)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation Scholarship</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vijay Paruchuru (Edison, NJ)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation Scholarship</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anita Tipirneni (Fort Salonga, NY)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation Scholarship</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HariTunuguntla (Ruston, LA)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Foundation Scholarship</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 6pt; margin-right: 65pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.7000000000000002pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The recipients for the upcoming academic year 2014 will be announced during the thirteenth TAM Conference. Full details of the named scholarships are provided in the accompanying pages.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ENCOURAGING THE YOUTH IN COLLABORATION WITH NORTH-SOUTH FOUNDATION</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• RASI Laboratories Endowment. TANA Foundation is able to encourage our youth participate actively in Spelling Bee competition conducted annually by North South Foundation by giving them an opportunity to excel challenging themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE IN ANDHRA PRADESH</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Successfully completed a ($47000i 20 villa ERADICATION OF OPEN DEFECATIC PROGRAM in Andhra Pradesh in collaboration with enthusiastic individual sponsors of the native places, NAANDI Foundation and the A. Government. With Naandi Foundation embarking on another (-54700) 20 village chalien originally proposed by TANA Foundation. A total of 4000 individual toilets will reduce the up defecation in these villages substantial improving the health and quality of life of these villagers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Helping the Poor Needy & Homeless in North America</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contributed matching funds to Inter Church coalition for soup kitchen and holiday gifts to the homeless and the poor in Tiffin, OH.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Arranged matching funds to provide doctor’s visits, screening, treatment and prescriptions to uninsured poor in Lansdale, Hatfield, Montgomeryville, Upper Gwynedd and Towamacin townships in Pennsylvania.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: -48px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 65pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Joined hands with Hindu Temple and Cultural Society of Bridgewater, NJ to arrange soup kitchen in Edison, NJ for the homeless and poor.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Perpetual Scholarship Endowment for Graduate Students from A.P., India.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How to set up a permanent named scholarship, in honor of loved ones, for Graduate students from Andhra Pradesh? Donate a currently determined minimum annual amount of $2,000 perpetually or donate currently determined minimum amount of $ 25,000 in three years as endowment, the annual interest from which will be perpetually used to provide for the scholarships. The following generous sponsors have set up the endowments in 2000 and 2001.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prasad Yalamanchi, Trustee and Joint Secretary of the TANA Foundation, speaks to us about his favorite charity:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Monthly Magazine commenced from 1983-83 under the editorship of Kidambi Raghunath at the outset it was in book size (8.5” x 11”) and mostly handwritten and xeroxed copy. The first editorial was written by kidambi Raghunath with aims and objectives of the journal. After Ravindranath Mr. Parinam Srinivasa Rao forward by Cherukupalli Nehru edited the journal for few years. Dr. Yelavarthi Ramaraja bhushanudu helped the editorial section for a long time. Then that Dr. Jampala Chowdary took up the editorial responsibilities for six years. Afterwards Vaguri Chittenraju was the editor then during that period Dr. Nallamothu Satyanarayana over viewed the journals publication and saw it could reach the readers on 25th of every month punctually. The journal gave importance for literary matters. Kanneganti Chandrasekhar and later Kiran Prabha worked as editors. In 2003 Kiran Prabha took up the editorial responsibilities and brought out 25th year of Magazine with literary flavour. A special issue was published which was released by M. Venkaiah Naidu. Kiran Prabha looked after the journal as editor for some years. Between 2007 and 2009 print edition came out regularly. Then Dr. Jampala Choudary took over as chief editor Narayana Swamy Sankgiri as executive editor. Srinivasulu Basabarthi, Naveen Vasireddy are the joint editors. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA Marching towards 20th conference</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA elected new committee with Mr. Nannapaneni Mohan as Chairman, as President for 2013-2015 other elected office bearers are :</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Jampala Chowdary : Vice President; Prasad Totakura (Ex-Officio Member); Satish Vemana : Secretary; Subbrao Kolla : Joint Secretary; Madhu Tata : Treasurer; Anjayya Chowdary Lalu : Joint Treasurer; Jayasekhar Talluri, Naren Kodali, Regional representatives : Anil Lingamaneni; Bhakata Balla, Gowtham Kumar Gurram, Jogiswara Rao, Anil Lingamaneni, Prasad Kolli, Rajani Akurati, Rajesh Adusumilli, Rao Elamanchili, Ravi Potluri, Sekhar Kolla, Vijay G.. Under this committee vigorous activities are taken up etc.,. Hundreds of active volunteers are co-operating implementing new schemes and programs. 20th TANA conference will be held in 1st week of July 2015 in Detroit, MI with Mohan Nannapaneni as President and Nadella Gangadhar as Co ordinator. After that Dr. Jampala Chowdary the president elect and his elected team will take up the responsibilities. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the two and a half short years since TANA established its </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Emergency Assistance Management Team (TEAM Square),</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a network of volunteers that can be contacted to aid Telugu families caught in a catastrophic situation, it has become the number one resource for Telugu people in North America. Not a week passes by without the TEAM Square volunteers assisting a fellow Telugu person in an emergency situation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Whether it is an auto accident claiming lives of multiple Telugu youngsters in Missouri, a fire destroying the property of several students in Chicago, a senseless murder of a convenience store worker in Connecticut, or a Telugu student in California being deported, TEAM Square volunteers help in providing supplies, finding shelter, assisting financially and dealing with various government authorities. These volunteers spend a tremendous amount of time and effort to provide immediate psychological comfort to the victims and their families.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Telugu community of North America stood behind TANA both by volunteering as well as donating generously. TANA tracks the donations received towards TEAM Square activities separately. We should aim for at least a reserve of $200,000 to be available immediately in a truly catastrophic situation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TEAM Square takes a proactive role in educating the community on prevention. Safety guidelines have been developed in English and Telugu and are available at the TANA web site.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because of TEAM Square, TANA has become more diversified than ever. TEAM Square's services are now so well known in Andhra Pradesh, that parents are asking their children to join TANA for safety, security and service. Many other ethnic organizations in USA recognize TANA and TEAM Square.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Women and Youth Programs</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA celebrated the International Women's Day with a special program for Telugu youth and women, Reaching for the Stars, on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at the Royal Alberts Palace in Edison, New Jersey. The day-long event focused on the many achievements of Telugu youth and women in various fields and recognizing some of the STARS in the Telugu community.