MY PERSONAL DIARY OF 2004

1 January (Thursday)

Woke up by 6:40. Went to a nearby hotel and had my breakfast by 7:40. Took a bus in Osmania University campus and went to Manjeera Hostel at Kachiguda. My cousin Kiran is staying there. Wished him a Happy New Year and spent talking with him for some time. I knew that he is planning to move to some other place from this hostel and is in search of one. Advised him to come to Kshatriya Seva Samithi Hostel. He readily agreed. We stepped out with his luggage and went to the nearby branch of Bank of Maharashtra. He withdrew some money from his account. Thence we moved to the KSS Hostel in an auto rickshaw. The hostel supervisor did not allow him inside. We went to the KSS office at New Nallakunta and talked with the fellows. They told him that he should stay as a guest for today and then they would decide on his joining as a student. It was how I spent much of my time with Kiran today. Evening withdrew 3000 rupees from the nearby Global Trust Bank’s ATM Center (from my HDFC account). My salary from ICFAI Press was credited to my account. I worked for 21 days. They paid me 5338 rupees. I enveloped two 500-rupee notes to send to my home. Today it is the first day of New Year. I pray Lord Krishna and Mother Saraswati to bless me. Went to sleep by 11:00.

2 January (Friday)

Woke up by 6:30. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:45. Took a bus by 8:00 and reached NIMS bus stop by 8:30. I did not like to have my breakfast this morning and so proceeded to the office. Checked my Yahoo Mail to see if there were any emails for me. Some American companies are sending daily reminders to me asking me to participate in their online contests and win prizes. I delete this waste stuff from my inbox every morning. Today I did not carry out even a bit of editing work. Spent all my time typing up my previously written essay. I sent this essay as my entry to a contest of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations in New Delhi when I was in the University of Hyderabad. I spent about seven hours typing up and editing this essay. Afternoon had two chapatis in Abhiruchi Hotel. The essay work was over by 5:00. Went to the NIMS bus stop by 5:15 and kept waiting for my cousin Kiran. Both of us were supposed to meet Bala Krishnam Raju this evening to talk about his admission into the KSS Hostel as a student. He did not turn up even by 6:00. So, I returned to the hostel. He came to the hostel by 8:30. He was allowed to stay in my room as a second occupant. Night we had our parcel meal together. Went to sleep by 11:30. 

3 January (Saturday)

Woke up by 6:20. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:20. Took a bus by 7:30 and reached NIMS bus stop by 8:00. Had a plate of Upma in Abhiruchi Hotel and proceeded to our office. Today I did not carry out even a bit of editing work. Spent most of the time editing my previously written essay “A Dialogue among Civilizations” (one which I sent to New Delhi) on my computer. I am a bit slow in typing now. I checked the elegance of the essay in various fonts and colors. Color printing costs much. So, I want to get it printed in black and white on a laser printer. Afternoon had a plate of Plain Dosa. Left the office by 5:15 and reached the abode of my friend Veeranjaneyulu in Journalist Colony ‘A’ by 6:30. My cousin Kiran had already reached there as we planned earlier. He spent talking with our friends for some time and left for our hostel by 7:00. I stayed back. We had our supper by 9:00. I watched some English feature films on his computer till 1:45. It was to satisfy my age. Went to sleep by 2:00. 

4 January (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Reached Yousufguda Check Post by 7:00. Took a bus and reached our hostel by 8:30. Kiran and I went to the nearby eatery by Osmania University gate and had our breakfast. We walked through the nearby areas to buy a mat and a pillow for him. We found many shops closed. We returned to the hostel by 9:30. He read some of my writings. I explained him how my relationship with Lahari came to an end. I was disturbed recollecting that past. My admiration for her created possessiveness and care for her in me. It led me to reprimand her angrily when I thought that she was going in a wrong way. We went to Kothi in an auto rickshaw by 2:00. We bought a bag and a pillow for him. Both of them cost 180 rupees, each one being 90 rupees. We had one glass of sugarcane juice and bought half a kilo of dates. We returned to the hostel by 4:00. We rested for one hour. I washed a pair of clothes in the evening. Kiran went to Shirdi Sai Baba Hotel down Shivam Road and brought a parcel of supper. We had it by 8:30. These days it is very cold in the twin cities. Hemanth, one of my hostel mates, gave me his soft rug to use for some nights. It is saving me from cold. Night listened to Hyderabad radio for some time. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

5 January (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Morning Kiran left for Miryalaguda by Nagarjuna Express from Secunderabad railway station. He went there to carry out audit in a cement factory there as part of his articleship. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 7:30. Had my breakfast by 8:20 and went to the office by 8:30. Scanned today’s dailies for some time and took my seat of work by 8:45. Today I carried out editing for one hour. Spent rest of the time scanning the profiles of brides on bharatmatrimony.com website. Many of these girls are not beautiful. They look very commercial to me. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Ate the remaining dates from the ones bought yesterday at Kothi. These days I don’t feel like eating rice. I began to spend a solitary life without associating myself with the beauty and people outside. Life looks like vacuum to me. Death is the final stage of human life. There is no greatness in human life. Relationships and attachments with this material world are the source of sorrow. Life is a punishment. Death provides liberation to the caged soul from this material world. Went to sleep by 9:00. 

6 January (Tuesday)

Woke up by 6:15. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Reached NIMS bus stop by 7:45. Avoided my breakfast to leave my stomach empty for its rest purpose. Went to our office by 8:00 and scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Checked my emails for some time. Today I carried out one hour’s editing work. Spent most of the remaining time scanning the profiles of brides on www.shaadi.com website for my friend Veeranjaneyulu. Earlier I contacted some brides on his behalf. None of them responded so far. I think gentlemen can’t get good wives these days. Afternoon had a plate of Uthappam in Abhiruchi Hotel. Took a bus by 5:15 and reached the hostel by 6:00. Went to a nearby Internet café and got my recently finished writings laser printed. They are the essay titled “Culture Debate”, my letter to my teacher uncle Venkata Rama Raju, the essay titled “A Dialogue among Civilizations”, my CV, my brief details meant for matrimonial purposes to send to my brother Srinivas and a small writing titled “Guidelines for Success”. There were 15 printouts in total and cost me 45 rupees. Some of these prints are meant for my records section. Night, Bala Krishnam Raju, the present Secretary of Kshatriya Seva Samithi, came to our hostel to see us. Had my supper by 8:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman. Went to sleep by 10:30.  

7 January (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Listened to Hyderabad radio for some time. Got ready by 7:15 and went to the bus stop. Reached NIMS bus stop by 8:00. Had a plate of puris in a roadside hotel and proceeded to ICFAI Press. Scanned today’s dailies for some time and took my seat of work. Today I carried out editing work for one hour. Spent rest of the time editing my previously written letter to Maneka Gandhi. I sent a letter to her after my B.A. asking her to assign me some work to do under her guidance. There was no reply from her. I revised this letter today on computer. It is for my records section. Afternoon had a plate of chapatis in Abhiruchi Hotel. Came back to the hostel by 6:30. Got the revised letter laser printed in a nearby Internet café. Had my supper by 8:30. Washed a pair of clothes. Listened to a Telugu play on Hyderabad radio. It presented the narrow outlook of men toward women. It is a 30-minute play. A woman turns infertile due to an accident. Her caring husband (so far) leaves her for this reason. Went to sleep by 10:30.

8 January (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel by 8:00. Reached our office by 8:05 and scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Morning Annies gave me material to edit for The ICFAI Journal of Intellectual Property Rights. She told me to seek the help of Sub Editor Chandra Sekhar if need be. This journal has to be released in the coming February. She gave me all the material of this journal to edit. Chandra Sekhar advised me on the basics of editing because it is the first work I am editing individually. It is one of the Law Journals ICFAI Press is publishing. I took the article of a faculty member of ICFAI University. His English is very bad. I struggled for four hours to edit it. Being unable to go ahead any more, took it for the consideration of Annies. She assigned it to Sub Editor Sailaja to be done by her on PageMaker. Then I continued with the rest of the work which was written by American writers. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had two buns and three bananas for my supper. Night listened to a Telugu play on Hyderabad radio. Went to sleep by 11:00.

9 January (Friday)

Woke up by 5:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman for half an hour. Listened to Hyderabad radio from 6:00 to 6:30. Freshened up myself by 7:10 and went to the bus stop. Reached NIMS bus stop by 8:00. Bought a pack of Britannia Tiger biscuits for four rupees and proceeded to ICFAI Press. Scanned today’s dailies for some time. Took my seat of work by 8:30. Today I edited for six hours and returned the material to Annies by 3:30. Left the office by 5:10. Took a bus opposite the NIMS bus stop and reached our hostel by 6:00. This evening too there are no partners in our hostel to share the parcel meal bought from Shirdi Sai Baba Hotel. Generally, our hostel mates make up a team of three to share a full meal parcel of 30 rupees, each one contributing 10 rupees for the project. It is economical and comfortable for us. Being unable to find a partner to buy parcel meal, I went to the nearby Hilton Café and bought two buns for six rupees. Added three bananas to it and finished my supper. Night listened to Telugu cine songs and Hyderabad radio on my Walkman. Went to sleep by 10:30 for my dreams.

10 January (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Today it is the second Saturday of the month and so a holiday to ICFAI Press. There is hardly any business to be carried out by me being a bachelor. Freshened up myself by 8:00 and stepped out. Had my breakfast and bought a copy of Eenadu. Scanned it for a few minutes. Listened to Hyderabad radio on my Walkman for some time. Went to a nearby hotel by 12:30 and bought a parcel meal for 10 rupees. This food (rice and curry) is not tasty. I should not expect quality at that price in the twin cities. Spent rest of the time within the hostel trying my best to while away my time just like that. Spending time is a heaven for considerably rich people only. I see many people enjoying their time in parks and other beautiful places in the city. Money seems to be the guiding force now for this artificial entertainment. One is supposed to watch television, go to a cinema to see a film, buy some stuff outside or go on an excursion to be a part of this entertainment world. All these pursuits demand money. Sixty percent of the present population is unable to meet its financial needs to fulfill these things. Credit cards and bank loans are the other ways to fulfill our desires of entertainment. I fail to enjoy my time. Went to sleep by 10:30.

11 January (Sunday)

Woke up by 7:00. Today I spent all my time casually reading newspapers and listening to Hyderabad radio and Telugu cine songs on my Walkman in the hostel. My thought follows, “I wonder at the behavior of modern girls and women. For centuries they were suppressed by tradition and culture which were imposed by men upon them. The recent 50 years saw a great improvement in their lives. They entered mainstream living and professions. The eventuality is that they degraded very badly in their dress code. It is true that female bodies are the abodes of tenderness and beauty compared to those of men. Indian women, who are largely influenced by western culture, started competing among themselves in showcasing their body parts in public places. Now they are very interested in exhibiting their breasts, navel and thighs. Basic instincts compel boys and men to do something with these polished and tempting beauties readily available before them. When these skin-show-centered women try to earn an identity for them through this, libidinous men resort to feats to attract this lot. It is how some women are utilizing their liberty today”. Went to sleep by 10:30.

12 January (Monday)

Woke up by 6:00. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Got off it at NIMS bus stop and walked towards Panjagutta Crossroads. Bought a ballpoint pen at a shop by road and had my breakfast at an eatery by road. Went to our office by 8:20. Scanned today’s dailies for some time. Took my seat by 8:45. Today I was not assigned any work for editing. I spent my time scanning www.bharatmatrimony.com website. I checked the profiles of Telugu, Tamil, Oriya, Hindi, Rajasthani and Gujarati brides and their professionally decorated photos. Thirty percent of these girls are considerably beautiful. Some of them are graduates. They want to marry only such men whose monthly salaries are above 10,000 rupees. Men doing jobs in the European countries are hot cakes. Software and engineering jobholders are also preferred. Only 20% of girls don’t mind the community of bridegroom. It was a good experience to me. Left the office by 5:10. One of my colleagues dropped me at Narayana Guda on his way back home on his scooter. I was scared to sit behind him observing fast-moving vehicles around us. Today it is the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Went to sleep by 10:30.

13 January (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs from 5:30 to 6:00 and devotional programs on Hyderabad radio from 6:00 to 6:30. Took a bus by 7:15 and reached NIMS bus stop by 8:00. Had my breakfast and went to our office by 8:20. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes and moved to my seat of work. Today I spent my time editing the work assigned by Annies. She came to me by 10:30 and gave me the material of The ICFAI Journal of Marketing Management, which has to be released in the next month. I spent all my office time editing this work. Went to Abhiruchi Hotel by 1:10 and had a plate of Lemon Rice for 10 rupees. Came back to the hostel by 6:00. Spent some time listening to Telugu cine songs. Had my supper by 9:30. My hostel mates Murali and Ganapathi brought the parcel meal. I had my rice of five rupees, an egg curry of six rupees and the curd of four rupees. It is the satisfactory meal I can enjoy by the grace of God. This hotel is known for quality food at affordable prices. May God bless that hotelier for his humble and commendable service to folks like us. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

14 January (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs from 5:30 to 6:00. Freshened up myself by 7:00 and went to the bus stop. Reached NIMS bus stop by 7:30. Bought a pack of Britannia Tiger biscuits for three rupees and proceeded to our office. Scanned today’s dailies for some time and took my seat by 8:40. Checked my email. From 9:30 to 4:00 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Marketing Management. From 1:10 to 1:25 had my lunch in Abhiruchi Hotel. From 4:00 to 5:00 spent my time creating a new Yahoo Mail account for me. Then I entered the domain of Yahoo Personals and examined the available profiles of registered members from the area of Canberra in Australia. I liked the extraordinary beauty of a 22-year old girl. So, I wanted to initiate my friendship with her. Typed out a message and sent it to her asking for her response to my interest in her. Felt happy for relating myself with another person in this world. Life looks very boring when we are detached from this world. Came back to the hostel by 6:00. My cousin Kiran returned from Miryalaguda by 7:00. We spent a lot of time discussing various things of common interest. Today it is Bhogi. We are supposed to wake up early morning and take head bath to set and sit by bonfire. I did not observe this festival. Went to sleep by 2:00. 

15 January (Thursday)

Woke up by 6:00. Spent all the day within the hostel. Today it is Sankranti. I read in Eenadu that one should follow many traditional observations today celebrating this festival. I did not carry out any of these festive activities today. I don’t avoid taking my bath even a single day. Contrary to this practice, I did not bathe today. I regret all these things. I spent all my time listening to Hyderabad radio, Telugu cine songs and reading newspapers. I wonder at my lifestyle. Recently I started living like a machine. Stopped seeing films, buying new clothes and celebrating Hindu festivals. It is what I consider losing passion for life. If one lives in a firmly fixed pattern of lifestyle, there won’t be beauty in one’s existence. One’s negligence toward novelty and creativity in one’s life is a bad trait. There won’t be much meaning to life if it lacks change. Change in opinions and personal interests add beauty to life. Routine work for years by choice or helplessness makes one a machine. Madness for this world and endless admiration toward something make life dynamic and interesting. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

16 January (Friday)

Woke up by 5:00. Morning listened to Telugu cine songs and devotional music on my Walkman for some time. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:10. Reached NIMS bus stop by 7:30. Had a plate of Upma in Abhiruchi Hotel and went to our office by 8:00. For it was Sankranti yesterday, there is no release of dailies today. I spent outside for half an hour looking around. Took my seat by 8:30. From 9:00 to 1:00 spent checking the domain of Yahoo Personals. Today I created my profile on it. Sent another message to the girl in Canberra. She is a very beautiful girl and deserves my writing in her admiration. Typed out a long letter to send her seeking her response. Stored her photos in my documents on computer and floppy. Thus I spent my morning time in my sphere of admiration for this beauty. Afternoon edited a little work given by my colleague. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. My cousin Kiran was already in the room. I went to Karur Vysya Bank down Shivam Road and took forty 10-rupee notes for four 100-rupee notes for my daily needs of change. Night we had a papaya and four potato bajjis for our supper. Went to sleep by 11:00.

17 January (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 7:10. Reached NIMS bus stop by 7:30. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and moved to our office. Scanned today’s dailies for some time. Took my seat by 8:30. Today also Annies did not assign me any editing work. I spent most of the morning time in the domain of Yahoo Personals typing out messages for Osminozka. Today I found that I blocked the emails of Osminozka from entering my inbox. I set it open to allow her messages in. The Dish Net (the ISP to ICFAI Press) folks failed to restore Internet to our setup till afternoon and so two of my typed out messages to this Australian girl failed to be sent or saved. I regretted it. Evening edited a little content given by my colleague. Came back to the hostel by 6:00. My cousin Kiran and I had our parcel meal by 8:00. Talked with my brother Sambha and my mother from 9:10 to 9:20 from a telephone booth. They said that the situation is grim at home due to the mounting debt burden. My brother told me to understand the situation and send 4000 rupees every month from my salary. I readily agreed for it. I was touched assessing the circumstances at home. Went to sleep by 11:30. 

18 January (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:10. Spent all my time within the hostel. Morning Kiran brought a parcel of puris from a nearby eatery and Eenadu. I spent much time reading this newspaper. The most disturbing news today is of the inhuman behavior of some rowdies against the poor living in some areas in the old city in Hyderabad. Poor people like rickshaw pullers, auto rickshaw drivers, daily wage workers, small shop owners and hawkers helplessly resort to short-term loans from the local moneylenders. The cruel blokes ask these poor creatures to sign on white papers with revenue stamps without any words on it showing the description of transaction. They charge heavy interest rates on these loans. They have to pay on daily or monthly basis. These rogues collect this money only during a few given hours. If borrowers can’t repay it on the scheduled day, they have to pay compensation the following day. If they delay in the process, they would be dragged into secret courts of these sinners and beaten black and blue or killed at times.  Police and local politicians are either part of this anarchy or unable to tackle it. Rape is the punishment to the women of borrower. This hell is on show in this jungle of humans. Went to sleep by 10:30.

19 January (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Took a bus and reached NIMS bus stop by 7:40. Had my breakfast and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for some time. Took my seat by 8:30. Even today there was no response from the Australian girl. Morning Annies assigned me the editing work of The ICFAI Journal of Brand Management. I spent 90% of my office time editing this content. Afternoon had a plate of chapatis in Abhiruchi Hotel. Left the office by 5:00 and moved to the NIMS bus stop. Took a bus up to Yousufguda Check Post and thence an auto rickshaw. Reached the abode of Veeranjaneyulu in Journalist Colony ‘A’ by 6:00. He was engaged in doing the paintings of Saint Adi Shankaracharya and a head of Kanchi Kama Koti Peetham. These paintings are for Kanumuri Bapi Raju of Bhimavaram to be set in a big Hindu temple. Watched the Telugu feature film “Oka Radha Iddharu Krishnulu” of Kamal Haasan and Sridevi on the computer of Veeranjaneyulu. Had homemade sweets brought by him from his home during his recent visit to Eluru. Went to sleep by 12:00. 

20 January (Tuesday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself and left Veeru’s abode by 7:00. Took an auto rickshaw from Jubilee Hills Junction up to Yousufguda Check Post. The cold winds of winter morning were rushing into this little vehicle and tickling me. I wanted to kiss the snow. It was hidden in the belly of breezes. Took a bus and reached Punjagutta Crossroads by 7:30. Took right turn and walked along the road leading to Chiranjeevi’s Blood Bank. Had a plate of Dosa at a pushcart by road. Reached the office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies till 8:30. Took my seat by 8:35. On 90% of the mornings, I would be the first employee to come to this office. Checked my email. There was no reply from the Australian girl. I sent her my new email id as well informing her that I would not send her any message hereafter until she responds to me. The admirers of human beauty look like fools to the ones being admired. Admirer is an insane creature pursuing sensitive beauty like a passion and mission. It is a chronic disease affecting the lifespan of the admirer on a daily basis. It does not kill the patient as long as there is inspiring beauty in this visible world. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Kiran and I had our supper by 8:30. Went to sleep by 11:00.

21 January (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Today I spent casually. Evening called up my brother Srinivas. He told me that they sent a parcel of sweets for me to Hyderabad through Navata Road Transport. It may reach here in two days’ time. Night washed a pair of clothes. Kiran and I had our parcel meal by 8:00. My thought follows, “Adolescence is the cream of human life. Body and mind get attracted by the surrounding beauties. Admiration for the opposite sex is an inevitable part of it which manifests through infatuation. Intuition urges one to love every available beauty around. Subsequently one enters a world of fantasy. Visiting distant regions of heavenly dreamland is added advantage of this misleading age. Snow throws into fire of despair unless there is a sweetheart beside. Every night injects poison of lovesickness into the psyche. Every day compels one to reason one’s age with the bewitching beauties around. One can’t refrain oneself from the temptations of attractions beckoning one from all corners. This paradise disappears when money attracts such man”. Went to sleep by 11:00.

