Desaraju Surya
Hyderabad: There is a rather unknown thing about the one-and-only Alla Rakha Rahman, the great music director, who has accomplished many many things in his 17-year career thus far: his unfulfilled dream.
My idol was in Hyderabad today and during an interaction I asked him about his unfulfilled dream.
“I am great fan of ace director K Viswanath and wanted to work with him. Since he has stopped making films my dream could not come true,” Rahman revealed.
Viswanath is known for making classics like Sankarabharanam, Sagar Sangamam, Swatimutyam (Easwar in Hindi) and Swarnakamalam that glorified the Indian art forms and traditions.
Sankarabharanam, the story of a classical musician, won many national awards for the music score composed by the legendary K V Mahadevan.
Rahman – who produced music of all varieties from the local to the international level – wanted to compose music on the lines of Sankarabharanam and requested Viswanath to make yet another film on Indian classical music.
Rahman also approached the great lyric-writer Veturi Sundararama Murthy to pen the lyrics. Veturi wrote the songs for Sankarabharanam, which will remain forever in the memory of all Telugu film-goers and music aficionados.
Rahman wanted to recreate that magic using the Viswanath-Veturi combination and blending it with his immense talent.
Viswanath, however, turned down the proposal saying there were no takers for his kind of films anymore.
Veturi himself told me about this a few years ago during an informal discussion on film music, Rahman, Maniratnam, Viswanath and related things.
“That was eight years ago and the project never materialized. Since then I have moved to other things,” Rahman told reporters here today.
Would he still like to do a classical music score? “Hopefully so,” the maestro replied.
Being a composer, singer and performer, which role was he comfortable in, Rahman was asked. “It’s the uncomfortableness in you that helps do things better. The more discomforted you are, the more you push yourself,” he replied.
The Oscar-winner has just completed music production for a romantic comedy Couple’s Retreat in Hollywood and is working on Vinnaithandi Varuvaya in Tamil, Puli (Pavan Kalyan) and another untitled film (starring Naga Chaitanya) in Telugu.
Rahman will be performing live, for the second time in Hyderabad, on October 24. It was in February 2002 that he gave a live performance at the GMC Balayogi Stadium at Gachibowli and I came from Vijayawada especially for the show. It was a great evening and the most memorable one in my life.
This time, however, I will unfortunately be missing the legend’s show.
Monday, 12 October 2009
Rosaiah firmly in the saddle now.
Desaraju Surya
Hyderabad: The recent floods in Andhra Pradesh have come as a blessing in disguise for Chief Minister Konijeti Rosaiah.
Thanks to the deluge that left several districts of the state devastated, politics – particularly the campaign for making Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy the Chief Minister – has taken a backseat and helped Rosaiah consolidate his position.
Using his rich administrative and political experience and acumen, Rosaiah handled the crisis well and won the acclaim of his party bosses in New Delhi.
Rosaiah had a distinct advantage. He enjoys a good rapport with all senior bureaucrats, unlike his predecessor, and this helped him implement the disaster management plan in an efficient manner. This helped in mitigating the damage to a significant extent, particularly in Krishna, Guntur and Nalgonda districts which faced a greater threat than the worst-hit Mahbubnagar and Kurnool districts.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and AICC chief Sonia Gandhi, who conducted an aerial survey of the flood-hit districts in AP, patted the Chief Minister on the back over the disaster management and sent a message yet again to the party rank and file in the state that Rosaiah would continue to hold fort for a long time.
At the same time, the pro-Jagan lobby in the state Congress was caught in a helpless situation as it could not raise the demand for elevating their leader at a time when the state was facing a worst disaster in a century.
After functioning for 32 days from his old chamber – which he occupied as Finance Minister – Rosaiah moved to the Chief Minister’s official chamber in the C-block of the state Secretariat on October 5. This put him, so to say, firmly in the saddle.
Two days later, the Chief Minister shunted out controversial DGP S S P Yadav from the post and brought in an upright officer R R Girish Kumar and also effected changes in the top posts of the state police.
These steps gave firm indications that Rosaiah has settled down in his new position and left behind his insecurities.
