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Kandi Podi

Lunch bell was going to ring in 10 minutes. All of us were impatiently waiting for the class to end. In every lunch break, all of us sit together under a tree and share our food with one another. This time the teacher wanted to join us too, which no one had a problem with. […]

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Telangana Avakaya

Today you’ve been asked to wake up early, wash your hair and be ready for the day. It’s the first day of Dusshera and amma is very particular about all the festivities going according to plan. Earlier in the morning, you went out for a walk and plucked flowers so you can arrange the Pooja […]

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Idli Karam Podi

When you wake up in the morning to the sounds of birds and soft sunlight, you begin to think how your day will unfold. You can hear your amma cooking in the kitchen to songs from the old radio and smell the steaming of idli’s in the cooker. You wonder think how many you’ll eat […]