22 January (Thursday)

Woke up by 6:00. It was beyond my scheduled time of initiating a day on a working day. Got ready hurriedly and took a bus by 7:30. Had my breakfast and went to our office by 8:20. Scanned today’s dailies for some time. Morning I spent creating my profile on the Yahoo Personals of Canada. I took one hour for it. Typed out a long matter presenting my standpoint as an individual and the qualities I am seeking from others. It went up to 4000 characters. The automated program of this site did not accept this large text. I regretted this occurrence. Then I typed out small matter and created my profile. It is a way of relating ourselves with a larger canvas of the humanity. I will add my photos also very soon. I feel isolated from the contemporary society. I spent rest of the time editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Monetary Economics to be released next month. When coming back, after my office hours, spotted a pushcart with dates on road. Bought 250 grams of it for 10 rupees for me. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my parcel meal along with Kiran and Murali by 8:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs and Hyderabad radio on my Walkman till 11:00. Went to sleep by 11:10.

23 January (Friday)

Woke up by 5:00. Listened to devotional music on Hyderabad radio from 6:00 to 6:30. Took a bus by 7:00 for NIMS bus stop. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:10. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. From 9:30 to 1:00 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Monetary Economics to be released next month. Returned the edited material to Annies and went out for my lunch. She did not assign me any work in the afternoon. Spent scanning the beauties of Australia and Canada on Yahoo Personals from 1:30 to 2:30. Then entered www.ragalahari.com which carries information of Telugu film industry. I saw the photos of Lahari on this website. Then there are some photos of the Telugu film “Sorry Naaku Pellaindhi” in which Lahari is a heroine. Four of her photos in this section are vulgar. Got all these and some other photos stored in a quality CD. Our systems administrator helped me in this regard. Had my supper by 8:30. Listened to Hyderabad radio till 10:30. Went to sleep by 10:40. 

24 January (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast by 8:00 and proceeded to our office. Today I was not assigned any material to edit. Spent all the day browsing Internet. Morning emailed a short write-up to my cousin Naren in Ahmedabad on the topic “What is Information and How is it Communicated?”. He recently asked me to help him in this regard. He has to submit this written assignment to his professor as part of his internal assessment. Had my lunch by 1:30 in Abhiruchi Hotel. Evening spent my time browsing the official website of Greenland. It is a beautiful country enriched with frost. I checked many photos to sense its pulse. Left the office by 5:00 and took a bus at the NIMS bus stop for Yousufguda Check Post. Bought a Konica camera color film roll at Sai Kiran Photo Studio in Krishna Nagar and thence took an auto rickshaw for Jubilee Hills Junction. Reached the abode of Veeranjaneyulu by 6:30. The main objective of this visit is to get photos taken. Veeranjaneyulu has a good camera with him. My cousin Kiran and I are in the need of good personal photos. So, both of us are jointly working on this dream project. The total cost of this project is 300 rupees. Each of us has to bear 150 rupees for it. I called up the folks at the office of Navata Road Transport in Barkatpura and knew that the parcel of sweets my parents sent from Adduroad had arrived. We took some photos at night in the art room of Veeranjaneyulu with his camera. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

25 January (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. My cousin Kiran and I engaged ourselves in the photo taking project from 8:30 to 9:30. Then Kiran left for our hostel to attend his studies. I went to Sai Kiran Photo Studio at Krishna Nagar in Yousufguda by 11:00 to get the camera film developed and printed out. It took two hours’ time. Returned to Veeru’s abode by 1:30 and had my lunch. The photos came well. I am satisfied with the product of this project to some extent. The problem this morning was that there was no sunlight outside. It was cloudy and we were moody. Consequently we took all the photos indoors only. There were no good lighting effects. There was no good background. All these external factors dampened our spirit of appreciable photo production. My dream of getting good personal photos could not be fulfilled even today. I spent a lot of time in the afternoon, evening and night working with these photos on the computer of Veeru. I am completely new to Photoshop. I tried to do something with these photos depending on my intuition and the instructions of the operating system. I spent with the photos like an obsessed nut. There is a photo scanner at my friend’s computer. It was bought from an assistant director in the Telugu film industry. Night there were ten guests to Veeru. He likes spending with friends. Went to sleep by 10:30.

26 January (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 8:00. Returned to the hostel by 11:30. Today it was partly cloudy. Spent most of my time reading newspapers, listening to Hyderabad radio and Telugu cine songs on my Walkman in the hostel. Even today I could not go to the office of Navata Road Transport to collect my parcel. Today it is the Republic Day of India and so its office remains closed. I can’t find logic in this holiday observation by the folks of this office. My thought follows, “Special day observations have become a nuisance now. Birth and death anniversaries, Independence Day and Condolence Day are the best examples of this phenomenon. Just remembering a few ideals or a few personalities, on some particular days, every year, does not contribute to the welfare of any state. A country with dire poverty can do nothing with these gimmicks. A nation with criminalization of politics and corrupt environment in every sphere of public life can’t dream of and should not boast of its supremacy of historical glory and a heaven ahead. Characters, values and practices represented by various societies in a particular country cannot be reformed through delivering speeches or singing patriotic songs in chorus. A progressive national environment, wherein talent is recognized and encouraged within weeks, vice is relentlessly suppressed within days and knowledge and information are strategically shared by all within seconds, can only make a nation march toward a better tomorrow”. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

27 January (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 7:00 and went to the bus stop. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 15 minutes. Spent browsing Internet from 8:45 to 4:55. Had my lunch in Abhiruchi Hotel from 1:20 to 1:40. Today I added my color photos to my four profiles created on the Yahoo Personals of Australia and New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Canada, and the United States of America. I did not carry out even a bit of editing work today. Annies was on leave today. Evening checked the Telugu matrimonial section on shaadi.com website. I found two beautiful brides who can meet the beauty expectations of my friend Veeranjaneyulu. Reached the office of Navata Road Transport at Barkatpura by 6:00 and collected my parcel sent by my parents from Adduroad. I paid 65 rupees for it. Hired an auto rickshaw for 15 rupees and reached our hostel by 6:20. The contents of this parcel included Mitayi (made with jaggery), Pokundalu (made with rice flour and jaggery), Kova (made with milk and sugar), Cashew, Poochchuttalu, Chimmili (made with sesame and jaggery), Mango and Lemon Pickles, Ghee and some other eatables. Had my supper by 8:30. Talked with Kiran for some time. Went to sleep by 10:30.

28 January (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready by 7:00 and went to the bus stop by 7:10. Had my breakfast by 8:00 and proceeded to our office. Morning I spent scanning the Yahoo Personals of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States of America. My profiles with photos on these websites became active and accessible to others. From 11:30 to 2:00 edited a little content and helped my colleague. Thereafter I spent browsing shaadi.com website. Today I viewed 1800 photos of brides on this site and contacted about 40 brides on behalf of my friend Veeranjaneyulu. They are all very beautiful girls and women looking for a good husband. Meanwhile Annies assigned me the material of The ICFAI Journal of Systems Management for editing. It has to be released next month. I streamlined the original, proofread and language editing copies of it and put them aside. It was 4:15 when I took this material from her. So, I did not start editing it today. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Evening my cousin Kiran, Murali and I bought a monthly full meal mess card at Shirdi Sai Baba Hotel for 750 rupees. We get 30 full meal parcels with this card. Night listened to Telugu cine songs and Hyderabad radio on my Walkman. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

29 January (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:10. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and went to our office by 7:50. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Systems Management from 10:00 to 4:00 with a lunch break of half an hour from 1:00. Returned this edited material to Annies by 4:00. Scanned the Yahoo Personals for one hour. Called up advocate C S N Raju by 5:10 and told him to withdraw from the case of M S Raju. Recently he sent a legal notice to M S Raju demanding him to pay me 1,10,000 rupees as compensation for his failure in sending me to Alaska for the fish packaging job as promised. There is no response from him so far. The advocate said that a cheating case must be filed against M S Raju in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh. For that I have to pay him 5000 rupees initially towards the court fees. I don’t have that much money now. The only way out is to forget to teach him a lesson. He kept me in the illusion of going to the USA for dollars for ten months. He left my parents with a loss of one lakh rupees. I curse him that he bears the burden of this sin for having tortured me like that. God should revenge against him on my behalf. Night listened to Telugu cine songs and a Telugu play on Hyderabad radio. Went to sleep by 11:00.

30 January (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. This early morning it rained a bit. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:10. Had my breakfast and reached our office by 8:30. Scanned today’s dailies for some time. Took my seat by 8:45. Today I was not assigned editing work. Morning spent downloading and saving some beautiful pictures from Yahoo. Afternoon typed out a letter on computer addressing A P J Abdul Kalam, the present President of India. In this letter, I discussed my concept of  C 4 Syndrome. The four threats to India are Christianity, Coca Cola, Cricket and Corruption. The intellectuals and activists of India must attend these four issues to save India from further ruin. Visionary goals can’t be achieved unless there are practical ways to reach them. This letter carries a detailed discussion of these four burning issues in India today. It urges the president to mobilize thought process of the intelligent toward achievement of these goals for improving the fate of India soon. I will finish this letter tomorrow. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Went to the HDFC ATM Center by Shivam Temple and withdrew 1500 rupees. Our systems administrator asked me this morning to lend him. Night talked a lot with my cousin Kiran about the important events of my life. Went to sleep by 12:15.

31 January (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast and reached our office by 8:20. Lent 1500 rupees to our systems administrator. Today I was not assigned editing work. Morning browsed Yahoo Images. Stored some of them. Had my lunch in Abhiruchi Hotel by 1:30. Afternoon finished typing out the remaining part of my letter to A P J Abdul Kalam. Got it laser printed in our office. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Night enveloped the letter to A P J Abdul Kalam to post it to his New Delhi address. My thought follows, “Human relationships play a great role in the progress of a nation. Modernity deeply affected this segment. Profitability is the order of the day. Marriage, employment and spiritualism also entered this dirty path. A girl with graduation and a little beauty on her part looks for a foreign husband. The earning potential of the man is important for her. A jobholder contemplates his salary and other benefits discarding the quality and quantity of service he is providing to his present employer. One has to pay fees to enter a temple and get worship done on his behalf by a priest. Business mentality is the essence of this Indian drama”. Went to sleep by 11:30. 

1 February (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:00. Morning washed a pair of clothes. It was partly cloudy today. I did not go out this morning at all. My cousin Kiran went out by 9:00 and brought me the parcel of a plate of puris. I asked him to withdraw 4500 rupees for me from the HDFC ATM Center by Shivam Temple. I gave him my debit card and disclosed my pin number. He is like my brother. Read Eenadu for one hour. Listened to Hyderabad radio for some time. Rested from 11:00 to 2:00. Avoided my lunch because I had much dose of homemade sweets. From 3:30 to 4:00 wrote a letter to my folks at Peda Gummuluru. Kept eight 500-rupee notes in an envelope to send home. My brother Sambha recently told me to send 4000 rupees every month. Presently our family sank into a debt trap due to my Alaska Issue and the failure of our mango crop last year. My nominal contribution is almost negligible in this critical domestic scenario. May God lift my folks up from this pit of issues. I am sending one of my recently taken photos to home in this envelope for matrimonial purpose. I am sending a slip with journey guidelines for my brother Srinivas. He is planning to come to Hyderabad soon. Had my supper by 8:00 along with Kiran and Murali. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 11:00.

2 February (Monday)

Woke up by 6:00. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Took a bus and reached NIMS bus stop by 7:45. Posted the two envelopes in the postbox on my way to Abhiruchi Hotel. One was to A P J Abdul Kalam and the other one was to home. Had a plate of Upma and went to our office by 8:10. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Today I was not assigned editing work. A virus entered my computer this morning. Our systems administrator checked it and told me that the virus attacked it from the image files I stored in my documents. I downloaded these images from Yahoo. He brought his hardware weapons and saved my computer driving away the virus. He carried out this task from 12:30 to 2:00. I felt relieved to see my computer cured of its infection that soon. Then I sent an email to A P J Abdul Kalam informing him to receive my letter sent by post. After that, visited poetry.com website and registered my name on it. I typed out two poems this evening on it and authorized them to publish them on their website. The titles of these two poems are “What is Love?” and “Kiss Me My Love”. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my parcel meal along with Kiran and Murali by 8:00. Listened to Hyderabad radio. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

3 February (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast at Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:20. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Today I did not carry out editing work even for a minute. I spent all the time visiting various websites. My thought follows, “Ignorance and stupidity are two bad characteristics of human beings. Ignorance develops in one due to the unhealthy circumstances surrounding one’s life such as parental upbringing, genetic disorders and social milieu. Stupidity stems from conservatism, eccentricity and superstitions. People possessing these two qualities torture their fellow beings with their irrational beliefs and foolish acts. They neither change on their own nor allow others to change them. Majority people in this world have these two qualities. This is why we see much unrest, disorder and chaos in this world. We can’t live happily in this world without the contributions of altruistic scientists and active social reformers. Intelligentsia, celebrities and politicians largely influence public opinion. Masses admire their acts and ape their lifestyles. The ignorant respect the wise but the wise look down upon the ignorant”. Went to sleep by 11:00.

4 February (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:10. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and went to the office by 8:10. Scanned today’s dailies for some time. Today I was not assigned editing wok. I spent most of my time creating my resume on Yahoo Hot Jobs portal. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my supper by 8:30. My thought follows, “Science and technology made human lives very sophisticated. Their merits and demerits are equal in size and influence. Nuclear bombs threaten the peaceful existence of humanity world over. The strength of nation states is assessed based on fatal weapons they possess. Modernity allowed humans to explore new ways of mutual mass destruction. To consider the merits, globalization is the latest trend. Information technology erased the problems of territorial boundaries. Internet is the brand ambassador for growth of international relations. People are easily chatting and dating online. It helps one be actively connected with one’s contemporaries. Science and technology take the form of killers in the hands of criminals and terrorists. They use it for disrupting peace in the world. The virtuous use it to improve the comfort levels of the common. Terrorists are known to all but humanists are recognized by very few”. Went to sleep by 11:00.

5 February (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready by 7:00 and went to the bus stop. Bought a pack of Britannia Tiger biscuits for three rupees and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:30. Today I edited for one hour to help my colleague. Spent rest of the time browsing Internet. Recently I created my profiles on Yahoo Companion, Yahoo Groups, Yahoo Photos, singleparent.com, Yahoo Hot Jobs, daijobs.com, devnulljobs, kakatiyamarriages.com, telugumatrimony.com and poetry.com sites. Many of these folks send me some information frequently. It is how I am spending my time these days. Today I received a message from a girl in Ukraine. I visit various sites as part of my Internet roaming. This girl would have found my details somewhere on the Internet. She wrote that she is interested in friendship with me. I am a little writer and so wrote her back that there is no objection from my side. Completed this Internet tour by 5:00. Got my updated CV printed out in our office. This three-page document frightens employers a lot. They get scared to respond to me. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my supper along with Kiran and Murali by 8:00. Listened to Hyderabad radio. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

6 February (Friday)

Woke up by 6:00. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Took a bus by 7:30 and reached NIMS bus stop by 8:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:20. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Today I did not carry out even a bit of editing work. This morning I received an email from Vicki Alams in Illinois. I felt happy reading her impressive message. She is 25. Her hobbies are swimming and traveling. She advised me to be away from narrow cultural misconceptions. She wrote that she would participate in two youth welfare programs in Africa and United States in the next month. She attached her photo with her email. I emailed a comprehensive reply to her. She instantly responded to me in the afternoon itself. Afternoon I sent online Yahoo Greetings to Colin, Naren, Raghupati and Vicki. Then I visited telugupeople.com website. It aims at bringing the Telugu people, world over, on to a single platform for mutual interaction. I too created my profile on it. It helps me be in touch with Telugu people. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. My salary slip, for the month of January, was sent to my hostel address by post. Had my parcel meal by 8:30. Night listened to Telugu cine songs and Hyderabad radio on my Walkman. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

7 February (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Reached NIMS bus stop by 8:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:20. When I was walking along the road from NIMS bus stop to Dwarakapuri Colony, a bird fell down from above. I did not like to take it up first. A passerby told me to pick it up and see if it can be filled with life. I put a few drops of water at its beak. I took it into my hands and observed that it was on the brink of death. It turned weak due to some disease. It deserted its mortal abode in a few seconds. I felt disturbed to know that it passed away. I was happy from another point of view. It was relieved from the agony of its painful earthly existence. I put its dead body at the trunk of a tree by road. Meanwhile a fellow came to me and enquired me about the happening. He took it and went away. I was afraid that he would eat it. This is the story of a bird’s death in my hands. Morning I sent online greetings to Vicki. She did not reply to me for the last 48 hours. She must be busy. Afternoon spent my time browsing cinesouth website. I stored 50 images of Meera Jasmin, a film actress. She is the most beautiful girl in India according to my yardsticks of beauty evaluation. Night washed a pair of clothes. Had my supper by 8:00. Went to sleep by 11:00.

8 February (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Reached NIMS bus stop by 7:40. Walked a bit ahead and called up my folks at home from a telephone booth. My nephew Suhas picked up the phone. He asked me how I was doing. I replied that I was doing well. Then my brother Srinivas came. He said that everything is fine at home. I proceeded to Flat No. 52 at Nagarjuna Hills in Punjagutta. There were already two A.P.S.R.T.C. Veera buses hired by the management of ICFAI for our picnic today. The first bus was filled by 8:45. We started off by 9:00. We reached the site of ICFAI at Shankerpally by 10:00. My colleague Chandra Sekhar and I went for a stroll to survey the beauty of this place. There is greenery all around with mango, sapodilla, guava, coconut and drumstick trees. It is very beautiful. The total land with plantation measures about 90 acres. I heard that the management of ICFAI bought this land last year for five crore rupees. They are planning to build their full-pledged campus here soon. We were about 200 people that participated in this picnic. They provided us with breakfast, lunch and snacks in the evening. I participated in tug-of-war only. Watched others playing Musical Chair, Forward Leap, Tambola and other individual games of their interest. I enjoyed the whole day a lot. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. My cousin Kiran and I had our supper in Shanti Deluxe Hotel by 8:30. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

9 February (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. This morning I did not bathe due to the biting cold around. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:10. Reached NIMS bus stop by 8:00. Had my breakfast and reached our office by 8:15. Scanned today’s dailies for 15 minutes. When I was checking my emails this morning, I found a message from an unknown person. It was Jurlet Verjat from Cote D’ Ivoire (Ivory Coast). She wrote that she is from Liberia. She lost her father and mother two years ago. Her father was a minister of transport in the Liberian government. He was poisoned to death by his business partner. Her father deposited $ 8,700,000 in a bank. This girl is the owner of that money. She is presently staying at a refugee camp in Ivory Coast. A Father is taking care of her. She wants to come to India and live here. She asked me to help her. I don’t know how far it can be true. Today I edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Services Marketing for five hours.  Had my parcel meal by 8:00. Washed a pair of clothes by 9:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

10 February (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Morning washed a pair of clothes. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Reached NIMS bus stop by 8:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:20. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. From 10:00 to 12:30 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Services Marketing. Returned it to Annies by 1:00. Afternoon spent browsing Internet. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my parcel meal by 8:30. Listened to Hyderabad radio for some time. The name of Lord Krishna follows. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Went to sleep by 10:00.

11 February (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Took my seat of work by 8:20. Today I did not carry out editing work. Morning I received second email from Jurlet Verjat. She expressed her happiness for my acceptance to help her. She wrote that she would consult a lawyer there to see that her money is transferred into her bank account. She asked me to seek legal advice even here to sort out these things. I replied her that I would do it at the earliest. Took a bus opposite NIMS bus stop and got off it at Khairatabad Junction. Walked a bit and reached the office of advocate C S N Raju. I explained him the case of Jurlet Verjat. He said that he won’t do anything in this regard unless I pay him 5000 rupees initially. He advised me to forget her issue altogether and mind my job. I was surprised by his inhumanity toward victims of society being a lawyer. The earth can’t carry the burden of these people. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Had my parcel meal by 8:30. Went to sleep by 11:00.

12 February (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:30. I did not carry out editing work today. Morning spent typing out a letter to Jurlet Verjat. In this letter I explained her about my inability to help her in an efficient manner due to my financial crisis. I advised her to be careful in choosing a lawyer for her case in that region. These days professionals speak about good things but practice bad things. Nobody can save a victim from his or her predicament except destiny or God. This African girl is also in such vulnerable condition at a refugee camp in Ivory Coast. May God bless her. Afternoon browsed Google for the details of Meera Jasmin. I found many photos of this beautiful girl. Stored some of them in my floppy. She is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen on Indian silver screen. She is an abode of innocence, beauty and sensitivity. Her photos represent her exquisite beauty. I found her Kerala address also. It was all great work for me today. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my supper by 8:00. Listened to a Telugu play on Hyderabad radio and Telugu cine songs till 11:00. Went to sleep by 11:10.