Rosaiah, sources close to him say, is expected to meet Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi soon and possibly get her consent for a Cabinet reshuffle. Six slots are currently vacant in the state Cabinet and important portfolios like finance, power, commercial taxes, excise, infrastructure and investment are being held by the Chief Minister himself.
Though he may keep the portfolio with himself, given his expertise in the field, Rosaiah will have to appoint ministers for other departments. Old-timers like K Jana Reddy and J C Diwakar Reddy – whom Rajasekhara Reddy dropped in his second stint – are likely to get into the Cabinet again given their experience and affinity with Rosaiah, Congress sources say.
Rosaiah became the Chief Minister on September 3, a day after Y S Rajasekhara Reddy was killed in a helicopter crash. But a group of legislators, led by government Chief Whip Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, launched a campaign on the same day demanding that Rajasekhara Reddy’s son Jagan be appointed his successor. Many ministers in the Rajasekhara Reddy Cabinet – though retained by Rosaiah – continued to pitch for Jagan and threatened to quit their posts if their demand was not conceded.
Ministers like Konda Surekha, P Ramachandra Reddy, Danam Nagender, Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, Vatti Vasantha Kumar, Sabita Reddy and Md Ahmadullah were most vociferous in their demand for making Jagan the CM. Rather than attending their officials duties, most of the ministers made it a ritual to meet Rajasekhara Reddy’s close friend K V P Ramachandra Rao on a daily basis and earned the wrath of the Congress high command. It was only after the high command took a serious view of their belligerence that the ministers fell in line.
But still the Jagan lobby continued to engage some first-time MLAs to campaign for Jagan till it apparently reached a flashpoint. Sensing the danger, Jagan himself got into the act and cautioned the legislators against “embarrassing the party high command and Sonia Gandhi.”
Around the same time, unprecedented floods ravaged many districts of the state forcing the Jagan lobbyists to totally give up their campaign.
Rosaiah focused his energies on the disaster management and the entire official machinery rallied behind him in reaching out to the affected people.
Hyderabad: The recent floods in Andhra Pradesh have come as a blessing in disguise for Chief Minister Konijeti Rosaiah.
Thanks to the deluge that left several districts of the state devastated, politics – particularly the campaign for making Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy the Chief Minister – has taken a backseat and helped Rosaiah consolidate his position.
Using his rich administrative and political experience and acumen, Rosaiah handled the crisis well and won the acclaim of his party bosses in New Delhi.
Rosaiah had a distinct advantage. He enjoys a good rapport with all senior bureaucrats, unlike his predecessor, and this helped him implement the disaster management plan in an efficient manner. This helped in mitigating the damage to a significant extent, particularly in Krishna, Guntur and Nalgonda districts which faced a greater threat than the worst-hit Mahbubnagar and Kurnool districts.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and AICC chief Sonia Gandhi, who conducted an aerial survey of the flood-hit districts in AP, patted the Chief Minister on the back over the disaster management and sent a message yet again to the party rank and file in the state that Rosaiah would continue to hold fort for a long time.
At the same time, the pro-Jagan lobby in the state Congress was caught in a helpless situation as it could not raise the demand for elevating their leader at a time when the state was facing a worst disaster in a century.
After functioning for 32 days from his old chamber – which he occupied as Finance Minister – Rosaiah moved to the Chief Minister’s official chamber in the C-block of the state Secretariat on October 5. This put him, so to say, firmly in the saddle.
Two days later, the Chief Minister shunted out controversial DGP S S P Yadav from the post and brought in an upright officer R R Girish Kumar and also effected changes in the top posts of the state police.
These steps gave firm indications that Rosaiah has settled down in his new position and left behind his insecurities.
Rosaiah, sources close to him say, is expected to meet Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi soon and possibly get her consent for a Cabinet reshuffle. Six slots are currently vacant in the state Cabinet and important portfolios like finance, power, commercial taxes, excise, infrastructure and investment are being held by the Chief Minister himself.
Though he may keep the portfolio with himself, given his expertise in the field, Rosaiah will have to appoint ministers for other departments. Old-timers like K Jana Reddy and J C Diwakar Reddy – whom Rajasekhara Reddy dropped in his second stint – are likely to get into the Cabinet again given their experience and affinity with Rosaiah, Congress sources say.