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Much celebrated youth icon Nina Davuluri, who stunned the world by winning the crown of Miss America, is the Chief Guest at this event. The first Telugu woman elected to a state legislature (Maryland), Aruna Miller was the Guest of Honor. Aravind Mahankali, the Telugu whiz-kid that won the 2013 National Spelling Bee was honored. Singing phenomenon Subha Vedula, a semifinalist in the American Idol 2012 competition celebrated along with many other Telugu Young STARs, including aspiring space scientists Kavya Manyapu and Sirisha Bandla, the Youth Poet Laureate of New York City - Ramya Ramana, and the Commencement Speaker at University of Alabama- Swapna Kakani, Young Stars for Community Service Pranamya Suri and Pranhuti Suri . Several prominent Telugu Woman STARs from the Mid-Atlantic region, including Dr. Tulasi Polavarapu, Dr. Sunitha Kanumury, Dr. Meera Boppana, Dr. Shalini Patcha, Dr. Janani Krishna, Janaki Rao, Jayaprada Vallurupalli, Saroja Sagaram, Shobha Tummala and Pavana Polineni recognized for their achievements and many contributions to the community.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA - TTA organized a Program with Sri. Sirivenniala Sitarama Sastry in Chicago.</span></h1>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TANA, in collaboration with the Tristate Telugu Association of Chicago, on Saturday June 21, conducted Sirivennela Antarangam, a literary and musical evening, featuring the celebrated poet Sri Sirivennela Seetarama Sastri accompanied by singers Parthu and Saahiti. The event was held in a packed auditorium at the Balaji Temple Auditorium in Aurora.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sri Sirivennela talked about the inspirations for many of his songs -both in and out of movies and elaborated on his philosophy of life: loving life, living life, not accepting failure, keeping hope alive and fighting for future. He also talked about our cultural and spiritual heritage, development of the individual, the need to respect women, and the universality of man. Singers Parthu, Saahiti and Praveen Jaligama sang some of the famous songs written by Sri Sirivennela. The over-flowing crowd that attended the event despite the stormy weather was spellbound and stayed thru the very late hours.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recalling his long association with TANA, Sri Sirivennela extolled praises on the volunteers of TANA TEAM Square for their extraordinary service to fellow Telugus in need. Dr. Chowdary Jampala, Executive Vice President of TANA, made a presentation about TANA's many activities with a special emphasis on TEAM Square. The audience responded generously with pledges and donations to TEAM Square.</span></div>
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Book Review by Kavneet Singh<br />
<br />
Innaiah Narisetti, a man with impeccable courage who fought through the Indian Court<br />
<br />
system for 12 years, to finally receive his PhD in Philosophy is a diehard humanist.<br />
<br />
Rationalist humanism is a very uncommon line of thinking among Indians in general and<br />
<br />
an educated guess would be less than half of one percent proscribe to it. Dr.Narisetti has<br />
<br />
been a journalist, written several books in English and Telugu on Humanism, Religion &<br />
<br />
Politics. He has complied papers and lectures of M.N.Roy and published them in a<br />
<br />
readable logical sequence.<br />
<br />
Manabendra Nath Roy is the father of Humanism in the South Asian sub-continent. His<br />
<br />
radical thinking brought to light several problems of rule of the people and the<br />
<br />
democratic process in its current form. Many of his insights were uncannily well ahead of<br />
<br />
his time and the solutions incisive. Born in 1887 into a Bengali Brahmin household, grew<br />
<br />
up with no formal schooling, landed in the US and converted to Marxism in Mexico and<br />
<br />
later formed the Radical Democratic Party in pre-India. Finding a dead end with all the<br />
<br />
current systems he started ‘New Humanism’ which was simultaneously coming of age in<br />
<br />
Europe and the US, unknown to Roy at the time.<br />
<br />
Chapter 1:<br />
<br />
The common cry of all is: back to the religious mode of thought. Their new religious<br />
<br />
philosophy is differentiated from orthodox revivalism by a discriminating association<br />
<br />
with rationalism and scientific knowledge. But yet another attempt to reconcile faith with<br />
<br />
reason, theism or mysticism with humanism, mediation of moral values deserves<br />
<br />
endorsement, but the morality of the modern man requires no transcendental<br />
<br />
sanction.....[Page 21]<br />
<br />
M.N.Roy clearly advocates rationality to be used as a moral guide for man versus religion<br />
<br />
to guide man through this world. A free thinking individual’s mind should not be<br />
<br />
cluttered and fettered to the obscure theological concepts of the various man-made<br />
<br />
earthly faiths. The intellectual bankruptcy of men of faith has caused a moral crisis in<br />
<br />
modern times.<br />
<br />
I see no other way out of the crisis. It is the creation of people who were to lead mankind.<br />
<br />
They have failed. A mighty resurgence of the common man and woman only can save<br />
<br />
modern civilization. To inspire that resurgence, organize it, and guide it to fruition-that is<br />
<br />
the mission of New Humanism....[Page 28]<br />
<br />
Roy is convinced that all religious systems have failed mankind to get ‘him’ out of the<br />
<br />
quagmire of our present human condition and unless and until individuals can completely<br />
<br />
free themselves of the chains of religious indoctrination there is little chance of freedom<br />
<br />
of the utopian kind.<br />
<br />
Chapter 2:<br />
<br />
A cosmopolitan commonwealth of free men and women is a possibility. It will be a<br />
<br />
spiritual community, not limited by the boundaries of national states-capitalist, fascist,<br />
<br />
communist, or of any other kind-which will gradually disappear under the impact of<br />
<br />
cosmopolitan humanism.....[Page 33]<br />
<br />
Roy insists that every individual be educated and use his discerning intellect to<br />
<br />
understand and make sound decisions for the betterment of mankind.<br />
<br />
Chapter 3:<br />
<br />
No political philosophy or a scheme of social reconstruction can have more than a very<br />
<br />
limited revolutionary significance if it dismisses the concept of individual freedom as an<br />
<br />
empty abstraction.......Politics cannot be divorced from ethics without jeopardizing the<br />
<br />
cherished ideal of freedom.......[Pages 36-37]<br />
<br />
The heart of New Humanism lies in the freedom of the individual being the absolute<br />
<br />
beachhead of this radical thought. But in order to practice democracy the current form of<br />
<br />
simply counting heads especially when the heads are devoid of proper information and<br />
<br />
sovereign intellect. The herd mentality persists because the individual has not matured<br />
<br />
enough to do independent thinking due to the peer pressure of the masses to toe the line<br />
<br />
of religious fascism and hyperbole.<br />
<br />
What is suggested is not a rule of the “intellectual elite,” but such an organization of<br />
<br />
society as will give unlimited scope for the unfolding of the creative genius of man, by<br />
<br />
placing the executive power of the state under the control of free individuals.....[Page39]<br />
<br />
Roy’s suggested style of Democracy is ideal and indeed Radical but not novel in its form<br />
<br />
because the Sikh Gurus coined the concept of “halimi raj” [benevolent rule] more than<br />
<br />
three centuries earlier which was the original radical democracy where every Sikh was a<br />
<br />
sovereign free thinking individual with a voice which made a difference. It is uncanny<br />
<br />
that the World Sikh Council-America Region organizational setup is based on the Sikh<br />