13 February (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Took a bus and reached NIMS bus stop by 7:40. Had my breakfast and reached our office by 8:20. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:30. Received an email from Jurlet Verjat. She wrote that she was hurt to know that I cannot help her arranging a lawyer for her in Abidjan. I replied her that I am helpless in this regard. From 9:30 onwards spent my time browsing Google for the photos of Meera Jasmin. I searched thoroughly and found some photos. Stored them in my documents on the computer. Afternoon spent all the time downloading and storing the photos of various animals and landscape from the website www.naturephotos.com. Evening did a little editing work to help my colleague Raju Tiwari. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. My cousin Murali came from Gollalagunta. Kiran and I talked with him for half an hour. By 8:20 Kiran and I went to cinema Sandhya at RTC Crossroads and saw the Telugu film “Aaruguru Pativrathalu” from 9:15 to 11:30. My friend Lahari also acted in this film. This is why we saw this film. We had snacks in a hotel there for our supper. Went to sleep by 12:30.

14 February (Saturday)

Woke up by 6:00. Today it is the second Saturday of the month and so a holiday to our office. Morning spent listening to radio, reading newspapers and resting on my mat in my hostel room. Afternoon Kiran and I had our lunch in Shanti Deluxe Hotel. Afternoon spent listening to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman. Evening pasted a small image of Meera Jasmin on the wall in my hostel room. I recently took its printout in our office. Kiran and Murali also liked this picture very much. I wrote a small piece of poetry in Telugu at the bottom of this black and white picture. It means that her face represents extraordinary beauty and so I wish to prostrate and salute it. We had our parcel meal by 8:30. An interactive, informal and interesting debate took place among us three friends from 9:00 to 11:30 covering the issues of cancer, medical education in the state of Andhra Pradesh, conversion of upper caste Hindus into Christianity, love marriages between beautiful Brahmin girls and ordinary Dalit boys and commercialization of human relationships. Today it is Valentine’s Day. I saw some girls buying flowers to present to their lovers. I too would have felt happy if there is at least one girl in this world to greet me with love on this day. Went to sleep by 12:00 to find solace in my dreams.

15 February (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:30. Spent most of my time listening to radio, reading newspapers and sleeping on my mat in my hostel room. Night washed a pair of clothes. My thought follows, “Uncertainty is the order of modern living. One must be ready to withstand any kind of situation at any time. Parents are spending a lot of money for their children. There is no guarantee that these creatures get jobs in future. If one assumes that education is for the sake of general knowledge and understanding the world, there is no meaning in spending that much money for it, which one can naturally get from the general course of one’s life. Religion is also commercialized. There is no guarantee that the religious heads of some newly established faiths are that genuinely spiritual as expected by their followers. They turn out to be cheats. Purity is almost lost in every sphere of human conduct. Businesses are known for corruption and immorality. Love marriages are mostly centered on temporary attractions. Premarital sex is a hobby of youth. Teachers are flirting with their students. Employers are misbehaving with their helpless female staff. Bureaucrats are corrupt. Human relations are need-based. Politicians are liars and actors. World views are largely biased. Against all this, truth and peace are buried”. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

16 February (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 7:00 and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast by 8:00 and reached our office by 8:15. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:30. Today I did not carry out editing work. I spent all the time browsing Internet and scanning the beauty of different places and creatures. Morning received an email from Jurlet Verjat. She sent me an address and asked me to write to those folks to help her in transferring her money into my Indian bank account. She wrote that she is financially helpless now. Today I visited various websites for freely downloadable images of wild animals, reptiles, birds, lizards, flowers, landscape, deserts, icebergs, plains and such other beauties of nature. I downloaded about 800 images from various sites accessible through Google. These images stand for excellent beauty. I got them written to my compact disc. Left the office by 5:10. Our systems administrator did not repay my 1500 rupees yet. He borrowed it from me one month ago. He was to repay me 10 days ago. Returned to the hostel by 6:15. Had my supper by 8:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman. I am leading a dull and hollow life. Yet I am supposed to live. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

17 February (Tuesday)

Woke up by 6:00. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Reached NIMS bus stop by 7:30. Had my breakfast and reached the office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:30. Morning another African girl sent me an email seeking my help in her funds getting transferred into my Indian bank account. She wrote that she is from a pitiable background. She lost her parents in a rebel coup. I patiently replied her that I can’t help her financially. Spent rest of my time typing out a letter to Meera Jasmin. I typed out three pages of it today. Today Annies did not assign me editing work. Today also our systems administrator did not return my money. I thought of helping him when he needed it. Now he is playing with me. This kind of rogues spoil good people also. Left the office by 5:00. Took a bus opposite the NIMS bus stop and reached our hostel by 6:15. Had my parcel meal by 8:00 along with Kiran and Murali. Listened to the songs of Telugu film “Boys” on Hyderabad FM radio. This film portrays the tendencies of modern youth in India. Thereafter listened to Telugu cine songs and a “Hari Katha” from Hyderabad radio on my Walkman. Went to sleep by 11:15. 

18 February (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:00. Listened to Hyderabad radio from 6:00 to 6:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast and reached the office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:30 and found that there was no supply of electricity to our computer systems. I waited for the systems administrator to come. Other staff also took their seats by 9:15. All the creatures looked a little uneasy to find their computer systems without power to empower their spirits. It was discovered that a box at the transmitter on the pole by our office failed due to some short circuit disorder. The security staff consulted the lineman at the office of APSEB (the Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board) in Banjara Hills. They came and repaired it. It all came to a happy end by 12:30. I checked my Yahoo Mail. Jurlet Verjat sent me the facsimile of her bank deposit form. She wrote me to consult the concerning authorities at my end. I instantly emailed a question to the banking authorities at Regional Office of State Bank of India in Hyderabad. Meanwhile Annies assigned me the material of The ICFAI Journal of Agricultural Economics. It is inaugural issue of this journal. Edited part of it from 4:00 to 5:00. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my parcel meal by 8:00 along with my partners. Today it is Maha Shiva Raathri. It is a holy day for the devotees of Lord Shiva. Evening washed a pair of clothes. Went to sleep by 11:00.

19 February (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 7:30. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and went to our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:30. Today there were very few emails in my Yahoo Mail. Checked the profiles of some Russian brides, which were sent to me by the folks of bride.ru website inviting me to join them. From 10:00 to 1:00 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Agricultural Economics. Then went out for my lunch and had a plate of Tomato Rice in Abhiruchi Hotel. Returned to our floor by 1:30. My colleagues Nithila, Sailaja and Dakshayani were having their lunch. They took my chair. I moved to the place of Sub Editor Chandra Sekhar. I stood there just like that for five minutes. The one and only beautiful proofreader, whose name I could not detect to date, was having her lunch from my present view. She looks beautiful in her dress code, manners and general appeal. She is a feast to my eyes of aesthetic spirit. From 1:40 to 4:10 edited the material of the aforesaid journal. Spent rest of the time browsing Internet. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Had my supper by 8:15. Listened to Hyderabad radio. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

20 February (Friday)

Woke up by 6:30. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast and reached our office by 8:20. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:30. There were hardly any emails in my inbox this morning. My colleague Vijaya Krishna told me that Annies asked him to inform me to be careful in browsing Internet. Our systems administrator complained her about my misconduct of browsing Internet. Edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Agricultural Economics from 9:30 to 11:30. Then typed out a letter addressing Annies and got it printed out. Took the edited material of the aforementioned journal and this letter to Annies by 12:00. She read the letter and told me not to take things that seriously. I took the edited material back from her and wrote the copyright details of the articles in it after consulting Vijaya Krishna. My letter to Annies is concerned with my apology for my misconduct and assurance of good browsing conduct henceforward. Afternoon downloaded and stored the images of African snakes, tortoises, turtles and some other horrific ones in my documents on computer. This morning our systems administrator repaid me. Got off the bus at Chikkadpally and walked a little distance. Bought three shirts and two pants in Kumar Shirts showroom for 485 rupees. Night listened to Hyderabad radio. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

21 February (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Today I was not assigned editing work by Annies. I spent most of my office time typing out the remaining part of my letter to Meera Jasmin on my computer. Today I typed out three pages and it came to six pages. Browsed Internet from 3:30 to 5:00. Stored the images of some beautiful birds. Returned to the hostel by 5:45. Had my supper by 8:00. Checked my recently taken photos once again to assess which ones of them can be sent to Meera Jasmin along with my letter to her. Selected some of them. Then read out the letters of my cousin Kiran, which were written to him by his father, during 2001 and 2002, from Jaggampeta to Hyderabad. He too listened to me while I was reading them out to relive the sweetness of past. He said that his father stopped writing letters to him regularly after the installation of a telephone in their house. The attack of telecommunications on modern human lives reduced them to mostly speak on the wire than to write with a pen. Went to sleep by 11:30.

22 February (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:30. Went out by 8:00 and had my breakfast. Bought a copy of Eenadu and returned to the hostel by 8:30. Spent reading it till 10:00. Then stepped out to get the negatives of my photos printed at a color lab. I found them shut down in Vidya Nagar due to Sunday. Thence I walked towards Chikkadpally. I found Jai Mahavir Photo Studio open. I ordered ten prints. He said that photos can be collected by 4:00. I decided to spend this time seeing a film. I moved to the nearby cinema Sudarshan. Saw the Telugu film “Anji” of Chiranjeevi from 11:00 to 1:45. It is one of the best Telugu films I have seen. I liked it very much. Went back to the color lab by 2:30. The photos were ready. Five of them had some scratches. I felt disturbed at it. Showed them to the fellow at the counter and asked for his answer. He said that it was due to dust on the negatives. He got two new prints with correction and gave me. Walked to the bus stop near cinema Sandhya. 113 E or 113 Y did not turn up despite my patient wait for them for two hours. I felt very disgusted. Hired an auto rickshaw and returned to the hostel by 4:30. The twin cities are flooded with jokers in yellow clothes. The Telugu Desam Party is organizing a large public meeting at Parade Grounds. Night bought color papers and envelopes to use for the project of my letter to Meera Jasmin to be posted soon. Washed a pair of clothes by 10:15. Went to sleep by 11:30.

23 February (Monday)

Woke up by 6:15. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast by 8:15 and moved to our office. Today Annies did not assign me editing work. I spent my time typing out the concluding part of my letter to Meera Jasmin. Today I typed out two more pages. It came to eight pages in total. Went to Abhiruchi Hotel and had a plate of Tomato Rice. Took my seat by 1:30. Then resumed my work with the letter. Typed out one more page providing instructions to Meera Jasmin on how to read this letter. It was over by 2:30. Then checked all the nine pages for language errors and replaced a few words with new ones. All the work of this letter came to an end by 5:00. This letter is one of the best letters I have written. This letter takes Meera Jasmin to the peak of admiration by me. She is a goddess of beauty. I am offering my flowers of worship at her feet. I took her to the pedestal of the most beautiful entities of the world through my words of appreciation in it. I felt intuition and inspiration to write for her. I am very happy that I concluded this historical letter very successfully by this evening. My thanks are due to Mother Saraswati and Lord Krishna for blessing me with the production of such creative work for Meera Jasmin. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

24 February (Tuesday)

Woke up by 6:30. A dream kept me asleep till late in the morning. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:15 and got the letter to Meera Jasmin printed out. The printer did not work well with these color papers. Two of them came badly. A proofreader helped me out. I spent much of my morning time with the finishing touch works of this letter. I took 16 hours to type out this 8-page letter of admiration for her. I took breaks in between due to my time constraints. Each page carries only one long paragraph. The font used is Arial Narrow and font size is 10. There is a page of instructions as well, which instructs her how to read and treat my letter. Returned to the hostel by 6:15. Put the nine pages of the letter in a beautiful envelope and then put it in another big cover to post. The beauty of the carrier is also important. Had my parcel meal by 8:30. My cousin Kiran read out the letter for me to relive the sweetness and spirit of it once again. I pray God to reach it carefully to Meera Jasmin. She is a symbol of beauty. I am an admirer of it. My letter is a medium of expression filled with admiration for her. Went to sleep by 11:30. 

25 February (Wednesday)

Woke up by 6:00. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:10. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. There were no dailies with the security staff. Took my seat by 8:15. Spent checking Yahoo Mail for one hour. From 9:15 to 1:00 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Derivatives Markets. Stepped out by 1:00 and walked to the post office at Erramanzil by main road. First I thought of sending it by ordinary post. They opened the doors of their office by 1:30 after their lunch. Meanwhile I had mine in a hotel below. I affixed postal stamps worth 50 rupees on the envelope and booked it under Speed Post. He told me to write my address on the envelope. I did it. I hope it safely and beautifully reaches Meera Jasmin. I felt happy for completing my dream project successfully. Had a glass of sugarcane juice and returned to our office. Completed editing the material of aforesaid journal by 4:20 and returned it to Annies. Returned to the hostel by 5:45. Ate half a kilo of grapes listening to Hyderabad FM radio. Washed a pair of clothes by 8:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs from 8:40 to 10:40. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

26 February (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:20. Today there were very few emails in my Yahoo Mail. Annies assigned me the editing work of an article of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance. I completed it in half an hour’s time. Spent most of rest of the time browsing Internet. Checked the galleries of natural beauty on Google. I downloaded and stored about 500 images today. Namib Desert is one of them. It is very difficult to visit all these places in person. I stored the images of various animals, landscape, film actresses, oceanic organisms and other interesting creatures. It was all feast to my couple of eyes today. It was like touring vast deserts, living with animals and birds, and looking at the physical beauty of foreign women on the spacious sphere of Internet. I enjoyed all the day sensing the essence of these beautiful entities in this world. When coming out of the office, I observed a sick pigeon outside Men’s Toilet. I tried to hold it. It was scared of me. It entered our floor. Our creatures saw it interestingly. I took it into my hands and brought it down. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my parcel meal by 8:00. Night did casual talk with my cousin Kiran on general things. Listened to Hyderabad radio and Telugu cine songs on my Walkman. Went to sleep by 11:00.

27 February (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready by 6:45 and went to the bus stop. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:30. Annies did not assign me editing work today. I spent all the time downloading and storing various images today. Annies came to me by 4:40 and told me not to download any JPEG files hereafter from the Internet. She said that it affects the speed of Internet access by fellow users. She cautioned me not to bring her to such situation any more whereby she needs to come to me to tell these things. I was sweating inwardly to hear these serious words from her. Her educative remarks disturbed me a lot. I felt as if my individuality and personality were getting crushed under the boulders of humiliation and self-pity. I am an aesthete and nature lover. I liked collecting the images of some beautiful entities in this world from the Internet. I don’t do it any more. Our systems administrator should have told me all this instead of complaining to her about me. Returned to the hostel by 6:00 with depressive mood. Consulted the branch manager of Karur Vysya Bank by Shivam Road by 8:00 about the money transfer from Verjat’s bank account in Cote D’Ivoire. He advised me to be away from such fraudulent financial transactions with unknown blokes in foreign countries. My friend Ramesh Kumar of Peda Gummuluru came to meet me by 9:00. Listened to Hyderabad radio. Went to sleep by 11:00.

28 February (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 15 minutes. Took my seat by 8:20. Today Annies did not assign me editing work. I asked our systems administrator to write my stored images to my compact disc. Then I enquired him about what he told Annies regarding my free time Internet browsing conduct. He said that he asked her to assign me some editing work always by which I may not indulge in downloading JPEG files from the Internet. I told him that I don’t download these files any more. I spent all my time typing out an essay titled “Women’s Liberty” on computer. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Went to HDFC ATM Center by Satya Supermarket and withdrew 5000 rupees. This month’s salary of 7600 rupees was already credited to my bank account. Had my supper by 8:00 along with my parcel meal partners. We three bought a monthly full meal parcel card from Shirdi Sai Baba Hotel, down Shivam Road, on the 28^th of last month. It ended by this evening’s parcel. Night wrote a two-page letter to my folks in Peda Gummuluru. Pinned eight 500-rupee notes to the pages of this letter. It is my nominal contribution towards the clearance of debt burden incurred by my father due to my Alaska Fiasco. Night listened to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

29 February (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Today I spent most of my time within the hostel. Morning read newspapers and afternoon listened to Hyderabad radio. Night listened to Telugu cine songs. Today is an historical day because it is the last day of February in the first leap year of the 21^st century. It is said that the last day of a leap year February seldom falls on Sundays. I heard that a hotel in Hyderabad is freely distributing some food items to all those that prove to have born on this particular day in a leap year. I too felt like celebrating this day specially. One needs a lot of money to celebrate a day specially. I lack this privilege now. I don’t mind it. Many can’t observe these special days of time in a considerable way. One need not regret it. I would write the name of Lord Krishna to celebrate this day. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

1 March (Monday)

Woke up by 6:15. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel by 8:00 and moved to our office. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:20. There was no supply of electricity to our computer systems from the room of systems administrator. I went down and checked the recent issues of ICFAI journals on the display rack at the entrance. I spotted the February 2004 issue of The ICFAI Journal of Intellectual Property Rights. It was the first research journal I edited completely in my position of Sub Editor with ICFAI Press. My name was also printed there as one of the editorial team members. I was the sole editor of this journal. Annies K E, our coordinator, too added her name. She did the work of providing copyright details of articles at the bottom of respective pages. I like her name being added with mine in this journal. She is a good woman of sensitivity and affection. May God bless her with cheer and smiles. Today I did not carry out editing work. Morning read a shorter version of the Ramayana on a website. Afternoon typed out three poems and submitted them on poetry.com website. Got those poems printed out in our office. The titles of these three poems are “The Human Tragedy”, “My Lips” and “Globalization”. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Evening Murali, Kiran and I bought a monthly full meal mess card for 750 rupees at Shirdi Sai Baba Hotel. Night listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

2 March (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Listened to Hyderabad radio for some time. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and went to our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 15 minutes. Took my seat by 8:20. Checked the profiles of beautiful Russian brides in my Yahoo Mail inbox. Replied to an email of Jurlet Verjat. From 10:00 to 4:30 spent typing out an essay type account titled “My Career with the ICFAI”. I chronicled the events of my life before and after joining the ICFAI Press in it. Brought the whole account to a fine final form by 4:30. Then browsed Internet for some time. I checked the ICFAI journals on the display rack by the entrance before punching my attendance card in the evening. I did not find my name in three journals which I edited previously. There are the names of my colleagues. I was disturbed at it and felt hurt to know about the injustice caused to me. I edited all these works completely. There is no my name at all. I will deal seriously with Annies in this regard. This anarchy is on show under her supervision. I was gripped by anger against her. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Had my parcel meal along with Kiran by 8:00. Read out my recently written essay “Women’s Liberty” and the three poems to Kiran. Night my mind was filled with fury against Annies. Tried to control it but failed. Went to sleep by 11:00 to see if my dreams can cool my heart down.

3 March (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Listened to Hyderabad radio for some time. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. The fellow of Abhiruchi Hotel added one rupee to the prices of all food items recently. I did not go to his hotel this morning for my breakfast. Went to a hotel by Punjagutta Crossroads and had a plate of puris for six rupees. Reached the office by 8:10. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:30. Checked my email first. Typed out a letter from 9:00 to 9:30 addressing Annies. Took the recently released four journals from the display rack, which I edited previously, and went into the cabin of Annies with my letter to her. This letter questions her on why she failed to include my name in these journals I edited. She took my letter. She called me into her cabin after 10 minutes. She gave me vague answer. She told me not to bring such crap to her any more and added that she considered my letter as one written out of immaturity rather than rudeness toward her. She assigned me the editing work of The ICFAI Journal of Supply Chain Management to be released next month. I edited this material from 10:30 to 4:30. Returned to the hostel by 6:15. Had my supper by 8:00. Washed my clothes by 10:00. Listened to Hyderabad radio for some time. Went to sleep by 11:00 to welcome my dreams to soothe my subconscious suffering.

4 March (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Listened to Hyderabad radio from 6:00 to 6:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and moved to our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minuets. Took my seat by 8:20. Prepared a résumé for my friend Ramesh Kumar of Peda Gummuluru. He is presently in Hyderabad searching for a job. He is marrying soon. He wants a job to look after his wife. Finished the composition of his résumé in 15 minutes. Then took three printouts of it. From 10:00 to 12:30 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Supply Chain Management. Wrote copyright details of the articles from 1:30 to 2:30. Then returned the edited material to Annies in her cabin. She looked dim today. Spent rest of the time browsing the details of people with surname Datla, job portals for language editors and reading a comment on the life of R K Narayan. Left the office by 5:05. Reached the hostel by 6:30. Rested on my mat till 7:30. Had my supper along with Murali by 8:30. Meanwhile my friend Ramesh Kumar came. I gave him his résumé which I created this morning in our office. He told me about some recent events in our village and his life to change soon after marriage. He is in urgent need of a job now. May God be kind to him. Talked with my cousin Kiran for some time. It was slowly getting hot outside these days. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

5 March (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Listened to Hyderabad radio for some time. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast by 8:00 and reached our office by 8:10. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:30. Annies did not assign me editing work today. Spent all my time browsing Internet. Today I created my Personal History Profile on the Human Resources section of website of the United Nations Organization. Spent some time applying colors to the soft copy of my letter to Meera Jasmin. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Kiran and I had our supper by 8:10. My friend Ramesh Kumar informed me over phone that he got a permanent job with a bulk drug company. Kiran and I left our hostel by 8:15 for seeing a film in a cinema. We hired an auto rickshaw for 10 rupees from Vidya Nagar to RTC Crossroads. Called up my folks at home from a telephone booth near cinema Sri Mayuri. My sister-in-law Sandhya Rani, my mother, my brother Sambha and my uncle Srinu talked with me. Kiran and I saw the Telugu film “Sorry Naaku Pellaindhi” in cinema Sri Mayuri from 9:00 to 11:15 with a 35-rupee ticket. It has weak story and vulgar dialogues. It is one of the bad films I have seen. The hero lacked acting talent. Lahari, one of the two heroines in this film, exhibited her body parts to attract viewers. Ritika, the other heroine, is known to all for long for her exhibitionism. Lahari seems to be joining this batch of heroines of skin show. We reached the hostel on foot by 12:00. Went to sleep by 12:15. Touching dreams followed. 