Rosaiah became the Chief Minister on September 3, a day after Y S Rajasekhara Reddy was killed in a helicopter crash. But a group of legislators, led by government Chief Whip Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, launched a campaign on the same day demanding that Rajasekhara Reddy’s son Jagan be appointed his successor. Many ministers in the Rajasekhara Reddy Cabinet – though retained by Rosaiah – continued to pitch for Jagan and threatened to quit their posts if their demand was not conceded.
Ministers like Konda Surekha, P Ramachandra Reddy, Danam Nagender, Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, Vatti Vasantha Kumar, Sabita Reddy and Md Ahmadullah were most vociferous in their demand for making Jagan the CM. Rather than attending their officials duties, most of the ministers made it a ritual to meet Rajasekhara Reddy’s close friend K V P Ramachandra Rao on a daily basis and earned the wrath of the Congress high command. It was only after the high command took a serious view of their belligerence that the ministers fell in line.
But still the Jagan lobby continued to engage some first-time MLAs to campaign for Jagan till it apparently reached a flashpoint. Sensing the danger, Jagan himself got into the act and cautioned the legislators against “embarrassing the party high command and Sonia Gandhi.”
Around the same time, unprecedented floods ravaged many districts of the state forcing the Jagan lobbyists to totally give up their campaign.
Rosaiah focused his energies on the disaster management and the entire official machinery rallied behind him in reaching out to the affected people.
SSP Yadav -- Out, hit-wicket.
Desaraju Surya
Hyderabad: S S P Yadav is finally out – hit-wicket, so to say.
His own follies and character proved to be his undoing as he was rightfully shunted out of Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police post by Chief Minister K Rosaiah.
Now, an upright and deserving officer of the 1976-batch of Indian Police Service – R R Girish Kumar – has become the state police head. Unlike Yadav, Girish Kumar is an honest officer who commands the respect of his subordinate officers and men.
What good is a leader if he doesn’t command respect from his own subordinates!
Yadav did not deserve to be the state DGP as not a single IPS officer or an ordinary police officer liked or respected him. He got into the post in October 2007 in a dubious manner as he had a so-called godfather in an extra-constitutional authority.
Yadav, in a virtual demotion, has now been made the managing director of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, a post normally held by IG or Additional DGP rank officers.
Yadav always remained in news – but for all the wrong reasons.
Yadav, a 1972 batch officer, was first appointed as the DGP in October 2007 but the Election Commission of India ordered his replacement in March this year because of his bias towards the Congress, more particularly the then Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.
Rather than being the public servant, which is he supposed to be as per the Constitution, Yadav always remained loyal only to Rajasekhara Reddy, his son Jaganmohan Reddy and the extra-constitutional authority called K V P Ramachandra Rao.
Yadav was reinstated as the DGP the very next day after Rajasekhara Reddy assumed charge as state Chief Minister for a second term on May 20.
But Yadav has come under fire over the handling of the crisis after the government chopper carrying then Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and others went missing on September 2.
The government was unhappy with the functioning of Yadav and what irked the Rosaiah administration most was the DGP’s observation that the Chief Minister’s security was not the police responsibility once the VIP was air-borne. “Why was such a big fuss being made when it was a helicopter crash in which five persons were killed,” Yadav questioned a newsmen during one of his visits to temple-town Tirupati. He also bad mouthed media personnel in highly objectionable language and attracted the wrath of the government.
Even the events following the helicopter incident also landed Yadav in soup, what with police failure becoming glaring in many cases. The government then gave enough indications that the DGP would soon be shunted out.
The groupism in the state police intensified during Yadav’s stint as the DGP and even the top IPS officers were ill-at-ease with him.
Police administration in Andhra Pradesh remained in tatters when Yadav was at the helm. He left the entire state police force demoralized with his sadistic acts and chaos reigned supreme. Law and Order became a major casualty as crimes followed an upward curve. Atrocities on women were at a record high but, as the state police head, Yadav failed to rise to the occasion and lead the force from the front to curb lawlessness.