<br />
religio-political concepts yet they happen to be exactly the way Roy envisions an ideal<br />
<br />
democracy. Furthermore the Sikh rule by Maharaja Ranjit Singh where the Sikhs being<br />
<br />
only 13% of the entire population ruled with the full backing of all the people and is on<br />
<br />
record to be the most benevolent ruler in Asia in the last many centuries. Even though<br />
<br />
there is no reference to it in the book, it is quite possible for Roy to have studied the<br />
<br />
concepts of Sikh theological governance to have come up with this idea as Bengali<br />
<br />
writers were the first non-Sikh/non-Western writers to study the Sikhs.<br />
<br />
Chapter 4:<br />
<br />
It has been elected by less than 12 percent of the people....Because a large majority of<br />
<br />
these 12 percent did not vote consciously and intelligently for those particular gentlemen.<br />
<br />
They voted in many instances simply because they were dragged to polling stations like<br />
<br />
dumb-driven cattle and voted as they were told by those who dragged them.....will have<br />
<br />
the privilege of being ruled by a minority government representing a very small<br />
<br />
percentage of the people.....[Pages 51-52]<br />
<br />
Nothing has changed since the supposed independence of India as the same is truer today.<br />
<br />
Roy’s prophetic insight to the Indian mind gave him a unique foresight as all his<br />
<br />
predictions have pretty much come true. No wonder Roy’s Politics of Freedom is the<br />
<br />
need of the hour not only for India but for all; albeit it requires rigorous training of honest<br />
<br />
inquisitive humble men in order to build a legitimately solid foundation upon which<br />
<br />
Radical Humanist democracy can thrive!<br />
<br />
That is the relation between philosophy and politics. We believe that politics, in theory<br />
<br />
and practice, is related to certain human values and ethical concepts........[Page 58]<br />
<br />
Roy’s appraisal is very similar to the ‘miri-piri’ concept a precursor to the ‘halimi raj’ of<br />
<br />
the Sikh theology. A ‘Just’ religion or a Philosophy governs politics and not vice a versa,<br />
<br />
otherwise like Roy states politics becomes a dirty scramble for power and success.<br />
<br />
Chapter 5:<br />
<br />
We have had the experience of previous elections. There were many cases of voters going<br />
<br />
to polling booths as if they were going to the temple.......With universal suffrage things<br />
<br />
will be worse....Consequently, demagogues will have a greater chance to come to power<br />
<br />
by appealing to the prejudices and superstitions of the people.....Demagogues will vie<br />
<br />
with each other to sway the people.....The future of democracy in India, therefore is not<br />
<br />
very bright......[Page 66]<br />
<br />
Absolutely nothing has changed since the Independence of India, except for ratcheting up<br />
<br />
the level of corruption hundredfold. Roy’s vision of educating the individual and freeing<br />
<br />
the Indian mind to make independent ethical decisions is still a distant dream. Today’s<br />
<br />
game of power and pelf is no different from 60 years ago as Roy saw except its worse.<br />
<br />
Chapter 6:<br />
<br />
Thus the electorate will gradually become critical and discriminating; the time will come<br />
<br />
for the voters of a locality will tell candidates of all parties to leave them alone; among<br />
<br />
themselves they will find men in whom they can have confidence and who will remain<br />
<br />
responsible between two elections........In the process, we shall already have laid down<br />
<br />
the foundation of a decentralized state of local republics......power will remain with them,<br />
<br />
to be wielded directly by the individual members of small communities. Being thus reared<br />
<br />
upon a broad foundation of direct democracies, the state will really be democratic.<br />
<br />
Usurpation of power will be out of question.......[Page 77]<br />
<br />
Roy’s intellect shines through with his clear thinking. Again Roy’s ideas are completely<br />
<br />
akin to the theo-political state envisioned by the Sikh Gurus and uniquely Sikhs are<br />
<br />
running a few organizations on very similar lines already.<br />
<br />
Chapter 7:<br />
<br />
A little analysis will reveal......the large bulk of the Indian population, have not risen to<br />
<br />
the level where democratic practice is possible, since it belongs in the 16th if not 15th<br />
<br />
century......therefore its argued the institutions of the bygone days would be more<br />
<br />
suitable for India.....the advocate’s of India’s “special genius” argue: don’t try to<br />
<br />
introduce modern political institutions into this mediaeval atmosphere, but let us glorify<br />
<br />
medievalism and give India the equivalent of medieval institutions......[Page81]<br />
<br />
Roy clarity is still relevant today. Instead of progressively building the common man’s<br />
<br />
mental makeup, institutional parties have inundated the minds of the public with<br />
<br />
retrograde “Hinduvata” instead; taking Indians further back into a medieval morass.<br />
<br />
Once a representative is elected, he is no longer under the control of his electors but of<br />
<br />
his party.....You may have noticed that during the debate of the constitution in the<br />
<br />
Constituent Assembly, many members advocated in the beginning a point of view of their<br />
<br />
own which they suddenly abandoned simply because the party whip had cracked, and<br />
<br />
they voted against their conscience......[Pages 83-84]<br />
<br />
This is precisely the problem with the present form of election process due to which the<br />
<br />
sovereignty of the voter is over immediately upon his representative being elected.<br />
<br />
Anything done for a good end is right, morality disappears, and that is the main evil in<br />
<br />
the public life of all countries ....Morality has disappeared because it is forgotten or<br />
<br />
ignored...an attribute of men, and men have been lost in the masses....because men<br />
<br />
merge into masses on the lowest denominator......[Page 86]<br />
<br />
Ethics and morality are thrown to the winds because it has no place in the flesh market<br />
<br />
where politicians are free wheeling traders.<br />
<br />
History has proved that if the French Revolution were to be traced to a single cause, it is<br />
<br />
this book. Through this book, Enlightenment spread to the farthest corners of<br />
<br />
France.......to spread enlightenment in all the dark corners of our social life, where<br />
<br />
superstitions lurk and prejudice breeds, is the most fundamental task of all....But once3<br />
<br />
the theory becomes a live integral part of my existence, all my actions will be practical<br />
<br />
expressions of that theory......[Pages 89-91]<br />
<br />
To a very large extent Roy is correct in thinking that through the dissemination of written<br />
<br />
ideas people can get enlightened to push for positive change to better their lot.<br />
<br />
Unfortunately in India the illiterate masses are not the only ones, but also the educated<br />
<br />
that are carrying the virus of blind faith in umpteen kinds of ritualistic digressive<br />
<br />
religious philosophies. In a country where there is a state sanctioned department of<br />
<br />
Astrology what can you expect from the uneducated masses? It is a long uphill battle.<br />
<br />
Chapter 8:<br />
<br />
The result would be that America acquires a stake in our country, Thus, on one hand, in<br />
<br />
association with American capital, which today dominates the world markets, India<br />
<br />
might get a share in world trade.......[Page 98]<br />
<br />
As a political economist Roy was visionary. It took over 40 years for India to realize the<br />
<br />
potential of allowing America and other western countries to invest capital with strings<br />
<br />
attached but nevertheless helping greatly advance its foreign currency reserves, its image<br />
<br />
but only very limited advancement in creating jobs for the teeming rural poor.<br />
<br />
Most people who have any political ideas at all, whether of the left or right, are obsessed<br />
<br />