6 March (Saturday)

Woke up by 6:30. Today it is Holi and so a holiday to our office. Got ready and stepped out by 9:00. Took a bus for Yousufguda Check Post by 9:30. Thence took an auto rickshaw and reached the abode of my friend Veeranjaneyulu in Journalist Colony ‘A’. Spent all the day with our friends there. Evening talked with my folks at home using the cellular phone of Veeru. My brother Sambha is managing the seasonal crop of our mango garden. This year mango crop is poor and the cashew yield is considerable. My brother Srinivas is on his way of moving to Gollalagunta soon. He recently got a job with the HPCL Oil Pipeline as a Security Supervisor. He is posted at the substation of HPCL near village Kandregula, which is three kilometers from Gollalagunta. He wants to stay in the vacant house of my maternal aunt Raja Kumari along with his family. It seems there is not good environment at home. My father said that my two brothers are not behaving obediently toward him. They are not listening to him. It is a wrong statement. He wants to marry me off soon to some good girl and distribute his property to us three brothers. I wonder at these developments. If I too get married soon, I too will join the group of his enemies. This is the hell the present stupid parents are creating. Nobody stopped them from spending their property which they earned through years of struggle and toil. I can’t understand these insane entities in the world. I hope God helps me in making me remain a bachelor for some more time. A traditional marriage is nothing but an earthly hell as long as these eccentric parents torture their sons with their infinite stupidity. May God save them from their ignorance and unnecessary attachment with their sons. Went to sleep by 12:30.

7 March (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:30. Had my breakfast and read a newspaper in the abode of Veeranjaneyulu. Trinath and I went to the Apollo Hospital at Jubilee Hills by 8:30. He was feeling weak and so bought some tablets. Afternoon watched the English feature film “Titanic” on computer. Left the abode of Veeru by 2:15. Took an auto rickshaw and reached Yousufguda Check Post. It was hot. I did not have my lunch this afternoon despite Veeru’s insistence. Had a glass of sugarcane juice at the bus stop. I waited for 113 Y Metro Express bus for about one hour. I observed nuts on road smeared with colors due to the celebration effect of Holi. Some looked crazy with yolk of eggs on their clothes. Took the bus by 3:30 and reached our hostel by 4:15. Bought seven bananas for five rupees. My cousin Kiran and I had them. I felt tired and so rested for one hour. Washed a pair of clothes and Took a head bath by 6:30. We had our parcel meal by 8:30. Night listened to my favorite Telugu cine songs on my Walkman. The environment at my home is not satisfactory now. My friend Veeranjaneyulu has no wife and a house of his own to live in despite his extraordinary character and devoted life of an artist. I don’t know whether I should marry or not against these disturbing circumstances around me. Only Telugu cine songs can relieve me from this distress. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

8 March (Monday)

Woke up by 6:00. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Went to our floor by 8:20. The systems administrator disconnected the network supply to our computer systems. I came down and spent reading a journal till 8:50. Morning my cousin Naren (the second son of my teacher uncle K V Rama Raju, presently studying in Ahmedabad) sent me an email asking me to write a small essay on the topic “How Technology has Changed the Indian Kitchen?”. I spent my time on this work from 10:30 to 2:00 and emailed it to him. Then sent emails to my teachers P Sailaja, Mohan Ramanan and Sudhakar Marathe at HCU. The email sent to Sudhakar Marathe bounced due to an error. Today it is the birthday of Annies. She looked happy. She distributed sweets to all the creatures in our floor. I wished her many happy returns of the day. May all the gods and goddesses bless her with a long and cheerful life. She looks smiling most of the time in our office. A day in the office without her looks boring. She is such animated creature. Today it is International Women’s Day. Excessive liberty of rich women is leading them into perversion. Poor women are living pathetic lives across the nation. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Took my clothes for ironing by 6:15. Had my supper by 8:00 along with Kiran. Night listened to Telugu cine songs till 11:00. When the world around is getting messy, music can soothe one to some extent. Went to sleep by 11:15. 

9 March (Tuesday)

Woke up by 6:00. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 15 minutes. Took my seat by 8:20. Checked my Yahoo Mail for 20 minutes. Today Annies did not assign me editing work. Spent most of my time creating my profiles on job portals. Times.jobs, naukri.com and the UN Human Resources were the three sites where I posted my CV today. It ridicules modern employers who are obsessed with the norm of experience of candidates. Every year millions of fresh graduates and postgraduates are coming out from various educational institutions. Dirty employers are reluctant to look at this lot. My CV presents the spirit of present unemployed youth. I want to tease these wicked employers for some time because I have a job now. Returned to the hostel by 6:15. Rested on my mat for some time. These days I am dozing off soon after returning from the office. This evening I asked the bus conductor for change for three 100-rupee notes. There were no many 10-rupee notes with him. Yet he gave me the change with special interest. I wondered at his love for an unfamiliar fellow like me. Goodness still exists in these people. Night talked for two hours with Kiran about history and military life. Went to sleep by 12:00. 

10 March (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 6:40. Listened to Hyderabad radio for 20 minutes. Took a bus by 7:15. Reached NIMS bus stop by 7:45. Had my breakfast by 8:00 and moved to our office. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:20. Spent some time reading the outline of American literature on Internet. Annies assigned me the editing work of The ICFAI Journal of Accounting Research. Edited this material from 11:00 to 4:30. Left the office by 5:00. Took a bus opposite NIMS bus stop and reached the hostel by 6:15. Recently some folks joined our hostel. They came here to take their exams at Hindi Maha Vidyalaya in DD Colony. Our hostel is not yet completely filled with Kshatriya boys. So, our hostel supervisor decided to rent out the vacant rooms to these men for one week. Four candidates are allotted one guest room. Each one has to pay 50 rupees per day. I pity these people. They are not supposed to use the drinking water from the water filter in our hostel office room. They have to take water from the pot outside. This segregation is supposed to save the caste chastity of us Kshatriya boys in this hostel. Untouchability is an internalized quality of the upper caste Hindus in India. It is in practice for many ages. The constitution of India cannot uproot this element from the Hindu psyche fast. However, the westernization of Indian lifestyles is greatly contributing to this end. Night washed a pair of clothes. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

11 March (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs from 5:30 to 6:15. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:20. Today there were few emails for me. From 8:30 to 12:30 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Accounting Research. Returned the edited material to Annies by 12:30. Spent rest of my time collecting important information on some historical events from the Internet into my documents on computer. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Rested till 7:00. Then went out to bring parcel meal from the hotel. On the way I got the cuffs of my recently bought two readymade pants shortened by a tailor. I went to three tailors. All of them asked much for this little stitching work. They said that they cannot do it in less than half an hour. I cursed these rogues inwardly. They thought that I am a millionaire who can pay lavishly even for minor stitching works. The present tailors are unwanted burden on this soil. They should perish in their corners of clothes without any identity. Night listened to a Telugu play on Hyderabad radio. Then listened to Telugu cine songs for some time. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

12 March (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned Eenadu for 15 minutes. Took my seat by 8:20. Scanned the beauty of Russian brides for 40 minutes. From 9:00 to 10:40 spent collecting important information on Indian history from the Internet. Then typed out a long message for 20 minutes addressing S P Bala Subrahmanyam and sent it to him from his official website. Annies came to me by 10:50 and assigned the material of The ICFAI Journal of Corporate Governance for editing. Edited this material from 11:00 to 5:00 with a lunch break of half an hour from 1:00. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Evening a Citibank representative came to our office and distributed some pamphlets. The literature states that they lend us money depending on our salary slips. We can take out loan up to five lakh rupees and repay it in five years’ time. It shows that banks approach rich ones to pull them into ditches of debts enticing them with their attractive schemes of loans. There is none to help one without collateral. Carefully decorated exploitation is the business of present banks. Night talked about spiritual aspects of human life with Kiran. This world is being managed by supernatural powers which are invisible and omnipresent. One can’t achieve one’s spiritual goals reading scriptures. It demands hard practice on part of the seeker. A soul takes many births to reach God. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

13 March (Saturday)

Woke up by 6:30. It was the best time in the morning in our room. Summer is slowly advancing. It is mostly hot from 10:00 to 5:00. It turns cool around 4:00 in the early morning and continues till 7:00. It is the time when one needs to wake up to start one’s day but the soothing environment around one does not allow one to get up from one’s sleep during this time. We are keeping the windows of our room open from the early night. Went out and had my breakfast by 9:00. On the way, bought one pack of Britannia Tiger biscuits for three rupees and two buns for seven rupees from a shop. These items attend my lunch today. I wanted to listen to Telugu cine songs from 10:00 to 12:00 on my Walkman but I dozed off soon. It means my body is in need of adequate sleep these days. Afternoon kept on listening to Telugu cine songs from 1:30 to 4:30. Went to a nearby salon by 5:00 and had my haircut. My hair is not listening to my commands these days after haircut. Strands of hair above my forehead are falling down on to my forehead. It is a bad sight for me. I am struggling with this issue these days. Had my supper by 8:00. Night Kiran and I discussed various things. India is struggling hard to retain its secularism at the cost of Hinduism. Minorities are being provided with privileges by the rulers of nation against the silence, patience, goodness and poverty of the majority. It compels helpless Hindus one day to a great revolution unless the policy makers alert themselves at the earliest. In one of the largest democracies of the world, the religion of the majority should not be looked down upon by minorities. Went to sleep by 11:50.

14 March (Sunday)

Woke up by 7:30. Went out and had my breakfast by 8:30. Spent most of the morning time trying to sleep. My friend Ramesh of HCU called me up by 11:00. He asked me if I am free this afternoon to spend with him. He said that he would come to our hostel in one hour’s time. I told him that I would be very happy if he comes. By 12:00 Kiran and I started to Shanti Deluxe Hotel down Shivam Road to have our lunch. He had two dosas for 15 rupees. I had Tomato Upma for nine rupees. There was no quantity of stuff in his ordered item of food. We were taken aback by the immoral acts of hotel folks these days. He thought of eating one dosa initially. He could not help ordering another one after observing the thickness of first one. We returned to the hostel by 12:30. My friend Ramesh came to our hostel room by 1:00. We kept on talking about various things from then onwards. He is presently working with Dataquest Entertainment Limited in the city as an Associate in its Flash Division. He told us how laboriously they work on many frames for one scene in an entertainment project. Animation industry is ripe in the European countries now. They outsource parts of their big projects to the developing countries like India where labor costs are comparatively lower and professional skills of candidates are good. His casual talk presented the agony of modern man who has to struggle hard like a machine for his survival. He left for Shaikpet Naala by 6:30. Kiran and I had our parcel meal by 8:15. Washed a pair of clothes by 9:30. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

15 March (Monday)

Woke up by 6:00. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned Eenadu for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:20. My friend Colin Leslie Kelman sent me an email from Bangalore informing me that he is marrying Gudrun Seth next December. She is our junior in our M.A. English course. She is from Mumbai. She is considerably beautiful. She represents modern Indian culture in terms of appearance and values. I reached my congratulations to my classmate. This morning I found even the email of my cousin Raghupathi from Jamshedpur. He is now working with Tata Motors Limited there. Edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Corporate Governance from 10:00 to 1:00. Had my lunch in Abhiruchi Hotel from 1:00 to 1:20. Returned the edited material of this journal to Annies by 1:40. Spent rest of the time browsing Internet. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs on Hyderabad FM radio from 6:15 to 7:00. Had my supper by 8:15. Today I read tragic news in a newspaper. Two frustrated young lovers jumped off a 12-storey building and committed suicides. The girl’s father married her off without considering her love for another boy. The boy’s parents also refused their love marriage. Both of them decided that they should be united in their deaths at least. They left a suicide note to this effect. Night listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 11:00.

16 March (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready by 7:00 and went to the bus stop by 7:10. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned Eenadu for 10 minutes. I read that the two dead bodies of young lovers that committed suicides yesterday were not set fire in one place as they requested in their suicide note. I pity these poor creatures. There were no emails in my inbox this morning. Annies did not assign me editing work today. Morning I took the printouts of photos of Meera Jasmin. Revised the CV of my hostel mate Murali Krishnam Raju from 9:00 to 10:30 on computer. From 11:00 to 4:00 collected information on the Hindu concepts of Karma, Sin, Buddhism, Jainism, terrorist attack on World Trade Center in New York on 11 September, 2001, Nirvana and Annie Besant’s lecturers from the Internet and added it to my word document titled “History Matters”. It amounted to 200 pages in total. It is a comprehensive document with information on some important world events. I want to get it printed some time for my personal use. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my supper by 8:00. Elections will be held soon for Lok Sabha and legislatures in four states. Election Commission is busy with its outline of schedules. Political parties are deep in chalking out strategic and opportunistic alliances. Lal Krishna Advani entered Hyderabad today as part of his campaign “Bharat Uday Yaathra”. Night listened to Telugu cine songs and a Hari Katha on Hyderabad radio. Went to sleep by 11:30.

17 March (Wednesday)

Woke up by 6:15. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast by 8:00 and reached our office by 8:10. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:30. Today there were no emails in my inbox. Annies was on leave today. Our office creatures looked happy today without the presence and dominance of Annies. Today I checked the latest issue of The ICFAI Journal of Brand Management on the display rack. I previously edited it. There is no my name in it. It hurt me a lot. I spent most of my time adding more information to my second history document on computer. The collected pieces of information from the Internet included the profiles of Cleopatra, Mary Antoinette, Queen Victoria, decolonization, evolution of man on earth, a critical analysis of human cloning, early human existence on earth, Telugu culture, brief notes on a few Telugu personalities and mysteries of the world. By this evening, this document amounted to 200 pages. Afternoon, Manjunath Bhat, our Administrative Officer, asked me if I can open the office of ICFAI University Press daily by 7:40 in the morning. I told him that I generally come to the office by 8:00 and so can’t do it. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Rested for one hour. Had my supper by 8:10. Washed a pair of clothes by 10:30. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

18 March (Thursday)

Woke up by 6:00. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:30. Today Annies did not assign me editing work. Morning a fellow called me up from Secunderabad and asked me to attend an interview for the position of Content Writer in his company. It is Gathi Technologies Limited dealing with software database creation and maintenance. I informed him that I would attend the proposed interview by 9:30 tomorrow. I filled in application form for a half day leave tomorrow and took it to Annies. She readily signed it. Then took it into Plot No. 8 to get the signature of Associate Editor Ch Rajeswar. Knew that he went out to attend a meeting. I gave up the idea of taking leave. Afternoon spent my time with Yahoo Photos on Internet. Sent an online Sri Rama Navami greeting to P Sailaja. Spent some time scanning the website of Meera Jasmin. Typed out a long message and sent it to her email address. It bounced. I discovered that the email address given on her website is a wrong one. I felt disturbed at the return of the message to my Yahoo Mail. Moved to NIMS bus stop and found my hostel mate Subba Raju there as decided earlier. Both of us reached the abode of Veeru by 6:00. He saw Veeru’s paintings for a while. I talked with my brother Sambha using the cellular phone of Veeru. He said that our mango yield is very poor this year. I regretted these developments. Returned to the hostel by 8:00. Had my supper by 8:30. Talked with Kiran for about two hours. Went to sleep by 11:00.

 

19 March (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:20. Scanned the beauty of Russian brides for some time. Created a Yahoo Mail account for Kiran. Thereafter created one more Yahoo Mail account for me. It ends with .com. With this I have three Yahoo Mail accounts. By 12:40 Annies assigned me the editing work of The ICFAI Journal of Insurance Law. Before that, Jerry Thomas, my colleague, borrowed my pen. Went out for my lunch and had it by 1:15. Some idiots were madly watching the cricket match between India and Pakistan on television in the hotel. Returned to the office and found that Jerry left the office on half day leave. I did not have another pen to edit the material. I felt disturbed. Edited it from 1:30 to 4:30 with the available refill with me. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Listened to Hyderabad radio for some time. Kiran and I went to Shirdi Sai Baba Hotel by 8:00 and brought our parcel meal. We had it by 8:30. Evening brought a copy of The ICFAI Journal of Brand Management from our office which I previously edited. There was no my name in it. Annies answers God for her fault in this regard. Night listened to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

20 March (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready by 7:00 and went to the bus stop by 7:15. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Finished editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Insurance Law by 1:00 and returned it to Annies by 2:00. Today there was no electricity supply to our office from 11:00 onwards. So, there was no Internet access also. The office work was carried out with the electricity supplied by our generator. This evening I typed out one page of message on computer and posted it in the computer space of our Proofreader Praveena. Recently only I could know her name. She is the only beautiful girl from our proofreaders. I introduced myself to her briefly and initiated a little debate on the issue of relations among modern human beings. We have hardly time to interact with our colleagues. We formally greet them when we enter the office and bid them farewell when leaving in the evening. We don’t have time to mind our fellow human beings. This morning I got my complimentary copy of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance. I edited one article for this journal previously. My name is printed as Chiranjeevi Raju along with the other editorial members of the journal. Identity and incentive are two important ideals to be practiced in the work culture of any organization. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Kiran and I spent in Global View Internet café from 7:00 to 8:00. On the way back, we brought parcel meal. We had it by 8:30. Night we spent some time looking up the meanings of some words in an English dictionary. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

21 March (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Took a head bath by 8:30. Today it is the first day of Telugu New Year “Thaarana”. Went to a hotel near Shivam Temple and got a parcel of four idlies for Kiran. Thence walked down a bit and bought half a kilo of jaggery and half a dozen bananas. It is my contribution to our hostel supervisor for the preparation of Ugadi Pickle. Six of our hostel mates contributed 10 rupees each. The daughter of our hostel supervisor prepared Lemon Rice for our lunch this afternoon. This morning I saw a matrimonial ad in Eenadu. This bride’s profile suits me well. I thought of writing a letter to these people. Engaged myself in the letter writing from 9:30 to 4:30. It came to 10 pages. This letter explains them how I lead my life and what I am expecting from a bride. It is a very committed response from me. Today I ate a good amount of Ugadi Pickle. This pickle is prepared with such ingredients which stand for the different tastes humans experience. The Lemon Rice was oily. I did not like it. Washed a pair of clothes by 8:00. Night India won the one day cricket match against Pakistan at Lahore. The cricket fans in the twin cities celebrated this occasion bursting firecrackers. Went to sleep by 11:00.

22 March (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready by 7:00 and went to the bus stop by 7:10. Had my breakfast by 8:00 and moved to our office. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Today Annies did not assign me editing work. From 9:00 to 1:00 spent typing out script of my matrimonial response to brides on computer. It is for my records section. Afternoon went to post office at Erramanzil. Affixed postal stamps worth 20 rupees on the envelope and posted it. This letter goes to the office of Eenadu at Somajiguda. The folks of the bride collect it from there. It is my first response to a matrimonial ad for finding a beautiful bride for me. I hope God understands me. Afternoon spent most of my time with Yahoo India Member Club on Internet. I created five profiles of mine on it with my photos. Then I scanned the profiles of some girls on Yahoo People Search. There are some beautiful girls. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Bought color papers for 12 rupees at a nearby shop for my print needs of writings. Took five-rupee notes for three 100-rupee notes from Karur Vysya Bank by Shivam road. This change is for my daily bus travel and breakfast at hotel. Night sewed two buttons on the sleeves of my shirt. Listened to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman. This evening my cousin Hari called me up from Ameerpet. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

23 March (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs from 6:00 to 6:30. Reached NIMS bus stop by 7:40. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Today Annies did not assign me editing work. Spent most of my morning time collecting information on Hinduism and Christianity from the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. I created two word files for both. Each contains about 100 pages. Afternoon spent most of my time scanning the profiles on Yahoo Member directory. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. My thought follows, “Poverty is a prison when one enters it by birth. He grows up in pathetic conditions being cornered by inferiority complex and depression. His creativity and determination would be often suppressed by the surrounding circumstances. He loves many rich ones internally because they always remain distant dreams to him. Many rich girls dislike his love for them because they have inbuilt aversion to poverty rather than people living in it. He eats such food which others do not like to look at or touch even for courtesy sake. He is a bundle of unfulfilled desires which are common needs for others. Nobody listens to his story when he wants to narrate it. Many think that he is a negligible entity in the society. He dies one day. There are very few to lament it. He leads poor life and encounters unnoticed death. It is the account of poverty in this cruel world”. Went to sleep by 11:30. 