There was jubilation in the entire police ranks the day Yadav was shown the door by a firm Rosaiah. “It’s a very good day indeed,” one Inspector General rank officer remarked. “Thank God, we got rid of him at last,” one DIG observed.
The affable Girish Kumar, hopefully, will bring back the lost glory to the AP police force. And, his first promise soon after assuming charge as DGP was to do that.
Hyderabad: S S P Yadav is finally out – hit-wicket, so to say.
His own follies and character proved to be his undoing as he was rightfully shunted out of Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police post by Chief Minister K Rosaiah.
Now, an upright and deserving officer of the 1976-batch of Indian Police Service – R R Girish Kumar – has become the state police head. Unlike Yadav, Girish Kumar is an honest officer who commands the respect of his subordinate officers and men.
What good is a leader if he doesn’t command respect from his own subordinates!
Yadav did not deserve to be the state DGP as not a single IPS officer or an ordinary police officer liked or respected him. He got into the post in October 2007 in a dubious manner as he had a so-called godfather in an extra-constitutional authority.
Yadav, in a virtual demotion, has now been made the managing director of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, a post normally held by IG or Additional DGP rank officers.
Yadav always remained in news – but for all the wrong reasons.
Yadav, a 1972 batch officer, was first appointed as the DGP in October 2007 but the Election Commission of India ordered his replacement in March this year because of his bias towards the Congress, more particularly the then Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.
Rather than being the public servant, which is he supposed to be as per the Constitution, Yadav always remained loyal only to Rajasekhara Reddy, his son Jaganmohan Reddy and the extra-constitutional authority called K V P Ramachandra Rao.
Yadav was reinstated as the DGP the very next day after Rajasekhara Reddy assumed charge as state Chief Minister for a second term on May 20.
But Yadav has come under fire over the handling of the crisis after the government chopper carrying then Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and others went missing on September 2.
The government was unhappy with the functioning of Yadav and what irked the Rosaiah administration most was the DGP’s observation that the Chief Minister’s security was not the police responsibility once the VIP was air-borne. “Why was such a big fuss being made when it was a helicopter crash in which five persons were killed,” Yadav questioned a newsmen during one of his visits to temple-town Tirupati. He also bad mouthed media personnel in highly objectionable language and attracted the wrath of the government.
Even the events following the helicopter incident also landed Yadav in soup, what with police failure becoming glaring in many cases. The government then gave enough indications that the DGP would soon be shunted out.
The groupism in the state police intensified during Yadav’s stint as the DGP and even the top IPS officers were ill-at-ease with him.
Police administration in Andhra Pradesh remained in tatters when Yadav was at the helm. He left the entire state police force demoralized with his sadistic acts and chaos reigned supreme. Law and Order became a major casualty as crimes followed an upward curve. Atrocities on women were at a record high but, as the state police head, Yadav failed to rise to the occasion and lead the force from the front to curb lawlessness.
There was jubilation in the entire police ranks the day Yadav was shown the door by a firm Rosaiah. “It’s a very good day indeed,” one Inspector General rank officer remarked. “Thank God, we got rid of him at last,” one DIG observed.
The affable Girish Kumar, hopefully, will bring back the lost glory to the AP police force. And, his first promise soon after assuming charge as DGP was to do that.
