While having a haircut, amidst the rice fields on a cold Sunday morning at the farm house, Korutla Ravi, also known as Korutla Ravinder – a barber personified – whispered in my ear gently: “Sir, I want to contest in the elections for our village Sarpanch position”. We all belong to a sleepy village, almost […]
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BACK TO ROOTS – BICYCLE YATRA
I have been dreaming of going back to my roots – my village and back To Hyderabad – on a bicycle for a long time. It is my bicycle yatra – pilgrimage. As I cycled for two days – morning 6:00 AM to 4:00 PM, people looked at me as if they were seeing an […]
ON BEING MY FATHER’S BARBER
Till his 70th year, my father regularly visited barber’s shop once in every 20 days for haircut. Being a policeman, he had not only followed the police discipline in hair styling, but taught us the need to have a disciplined hair style. For majority of his life, my father had Mr. Narasimha as his barber. […]
The Barber Worker of Telangana
I first met Mr. Korutla Ravi / Ravinder when he visited my house at the Nookapalli village near Jagtial to cut my hair. He is the village barber. He is professional in his work and knows the nuances of his trade well. He wore a dirty worn-out jean and a soiled shirt. His feet were […]