24 March (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready by 7:00 and went to the bus stop. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:10. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:30. My computer system was affected with a disorder. It changed its screen color and size of desktop icons. When I was checking my Yahoo Mail, I noticed an email from a solicitor in Togo. He wrote that he is the personal lawyer of one of Indian nationals in Togo. His client died in 2000 in a road accident. The name of his client ends with Raju. This man left back a large amount of money in a financial account with a bank in Togo. This lawyer tried to find any next of kin of his deceased client. Having failed to find one, he searched on Internet for somebody whose name ends with Raju. He found me as a trustworthy fellow. He wants to transfer that large amount of money into my Indian bank account on the condition that I return his share of money to him after the transaction. I sent a positive reply to him. The systems administrator cured the disease of my computer by 11:30 on my request. By 1:10 Annies assigned me the material of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance for editing. Edited this material from 1:20 to 4:55. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. When listening to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman, drifted off to sleep out of fatigue. Had my supper by 8:00. Washed a pair of clothes. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

25 March (Thursday)

Woke up by 6:00. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast by 8:00 and moved to our office. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:30. Checked my email. Found reply from Solicitor Moses Fadaya. He wrote me about the modalities of money transfer to be carried out by me. I agreed to them and asked him to email me the facsimiles of legal documents. From 10:00 to 2:30 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance. Returned it to Annies by 3:30. This afternoon I knew that Reema Sujeet, our colleague, has got a job in another company. She is virtually leaving ICFAI University Press today. I was disturbed to know it. She looks smiling in our floor and a good friend to all. Many do not linger on with a company for long. One is ready to leave a firm at any time unless one’s employer recognizes and encourages one reasonably. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Sriram, one of our DTP operators, also came along with me to attend some work in our area. He told me about the remuneration packages of their cadre. I was upset to find their woes. Had my supper by 8:40. Kiran and I discussed the present employment scenario. Went to sleep by 11:10. 

26 March (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs for half an hour. Had my breakfast by 8:00 in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:15. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. There was no email from Moses Fadaya today. Annies did not assign me editing work today. Spent all my time browsing Internet. My thought follows, “The financial status of individuals plays an influential role in their lives when attached to an organized society. Financially strong people exploit the lower classes in the society. The lives of the rich are unimaginable without the services of the poor to them. The rich eat tasty food prepared by their domestics. Servants bring up their children. The rich mostly think that their servants should rust in the dust. Helpless servants cannot demand hike in their remunerations and other benefits, if any. The rich hardly show humanitarian concern for the poor. The poor dream of touching the attractive physical beauties associated with the rich around them. The rich keep the poor at their feet to issue orders to them time to time. The labor and suffering of the poor form the foundation for the leisure and enjoyment of the rich. The rich run after wealth. The poor are at their mercy. One becomes rich exploiting the ignorance and silence of the poor. This attachment or friction between the poor and the rich is the beauty of this material world. There won’t be revolution unless there is poverty”. Night listened to songs. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

27 March (Saturday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:50. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Even sweepers did not enter the office by then. Checked my Yahoo Mail. Moses Fadaya sent me the soft copies of facsimiles of his legal documents and a format of application form, which I should fill in and email to a finance company at Lome in Togo. I acknowledged the receipt of his documents. If this transaction is successfully completed, I will become very rich. Only gods and goddesses must help me in this regard. Hope Lord Krishna would be kind to me in realizing these dreams. Spent some time retyping the instructions page of my letter to Meera Jasmin. Recently I lost its soft copy. By 3:00 Annies assigned me the material of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research for editing. I did not like to start it today because there was no time to finish even one article. Arranged the material in order. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Went to a nearby computer center and got some documents printed out. I will send these documents to the finance company in Togo soon by fax. Had my supper by 8:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs to celebrate the moments of my life. I bring revolutionary changes in my life soon. Went to sleep by 11:30. 

28 March (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:30. Went to HDFC ATM Center by Shivam Temple and withdrew 500 rupees. Returned to the hostel and kept my ATM card and money in my box. Went to the nearby eatery at Osmania University gate by 8:30 and had my breakfast. There were many guys at this eatery. The folks of this handcart were unable to meet the orders of customers. Went down Shivam Road and entered Global View Internet Café. Checked my Yahoo Mail and found the email of Moses Fadaya. He wrote that the filled in application form, which I emailed him yesterday, is right in all terms, and so to email it as it is to the finance firm at Lome by fax. I sent it and the necessary documents of proof to the given address by him by fax by 10:00. Emailed him about it. Returned to the hostel by 11:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman till 1:00. Went out and bought four dosas for 12 rupees from a bicycle vendor. It was my lunch today. Rested from 1:30 to 2:30. From 3:00 to 3:35 listened to the Telugu play “Edhurillu”, written by Yerramsetti Sai, on Hyderabad radio. It is a good play discussing the sentiments in middle-class Indian families. I liked it a lot. Had my supper by 8:00. Today Kiran spent all his daytime with his friends at Manjeera Hostel in Kachiguda. He returned to our hostel by 7:00. We discussed income tax issues from 8:30 to 9:30. Washed a pair of clothes by 10:00. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

29 March (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:50. Took my seat by 8:00. Checked my inbox. There were no interesting emails. Scanned the beauty of Russian brides for some time. From 9:30 to 3:30 edited the material of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research. My colleague Vijaya Krishna cross-checked the copyright details of articles written by me. Returned it to Annies by 4:00. I edited this research journal very fast. I took seven hours’ time for it. When I went to the cabin of Annies, she was talking with somebody over telephone. She told me to come to her after five minutes. It was her response to me once even in the past. I could not understand if she had such heavily confidential issues in her head, which should not be heard by us colleagues also. Evening got an email from Moses Fadaya. He wrote that the official transaction of money transfer gets started now. He asked me to keep in touch with him to see this deal through at the earliest. I reassured my cooperation to him. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Arranged my writings in the records section for 20 minutes. Had my supper by 8:00. Kiran’s friends came to our hostel room by 9:30. He went to Manjeera Hostel in Kachiguda along with them to sleep there for this night. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

30 March (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Today it is Sri Rama Navami and so a holiday to our office. Went to the bus stop by 8:30. By 8:45 took a bus for Lakdi Ka Pool. Thence took another bus and reached the HCU main gate by 9:30. Called up my friend Colin Leslie Kelman from a telephone booth and told him to meet me by 10:45 at Gopal Shop in the campus. Meanwhile I went to Men’s Hostel ‘F’ and met my friend Bhayya. He took me to their hostel mess and offered me tasty breakfast. I spent some time in that hostel kitchen observing the preparation of jaggery water by cooking staff. Went to Gopal Shop by 10:45. Colin and Gudrun Seth spent talking with me for half an hour. Thence Colin and I moved to Men’s Hostel ‘C’ and Men’s Hostel ‘G’ (they constructed it recently near post office for MBA students) on his Enfield bike to meet our friends. We returned to Men’s Hostel ‘F’ and had our lunch along with Bhayya. Colin sponsored my lunch. We went to Gopal Shop by 2:00 on foot. Gudrun Seth showed me the photos, which she and her fiancé (Colin) got taken in New Delhi and Mumbai. Took leave of them by 3:00 and returned to the KSS Hostel by 4:00. Rested for 10 minutes. Kiran came by 4:30. We went to the rented abode of my aunt Lakshmi (one of our relatives from Gollalagunta) in Vanasthalipuram by 6:30 to see Vijaya. Vijaya is the sister of my cousins Murali and Bala. She is about 18. She recently underwent chemotherapy at Tata Institute of Cancer Research in Mumbai. She is affected with bone cancer. It was discovered at advanced stage. She was recently discharged from the hospital in Mumbai. She is looking like a skeleton. She is recovering slowly. I talked with Anusha (daughter of Lakshmi) about her studies. She is in her ninth standard now. We left their abode by 7:30. Anusha came along with us up to NGO Colony Bus Stop to see us off. We reached the hostel by 8:30. Went to sleep by 12:00. 

31 March (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs from 6:00 to 6:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:20. There were 61 emails in my inbox. The Stanbic Finance in Togo acknowledged the receipt of my faxed application to them for the transfer of the money. They emailed me the soft copy of an official questionnaire form and asked me to fill in it and return it to them at the earliest. I emailed to Moses Fadaya about it. Annies assigned me the material of The ICFAI Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution for editing by 9:30. Edited this material from 10:00 to 4:00. Our colleague Reema Sujeet left our office this morning to join her new company. I gave my one-page farewell letter to her. I was touched by her departure from our office. Annies looked much disturbed. They are close friends. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Wrote a letter addressing my father. Walked down to the HDFC ATM Center by Shivam Temple and withdrew 5000 rupees from my account. Went down to Karur Vysya Bank and took 100 ten-rupee notes for 1000 rupees. This change is for my daily expenses. Pinned eight 500-rupee notes to the two pages of letter (to be enveloped) to send to my father. Kiran and I had our supper by 8:30. Washed my clothes by 10:00. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

1 April (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:20. There was no Internet access this morning. So, I could not check my Yahoo Mail. Edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution from 9:30 to 12:30. Checked my Yahoo Mail by 11:00. Got an email from Moses Fadaya. He sent me details to be used when filling in the Questionnaire Form A, which was sent to me from Stanbic Finance in Togo. I typed up those details on the soft copy of the form as instructed by Fadaya and took its printouts. Faxed the two pages of this document to Stanbic Finance in Togo by 1:40. Returned the edited material of the journal to Annies by 2:00. She did not comment at all about my editing work. I emailed the soft copy of the filled in Questionnaire Form A to the email address of Phillipe Komla, the Foreign Remittance Manager of Stanbic Finance in Lome. It started raining when I was coming out of the office by 5:00. I felt elated. It was a gesture of nature hinting my glorious future. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Kiran and I went to Shirdi Sai Baba Hotel and bought a monthly mess card for us. We had our parcel meal by 8:30. I checked my Yahoo Mail in an Internet café by 9:00. Phillipe Komla acknowledged the receipt of my faxed facsimiles of documents. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

2 April (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Avoided scanning today’s dailies. Took my seat by 8:10. Today Annies did not assign me editing work. Spent most of my time browsing Internet to ascertain the reliability of details provided by Moses Fadaya about the money transfer. I discovered that it is all known as Nigerian Scam. Many were already victimized by this online fraud. I came out of my imaginary world after realizing this bitter fact. For the last ten days, I have been thinking that I would get millions of rupees soon. I thank God for bringing me to the threshold of real world, though a bit late. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. My cousin Kiran came just before that. He brought the parcel of homemade sweets from the office of Navata Road Transport in Vidya Nagar. His parents sent him those sweets from Jaggampeta. By this afternoon his final year B.Com. exams came to an end. He has virtually completed his graduation. Today he went to State Bank of India at the HCU and deposited 5000 rupees into my savings account on my request. I hate my bank account suffering with minimum balance and so took this measure. Night he went out to see the Telugu film “Shiva Puthrudu” along with his friends of Manjeera Hostel. His father (my teacher uncle) K V Rama Raju called up to our hostel phone by 8:30 from Jaggampeta. I attended it in Kiran’s absence. Today it was cool due to cyclonic drizzle. Night had a plate of vegetable noodles for 11 rupees at the fast food pushcart opposite Srirang Hospital. Listened to Telugu cine songs for two hours. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

3 April (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Listened to devotional music on Hyderabad radio from 6:00 to 6:30. Took a bus by 7:10 and reached NIMS bus stop by 7:40. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Avoided scanning today’s dailies. Annies called me into her cabin by 10:30 and assigned me the work of Error Report (it is a peer review assignment. Sub editors must read the printed books of our press and report on the errors found in them in a given format within time schedules) of Professional Banker, Advertisement Express and Best Books magazines of our press. From 11:00 to 4:30 I attended this work. Then gave it to my colleague Sailaja for its further processing. It is really a tedious work because we are supposed to laboriously search for errors in books throughout. If the actual sub editor/s of the respective magazine edited it thoroughly before its print, it is difficult to fish for errors. If they did it badly, it is difficult to type out all those errors in the given format. It remains a headache in either way. This post publishing check ensures the accuracy of printed words and related remedial measures, if any. It is necessary for maintenance of quality of books. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Kiran and I brought our parcel meal from the hotel by 8:00. Today it is the birth anniversary of Saint Maha Veera, the founder of Jainism. Went to sleep by 11:00.   

4 April (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs till 7:00. Kiran went out and brought a parcel of four idlies for me and a copy of Eenadu. I read it for two hours. Rested from 10:45 to 1:00. It was very cloudy and cool from 2:30 onwards. It is really a great joy to sleep on a cool day in summer. Kiran went out and brought a parcel meal by 1:30. We decided to have a bit of novelty today in our lunch. We bought 10 rupees of rice, 30 rupees of chicken curry and six rupees of curd. We did not find it satisfactory because the chicken curry did not match the value of money we paid in terms of its quantity and quality. From 3:00 to 4:00 listened to a Telugu play called “Railu Prayaanam”on Hyderabad radio. It won a national award. It presented the pitiable and vulnerable lives of an old couple in the hands of their children. Their sons and daughters exploit them when they are young and rich and leave them when they become old and dependent. This trend is more prevalent in the present urban families. Prepared two matrimonial responses for brides posted in today’s The Hindu and Eenadu. Evening it was very cold. It rained till 7:30. Breezes were on. We enjoyed this heaven. Night we had chicken fried rice bought from the nearby Friends’ Bakery. Washed a pair of clothes. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

5 April (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 7:00 and went to the bus stop. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and moved to our office. Rainwater stagnated in the way to our office due to the heavy rain yesterday evening. Today Annies did not assign me editing work. Spent much of my morning time visiting different websites. Morning typed out a very serious letter addressing Moses Fadaya. I will email it to him soon. It is my furious warning to this filthy pig. He shivers to read this one-page judgment against him. Afternoon checked the profiles of Telugu brides on bharatmatrimony.com website. I scanned about 200 profiles. There were only three beautiful girls. There were hardly any profiles of Kshatriya brides. It upset me a bit. I am searching for an extraordinary beauty. I wonder if she is there in this world at all waiting to be married by me. If God forgot to create a beautiful girl for a creature like me, I remain a tragic bachelor forever. I don’t hate ugliness but I praise beauty. I felt tired after scanning all those profiles. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Went to Shirdi Sai Baba Hotel by 7:30 and brought the parcel of supper. On the way, talked with my father and mother from a public telephone booth. They said that they did not receive my letter, carrying money, yet. There were successive holidays for the last five days. It would have delayed the journey of my letter. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

6 April (Tuesday)

Woke up by 6:00. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:20. By 10:00 Annies assigned me the editing work of The ICFAI Journal of Banking Law. When I was engaged in this work, she came to me by 11:30 and kept the material of The ICFAI Journal of Managerial Economics on my desk. She told me to edit it after finishing the first one. From 10:00 to 4:30 edited the first one. All the five articles were edited and 90% of the work was over. Checked my Yahoo Mail by 4:30. Spam was heavy. I deleted it. Philippe Komla of Stanbic Finance emailed informing me that the transfer of my fund was approved by their board of directors. I emailed about it to Moses Fadaya. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Kiran and I brought our parcel meal from Shirdi Sai Baba Hotel by 8:00. On the way, I talked with my brother Sambha by 7:30 from a telephone booth. He said that they did not receive my envelope yet. May Lord Krishna reach it carefully to them. He said all is well there. Kiran and I discussed some English words from 8:00 to 9:00. Morning posted letters to my brothers Sambha and Srinu. Afternoon posted the envelope to a Kshatriya bride in Chennai. Night listened to Hyderabad radio. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

7 April (Wednesday)

Woke up by 6:00. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:50. Scanned today’s dailies for 15 minutes. Took my seat by 8:20. Moses Fadaya sent me a message asking me to email it to Stanbic Finance in Lome. Completed editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Banking Law by 11:00 and returned it to Annies. From 11:00 to 4:40 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Managerial Economics. Only writing the names of the authors of the articles and copyright details was left. Checked my Yahoo Mail before leaving the office. Moses Fadaya sent me an email. I replied to him. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Rested on my mat for half an hour. Talked with my mother, sister-in-law Kranti and nephew Sujan in Peda Gummuluru by 7:30 over telephone. My mother said that they received my envelope this morning. I felt relieved with this news. Kiran and I went to Shirdi Sai Baba Hotel and brought our parcel of supper. We had it by 8:30. This month, to date, I spent about 200 rupees on avoidable things. It affected the smooth flow of my monthly budgetary allocations. I regret my past actions. I can’t get back that money. One’s happy life is dependent on careful and visionary maintenance of one’s budget. One should be very careful about one’s money in the present society. Night washed a pair of clothes. Went to sleep by 11:00.

8 April (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Checked my Yahoo Mail by 8:30. There were two important emails. I replied to both Stanbic Finance and the Prime Associates (the law firm working on my behalf to see that my fund is transferred into my bank account in India from Lome). From 10:00 to 1:00 spent typing out and sending emails to my friends Velugula Hema Kumar and Ganapathi. The prior is my school friend in Gollalagunta. He is now in Ohio in the USA. I am contacting him after about 12 years. The latter is a Kshatriya fellow associated with our KSS Hostel for some days. I heard that he recently got a job offer from the Infosys. Sent an email congratulating him on this occasion. Had a plate of Lemon Rice in Abhiruchi Hotel by 1:20. It was hot outside. By 2:00 Annies assigned me the material of The ICFAI Journal of Environmental Law for editing. This morning only I returned the edited material of The ICFAI Journal of Managerial Economics to her. Edited the prior from 2:00 to 4:30. Checked my Yahoo Mail by 4:30. Moses Fadaya sent me an email. I replied to him. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Kiran and I spent talking for some time. Then we went to the hotel and brought our parcel of supper. We had it by 8:30. From 9:30 to 11:00 listened to Telugu cine songs. This morning I applied Nav Ratna Oil to my hair. It smells good and soothes head. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

9 April (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. The responsible person, with the authority to open the office this morning, did not turn up till 9:00. Manjunath Bhat, the Administrative Officer, got the office opened by 8:45. Checked my Yahoo Mail by 9:00. The fellow of the Prime Associates in Togo sent me an email outlining the legal fees to be paid to them by me for the transfer of the fund into my Indian bank account. They put it at US $ 5350. It roughly amounts to 2, 50,000 Indian rupees. I informed about it to Moses Fadaya. Edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Environmental Law from 10:00 to 1:00. Today it is Good Friday. So, Annies was on her leave today. From 1:30 to 5:00 scanned the beauty of single women on Yahoo Personals. I could find very few exceptional beauties on it. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. I knew that Kiran was affected with vomit this afternoon. He attributed this disorder to his consumption of puris this morning as breakfast. He said that his body is averse to this food item for long. He avoided lunch and supper today. Night he took tablets to tackle weakness. Today many employees did not come to our office due to Good Friday. Night listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

10 April (Saturday)

Woke up by 6:30. Today it is the second Saturday of the month and so a holiday to our office. Kiran and I went to a nearby eatery and had our breakfast by 8:30. Our hostel supervisor brought 10 watermelons from Gaddi Annaram Market by 10:30. He bought them for 45 rupees. Five inmates of our hostel bought five from him for 22 rupees. Five are enough for him. Kiran and I bought two for both of us. We went to a nearby Internet café and checked our Yahoo mails. There were hardly any emails in his inbox. Moses Fadaya sent me an email asking me to send the money to the law firm in Togo. I replied him that I can’t pay them even a single dollar. Both of us brought the parcel of lunch from the hotel and had it by 1:30 in our hostel. We spent eating a watermelon for half an hour. We found it tasty and refreshing. Listened to Telugu cine songs for half an hour. I felt heavy with the juice of watermelon and so preferred sleeping. It was hot outside. Wind was blowing into our room. The ceiling fan in our room was circulating the same hot air. I took a siesta from 2:30 to 4:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs for some time. Went down by 5:30 and spent talking with our hostel supervisor till 7:30. Dantuluri Surya Janaki Rama Raju, father of my hostel mate Anjaneya Raju, Kiran and I went to Shirdi Sai Baba Hotel by 8:00. Thence the guest (he is presently staying in our hostel in that position) and I went to a nearby hotel to meet one of his Atreya Puram Kshatriya friends. We returned to the hostel by 9:00. Had my supper by 9:30. Kiran and I talked for two hours. Our casual discussion included my life, my little association with Indian Army and politics in India. Went to sleep by 12:00.  