Sunday, 27 September 2009
Rosaiah consolidating his position as Chief Minister
Desaraju Surya
Hyderabad: Surely and steadily, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah is consolidating his position. By asserting that All India Congress Committee chief Sonia Gandhi was “not in the habit of changing Chief Ministers,” Rosaiah tried to send a clear message to the pro-Jagan lobby that he was here to stay for a longer innings. It has been 24 days since he became Chief Minister but Rosaiah has so far shown no signs of any insecurity despite a high-pitch campaign within the Congress for appointment of Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy as the successor to his late father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. For many days after becoming the Chief Minister, Rosaiah told everyone that he would continue in the position as long as the party high command desired but the other day he minced no words in telling that he was going to play a longer innings than anticipated. “Sonia Gandhi doesn’t change Chief Ministers unless they prove to be not competent,” he observed even as Congress Central Working Committee members like G Venkata Swamy and K Keshava Rao publicly endorsed Rosaiah’s competence. Though some of the pro-Jagan lobbyists like Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary Ambati Rambabu tried to belittle Rosaiah saying he was “politically ineffective and weak,” the Chief Minister – in his inimitable witty style – shot back: “Given my age, I know my strengths and weaknesses.” Rosaiah, who served as a minister in various state Cabinets under successive Congress Chief Ministers, was also assertive in saying that he could “rise to the occasion” when the situation demanded. At the first formal meeting of the state Cabinet after he took over as Chief Minister, Rosaiah told his colleagues that he would continue to maintain the same old cordial relations with them “as long as I am in this chair.” Rosaiah’s no-nonsense approach and statesman-like demeanor have in a way made the ministers fall in line, though they initially adopted a belligerent posture on the demand for making Jagan the Chief Minister. In fact, not a single MLA of the party has so far spoken against Rosaiah as the Chief Minister though a majority of them too have been pitching for Jagan. All of them have now seemingly mellowed down to accept Rosaiah as their leader. Despite not being specific so far on the succession issue, the AICC too has sent strong signals to the Congress leaders here that Rosaiah was not a “stop-gap Chief Minister” as initially perceived. All this has helped Rosaiah firm up his position and settle down comfortably in his business. Once he formally moves into the Chief Minister’s official chamber in the C-block of the state Secretariat, Rosaiah will have been firmly in the saddle.
Hyderabad: Surely and steadily, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah is consolidating his position. By asserting that All India Congress Committee chief Sonia Gandhi was “not in the habit of changing Chief Ministers,” Rosaiah tried to send a clear message to the pro-Jagan lobby that he was here to stay for a longer innings. It has been 24 days since he became Chief Minister but Rosaiah has so far shown no signs of any insecurity despite a high-pitch campaign within the Congress for appointment of Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy as the successor to his late father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. For many days after becoming the Chief Minister, Rosaiah told everyone that he would continue in the position as long as the party high command desired but the other day he minced no words in telling that he was going to play a longer innings than anticipated. “Sonia Gandhi doesn’t change Chief Ministers unless they prove to be not competent,” he observed even as Congress Central Working Committee members like G Venkata Swamy and K Keshava Rao publicly endorsed Rosaiah’s competence. Though some of the pro-Jagan lobbyists like Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary Ambati Rambabu tried to belittle Rosaiah saying he was “politically ineffective and weak,” the Chief Minister – in his inimitable witty style – shot back: “Given my age, I know my strengths and weaknesses.” Rosaiah, who served as a minister in various state Cabinets under successive Congress Chief Ministers, was also assertive in saying that he could “rise to the occasion” when the situation demanded. At the first formal meeting of the state Cabinet after he took over as Chief Minister, Rosaiah told his colleagues that he would continue to maintain the same old cordial relations with them “as long as I am in this chair.” Rosaiah’s no-nonsense approach and statesman-like demeanor have in a way made the ministers fall in line, though they initially adopted a belligerent posture on the demand for making Jagan the Chief Minister. In fact, not a single MLA of the party has so far spoken against Rosaiah as the Chief Minister though a majority of them too have been pitching for Jagan. All of them have now seemingly mellowed down to accept Rosaiah as their leader. Despite not being specific so far on the succession issue, the AICC too has sent strong signals to the Congress leaders here that Rosaiah was not a “stop-gap Chief Minister” as initially perceived. All this has helped Rosaiah firm up his position and settle down comfortably in his business. Once he formally moves into the Chief Minister’s official chamber in the C-block of the state Secretariat, Rosaiah will have been firmly in the saddle.
Thursday, 27 August 2009
An uncommon man's "common" choice
Desaraju Surya
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy is by no means a “common” man.
But then, he started eating “common rice” since Sunday only to drive home the point that the rice that comes at a cheaper price need not be cheap or sub-standard.
“Since Sunday, I have been eating rice cooked out of the common variety of rice. I found it quite OK. I have instructed my family people that from now onwards we shall use this common variety of rice. I was told it costs only Rs 15.50 a kg. However, there is another variety of the same rice which costs only Rs 14.50 per kilo. I want to try that now. I don’t think there is any much difference between the two varieties of rice,” the Chief Minister remarked at a high-level review meeting on prices of essential commodities.