with notions of one kind of dictatorship or another, whether Ramraj or Soviet, or a<br />
<br />
paternal despotism under the garb of formal parliamentarism. In India the experience of<br />
<br />
imposing democracy from above will have worse results than elsewhere, because 90<br />
<br />
percent of the electorate are illiterate.....this places a heavy premium on demagogy in all<br />
<br />
elections.......[Page 104]<br />
<br />
India has had an admixture of nepotistic, autocratic, socialized, with a heavy dose of<br />
<br />
paternalistic democratic structure which is completely self serving the elected that have<br />
<br />
done very little other than lining their pockets. Recent investigations have revealed that<br />
<br />
Indian bureaucrats among other Indians are the world’s biggest secret Swiss bank account<br />
<br />
holders.<br />
<br />
Chapter 9:<br />
<br />
But modernity is not a chronological concept only......Some my be living physically in the<br />
<br />
20th century but culturally perhaps in the prehistoric age.........the average Indian is<br />
<br />
religiously inclined – in fact, religion for him is nothing spiritual but sheer old inherited<br />
<br />
prejudice – that he is therefore the representative of mankind as a whole, more spiritual<br />
<br />
than the rest, as is often claimed by Indian Nationalists......[Page 111]<br />
<br />
Roy has hit the nail on the head and is being pretty sarcastic about it, and rightly so! The<br />
<br />
bane of the Indian mindset has been the casteism, racism and really age old prejudices<br />
<br />
which have handicapped them and in their own convoluted thinking; and all that is<br />
<br />
genuine spiritualism. Unless all that dross is discarded, humanistic values become very<br />
<br />
hard to inculcate into anyone.<br />
<br />
The individual being the starting point of New Humanism, its practice must necessarily<br />
<br />
start from the actions and behavior of individuals. A number of individuals who feel the<br />
<br />
necessity....will begin by themselves becoming moral....Naturally, when a hundred of<br />
<br />
them will be guided by the same ideal and will be engaged in the same practice, there<br />
<br />
will be cooperation among them. A humanist movement will develop among such groups<br />
<br />
of humanists......[Page 116]<br />
<br />
In theory Roy has an excellent idea but in the real world this is a utopian concept. One<br />
<br />
possibility is to implement this book immediately into every higher learning institution in<br />
<br />
the country and make it mandatory which would enlighten the impressionable young<br />
<br />
minds and would hopefully start a mass crusade, like the one Roy envisions.<br />
<br />
Chapter 10:<br />
<br />
Free and compulsory primary education is considered a great democratic<br />
<br />
achievement....you are trained to salute a flag or the picture of a man; books are<br />
<br />
prescribed and cannot use any other book than the ones prescribed by a particular<br />
<br />
government.....the result is a high degree of conformism and sub-democratic system in a<br />
<br />
backward country......the possibility is extremely remote-to raise the intellectual and<br />
<br />
cultural level of the people through government sponsored education......[Page 126]<br />
<br />
Roy’s insight through practical experience is, to either change the system; which is<br />
<br />
extremely difficult or to start a system outside the existing one. Since the affairs of big<br />
<br />
communities have to be administered and that administration is politics. Politics cannot<br />
<br />
be relegated to the background instead a humanistic approach should be used to solve all<br />
<br />
of those political problems.<br />
<br />
If a philosophy is lived instead of being only preached, it has much greater influence than<br />
<br />
one which is preached but mostly denied in the living o those who preach it......as such I<br />
<br />
appeal to the innate reason and morality of my fellow human beings....This new can be<br />
<br />
lived and practiced everywhere in the world. By its spread the political life of India also<br />
<br />
can be changed for the better.......[Page 135]<br />
<br />
Again Roy is setting an extremely high bar for a humanist to reach. Living an honest<br />
<br />
ethical life is exactly what the Sikh Scripture teaches its followers yet they are also<br />
<br />
lacking in many ways because ‘that’ path is a difficult one but the right one. Similarly<br />
<br />
Roy’s ideas can work wonders provided a group of humanists actually practice before<br />
<br />
they preach and in one or two generations maybe there is hope if there are no disruptions<br />
<br />
or the humanists themselves don’t give up because this will take a very long time to solve.<br />
<br />
Chapter 11:<br />
<br />
Revolting against organized religious faith, which had become a spiritual tyranny, the<br />
<br />
philosophers of the Renaissance declared man to be sovereign. But the defect was that<br />
<br />
the people who had talked about man as the center of all things and attached such a high<br />
<br />
value to the human being kept the concept of man himself clouded in mystery....Therefore<br />
<br />
the, this view of man was bound to degenerate into some form of mysticism and even in a<br />
<br />
new religion......[Page 141]<br />
<br />
Roy has given up on organized religion and looks down on any such spiritual philosophy<br />
<br />
which involves superhuman and supernatural agencies. There will be continued debate on<br />
<br />
this point for the foreseeable future, because spiritually inclined humanists will have their<br />
<br />
own take on this! But coming from an ex-Brahminical perspective I can understand<br />
<br />
Roy’s vehement distaste to organized religion being the administrator of society since<br />
<br />
Brahminism has been the bane of society since time immemorial.<br />
<br />
New Humanism is a scientific integral philosophy. The human being is taken not only in<br />
<br />
the context of society but of the whole universe. It is not anarchic individualism, because<br />
<br />
a point has no existence in space. Similarly, individuals cannot exist independent of<br />
<br />
society.....that led to the theory....we must capture power first and that this end justifies<br />
<br />
all means. At this point all “goodness” goes by the board. To make a good society even<br />
<br />
bad means are justified. But bad means spoil good men. In the process good men become<br />
<br />
bad. And bad men cannot make a good society......[Page 149]<br />
<br />
Roy’s New Humanism is based on a highly disciplined group of individuals who will<br />
<br />
stick by their high ethical code of conduct and not waver at all. This could work but its<br />
<br />
being pretty idealistic. Every pessimist is a secret optimist and I for one hope Roy’s<br />
<br />
vision comes to fruition for the betterment of all societies. Unless and until a society like<br />
<br />
India where people are first brainwashed completely of the existing ignorance and then<br />
<br />
through mass literacy programs inculcated the right ideas to germinate, such fantastic<br />
<br />
ideas will remain a utopia.<br />
<br />
Chapter 12:<br />
<br />
The idea of philosophy deluded the best of men, the noblest of souls. In the quest of truth<br />
<br />
and search for knowledge, they kept themselves aloof from the affairs of the world,<br />
<br />
engaged in contemplation and introspection with the vain hope of finding the infinite in<br />
<br />
their finite selves......bulk of mankind was not concerned with this sort of philosophy. If<br />
<br />
philosophy was indifferent to their problems, they had no use for philosophy. The<br />
<br />
artificial differentiation between the world of spirit and the world of matter led to the<br />
<br />
belief that there is no place for the truth and moral values in the latter, which is therefore<br />
<br />
destined to be ruled by the laws of the jungle.......[Page 167]<br />
<br />
I agree with Roy’s above statement but on the same token I have to disagree that not all<br />
<br />
enlightened noble souls have remained aloof from the mundane. The Sikh Gurus spent<br />
<br />
nearly 239 years through practice and leadership; germinating a community, then a<br />