11 April (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Took a head bath by 7:00. Kiran brought breakfast for me by 8:30. Scanned The Hindu from 9:00 to 10:00. I saw the details of a Kshatriya bride in its matrimonial section. They stated that she is very beautiful. It caught my attention. Tension started. I wanted to contact these folks through the phone numbers they provided in this daily. Kiran and I went out and called up to that number. Somebody attended it in Nellore. It turned out to be Kakateeya Marriage Bureau. He gave me the cellular phone number of their fellows in their Hyderabad branch. This lady noted down my personal details and said that she would contact me later. From 11:00 to 12:00 listened to Telugu cine songs (requested by audience through their letters) on Hyderabad radio. Murali and I went to the hotel and brought the parcel of lunch. Kiran, Murali and I had it by 1:00. I had a siesta from 1:00 to 2:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs from 2:30 to 3:00 on Hyderabad FM radio. Listened to the Telugu play “Samaajam Brathakaali”, written by Mallik, on Hyderabad radio, from 3:00 to 4:00. It is one of the best Telugu plays I have listened to. It portrayed artificial relations in modern families. Many tend to think that modernity means unlimited liberty. This kind of behavior is dangerous when it is not backed by religious values and moral principles in a society. Suicides are not solutions to the mounting pressures of youth. One should lead one’s life with vision and self-criticism to enjoy one’s social life. Went to sleep by 11:00.

12 April (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 6:30. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 7:45. Took 40 laser printouts for my friend Murali on his sheets of white paper. It is text related to computers. Returned the edited material of The ICFAI Journal of Environmental Law to Annies by 9:30. She assigned me the material of The ICFAI Journal of Operations Management by 9:40 for editing. By 9:55 she assigned me the material of The ICFAI Journal of International Business Law for editing. She told me to edit the latter first. Finished it working on it from 10:10 to 4:10. The concerning Research Associate did not provide me with the copyright details of some articles in this journal. Afternoon had a plate of Plain Dosa in Abhiruchi Hotel. This morning I emailed my serious command to Moses Fadaya. This nasty African rogue (I presume so. I am not a racist) played with me for three weeks with his dangerous game of Nigerian Scam Letter. I emailed a horrific letter to him. It is my last email to this detestable creature in West Africa. I lost 200 rupees and 15 days of psychological balance because of this sinner and criminal. God punishes him for his sins. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my supper along with Kiran by 8:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs on the FM and primary channels of Hyderabad radio for some time. Then listened to some Telugu cine songs playing my audio cassettes. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

13 April (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 6:40. Had my breakfast by 7:20. Reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. This morning I got an email from Velugula Hema Kumar, son of Bhaskara Rao, one of my teachers during my schooling in Gollalagunta. He wrote that he would send me a comprehensive letter by email soon. From 10:00 to 4:30 edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Operations Management. By 2:30 Annies sent me two more articles to edit for the same journal. One of these articles was written by a faculty member of ICFAI Business School and a consultant with the Infosys. The language of this article was terrible. I struggled to edit it. When I was coming out of the office, after office hours, the marketing executives of HDFC Bank held me back. I agreed to take their credit card because I have already an account with that bank. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. By 7:30 Kiran and I started to the hotel to bring our parcel of supper. We knew that a small meeting of BJP fellows would take place in a few minutes on road there in view of elections coming soon. We too sat there for some time waiting for those folks. Venkayya Naidu, Dattatreya and Vijaya Shanti (a Telugu film actress) spoke on the dais. We had our supper by 9:30. Listened to Hyderabad radio for some time. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

14 April (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 6:30. I left four buses because they looked overloaded. Took a bus by 7:10. Went to Abhiruchi Hotel by 7:30 and had my breakfast. Reached our office by 7:50. Took my seat by 8:00. From 9:00 to 12:30 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Operations Management. Meanwhile Research Associate Vijaya Kalyani provided the copyright details of some articles of The ICFAI Journal of International Business Law. I wrote those details. Annies was on her morning leave today. Had my lunch by 1:30. Returned the edited material of these two journals to Annies by 2:00. Afternoon I took four journals from our library, which I previously edited. My name was printed as P Chiranjeevi Raju in three journals. It occurred due to the mistake of my colleague Vijaya Krishna. He was assigned the pre-final check of these journals edited by me. He never asked me what my initial is. His and that of Sub Editor Chandra Sekhar is P and so took mine also as P. Today proofreader Praveena came to the office. It delighted me. She is the beauty in our floor along with Annies. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Today it is the birth anniversary of Ambedkar. I enter my 27^th year today according to my educational certificates. Washed a pair of clothes by 10:00. Listened to songs. Went to sleep by 11:00.

15 April (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:40. I waited for the 113 E or 113 Y buses for much time. Knew that my route buses are not plying today due to strike by some labor unions of the APSRTC. Reached Secunderabad by a city bus by 7:50. Thence took a private bus and reached Punjagutta Crossroads by 8:20. There was a beautiful girl in the bus. The bus fellow overloaded it with passengers. I pitied her uncomfortable journey standing among those noisy and clumsy commuters. Bought a pack of Britannia Tiger biscuits for three rupees for my breakfast this morning. Took my seat by 8:30. Spent doing this and that for three hours. Annies assigned me the material of The ICFAI Journal of Environmental Economics for editing by 12:00. Afternoon had a plate of Lemon Rice in Abhiruchi Hotel. My colleague Chandra Sekhar dropped me on his scooter at Narayana Guda by 5:35. Walked via Tilak Nagar and reached our hostel by 6:00. Went to the hotel and brought our parcel of supper by 7:45. Had it by 8:00. Today the APSRTC gave its buses to some private nuts to be run by them at fixed charges. They took money and inserted it into their pockets. There was no issuance of tickets. On the other hand, the auto rickshaw drivers celebrated this occasion exploiting everybody available. Night listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 11:00.   

16 April (Friday)

Woke up by 5:20. Got ready and stepped out by 6:00. Walked down Shivam Road and reached the bus stop by Six Number Road Junction. Took a Kukatpally bound ordinary bus. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and proceeded to our office. Scanned today’s dailies from 7:00 to 8:00. The office was opened by 8:30. Completed editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Environmental Economics by 1:00. Went out and had my lunch in Abhiruchi Hotel by 1:20. From 1:30 to 3:50 attended the Error Report of the April issue of Best Books magazine. Annies assigned me the material of The ICFAI Journal of Marketing Management and The ICFAI Journal of Intellectual Property Rights for editing by 4:00. She told me to edit the prior first. Edited it from 4:15 to 5:00. My colleague Chandra Sekhar dropped me at Tilak Nagar by 5:30 on his scooter. This morning I received two letters. One was from Kakateeya Marriage Bureau in Hyderabad with the details of registered Kshatriya brides with them. The second was a postcard from my home. This afternoon, Srilatha, a Research Associate in our Press, gave me an invitation card for her marriage, scheduled to be held on the 29^th of this month. May God bless her happy married life. Night listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

17 April (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 6:30. The APSRTC buses started plying from this morning after the two-day strike of the employees of some of its labor unions was called off. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:10. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 7:40. There were no emails in my inbox today. From 8:30 to 3:00 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Marketing Management. Annies left the office a bit early this afternoon. This morning an Employee Feedback Survey was conducted by an external consultancy at a building of ICFAI in Nagarjuna Hills to elicit the feedback of the internal staff for the improvement of the organization. Many of my colleagues went there to participate in it from 10:45 to 12:00. I did not go. This afternoon I knew that Soundarya, a film actress from South India, died in a plane crash near Bangalore. Though she too belongs to the dirty lot of present film heroines, she acted with enough clothes on her body in films. She enjoyed her prime youth in all senses. So, there is nothing to worry over her untimely departure. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my supper by 8:50. Engaged myself in the task of Error Report of Best Books magazine till 12:00. Went to sleep by 12:10. 

18 April (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:30. Morning avoided my breakfast to keep my stomach empty for its natural cure. Went out and bought a copy of Eenadu by 8:30. From 9:30 to 5:30 engaged myself in the task of Error Report of three magazines of ICFAI University Press. Kiran went to Secunderabad railway station to see off his Nepal friend. He returned to the hostel by 10:30. Both of us went down Shivam Road by 11:00 to buy something for our lunch. We bought a biscuit packet for 15 rupees and half a dozen green bananas for eight rupees. The last date for the submission of error reports by me is the 24^th of this month. Today I sat with the April issues of Best Books, Effective Executive and Case Folio. It is a dreary work. I could find some errors in these three magazines. Took breaks in between to rest my brain. Finished this tedious work by 5:45. Rested on the iron cot in the room of Murali for one hour. Kiran and I had our supper by 8:00. Washed a pair of clothes by 9:45. Evening my body looked pale due to continuous reading through the day and the head bath I took this morning with a shampoo. Went to sleep by 11:00.

19 April (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had a plate of puris at a roadside hotel by NIMS bus stop and reached our office by 7:40. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Spent typing up the error reports of the three magazines till 9:00. Returned the edited material of The ICFAI Journal of Marketing Management to Annies by 9:30. From 9:40 to 5:00 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Intellectual Property Rights. Eighty percent of its editing was over by this evening. This afternoon, Murali, one of our DTP operators, distributed sweets to our office staff on the occasion of his becoming father to a baby recently. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Went to the hotel and brought our parcel of supper by 8:00. Kiran decided to have it late. Delay is a taboo in my codes of personal conduct. I had my supper by 8:15. Today it was a satisfactory supper because it included a good deal of tasty and cool curd. From 9:00 onwards Kiran and I spent talking about share market. One can buy shares to facilitate somebody else to establish a firm or run an existing business concern. Buyers and sellers of shares gamble in stock market on the basis of speculations of profitability of the entities they are associated with. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

20 April (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Today it is a declared paid holiday for the staff of ICFAI University Press. Today it is polling day of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. This morning many hotels were kept closed in our vicinity. Kiran had his breakfast in a nearby bakery. I avoided mine. My cousin Hari, son of my uncle Chanti Babu of Durgada, called me up from Ameerpet by 10:00. I told him to come to our hostel because it is a holiday even to him today. Kiran and I had our lunch by 12:15. Hari came here by 1:30. He is presently working in a software company on training-cum-payment basis in AutoCAD. We spent talking for about four hours. I saw him off at the bus stop by 5:30. Had my supper by 8:30. Eight years ago, on this date, the marriage of Lakshmi took place, affecting my admiration for her. I saw her for the first time sometime in the middle of the year 1992. I accidentally talked with her for once at their house on 13 July, 1993. Now she is a sweet memory in my heartstrings. The accounts of admiration gain more value as time passes on. She embodies beauty of sensitivity and quality of helplessness. Her smiles and sweet words which I could sense from distance influenced my lovesick heart. She filled my heart with deep admiration for her. I pursued her as an admirer in my thoughts and imaginations for years. She is a goddess for me. Night it rained to greet me on this occasion. Went to sleep by 11:00.

21 April (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast and reached our office by 7:30. It was opened by 7:45 under the supervision of Manjunath Bhat. There were very few emails in my inbox today. Completed editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Intellectual Property Rights by 12:00. Returned it to Annies by 12:30. Spent rest of my time scanning the beauty of brides from the United Kingdom on shaadi.com website. This morning interviews were conducted in our office for the positions of sub editors. There is scarcity of editorial staff. It pushed them for this immediate recruitment process. It was cloudy by the time I came out of the office. Breezes were playing around. It was a pleasant journey by bus in such environment. Reached the hostel by 6:00. It was drizzling. My heart celebrated these cool moments. Kiran leaves soon for his home at Jaggampeta. He wants to prepare for his Chartered Accountancy exams staying at home. We went down Shivam Road and booked an APSRTC bus ticket for his journey. We had our supper by 8:00. Washed a pair of clothes. Listened to songs. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

22 April (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 15 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Today Annies did not assign me editing work. From 9:00 to 3:00 spent typing out an essay titled “Admiration of Beauty” on computer. Spent rest of the time browsing Internet. Left the office by 5:00. It was cloudy and cool. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Kiran left today’s Telugu daily Eenadu in our room. Read it for some time. He must have left for Jaggampeta by 4:00 by Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam Hitech bus from Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station as scheduled earlier. I dozed off while going through the newspaper. Got up by 8:00. Went to the hotel and brought the parcel meal. Had it by 9:00. Today it is International Earth Day. Global warming is threatening the existence of living beings on earth planet. The United States of America is adding fuel to this burning international issue now. Its economy is based on such mechanisms of industrial production which damage the equilibrium of ecology around the world. This nation issues such guidelines to others, which it never practices. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

23 April (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:40. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:15. Annies did not assign me editing work today. I completed typing out my essay titled “Admiration of Beauty” by 11:00. Spent rest of the time scanning the profiles of brides on some Hindu matrimonial websites. I found some of them considerably beautiful. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Our hostel supervisor gave me the Admit Card for the CA exams of my cousin Kiran. He received it this afternoon from the postman. Wrote a postcard to my teacher uncle Venkata Rama Raju in Jaggampeta informing them about the receipt of this card. By 8:00 brought the parcel meal from the hotel. Had it along with our hostel mate Gopi by 8:30. It has been cool and cloudy for the last four days. I am enjoying it. Breezes are soothing the bodies of scorched dwellers in twin cities. This weather is particularly favorable for laborers and vendors on roads. Those that spend in their cool office rooms and comfortable homes hardly get affected by the effects of weather. They neither suffer from the threats of climate nor enjoy the bounty of nature. Night listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

24 April (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:40. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:10. Took the printouts of my writing “Admiration of Beauty”. Annies did not come to office today. I spent much of my morning time scanning the beauty of some living entities on Internet. Afternoon had a plate of Lemon Rice in Abhiruchi Hotel. Proofreader Praveena too came there for her lunch parcel along with her friend. She keeps her face expressionless at times. I observe it. Our operations manager came to me by 3:00 and assigned me the material of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics for editing. He thinks that one should not remain without work in an office when there is enough work to do. Occasional leisure of employees should also be utilized for organizational output. He talked with me for 20 minutes. He advised me to learn everything which empowers me to independently handle a research journal. He regretted knowing that I could not achieve it yet. I know that he does not know certain things which I know. It was what my colleague Annies told me previously when I gave her my serious letter questioning her why she failed to include my name in the journals I edited. Only such naughty ladies can give such irritating answers when the other creature is on fire. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Evening too it was cloudy. It pleased me much. The breezes of nature tempt one to go romantic and aesthetic. I don’t have a beauty beside me to enjoy these sweet moments of time. Night it rained. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 10:15. 

25 April (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Took a bath by 7:30. Went out and had my breakfast by 9:00. From 9:30 to 11:30 listened to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman. Spent talking with my hostel mates Gopi and Anjaneya Raju for one hour. Wrote a short letter addressing the father of a Kshatriya bride. Her matrimonial classified appeared in today’s The Hindu. Theirs is Vasista Gothram. She is a graduate. The father of this girl is a doctor in Bangalore. Her height is 148 cm. I enveloped my letter, my color photo and my CV to send to their provided postal address. Had my parcel meal by 2:00. Rested for some time. Listened to Telugu cine songs from 3:00 to 5:30. Went down and sat talking with one of the present guests in our hostel. She is about 80. She belongs to Visakhapatnam. She came here along with her son. She talked a lot about the Kshatriya families in East Godavari and Visakhapatnam districts. She advised me to marry a good Kshatriya girl who is brought up with family values. Money can be earned later in life but internal suffering increases if the girl is of modern values, who dreams to live a luxurious life, forgetting the realities. She is a genius. She belongs to the old school of traditional values. I benefited from this useful talk with her. Night washed a pair of clothes. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

26 April (Monday)

Woke up by 5:00. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:40. Took my seat by 8:00. Took the printouts of 93 pages for my friend Murali on his white sheets of paper. Went through the long letter sent by my friend Hema Kumar from Ohio by email. It went on for 20 minutes. From 10:00 to 3:00 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics. Annies did not come to office even today. I did not know to whom this edited material should be returned. Went to the post office at Erramanzil after my lunch by 1:30 at Abhiruchi Hotel and posted the envelope to the Kshatriya bride in Bangalore. This morning I found a response from a Kshatriya bride of matrisearch website on which I too posted my bridegroom profile once. I too expressed my interest to her. The problem is that I can’t communicate with a bride unless I pay the fee and become a gold member on their website. It amounts to the fact that marriage never occurs between two poor creatures through these matrimonial websites or marriage bureaus. Evening edited the letter of my friend Hema Kumar which he emailed me earlier. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs on Hyderabad FM radio from 6:15 to 7:00. Had my parcel meal by 8:00. Night listened to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman. This evening too it was cloudy and refreshing. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

27 April (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Sent a long email to my friend Hema Kumar in Ohio. Today our systems administrator came early to the office. The operations manager came to me by 10:30 and found me without any editing work. He told me to sit with my colleague Vijaya Krishna and learn work. I asked my colleague to assign me some journal for pre-final check. He gave me the material of The ICFAI Journal of International Business Law, which I previously edited. I struggled hard to deal with it from 11:00 to 5:10. Then I took the material of The ICFAI Journal of Environmental Economics for pre-final check. Left the office by 5:15. Took a bus by 6:00 and reached the hostel by 6:30. Had my supper by 8:00. My life seems to be a waste burden on earth. I don’t know why I am living on earth. What is the use of being a Sub Editor? Why should I struggle to earn and continue my life? I pray Lord Krishna to kill me in my sleep. I have no unfulfilled desires in my life. I understood that this world is full of sin and filth. I can’t live in this world. I am too disturbed to live any more. I want my soul to be merged with the five elements. May God bless me a peaceful death soon. Night listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 11:00.

28 April (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel by 7:15 and reached our office by 7:40. Scanned today’s dailies for 15 minutes. Took my seat by 8:10. My computer system was disconnected from Internet access because they found that I am endlessly scanning the photos of brides when I am free. May God teach these criminals a good lesson soon. I checked my Yahoo Mail on the computer of my colleague Chandra Sekhar. Attended the pre-final check of the material of The ICFAI Journal of Environmental Economics from 8:30 to 12:30. Meanwhile Annies assigned me the material of The ICFAI Journal of Healthcare Law for editing. This morning a coffee vending machine was set up in the ground floor of our building. Went out and had a plate of Plain Dosa in Abhiruchi Hotel by 1:30. From 1:30 to 4:30 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Healthcare Law. Had a cup of coffee and then attended the meeting conducted by our Executive Editor Ch Rajeswar for us sub editors in a room in the ground floor. He stressed the need of restructuring the processing mechanism in ICFAI University Press. He invited constructive suggestions from us in this direction. Vijaya Krishna and I, the sub editors from Research Journals section, hardly spoke in this meeting. It was over by 6:00. Returned to the hostel by 7:00. Had my supper by 8:00. Washed a pair of clothes. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

29 April (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs for half an hour. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:45. Avoided scanning today’s dailies. Took my seat by 8:00. I did not check my Yahoo Mail today at all. Typed out a three-page report titled “Reformation in the ICFAI University Press”. It carries my personal ideas and suggestions in response to the invitation of inputs from us by our executive editor. I carried out this task from 8:00 to 10:00. Knew that our executive editor was on leave today. From 10:00 to 5:00 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Healthcare Law. It is taking much time because I am carrying out its proofreading work also. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs for some time. Gopi and I started to the hotel by 7:10 to bring our parcel of supper. On the way, I bought four rupees of jaggery from a shop. It provides one with iron. Further, it is supposed to sweeten my life. Life looks bitter when it is devoid of love in youth. By this I mean lack of friendship between a girl and a boy. Social restrictions keep girls and boys segregated from one another. They turn and remain lovesick for this reason. Eventually they marry somebody chosen by their parents. Then they lead passive and automated lives within their family boundaries and responsibilities. This is how possessive love gets lost in one’s youth. Went to sleep by 10:30.

30 April (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:10. When I was checking my Yahoo Mail on the computer of my colleague, our operations manager came to me and said that I should not sit at others’ systems. I was hurt to receive such comments from him. He wants to squeeze the maximum amount of work from me. Checking my Yahoo Mail also seems to be misuse of office time to him. I can’t understand these mechanical people. God should throw them into hell. This fellow has been torturing me ever since he joined this organization. Edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Healthcare Law from 8:30 to 5:00. Evening gave my copies of report to our executive editor and operations manager. I don’t know how they consider my suggestions but I am happy that I prepared a good report based on my little knowledge about this organization. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs for some time. Had my supper by 8:00. Spent talking with my hostel mate Anjaneya Raju from 8:30 to 10:00. We discussed the trends of contemporary society. By then I felt very exhausted. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

1 May (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:15. Morning I did not check my Yahoo Mail on anybody’s computer. From 8:30 to 4:30 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Cyber Law. Today it is Labor Day in India. Went out and had a plate of chapatis to celebrate the spirit of this day. Returned the edited material of the journal to Annies by 4:45. Today it is the last day of association with our organization for our colleague Chandra Sekhar. He resigned from his position of Sub Editor. Both of us traveled together up to Vidya Nagar by bus. From today onwards he forms part of my old relations. It is inevitable characteristic of human life. Familiarities are transitory and their memories are illusory. He has been an affectionate fellow toward me for all these days. Went to the HDFC ATM Center by Shivam Temple and withdrew 1600 rupees for my expenses in this month. Went down and bought one toilet soap and one detergent cake for me. My hostel mate and I walked to cinema Shanti at Narayana Guda. We saw the Telugu film “Varsham” of Prabhas and Trisha from 9:00 to 12:00. It is one of the best films I have seen. I lived in a heaven while watching this film. The facial expressions of the heroine are mesmerizing. We returned to the hostel on foot. Went to sleep by 12:30.