“Superfine rice,” as it is called, is a most-preferred variety in Andhra Pradesh and obviously it’s commanding a price of over Rs 35 a kg, what with the spurt in demand. Though the Rajasekhara Reddy government repeatedly promised over the last one-and-a-half years to ensure that superfine rice is sold at Rs 20 a kg, it never really happened as the price rose sharply every month from Rs 24 to Rs 35 a kg, causing uproar from the public. The Sortex variety, which is more polished, is being sold at Rs 39 to Rs 42 per kilo in most super markets.
As the superfine rice is being smuggled out of Andhra Pradesh into neighbouring Orissa, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, there is an obvious scarcity of the commodity in the local market, causing the price to spiral. The Chief Minister himself told the state Assembly that superfine rice and other essential commodities were being smuggled out of the state since “the prices here are comparatively less.”
With the efforts to check price rise failing to yield desired results, the Chief Minister probably thought of propagating the use of the so-called cheaper varieties so that demand for superfine rice could be brought down.
“The Chief Minister himself is trying to set an example by eating the common variety of rice which is widely available in the market for a very less price,” one of his aides pointed out.
Now, Rajasekhara Reddy would like his Cabinet colleagues as well to eat common rice.
Besides rice, the Chief Minister has included Raagi Sankati, a staple diet of people of Rayalaseema region, in his food menu to highlight its nutritional value.
A doctor himself, Rajasekhara Reddy also has other alternatives like Gutti Vankaaya (stuffed brinjal) and Bengal gram that cost much less than other vegetables and tur dal respectively. “People should use different pulses instead of tur dal, a staple diet of the Telugus, for a balanced diet. That’s good for health,” the Chief Minister pointed out.
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy is by no means a “common” man.
But then, he started eating “common rice” since Sunday only to drive home the point that the rice that comes at a cheaper price need not be cheap or sub-standard.
“Since Sunday, I have been eating rice cooked out of the common variety of rice. I found it quite OK. I have instructed my family people that from now onwards we shall use this common variety of rice. I was told it costs only Rs 15.50 a kg. However, there is another variety of the same rice which costs only Rs 14.50 per kilo. I want to try that now. I don’t think there is any much difference between the two varieties of rice,” the Chief Minister remarked at a high-level review meeting on prices of essential commodities.
“Superfine rice,” as it is called, is a most-preferred variety in Andhra Pradesh and obviously it’s commanding a price of over Rs 35 a kg, what with the spurt in demand. Though the Rajasekhara Reddy government repeatedly promised over the last one-and-a-half years to ensure that superfine rice is sold at Rs 20 a kg, it never really happened as the price rose sharply every month from Rs 24 to Rs 35 a kg, causing uproar from the public. The Sortex variety, which is more polished, is being sold at Rs 39 to Rs 42 per kilo in most super markets.
As the superfine rice is being smuggled out of Andhra Pradesh into neighbouring Orissa, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, there is an obvious scarcity of the commodity in the local market, causing the price to spiral. The Chief Minister himself told the state Assembly that superfine rice and other essential commodities were being smuggled out of the state since “the prices here are comparatively less.”
With the efforts to check price rise failing to yield desired results, the Chief Minister probably thought of propagating the use of the so-called cheaper varieties so that demand for superfine rice could be brought down.
“The Chief Minister himself is trying to set an example by eating the common variety of rice which is widely available in the market for a very less price,” one of his aides pointed out.
Now, Rajasekhara Reddy would like his Cabinet colleagues as well to eat common rice.
Besides rice, the Chief Minister has included Raagi Sankati, a staple diet of people of Rayalaseema region, in his food menu to highlight its nutritional value.
A doctor himself, Rajasekhara Reddy also has other alternatives like Gutti Vankaaya (stuffed brinjal) and Bengal gram that cost much less than other vegetables and tur dal respectively. “People should use different pulses instead of tur dal, a staple diet of the Telugus, for a balanced diet. That’s good for health,” the Chief Minister pointed out.
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