<br />
society and finally a nation of ‘sovereign’, individuals who could think freely after being<br />
<br />
trained through logic to drop all that was previously learnt. Administration of society<br />
<br />
should be based clearly upon rule by honest, moral & ethical conduct albeit through the<br />
<br />
form of “servant-leadership”. This was uniquely the Sikh Way! Some 225 years later Roy<br />
<br />
has proposed ideas which have already been played out and a lot can be learnt from that.<br />
<br />
Chapter 13:<br />
<br />
Religion in the last analysis remained the only sanction of morality. But in proportion as<br />
<br />
science undermined the faith in the supernatural, religion became a mere conventionality.<br />
<br />
Consequently, the position of morality in public life became very precarious. With the<br />
<br />
modern believing man, religion is the anchor or a mere preoccupation of private life.<br />
<br />
Having no bearing upon the public life, it logically cannot dictate the norms of his social<br />
<br />
behavior and political practice......[Page 172]<br />
<br />
Again based on Roy’s own experience of primarily Brahminism, but Christianity and<br />
<br />
Islam the prevailing faiths of his time; it seems like his disenchantment is real. But the<br />
<br />
anomaly happens to be again the Sikh Faith where the empirical world is real. Man’s<br />
<br />
public life and politics is part and parcel of his personal life to be governed by the moral<br />
<br />
dictates of his faith. All political life is to be governed and guided by religion provided it<br />
<br />
is wholesome and betters everyone’s lives but with the explicit permission of all those<br />
<br />
being governed. The spiritual and the temporal go hand and hand without being divorced<br />
<br />
from each other.<br />
<br />
In the last analysis, education of the citizen is the condition for such a reorganization of<br />
<br />
society as will be conducive to common progress and prosperity without encroaching on<br />
<br />
the freedom of the individual. New Humanism advocates a social reconstruction of the<br />
<br />
world as a commonwealth and fraternity of free men, by the cooperative endeavor of<br />
<br />
spiritually emancipated moral men......[Page 184]<br />
<br />
It is difficult to disagree with Roy who is so profoundly logical. Yet, Brahminism and the<br />
<br />
modern Democracy of India have stifled the élan of a highly spirited society of<br />
<br />
individuals who have practiced and strived for all those great ideas which Roy so<br />
<br />
eloquently proposes. If only the Sikh people were allowed to breathe the “liberty” which<br />
<br />
is the birth right of all free men as Roy states; Roy would have a readymade model for<br />
<br />
others to imbibe and make profound, radical changes which he so desires. That is why<br />
<br />
Dr.Ambedkar was very seriously considering that he and his followers convert to the<br />
<br />
Sikh Faith in 1930’s except to be blackmailed into submission by the infamous Gandhi.<br />
<br />
Chapter 14:<br />
<br />
“Man is the measure of everything”....and advocates reconstruction of the world as a<br />
<br />
commonwealth and fraternity of free men, by the collective endeavor of spiritually<br />
<br />
emancipated moral men......[Page 194]<br />
<br />
What Roy is advocating is exactly what the genius of the Sikh Gurus created in a final<br />
<br />
culmination of the egalitarian Sikh Faith. The very core of the theological concept of the<br />
<br />
Sikh Faith extols to its followers to live and function within society by highly ethical<br />
<br />
moral honest means but ultimately serving (all) ‘others’ through selfless service. Further<br />
<br />
one of two pillars of the Sikh Faith is that the entire collective of followers have the<br />
<br />
power vested in them to wield as they deem fit through collective deliberation for the<br />
<br />
benefit of everyone in all facets of the religious and political arena. The Sikhs are a<br />
<br />
fraternity of equals who do not consider anyone their master except the Creator. Finally<br />
<br />
governance of all would be through the benevolent rule where the power is vested in the<br />
<br />
ordinary (Sikhs) people who would nominate not elect a “servant-leadership” which<br />
<br />
could be removed as easily if corrupted.<br />
<br />
This is the first time in a long time I have come across a man with great intellect on<br />
<br />
subject such as this and even rarer is the fact that Roy was a Hindu-Brahmin with ‘ethics.<br />
<br />
This book should be standard text to be read by every university student at least in India<br />
<br />
and any other third world country whose leaders practice medieval chicanery to rule the<br />
<br />
people. Roy’s ideas if studied in depth can make deep changes in the impressionable<br />
<br />
young who normally are the torch-bears of change anywhere in the world to gain justice<br />
<br />
and freedom from the mental shackles proscribed by various governments. If this book is<br />
<br />
really understood by Indian readers they may start questioning the morally and physically<br />
<br />
debilitating faith of India which is followed by the majority. The editing author<br />
<br />
Dr.Narisetti must be highly commended for bringing out this fantastic book.</div>
innaiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13271475089972025823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617392039209496979.post-2185305481793283202015-03-05T22:15:00.000-08:002015-03-05T22:15:06.088-08:00M.N.Roy - Radical Humanist; Selected Writings- by Kavneet Singh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
M.N.Roy - Radical Humanist; Selected Writings by Innaiah Narisetti (2004) [209P]<br />
<br />
ISBN:1-59102-141-3 Prometheus Books<br />
<br />
Book Review by Kavneet Singh<br />
<br />
Innaiah Narisetti, a man with impeccable courage who fought through the Indian Court<br />
<br />
system for 12 years, to finally receive his PhD in Philosophy is a diehard humanist.<br />
<br />
Rationalist humanism is a very uncommon line of thinking among Indians in general and<br />
<br />
an educated guess would be less than half of one percent proscribe to it. Dr.Narisetti has<br />
<br />
been a journalist, written several books in English and Telugu on Humanism, Religion &<br />
<br />
Politics. He has complied papers and lectures of M.N.Roy and published them in a<br />
<br />
readable logical sequence.<br />
<br />
Manabendra Nath Roy is the father of Humanism in the South Asian sub-continent. His<br />
<br />
radical thinking brought to light several problems of rule of the people and the<br />
<br />
democratic process in its current form. Many of his insights were uncannily well ahead of<br />
<br />
his time and the solutions incisive. Born in 1887 into a Bengali Brahmin household, grew<br />
<br />
up with no formal schooling, landed in the US and converted to Marxism in Mexico and<br />
<br />
later formed the Radical Democratic Party in pre-India. Finding a dead end with all the<br />
<br />
current systems he started ‘New Humanism’ which was simultaneously coming of age in<br />
<br />
Europe and the US, unknown to Roy at the time.<br />
<br />
Chapter 1:<br />
<br />
The common cry of all is: back to the religious mode of thought. Their new religious<br />
<br />
philosophy is differentiated from orthodox revivalism by a discriminating association<br />
<br />
with rationalism and scientific knowledge. But yet another attempt to reconcile faith with<br />
<br />
reason, theism or mysticism with humanism, mediation of moral values deserves<br />
<br />
endorsement, but the morality of the modern man requires no transcendental<br />
<br />
sanction.....[Page 21]<br />
<br />
M.N.Roy clearly advocates rationality to be used as a moral guide for man versus religion<br />
<br />
to guide man through this world. A free thinking individual’s mind should not be<br />
<br />
cluttered and fettered to the obscure theological concepts of the various man-made<br />
<br />
earthly faiths. The intellectual bankruptcy of men of faith has caused a moral crisis in<br />
<br />
modern times.<br />
<br />
I see no other way out of the crisis. It is the creation of people who were to lead mankind.<br />
<br />