2 May (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:30. Freshened up myself by 7:30. Went out and bought the parcel of a plate of puris. Brought it to my hostel room and had it by 8:30. The weakness was evident in my face and body due to lack of food and adequate sleep last night. From 9:00 to 11:00 listened to Telugu cine songs. From 11:00 to 2:00 spent talking with my hostel mates. By 2:00 Anjaneya Raju went out to have his lunch at Kakateeya Mess. There was no partner for me to buy a parcel of lunch. I asked this fellow to get me three samosas on the way. He said that the fellow closed his stall. Went to the nearby Friends’ Bakery and bought a pack of Britannia Good Day pista biscuits for 13 rupees. Later I realized that I should have had a plate of fried rice instead. Returned to my hostel room and rested from 3:15 to 5:30. Went to the nearby Aunty Mess by 7:15. It lies by a mango tree in the street behind Shivam Temple. Many say that food is very good in this hotel. We wanted to test the quality of food items here on a sample basis. I bought a parcel of full meal for 26 rupees for Gopi, Murali and me. Its contents were tasty and qualitative and matched the value of money we paid. The quantity of rice looked less than that at Shirdi Sai Baba Hotel. We need to think again before buying a monthly full meal mess card here. Night washed a pair of clothes. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

3 May (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:15. There were hardly any emails in my inbox. I checked it on the computer of my colleague. Edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Bank Management from 8:30 to 5:00. Went out and had a plate of Curd Rice in Abhiruchi Hotel by 1:30. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs on Hyderabad FM radio from 6:15 to 7:00. Dozed off in between due to fatigue caused by heavy office work that preceded. Went to Shirdi Sai Baba Hotel by 7:10 and found that the boys were not yet ready to give me a parcel meal. Went to a nearby hotel and talked with him about the cost of a monthly full meal mess card. He put it at 810 rupees. Went back to the hotel and bought a monthly full meal mess card for 750 rupees. It is the one and only hotel in this locality now providing good food at such comparatively affordable prices. Had my supper by 8:00. Went down by 8:15 and spent talking with our hostel supervisor for two hours. Went to sleep by 10:30.

4 May (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Completed editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Bank Management by 9:30 and returned it to Annies. Then started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Monetary Economics. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs for half an hour. Ate a special samosa at a nearby stall by 8:00 and my supper by 8:30. Listened to Hyderabad radio for some time. My thought follows, “The essence of human life on earth is vacuum. If one is born as a male, he runs after females believing that there is attraction in them. Women look for those, who are superior to them in all respects. Such men consider these women as dolls of enticing flesh. Those, who sincerely admire women, are seldom understood by them. Then, some women live without getting respect from the males associated with them. They die unnoticed. Some run after money till their last breath. They don’t like spending their money for their happiness. Others don’t spend for these misers. Marriage and children make humans pettier in their thoughts and pursuits. They can’t find pure and viable joy in these affairs. Everybody thus tries to live somehow despite the forces of strain and pain around. Voluntary departure from this world is not an option for many. So, this world is a mountain of helpless creatures”. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

5 May (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. This morning I found a mango fruit under the mango tree by Flat No. 8. Some creature ate it in the tree. Then it fell down for fulfilling its destiny of being eaten by me. Offered a little piece of it to a security staff boy there. The size of the mango was very little but its taste was good. Took my seat by 8:00. Completed editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Monetary Economics by 10:30. Then started editing the material of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research. Went out and had a plate of Lemon Rice in Abhiruchi Hotel by 1:30. By 2:00 giddiness attacked me when I was engaged in editing the content of the research journal. The dirty hotelier would have prepared the food with stale edible oil. Rushed into the nearby toilet with the forethought of eventuality and vomited there in seconds. Felt relieved of it and cursed the hotelier again. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Spent talking with Anjaneya Raju till 7:00. Went to the nearby stall by Kakateeya Mess along with Hemanth and bought a parcel of three big samosas. I struggled hard to finish the third one. Dozed off around 8:00. Got up by 10:00. Washed a pair of clothes. Went to sleep by 10:45.

6 May (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:40. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Today there were two important emails for me in my inbox. My cousin Naren in Ahmedabad informed me that he would leave for Jaggampeta in two days. The other email was from a Kshatriya girl called P V Lakshmi from shaadi.com website. She wrote that she is interested in me to marry. She sent her postal and email addresses to me and asked me to contact her if I am interested in her. Noted down her details and acknowledged the receipt of her email. Completed editing the material of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research by 11:30 and returned it to Annies by 12:00. Today I knew that our colleague Sailaja is leaving our office today formally. She resigned from her position of Sub Editor. Our systems administrator told me that proofreader Praveena would be fired soon for her indiscipline of frequent leaves. I was disturbed knowing about these two things. May God bless Sailaja with health and wealth. May Lord Krishna save Praveena from her childlike mentality and the eventualities. Edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Public Finance from 12:00 to 5:10. Got off the bus at Shivam Temple bus stop and talked with P V Lakshmi by 6:00 over  phone. I asked her to allow me to meet her some time. Her voice and accent are sweet. May God bless her. Had my supper by 8:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 11:00.

7 May (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:40. Took my seat by 8:00. Checked my Yahoo Mail on the computer system of my colleague. There were hardly any emails. From 9:30 to 5:00 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance. Today I sent three emails to P V Lakshmi. She emailed me some details about her. I felt happy reading her sweet email. This evening the Blue Dart Courier fellow brought my HDFC credit card and delivered it after seeing my ICFAI identity card. It was very cool today due to the lazy clouds in the sky caused by low pressure over the Bay of Bengal. I enjoyed this inspiring weather a lot. I thank Lord Krishna and cyclone for it. I feel heavenly in such atmosphere. It was fantastic when I was going to our office this morning by bus. Breezes chased the bus touching my body on the way. Returned to our hostel by 6:00. Spent talking with my friend Anjaneya Raju for some time. Checked my international HDFC credit card. I was shocked reading the terms and conditions they specified. I will send it back to them. Had my supper by 8:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs from 9:00 to 10:30. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

8 May (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Took a bus by 6:30 and reached Yousufguda Check Post by 7:15. Thence took an auto rickshaw and reached the new rented portion of my friend Veeranjaneyulu in Journalist Colony ‘A’. He recently moved into this rented portion from that of the cruel woman. I felt a bit difficult to locate it. Murali, a friend of Veeru, is also staying in a small portion in this house. This house is situated in a beautiful setting. There are green trees and boulders on one side of the house. From 9:00 to 11:30 watched the Telugu feature film “Run” of Madhavan and Meera Jasmin on the computer system of Veeru. It is one of the best films I have seen. Jasmin is the center of attraction in this film. She hits the hearts of young fellows with her cute face and great acting. Had my lunch along with Veeru and his cousins by 1:30. Spent talking with them about this and that for some time. Rested on a mat from 2:30 to 5:00. Veeru and I stepped out by 6:15 for shopping. We hired an auto rickshaw and went to Ameerpet. He bought his painting related material at a shop in Maithri Vanam building. Thence we proceeded to the store of Nav Bharat Engineering at Dwarakapuri Colony. There also he bought some painting related items. Thence we returned to Krishna Nagar and bought two steel plates and curd for 10 rupees. Thence we returned to his rented portion by 10:00. We had our supper by 10:30. Veeru and I spent talking for half an hour. This house has two floors (ground floor and first floor). My friend is staying in the first floor. Breezes are nakedly dancing here. We put our mats outside. The sky was looking at us. Went to sleep by 12:00.  

9 May (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 6:00. Had a glass of water. This is water treatment. It is good to drink two glasses of pure water into empty stomach in the morning. It clears gaseous environment in stomach generated due to the digestive system last night. Rested on a mat for one hour. Had my breakfast by 9:30. Veeru prepared this dish with the rice of last night. There was no adequate salt in it. So, it was not tasty for me. Rested for some time after my breakfast. My brother Sambha called me up from home by 8:30. He updated me on the recent events in our village. My mother too talked with me. She told me to see if P V Lakshmi of Guntur is beautiful to marry. My brother said that this match can be considered if the surname of the girl is competent with ours. Afternoon watched the Telugu feature film “Anveshana”, directed by Vamsy, on the computer of Veeru. It is one of my most favorite Telugu films. The steps leading to the floor of Veeru are being cemented today. I carefully crossed them without touching them by 5:30. Took an auto rickshaw, 113 Y bus and reached our hostel by 7:00. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 8:00. Washed a pair of clothes and Took a head bath by 9:00. Had my supper by 9:20. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 11:00.

10 May (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Took a bus and reached NIMS bus stop by 7:15. Had a plate of idlies in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:40. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:05. These days I stopped checking the beauty of Russian brides for the decency of office environment. Sent an email to P V Lakshmi. Returned the edited material of The ICFAI Journal of Public Finance to Annies by 9:30. From 9:30 to 5:00 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Infrastructure. Went out and had a plate of chapatis in Abhiruchi Hotel by 1:30. On the way, gave the negatives of my photos for print at Bali Studio. Read the email of P V Lakshmi by 4:30 on the computer system of my colleague Vijaya Krishna. She wrote about her career. I found it interesting. May Lord Krishna bless her with smiles. Sent a short reply to her by 4:40. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs on Hyderabad FM radio from 6:15 to 7:00. Went to the hotel and brought the parcel of supper by 7:45. Had it along with my hostel mate Gopi by 8:10. Spent talking with him about the recent political environment in the state till 9:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs from 9:00 to 10:30. It is the only way to create a heaven for me. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

11 May (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Sent emails to my cousin Naren and P V Lakshmi. Completed editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Infrastructure by 12:00 and returned it to Annies. Then started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Financial Risk Management. Went out and had my lunch by 1:30. On the way, went to the nearby Bali Photo Studio and collected my photographs. The print quality of photos is good. Came back to the office and resumed my editing work. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. In today’s results of Andhra Pradesh legislature elections, the Congress Party achieved tremendous success defeating many ministers in the present Telugu Desam Party government. Rajasekhara Reddy will be the new Chief Minister of this state. This day remains historical in the life of this fellow. Chandrababu Naidu ruled this state dynamically for nine years. People and government employees are disgusted with his dynamism. They wanted change. So, they gave a chance to the Congress Party. Had my supper by 8:00. I was unhappy seeing the photos of P V Lakshmi this evening, which she emailed me. She does not meet my expectations. May God bless me. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

12 May (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:00. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Went to Abhiruchi Hotel and found that Upma was very oily there. Walked ahead toward Shirdi Sai Baba Temple to see if there is any good hotel. I found none. Went to a pushcart by road and had a plate of dosa. Reached our office by 7:50. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:15. Internet access was out of order. So, I could not check my email this morning. From 8:30 to 3:00 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Financial Risk Management. Went out by 1:00 and had a plate of Onion Dosa. Returned the edited material of the above journal to Annies by 3:00. Then started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Services Marketing. The speed of Internet access was restored by 4:30. Checked my Yahoo Mail by 5:00. P V Lakshmi wrote that she was waiting for my email. Sent a short reply to her. My cousin Kiran wrote that he would start to Hyderabad this night from Jaggampeta. I invited him. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Spent talking with my hostel mate Murali till 7:15. Then both of us went to Global View Internet café down Shivam Road. He chatted online with his friend. I spent watching it. On the way, we brought the parcel meal and had it by 9:00. Washed a pair of clothes by 10:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 11:00.

13 May (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast at a roadside pushcart by 7:30. Reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:10. Sent a long email to P V Lakshmi. She wanted to know what qualities I am expecting from a bride. I sent a one-page word file as an attachment clarifying these things to her. There are very few sub editors presently in our office. So, the burden of editing all the research journals fell on my head. Vijaya Krishna is attending the pre-final and final check of research journals. From 8:30 to 4:30 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Services Marketing. Returned it to Annies by 4:40. Checked the speed of Internet access and found that it was very slow. I could not check my email due to it. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. This morning Kiran came from Jaggampeta. He brought sweets prepared by his mother and my sister-in-law Sandhya Rani. They are heavy and may last for about 20 days. Murali and I brought the parcel of supper from the hotel. We had it by 8:30. Kiran and I talked about our domestic affairs in the villages. I relived my village life. Wrote a postcard to my uncle Varma in Gollalagunta. It was drizzling outside. Went to sleep by 11:00.

14 May (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast at a roadside hotel and reached our office by 7:45. The security boy kept a small mango fruit for me. Last night it fell down from the nearby mango tree. I felt very delighted sensing the affection of that boy while receiving that fruit. It was very cute and sweet. It looked like an innocent bride. I ate it happily. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:15. Typed out a letter to send to the staff of HDFC Bank in Chennai requesting them for the cancellation of my international credit card, which they recently issued me. Checked my Yahoo Mail and replied to the email of P V Lakshmi. She wrote that she can’t meet my expectations of beauty from a bride. Completed editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Risk & Insurance by 5:00. It is inaugural issue of this journal. I took seven hours to edit it. Returned to the hostel by 6:15. Listened to Telugu cine songs till 7:00. Then Murali and I went to the hotel and brought our parcel of supper. Kiran, Murali and I had it. In the recent elections, held to the Lok Sabha of India and four states, the Congress Party proved a considerable winner of the race. It formed coalition government at the Center. The people of Andhra Pradesh too wanted change. Consequences will be disappointing. Night it was cool. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

15 May (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast at a roadside hotel and reached our office by 7:50. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:10. Sent an email to P V Lakshmi. Sent online greetings to my friend Hema Kumar, my teacher uncle Venkata Rama Raju and my cousin Naren. From 9:30 to 4:30 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Behavioral Finance. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Murali, Kiran, Gopi and I had our parcel meal by 8:30. Murali proposed going for a film. My cousin Kiran is seriously preparing for his CA Inter exams. Murali, Gopi and I reached cinema Sri Ramana at Bagh Amberpet by 9:15. Murali already saw this film and disliked seeing it for the second time. Gopi and I entered the cinema by 9:25. A little part of the film was already over. I regretted it. It is Telugu film “Naani” of Mahesh Babu and Amisha Patel. This film portrays the difficulties faced by a fellow when he turns a boy of eight during daytime and a guy of 28 by night. It is science fiction in a way. It has explicit dialogues on sexual life of a man and woman. It kept women away from this film. Mahesh Babu committed mistake acting in this comedy. He is the most handsome actor in the present Telugu film industry. Went to sleep by 12:30.

16 May (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:00. Kiran brought breakfast for me by 8:00. Had it by 8:30. Spent rest of the day within my hostel room. The sleepless night of the previous day prompted me to observe this day as a festival of rest. From 6:00 to 6:00 avoided listening to songs. Wanted to wake up in the afternoon but it did not occur. Some strong internal psychological force compelled me to be carried away in the winds of drowsiness. Cloudy weather contributed to it. It was pleasingly cool outside. Regretted not having a beautiful sweetheart by me. One should go into a deep forest during these times and sit on a boulder leaning oneself on the shoulder of one’s sweetheart. Talking with her, lying on the branch of a tree, while it is drizzling, really looks thrilling. All these thoughts in me remained dreams only so far. Enjoyed my sleep a lot. Stepped out by 7:30 for bringing the parcel of supper. It was lightly drizzling while I was walking toward the hotel. While returning, noticed the shower of rain increasing its density and trying to propel the intensity of my walk. Drenched myself heartily in it. I have been waiting for this rain to hug me lovingly for long. My desire got fulfilled this evening. I am grateful to this great rain for chasing me like a passionate girl. I thank Lord Krishna for His love for me. Night washed a pair of clothes. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

17 May (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. There were hardly any emails for me this morning. Edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Behavioral Finance from 9:00 to 4:30. Returned it to Annies by 4:30. Set the material of The ICFAI Journal of Corporate and Securities Law in order for editing and ended today’s editorial work. As I left the office, it started raining heavily. I took shelter at a shop and ventured out after a little time. The sky was heavily cloudy. It was cool and inspiring. Enjoyed breezes while traveling back to the hostel by bus. Reached the hostel by 6:00. This afternoon Kiran did his first exam of CA Inter. He said he committed a mistake in today’s paper. He is disturbed about it. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 8:15. Kiran and I had it by 8:30. There was hardly any rain in Shivam Road area. The sky is the same and the clouds are the same but rainfall is different in regions. Lord Krishna is very tricky. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

18 May (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs for half an hour. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had a plate of puris in a dirty hotel by NIMS bus stop. Regretted my decision for having breakfast in such hotel. The server was wiping the wet plate with a dirty cloth, which was used for cleaning the tables. Reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. There was an email from Hema Kumar. Replied to him. Sent online greetings to my uncle K V Rama Raju, my cousin Naren and my friend Hema Kumar. From 9:30 to 4:30 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance. This afternoon one of our research associates came to me and offered me a piece of sweet on the occasion of her birthday. Wished her many happy returns of the day. I found love in her couple of eyes toward me. Checked my Yahoo Mail before leaving the office. There was an email from Denmark. They wrote that I won a lottery. They asked me to email my details. I like to play with these idiots. I sent them my details. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Kiran said that he did today’s exam well. May God bless him. Went to the hotel and brought the parcel of supper by 8:30. Kiran and I had it by 9:00. It was very cold outside due to depression over the Bay of Bengal. I enjoyed this pleasant weather. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

19 May (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Akson Cafeteria near Erramanzil post office. The puris were tasty and the potato curry was very delicious. I appreciated the great cook inwardly. Reached our office by 7:40. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:10. There were hardly any emails for me today. Edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance from 8:30 to 11:00 and returned it to Annies. Then started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Corporate and Securities Law. The name of Consulting Editor of this journal is Prasanna Lakshmi. I like this name very much. I interestingly edited this journal. The editing of its Features was over by 5:00. This afternoon I carried out a little research on Internet to check the reliability of the lottery I won from Denmark. I discovered that it is a recently created scam letter originating from the Netherlands. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Went to the hotel and brought the parcel of supper by 8:00. Murali, Kiran and I had it by 8:30. Today Kiran did his exam very well. May God be kind to him during the remaining three exams. Washed a pair of clothes. It was cool at night. God was kind to me. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

20 May (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:00. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast of four puris in Akson Cafeteria and moved to our office. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Spent talking with our systems administrator till 9:00. I did not check my Yahoo Mail today. Completed editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Corporate and Securities Law by 2:00 and returned it to Annies. She sat beside my cabin today attending her editing work. There are very few sub editors now and so she is also editing. Took three magazines from library for Error Report. Engaged myself in this work from 3:00 to 5:00. Today our office boy distributed water bottles to all of us. Previously we used to go to the cooler every time we felt thirsty. Returned to the hostel by 5:45. Listened to Telugu cine songs on Hyderabad FM radio from 6:15 to 7:00. Started walking toward the hotel by 7:20. Went into a Ladies Corner to buy a mirror. I remember buying a mirror for seven rupees in Adduroad. I took only seven rupees to the shop. The salesgirl said that it costs 15 rupees. I withdrew myself from this purchase for today. My mirror broke off into pieces this morning when I handled it carelessly. Kiran, Murali and I had our supper by 8:30. The Congress Party chose Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister of India. It is good for India. Listened to songs. Went to sleep by 10:30.

21 May (Friday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought four bananas for my breakfast. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Yesterday evening Annies put the material of The ICFAI Journal of Systems Management on my desk after I left the office. Edited this material from 8:30 to 10:30. Meanwhile Annies came to me and gave me a little material of a magazine she is presently editing. She told me to finish it up first keeping the journal work aside. Engaged myself in this work from 10:30 to 1:00. Went out and had a plate of vegetable biryani in Abhiruchi Hotel by 1:30. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Kiran said that he did his Income Tax paper very well today. I was happy to find the glow on his face. I am observing different colors on his face on each day of his examinations. I pray Lord Krishna to bless him with success this time in his CA Inter exams. He is a hard-working and intelligent student. He deserves success. Sometimes luck has to play its role to bless one with success. God has to bless a man with that luck. Night spent some time talking with Murali. It was cool outside. This credit goes to Lord Krishna. I thank Mother Saraswati for Her blessings to me. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

22 May (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:00. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast of puris in Akson Cafeteria and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. There is a suitable job vacancy for me. The Managing Director of a Steel Corporation in Kukatpally industrial area wants a Personal Assistant. Took my seat by 8:10 and typed out a covering letter for the above job. Edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Systems Management from 9:00 to 4:30. Posted my application for the above job by 1:30. My cousin Kiran came to our office by 5:00. His CA Inter exams came to an end by this afternoon. He tried his best. Luck too has to favor him by the grace of God. I like to share the joy of success with him. Took him to our floor and showed him our work environment. Then we proceeded to Jubilee Hills Check Post in an auto rickshaw. From there we walked up to the rented portion of my friend Veeranjaneyulu in Journalist Colony ‘A’. We went there to spend there this night. Talked with my mother, my brother Sambha and my sister-in-law Kranti using the cellular phone of Veeru by 7:30. My brother told me that he would send me mango fruit soon by Navata Road Transport from Adduroad. Kiran and I watched the Telugu feature film “Run” on the computer of Veeru from 10:00 to 1:30. Went to sleep by 1:45 along with my friends.

