Dasara Bullodu

songs and movie were also father's favorites...

Baiju Bawra songs

The Rafi Lata songs are classic...

So are the songs from Uran Khatola.. O door ke musafir...

Lending a helping hand...

I remember father helping many people in his office. In particular, I remember him guiding a young, hardworking officer named Benhur. As I help my students and others, I always hope that He appreciates the importance of his actions- these formed the value systems for his children.

Listening to the radio

While doing the homework...with the songs at 8:00PM and the AIR news at 9:00 AM. Many pleasant memories of evenings spent in the front room listening to music.

Anticipation...

Father used to show us many tricks, including making a net with a loop of string, card tricks, making coins disappear, and so on. Those tricks always interested me, and as I grew older, mathematical tricks (that usually relied on dividing something by zero) also ticked my fancy.

The Geet of Geeta Dutt

Father had collected some wonderful songs of Geeta Dutt- compositions of SD Burman and OP Nayyar and others from movies like CID. While I was not a big Lata favorite then, I loved the singing of Geeta Dutt, and I still do today.

Eating on the floor

I just remembered sitting down with father on the wooden blocks (peetalu) and eating. I tried doing that on my recent trip to India and it was not easy...