They have failed. A mighty resurgence of the common man and woman only can save<br />
<br />
modern civilization. To inspire that resurgence, organize it, and guide it to fruition-that is<br />
<br />
the mission of New Humanism....[Page 28]<br />
<br />
Roy is convinced that all religious systems have failed mankind to get ‘him’ out of the<br />
<br />
quagmire of our present human condition and unless and until individuals can completely<br />
<br />
free themselves of the chains of religious indoctrination there is little chance of freedom<br />
<br />
of the utopian kind.<br />
<br />
Chapter 2:<br />
<br />
A cosmopolitan commonwealth of free men and women is a possibility. It will be a<br />
<br />
spiritual community, not limited by the boundaries of national states-capitalist, fascist,<br />
<br />
communist, or of any other kind-which will gradually disappear under the impact of<br />
<br />
cosmopolitan humanism.....[Page 33]<br />
<br />
Roy insists that every individual be educated and use his discerning intellect to<br />
<br />
understand and make sound decisions for the betterment of mankind.<br />
<br />
Chapter 3:<br />
<br />
No political philosophy or a scheme of social reconstruction can have more than a very<br />
<br />
limited revolutionary significance if it dismisses the concept of individual freedom as an<br />
<br />
empty abstraction.......Politics cannot be divorced from ethics without jeopardizing the<br />
<br />
cherished ideal of freedom.......[Pages 36-37]<br />
<br />
The heart of New Humanism lies in the freedom of the individual being the absolute<br />
<br />
beachhead of this radical thought. But in order to practice democracy the current form of<br />
<br />
simply counting heads especially when the heads are devoid of proper information and<br />
<br />
sovereign intellect. The herd mentality persists because the individual has not matured<br />
<br />
enough to do independent thinking due to the peer pressure of the masses to toe the line<br />
<br />
of religious fascism and hyperbole.<br />
<br />
What is suggested is not a rule of the “intellectual elite,” but such an organization of<br />
<br />
society as will give unlimited scope for the unfolding of the creative genius of man, by<br />
<br />
placing the executive power of the state under the control of free individuals.....[Page39]<br />
<br />
Roy’s suggested style of Democracy is ideal and indeed Radical but not novel in its form<br />
<br />
because the Sikh Gurus coined the concept of “halimi raj” [benevolent rule] more than<br />
<br />
three centuries earlier which was the original radical democracy where every Sikh was a<br />
<br />
sovereign free thinking individual with a voice which made a difference. It is uncanny<br />
<br />
that the World Sikh Council-America Region organizational setup is based on the Sikh<br />
<br />
religio-political concepts yet they happen to be exactly the way Roy envisions an ideal<br />
<br />
democracy. Furthermore the Sikh rule by Maharaja Ranjit Singh where the Sikhs being<br />
<br />
only 13% of the entire population ruled with the full backing of all the people and is on<br />
<br />
record to be the most benevolent ruler in Asia in the last many centuries. Even though<br />
<br />
there is no reference to it in the book, it is quite possible for Roy to have studied the<br />
<br />
concepts of Sikh theological governance to have come up with this idea as Bengali<br />
<br />
writers were the first non-Sikh/non-Western writers to study the Sikhs.<br />
<br />
Chapter 4:<br />
<br />
It has been elected by less than 12 percent of the people....Because a large majority of<br />
<br />
these 12 percent did not vote consciously and intelligently for those particular gentlemen.<br />
<br />
They voted in many instances simply because they were dragged to polling stations like<br />
<br />
dumb-driven cattle and voted as they were told by those who dragged them.....will have<br />
<br />
the privilege of being ruled by a minority government representing a very small<br />
<br />
percentage of the people.....[Pages 51-52]<br />
<br />
Nothing has changed since the supposed independence of India as the same is truer today.<br />
<br />
Roy’s prophetic insight to the Indian mind gave him a unique foresight as all his<br />
<br />
predictions have pretty much come true. No wonder Roy’s Politics of Freedom is the<br />
<br />
need of the hour not only for India but for all; albeit it requires rigorous training of honest<br />
<br />
inquisitive humble men in order to build a legitimately solid foundation upon which<br />
<br />
Radical Humanist democracy can thrive!<br />
<br />
That is the relation between philosophy and politics. We believe that politics, in theory<br />
<br />
and practice, is related to certain human values and ethical concepts........[Page 58]<br />
<br />
Roy’s appraisal is very similar to the ‘miri-piri’ concept a precursor to the ‘halimi raj’ of<br />
<br />
the Sikh theology. A ‘Just’ religion or a Philosophy governs politics and not vice a versa,<br />
<br />
otherwise like Roy states politics becomes a dirty scramble for power and success.<br />
<br />
Chapter 5:<br />
<br />
We have had the experience of previous elections. There were many cases of voters going<br />
<br />
to polling booths as if they were going to the temple.......With universal suffrage things<br />
<br />
will be worse....Consequently, demagogues will have a greater chance to come to power<br />
<br />
by appealing to the prejudices and superstitions of the people.....Demagogues will vie<br />
<br />
with each other to sway the people.....The future of democracy in India, therefore is not<br />
<br />
very bright......[Page 66]<br />
<br />
Absolutely nothing has changed since the Independence of India, except for ratcheting up<br />
<br />
the level of corruption hundredfold. Roy’s vision of educating the individual and freeing<br />
<br />
the Indian mind to make independent ethical decisions is still a distant dream. Today’s<br />
<br />
game of power and pelf is no different from 60 years ago as Roy saw except its worse.<br />
<br />
Chapter 6:<br />
<br />
Thus the electorate will gradually become critical and discriminating; the time will come<br />
<br />
for the voters of a locality will tell candidates of all parties to leave them alone; among<br />
<br />
themselves they will find men in whom they can have confidence and who will remain<br />
<br />
responsible between two elections........In the process, we shall already have laid down<br />
<br />
the foundation of a decentralized state of local republics......power will remain with them,<br />
<br />
to be wielded directly by the individual members of small communities. Being thus reared<br />
<br />
upon a broad foundation of direct democracies, the state will really be democratic.<br />
<br />
Usurpation of power will be out of question.......[Page 77]<br />
<br />
Roy’s intellect shines through with his clear thinking. Again Roy’s ideas are completely<br />
<br />
akin to the theo-political state envisioned by the Sikh Gurus and uniquely Sikhs are<br />
<br />
running a few organizations on very similar lines already.<br />
<br />
Chapter 7:<br />
<br />
A little analysis will reveal......the large bulk of the Indian population, have not risen to<br />
<br />
the level where democratic practice is possible, since it belongs in the 16th if not 15th<br />
<br />
century......therefore its argued the institutions of the bygone days would be more<br />
<br />
suitable for India.....the advocate’s of India’s “special genius” argue: don’t try to<br />
<br />
introduce modern political institutions into this mediaeval atmosphere, but let us glorify<br />
<br />
medievalism and give India the equivalent of medieval institutions......[Page81]<br />
<br />
Roy clarity is still relevant today. Instead of progressively building the common man’s<br />
<br />
mental makeup, institutional parties have inundated the minds of the public with<br />
<br />
retrograde “Hinduvata” instead; taking Indians further back into a medieval morass.<br />
<br />
Once a representative is elected, he is no longer under the control of his electors but of<br />
<br />
his party.....You may have noticed that during the debate of the constitution in the<br />
<br />
Constituent Assembly, many members advocated in the beginning a point of view of their<br />
<br />
own which they suddenly abandoned simply because the party whip had cracked, and<br />
<br />
they voted against their conscience......[Pages 83-84]<br />
<br />
This is precisely the problem with the present form of election process due to which the<br />
<br />
sovereignty of the voter is over immediately upon his representative being elected.<br />
<br />
Anything done for a good end is right, morality disappears, and that is the main evil in<br />
<br />
the public life of all countries ....Morality has disappeared because it is forgotten or<br />
<br />
ignored...an attribute of men, and men have been lost in the masses....because men<br />
<br />
merge into masses on the lowest denominator......[Page 86]<br />
<br />
Ethics and morality are thrown to the winds because it has no place in the flesh market<br />
<br />
where politicians are free wheeling traders.<br />
<br />
History has proved that if the French Revolution were to be traced to a single cause, it is<br />
<br />
this book. Through this book, Enlightenment spread to the farthest corners of<br />
<br />
France.......to spread enlightenment in all the dark corners of our social life, where<br />
<br />
superstitions lurk and prejudice breeds, is the most fundamental task of all....But once3<br />
<br />
the theory becomes a live integral part of my existence, all my actions will be practical<br />
<br />
expressions of that theory......[Pages 89-91]<br />
<br />
To a very large extent Roy is correct in thinking that through the dissemination of written<br />
<br />
ideas people can get enlightened to push for positive change to better their lot.<br />
<br />
Unfortunately in India the illiterate masses are not the only ones, but also the educated<br />
<br />
that are carrying the virus of blind faith in umpteen kinds of ritualistic digressive<br />
<br />
religious philosophies. In a country where there is a state sanctioned department of<br />
<br />
Astrology what can you expect from the uneducated masses? It is a long uphill battle.<br />
<br />
Chapter 8:<br />
<br />
The result would be that America acquires a stake in our country, Thus, on one hand, in<br />
<br />
association with American capital, which today dominates the world markets, India<br />
<br />
might get a share in world trade.......[Page 98]<br />
<br />
As a political economist Roy was visionary. It took over 40 years for India to realize the<br />
<br />
potential of allowing America and other western countries to invest capital with strings<br />
<br />
attached but nevertheless helping greatly advance its foreign currency reserves, its image<br />
<br />
but only very limited advancement in creating jobs for the teeming rural poor.<br />
<br />
Most people who have any political ideas at all, whether of the left or right, are obsessed<br />
<br />
with notions of one kind of dictatorship or another, whether Ramraj or Soviet, or a<br />
<br />
paternal despotism under the garb of formal parliamentarism. In India the experience of<br />
<br />
imposing democracy from above will have worse results than elsewhere, because 90<br />
<br />
percent of the electorate are illiterate.....this places a heavy premium on demagogy in all<br />
<br />
elections.......[Page 104]<br />
<br />
India has had an admixture of nepotistic, autocratic, socialized, with a heavy dose of<br />
<br />
paternalistic democratic structure which is completely self serving the elected that have<br />
<br />
done very little other than lining their pockets. Recent investigations have revealed that<br />
<br />
Indian bureaucrats among other Indians are the world’s biggest secret Swiss bank account<br />
<br />
holders.<br />
<br />
Chapter 9:<br />
<br />
But modernity is not a chronological concept only......Some my be living physically in the<br />
<br />
20th century but culturally perhaps in the prehistoric age.........the average Indian is<br />
<br />
religiously inclined – in fact, religion for him is nothing spiritual but sheer old inherited<br />
<br />
prejudice – that he is therefore the representative of mankind as a whole, more spiritual<br />
<br />
than the rest, as is often claimed by Indian Nationalists......[Page 111]<br />
<br />
Roy has hit the nail on the head and is being pretty sarcastic about it, and rightly so! The<br />
<br />
bane of the Indian mindset has been the casteism, racism and really age old prejudices<br />
<br />
which have handicapped them and in their own convoluted thinking; and all that is<br />
<br />
genuine spiritualism. Unless all that dross is discarded, humanistic values become very<br />
<br />
hard to inculcate into anyone.<br />
<br />
The individual being the starting point of New Humanism, its practice must necessarily<br />
<br />
start from the actions and behavior of individuals. A number of individuals who feel the<br />
<br />
necessity....will begin by themselves becoming moral....Naturally, when a hundred of<br />
<br />
them will be guided by the same ideal and will be engaged in the same practice, there<br />
<br />
will be cooperation among them. A humanist movement will develop among such groups<br />
<br />
of humanists......[Page 116]<br />
<br />
In theory Roy has an excellent idea but in the real world this is a utopian concept. One<br />
<br />
possibility is to implement this book immediately into every higher learning institution in<br />
<br />
the country and make it mandatory which would enlighten the impressionable young<br />
<br />
minds and would hopefully start a mass crusade, like the one Roy envisions.<br />
<br />
Chapter 10:<br />
<br />
Free and compulsory primary education is considered a great democratic<br />
<br />
achievement....you are trained to salute a flag or the picture of a man; books are<br />
<br />
prescribed and cannot use any other book than the ones prescribed by a particular<br />
<br />
government.....the result is a high degree of conformism and sub-democratic system in a<br />
<br />
backward country......the possibility is extremely remote-to raise the intellectual and<br />
<br />
cultural level of the people through government sponsored education......[Page 126]<br />
<br />
Roy’s insight through practical experience is, to either change the system; which is<br />
<br />
extremely difficult or to start a system outside the existing one. Since the affairs of big<br />
<br />
communities have to be administered and that administration is politics. Politics cannot<br />
<br />
be relegated to the background instead a humanistic approach should be used to solve all<br />
<br />
of those political problems.<br />
<br />
If a philosophy is lived instead of being only preached, it has much greater influence than<br />
<br />
one which is preached but mostly denied in the living o those who preach it......as such I<br />
<br />
appeal to the innate reason and morality of my fellow human beings....This new can be<br />
<br />
lived and practiced everywhere in the world. By its spread the political life of India also<br />
<br />
can be changed for the better.......[Page 135]<br />
<br />
Again Roy is setting an extremely high bar for a humanist to reach. Living an honest<br />
<br />
ethical life is exactly what the Sikh Scripture teaches its followers yet they are also<br />
<br />
lacking in many ways because ‘that’ path is a difficult one but the right one. Similarly<br />
<br />
Roy’s ideas can work wonders provided a group of humanists actually practice before<br />
<br />
they preach and in one or two generations maybe there is hope if there are no disruptions<br />
<br />
or the humanists themselves don’t give up because this will take a very long time to solve.<br />
<br />
Chapter 11:<br />
<br />
Revolting against organized religious faith, which had become a spiritual tyranny, the<br />
<br />
philosophers of the Renaissance declared man to be sovereign. But the defect was that<br />
<br />
the people who had talked about man as the center of all things and attached such a high<br />
<br />
value to the human being kept the concept of man himself clouded in mystery....Therefore<br />
<br />
the, this view of man was bound to degenerate into some form of mysticism and even in a<br />
<br />
new religion......[Page 141]<br />
<br />
Roy has given up on organized religion and looks down on any such spiritual philosophy<br />
<br />
which involves superhuman and supernatural agencies. There will be continued debate on<br />
<br />
this point for the foreseeable future, because spiritually inclined humanists will have their<br />
<br />
own take on this! But coming from an ex-Brahminical perspective I can understand<br />
<br />
Roy’s vehement distaste to organized religion being the administrator of society since<br />
<br />
Brahminism has been the bane of society since time immemorial.<br />
<br />
New Humanism is a scientific integral philosophy. The human being is taken not only in<br />
<br />
the context of society but of the whole universe. It is not anarchic individualism, because<br />
<br />
a point has no existence in space. Similarly, individuals cannot exist independent of<br />
<br />
society.....that led to the theory....we must capture power first and that this end justifies<br />
<br />
all means. At this point all “goodness” goes by the board. To make a good society even<br />
<br />
bad means are justified. But bad means spoil good men. In the process good men become<br />
<br />
bad. And bad men cannot make a good society......[Page 149]<br />
<br />
Roy’s New Humanism is based on a highly disciplined group of individuals who will<br />
<br />
stick by their high ethical code of conduct and not waver at all. This could work but its<br />
<br />
being pretty idealistic. Every pessimist is a secret optimist and I for one hope Roy’s<br />
<br />
vision comes to fruition for the betterment of all societies. Unless and until a society like<br />
<br />
India where people are first brainwashed completely of the existing ignorance and then<br />
<br />
through mass literacy programs inculcated the right ideas to germinate, such fantastic<br />
<br />
ideas will remain a utopia.<br />
<br />
Chapter 12:<br />
<br />
The idea of philosophy deluded the best of men, the noblest of souls. In the quest of truth<br />
<br />
and search for knowledge, they kept themselves aloof from the affairs of the world,<br />
<br />
engaged in contemplation and introspection with the vain hope of finding the infinite in<br />
<br />
their finite selves......bulk of mankind was not concerned with this sort of philosophy. If<br />
<br />
philosophy was indifferent to their problems, they had no use for philosophy. The<br />
<br />
artificial differentiation between the world of spirit and the world of matter led to the<br />
<br />
belief that there is no place for the truth and moral values in the latter, which is therefore<br />
<br />
destined to be ruled by the laws of the jungle.......[Page 167]<br />
<br />
I agree with Roy’s above statement but on the same token I have to disagree that not all<br />
<br />
enlightened noble souls have remained aloof from the mundane. The Sikh Gurus spent<br />
<br />
nearly 239 years through practice and leadership; germinating a community, then a<br />
<br />
society and finally a nation of ‘sovereign’, individuals who could think freely after being<br />
<br />
trained through logic to drop all that was previously learnt. Administration of society<br />
<br />
should be based clearly upon rule by honest, moral & ethical conduct albeit through the<br />
<br />
form of “servant-leadership”. This was uniquely the Sikh Way! Some 225 years later Roy<br />
<br />
has proposed ideas which have already been played out and a lot can be learnt from that.<br />
<br />
Chapter 13:<br />
<br />
Religion in the last analysis remained the only sanction of morality. But in proportion as<br />
<br />
science undermined the faith in the supernatural, religion became a mere conventionality.<br />
<br />
Consequently, the position of morality in public life became very precarious. With the<br />
<br />
modern believing man, religion is the anchor or a mere preoccupation of private life.<br />
<br />
Having no bearing upon the public life, it logically cannot dictate the norms of his social<br />
<br />
behavior and political practice......[Page 172]<br />
<br />
Again based on Roy’s own experience of primarily Brahminism, but Christianity and<br />
<br />
Islam the prevailing faiths of his time; it seems like his disenchantment is real. But the<br />
<br />
anomaly happens to be again the Sikh Faith where the empirical world is real. Man’s<br />
<br />
public life and politics is part and parcel of his personal life to be governed by the moral<br />
<br />
dictates of his faith. All political life is to be governed and guided by religion provided it<br />
<br />
is wholesome and betters everyone’s lives but with the explicit permission of all those<br />
<br />
being governed. The spiritual and the temporal go hand and hand without being divorced<br />
<br />
from each other.<br />
<br />
In the last analysis, education of the citizen is the condition for such a reorganization of<br />
<br />
society as will be conducive to common progress and prosperity without encroaching on<br />
<br />
the freedom of the individual. New Humanism advocates a social reconstruction of the<br />
<br />
world as a commonwealth and fraternity of free men, by the cooperative endeavor of<br />
<br />
spiritually emancipated moral men......[Page 184]<br />
<br />
It is difficult to disagree with Roy who is so profoundly logical. Yet, Brahminism and the<br />
<br />
modern Democracy of India have stifled the élan of a highly spirited society of<br />
<br />
individuals who have practiced and strived for all those great ideas which Roy so<br />
<br />
eloquently proposes. If only the Sikh people were allowed to breathe the “liberty” which<br />
<br />
is the birth right of all free men as Roy states; Roy would have a readymade model for<br />
<br />
others to imbibe and make profound, radical changes which he so desires. That is why<br />
<br />
Dr.Ambedkar was very seriously considering that he and his followers convert to the<br />
<br />
Sikh Faith in 1930’s except to be blackmailed into submission by the infamous Gandhi.<br />
<br />
Chapter 14:<br />
<br />
“Man is the measure of everything”....and advocates reconstruction of the world as a<br />
<br />
commonwealth and fraternity of free men, by the collective endeavor of spiritually<br />
<br />
emancipated moral men......[Page 194]<br />
<br />
What Roy is advocating is exactly what the genius of the Sikh Gurus created in a final<br />
<br />
culmination of the egalitarian Sikh Faith. The very core of the theological concept of the<br />
<br />
Sikh Faith extols to its followers to live and function within society by highly ethical<br />
<br />
moral honest means but ultimately serving (all) ‘others’ through selfless service. Further<br />
<br />
one of two pillars of the Sikh Faith is that the entire collective of followers have the<br />
<br />
power vested in them to wield as they deem fit through collective deliberation for the<br />
<br />
benefit of everyone in all facets of the religious and political arena. The Sikhs are a<br />
<br />
fraternity of equals who do not consider anyone their master except the Creator. Finally<br />
<br />
governance of all would be through the benevolent rule where the power is vested in the<br />
<br />
ordinary (Sikhs) people who would nominate not elect a “servant-leadership” which<br />
<br />
could be removed as easily if corrupted.<br />
<br />
This is the first time in a long time I have come across a man with great intellect on<br />
<br />
subject such as this and even rarer is the fact that Roy was a Hindu-Brahmin with ‘ethics.<br />
<br />
This book should be standard text to be read by every university student at least in India<br />
<br />
and any other third world country whose leaders practice medieval chicanery to rule the<br />
<br />
people. Roy’s ideas if studied in depth can make deep changes in the impressionable<br />
<br />
young who normally are the torch-bears of change anywhere in the world to gain justice<br />
<br />
and freedom from the mental shackles proscribed by various governments. If this book is<br />
<br />
really understood by Indian readers they may start questioning the morally and physically<br />
<br />
debilitating faith of India which is followed by the majority. The editing author<br />
<br />
Dr.Narisetti must be highly commended for bringing out this fantastic book.</div>
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Thought and action on line magazine from Pune, India edited by Nanavathy Prabhakar<br />
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