23 May (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and sat on the flat boulder by my friend’s rented portion. It was delightful to sit like that in the lap of nature being embraced by breezes blowing down from the nearby hillocks. The pet pigeons of the owner of this house were flying up together into the sky to play. They landed back at their habitat after a while. A squirrel was eating dry morsels of rice on a nearby boulder. I watched its beautiful style of having breakfast. There were little birds chirping on the branches of green trees around. It all made a beautiful sight. I celebrated it. I sat on this boulder for 90 minutes scanning the phenomenon around me. Bathed myself in the early sunshine for a while in this process. Watched the Telugu feature film “Anveshana” of Karthik and Bhanu Priya on Veeru’s computer from 7:30 to 10:00. We took leave of them and returned to the hostel by 11:30. Kiran tried to buy tickets for the Telugu film “Yuva” of Mani Ratnam. There was heavy crowd. So, he failed. Rested on mat from 12:30 to 5:30 to compensate the sleeplessness of last night. This practice painted dimness on my face. Washed a pair of clothes and Took a head bath by 8:30. Had my supper by 9:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman. Went to sleep by 10:30.  

24 May (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:40. Had my breakfast of puris in Akson Cafeteria. Reached our office by 7:30. Took my seat by 7:45. Typed out a letter addressing a girl in Rajasthan. Yesterday I saw a matrimonial ad in The Times of India. This girl belongs to Kshatriya community. She is 27 and an M.A. in English. A diploma in journalism is also there. The ad added that she is smart. All these qualities of the girl prompted me toward this venture. Enveloped the covering letter, my CV and my color photo. From 9:30 to 3:00 attended the work of Error Report of the magazines allotted to me for this month. By then I felt exhausted and so went down to have a cup of coffee. Proofreader Praveena came to the office today after a gap of almost one month. Our floor got beautified with her presence. Had my lunch by 1:30 and went to the Erramanzil post office to post the envelope to the bride in Rajasthan. From 3:00 to 5:00 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Knowledge Management. My cousin Kiran and I reached cinema Rajadhani at Dilsukh Nagar by 8:00. We knew that the tickets of higher classes were already sold. We helplessly stood in the queue and ended up with 10-rupee tickets. We saw the Telugu film “Yuva” of Madhavan, Surya and Meera Jasmin. I did not expect such ordinary film from Mani Ratnam. Went to sleep by 1:30.

25 May (Tuesday)

Woke up by 6:00. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Manmohan Singh allotted vital portfolios to competent candidates like P Chidambaram and Pranab Mukherjee. Laloo Prasad Yadav begged for the Railway Ministry. I pity the destiny of India when such highly important portfolio is donated to such incompetent and indecent fellow of contemporary Indian politics. Some worthless blokes of Andhra Pradesh also got good positions of power to encourage corruption in this nation. Checked my Yahoo Mail by 8:00. There were no considerable emails. Cleaned the trashcan of bulk mail. From 9:00 to 5:30 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Knowledge Management. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Kiran and I went to the hotel and brought the parcel of supper. We had it along with Murali by 8:30. Temperatures were up during the last two days. The hot waves of air in the polluted twin cities are taking ample time to cool down themselves before flying off on to the bodies of creatures at night. Exhausted folks are helplessly resorting to the mellow pillow of deceptive night to rest sooner and welcome next morning a little early. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

26 May (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. There is a suitable job vacancy for me. Took my seat by 8:30. Checked my Yahoo Mail on the computer system of my colleague Vijaya Krishna. There was an email from my cousin Naren from Ahmedabad. He recently spent at his home and returned to his abode of learning. From 9:00 to 4:30 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Brand Management. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs on Hyderabad FM radio from 6:15 to 7:00. The homemade sweets my sister-in-law Sandhya Rani sent me are still there with me. She sent a big load of sweets for me. Kiran, Murali and I started to the hotel by 7:20. Both of them went to a nearby roadside eatery for buying chicken curry for us. I returned to the hostel by 8:00 along with the parcel meal. They bought chicken curry for 30 rupees. There were some 20 pieces. I regretted the quality of flesh of killed bird. It was not tasty. I was the person who encouraged these guys toward having chicken curry this evening. I kept silent. Each of us contributed 10 rupees for this project to make our routine supper somewhat different. Kiran went out for the second show of a Hindi film in a nearby cinema along with Murali. Washed a pair of clothes. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

27 May (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:50. There were no emails for me. Returned the edited material of The ICFAI Journal of Brand Management to Annies by 10:30. Helped my colleague Vijaya Krishna in the pre-final check of some pending journals from 11:00 to 2:00. Proofreader Praveena came to the office today. She looked very beautiful today. She is an attraction in our floor. I pray Lord Krishna to bless her with happiness and smiles. Admirers of beauty like me can’t live in this world without these beauties. I eat beauty, breathe beauty and live for beauty. Praveena represents a lovesick modern girl dreaming to get a sensitive and caring husband. There may be problems in her search for such fellow. May God bless her on her journey. Edited South Asian Journal of Management from 2:00 to 5:00. It is not one of the ICFAI University Press publications. It might be courtesy contribution of editing by our folks. Returned to the hostel by 5:45. Listened to Telugu cine songs for some time. Murali brought our parcel meal from the hotel by 8:10. I had it by 8:30. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

28 May (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Akson Cafeteria and reached our office by 7:45. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:10. I did not check my Yahoo Mail today. From 8:30 to 5:00 edited the material of South Asian Journal of Management. I observed Praveena coming late to the office today. When I go to her to discuss the proofreading clarifications, she looks devotedly at me. I instantly slip into love trap with her. This love is for her beautiful eyes and the sweet dreams hidden behind them. I often feel like marrying her. She looks as if she is desperately waiting for a kind and supporting life partner. She belongs to Brahmin community. I don’t know if she agrees to marry me going against her social restrictions. I don’t know if I really meet her expectations. There is no communication bridge between us. I don’t know if the Rajasthani bride responds to me. I need a female friend in my life. May God bless me with someone whom I can worship throughout my life. My dreams of marriage are manifold. Perhaps Praveena might be a passing cloud in that vast utopian world of mine. Collected the parcel of mangoes my brother Sambha sent me from Adduroad from the office of Navata Road Transport at Vidya Nagar by 6:30. He sent about 100 mangoes. Only some of them are ripe now. Ate three of them. Night listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 10:30.

29 May (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:45. Scanned today’s dailies for 15 minutes. Took my seat by 8:10. There were hardly any emails in my Yahoo Mail today. Completed editing the material of South Asian Journal of Management by 9:30 and returned it to Annies. Then started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Supply Chain Management. Ninety percent of its editing was over by 5:00. Took a bus opposite the NIMS bus stop and reached our hostel by 6:15. Had three sweet mango fruit. Savoring the sweetness of mango juice is like spending some time alone in the space. Listened to Telugu cine songs for half an hour. Went down and spent watching the traffic on the road opposite our hostel for some time. They are all images around me like the clouds in the sky. They don’t have a reliable form of their own. They can’t stay longer on the surface of the psyche of their beholders. Went out and brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 8:30. Murali already had his supper somewhere. I had it by 9:00. Darkness hugged the night with its tight grip of friendship. Heated breezes were regaining their coolness slowly. Listened to Telugu cine songs to find depth in my life. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

30 May (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:00. Scanned today’s dailies for some time. Kiran brought the parcel of a plate of puris for me from a nearby hotel by 8:00. I ate three mango fruit before having it. Spent talking with Anjaneya Raju for two hours. My cousin Hari informed me over phone that he would come to our hostel this afternoon. My casual talk with Anjaneya Raju continued. He went out and brought the parcel of lunch by 1:00. I had a little of it because I ate three mango fruit this afternoon. Meanwhile my cousin Hari came from Ameerpet. We spent talking for some time. We stepped out by 3:15. I carried a jute bag with mango fruit. Both of us met his paternal uncle at Hotel Divya Sai in Narayana Guda. He is presently working as a government land surveyor at Ramachandra Puram in East Godavari district. The state government is providing training to them on the modern methods of land surveying. Hari and I reached Marga Darshini Marriage Bureau at Ameerpet by 6:00. This office is near Cherma’s showroom. I knew about this office through my telephone contact in response to a matrimonial ad given by its Bangalore branch in a newspaper. I checked the photos of some Kshatriya brides. I liked the profile of Kalpana from Bhimavaram. I paid 50 rupees and got my name registered with it. I told them to intimate my interest for this girl to her parents and know their response. She is a graduate and considerably beautiful. Her features suit my interests to some extent. Let my destiny attend it. Gave the mango fruit to my friend Veeru in Journalist Colony ‘A’ and returned to our hostel by 9:00. Went to sleep by 12:00. 

31 May (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had a plate of puris in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:45. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:15. There were hardly any emails for me. Completed editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Supply Chain Management by 9:30 and returned it to Annies. Then started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Mergers & Acquisitions. Poor Praveena was silently sitting in her seat and carrying out her proofreading work. I pitied her. I pray God to bless her with a good husband who worships her like a goddess. I would have married her if I were born in the Brahmin community. Afternoon posted a letter to a bride for Veeranjaneyulu. Left the office by 5:10. Went to Marga Darshini Marriage Bureau at Ameerpet and paid them 1200 rupees toward registration charges of my bridegroom profile with them. They assured me that they would find a suitable bride for me soon. I will see how honest and efficient they would be. Returned to the hostel by 7:00. Murali brought our parcel meal by 8:00. I checked the mangoes and found many of them ripe. Gave 10 fruit to our hostel supervisor. He felt very happy at my gesture. I regret being unable to offer some fruit to Praveena. Talked with Kiran and Murali for some time. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

1 June (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Had two mango fruit after the water treatment. Went to the bus stop by 6:45. Took my seat by 8:15. Gave five mango fruit to Vijaya Krishna. Morning I found the attachment of my pay slip in my Yahoo Mail sent by the Human Resources Department of ICFAI. They wrote me to get a Permanent Account Number (PAN) for the tax deduction purposes. Returned the edited material of The ICFAI Journal of Mergers & Acquisitions to Annies by 11:30. Then started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Entrepreneurship Development. Vijaya Krishna and I went out for our lunch by 1:30. I gave the negatives of my photos for print at Bali Photo Studio on the way. When we were having our lunch in the hotel, Vijaya Krishna told me that the father of proofreader Praveena is suffering from throat cancer. My heart sank into depression. I understood why she is looking sad these days. I saw her leaning her head on the desk this morning. Nobody can prevent the dictates of destiny. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Went to the HDFC ATM Center by Shivam Temple and withdrew 4600 rupees. Wrote a two-page letter to my parents and pinned eight 500-rupee notes to it. Night had three mango fruit. I am sad to know that Praveena is sad. How can I console her? My life seems to be a tragedy. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

2 June (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Had one mango fruit after the water treatment. Took a bus by 7:00 and reached NIMS bus stop by 7:30. Posted the envelope to my parents. Had a plate of puris in Akson Cafeteria. Took my seat by 8:20. Completed editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Entrepreneurship Development by 12:30 and returned it to Annies. Then started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Insurance Law. Went to Abhiruchi Hotel by 1:30 and had a plate of chapatis. Before that collected my photos from Bali Photo Studio. They came well. Today Praveena did not come to the office. Perhaps her father’s condition must be critical. This morning I knew that her father is old and smokes much. This bad habit must have thrown him in the ditch of this fatal throat cancer. May God console her. The editing of The ICFAI Journal of Insurance Law was over by 5:00. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had three mango fruit at a stretch. Walked down Shivam Road by 7:30 and bought a pair of black shoes in the BATA showroom. The price of the shoes is 350 rupees. Bought two pairs of black socks as well. I am satisfactory with the quality of these items at that price. Had my parcel meal by 8:30. Recently it turned very hot. Summer is at its end and so showing off a bit more. Night listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

3 June (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in a roadside hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:15 and involved myself in editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Accounting Research. It was over by 4:30. Annies did not come to the office today. So, I kept the edited material of this journal with me only. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. This evening Anjaneya Raju brought the parcel of supper for us from Kakateeya Mess. He recently had one meal using our parcel mess card in our hotel. It was in relation to that. My thought follows, “Acquisition and retention of knowledge seems to be a serious threat to the modern generations of competitive spirit. One has to read a lot and present it in various ways when demanded. Knowing about many things, which are not related to one, and not knowing many things about one’s relations and familiar phenomena, is the peril of the day. The beauty and sweetness of life get lost in this misguided struggle of man. He leads aim oriented life and so he can’t be natural and honest in many ways. It makes him unhappy. The material world looks very attractive when we know very little about it. In this sense, heavy knowledge is unwanted burden to brain and ignorance is bliss to heart. The more one is ignorant and complacent, the more one can be healthy and calm in body and spirit”. Night listened to songs. Went to sleep by 10:30.

4 June (Friday)

Woke up by 6:45. It was raining since the early morning due to the advent of southwestern monsoon. It was due to the entrancing spell of weather that I got up a bit late. Took a bus and reached NIMS bus stop by 7:45. Had my breakfast of puris in Akson Cafeteria and proceeded to our office. Rainwater pooled here and there on the roads. The wheels of running vehicles were thrilling themselves splashing the muddy water on to the bodies of helpless pedestrians walking by. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. There were hardly any emails for me this morning. Returned the edited material of the two journals to Annies by 9:30. She assigned me the material of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research by 10:00. Vijaya Krishna asked me to attend the pre-final check of The ICFAI Journal of Systems Management. I carried out that work from 10:30 to 4:30. This part of editing requires the overall scrutiny of all the pages of a journal to ensure accuracy of information before it goes to the printing press. Today Praveena did not come to the office. Her father’s condition must be critical. Beautiful girls and women are the targets of unforeseen events. I can’t see a beauty crying in pain. My heart sinks in the pool of tears of the innocent beauties of the world. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my supper by 8:15. It was cool outside. The rain has washed away dusty layers from on the solid entities of nature. Winds borrowed coolness from the monsoon. Night listened to songs. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

5 June (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon. Went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached NIMS bus stop by 7:30. This morning I felt reluctant to have my breakfast in any hotel. The prices and corresponding quality of breakfast items seem unjustifiable in many of these nearby hotels. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:20. Edited the material of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research from 8:30 to 3:30 and returned it to Annies. Attended pre-final check of a journal from 3:40 to 5:10. Took a bus for Miyapur at NIMS bus stop by 5:30. Thence took another bus for Serilingampally. From there took an auto rickshaw up to HCU main gate. The roads leading to the HCU campus looked fantastic. This beautification took place recently. Entered the HCU campus by 6:45. Spotted Bhayya at Gopal Shop. Talked with my former hostel roommate Samanta Sahu and his friend Rajeswari for half an hour. Bhayya and I went to Ladies Hostel (of Research Scholars) by 8:00. He showed me the girl. Her face was not attractive. She does not meet the expectations of my friend Veeranjaneyulu at all. I came here to assess her beauty for my friend to marry her. Night stayed in the room of Bhayya in Men’s Hostel ‘F’. Went to sleep by 12:00.  

6 June (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:30. Took leave of Bhayya and came out of the campus via the small gate. There are green trees all around in the campus making it a heaven for nature lovers. Luckily I got an Uppal bound bus. Bought a ticket for the Six Number Road. It was cloudy and cool outside. There were very few passengers in the bus. The road was not occupied much. I enjoyed this bus journey a lot. It was drizzling when I got off the bus. Walking up Shivam Road, reached our hostel by 8:00. Kiran was getting ready to go out for his breakfast. I asked him to bring puris for me. The mangoes my brother Sambha recently sent me almost came to an end by today. Had five mango fruit today. Spent all the day within the hostel. This evening our Executive Editor Ch Rajeswar ceremoniously enters his new house. He invited all of us to that occasion. Some of my colleagues attend it. Anjaneya Raju was in our room most of the time this afternoon. He listened to cine songs on my Walkman and talked with me now and then. I could hardly rest due to it. Washed a pair of clothes and Took a head bath by 7:30. My teacher uncle K V Rama Raju called up from Jaggampeta by 8:30. I attended this call in Kiran’s absence. Talked with Veeranjaneyulu by 9:30 using the cellular phone of my hostel mate Hemanth. My brother Sambha too talked with me through this gadget. He and my sister-in-law Kranti start to Tirupati next Wednesday. Went to sleep by 10:45. 

7 June (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon. Went to the bus stop by 6:30. Had a plate of puris in Akson Cafeteria and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Typed out an analytical write-up, on the subject of corporate culture, for one of my friends in the University of Hyderabad, who is preparing to attend an interview soon, to send him by email. It was over by 9:00. There were two journals to be edited by me. Vijaya Krishna asked me to attend the pre-final check of two journals. From 9:00 to 1:00 attended the pre-final check of The ICFAI Journal of Brand Management. From 1:30 to 3:30 attended the pre-final check of The ICFAI Journal of Mergers & Acquisitions. Then started the pre-final check of The ICFAI Journal of Knowledge Management. Stayed back till 5:30 and saw that the corrections were carried out by DTP operator Rama Rao on his computer. Took a bus by 5:45. Reached the hostel by 6:30. It was very cool due to the monsoon clouds in the sky. It is bliss to travel in any fast moving vehicle when it is raining or cold winds are playing by. Had my supper by 8:00. From 8:15 to 9:30 spent talking with my hostel mates. Morning fever attacked Anjaneya Raju. He could not go to his office due to it. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

8 June (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought two green bananas at a handcart near NIMS bus stop and moved to our office. I thought of avoiding my breakfast this morning fearing the oily foods in these hotels. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Nobody came to open the office even by 8:00. Moved toward Chiranjeevi’s Blood Bank and had a plate of puris at a pushcart. Took my seat by 8:20. There were hardly any emails for me this morning. Completed the pre-final check of The ICFAI Journal of Knowledge Management by 11:00. Then started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Industrial Economics. I could not see the wonder of Venus-Sun Tryst in the sky for lack of the required glass equipment. It is said that such astronomical scene of beauty very rarely occurs in the galaxy. This afternoon a courier fellow came to our office to deliver my HDFC international credit card. He did not give it to me because I forgot bringing my identity card of ICFAI University Press today. I wonder at identity crisis now. These dirty business blokes can’t believe in the people standing before them but in the lifeless identity cards issued by others. Left the office by 5:10. Reached our hostel by 5:45. Had my supper by 8:00. It was cloudy outside. I celebrated it. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

9 June (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast at a pushcart on the road by the filling station in Hindi Nagar. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. There was an email from my cousin Naren in Ahmedabad. Replied to him. Edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Industrial Economics from 9:30 to 2:30 and gave it to the respective DTP operator. Then started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance. Two girls of Department of English from the University of Hyderabad came to do a written test for the position of Sub Editor. They met me during my recent visit to this campus. Annies conducted the test for half an hour in our floor. They said that they did not do it well. Returned to the hostel by 5:45. Went to my favorite hair salon and had my haircut for 20 rupees. It grew heavily. I felt disgusted to bear it. I nourished it with heavy dose of coconut oil. Had my supper by 8:00. My cousin Kiran brought three PAN application forms from his office. My office fellows asked me to submit my PAN number as early as possible. Kiran filled in the application form for me carefully taking my details from me. Washed a pair of clothes by 10:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

10 June (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast at the pushcart on the road by the filling station in Hindi Nagar. Reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:15. There were hardly any emails for me. Edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance from 9:00 to 3:30. Gave it to DTP operator Rama Rao by 4:00. Then started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs on Hyderabad FM radio from 6:15 to 7:00. Murali and I brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 8:00 and had it by 8:30. Gopi told me that he received a phone call from Marga Darshini Marriage Bureau by 11:30 this morning. They want me to contact them. Perhaps positive response must have come from the parents of Kalpana in Bhimavaram. It can be good news for me. This morning I started wearing my recently bought pair of black BATA shoes. This afternoon two proofreaders joined our press. One of them is a gracious gentleman and the other is a homely girl. Night it was temptingly cool. Breezes healed sultry bodies. I enjoyed it being cozy in my room. Listened to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

11 June (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:45. Scanned today’s dailies for 15 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. There were hardly any emails for me. From 8:30 to 5:10 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior. Went to Marga Darshini Marriage Bureau in Sri Nilaya Residential Complex near New Science College in Ameerpet. They previously informed me to come to their office. They told me that the parents of Kalpana in Bhimavaram are presently engaged in talks with the party of a bridegroom in the USA. I can be their second consideration. I told them that I am not interested in that girl any more. They showed me some photos of Kshatriya brides. I did not like them. Took leave of them and left for the abode of Veeranjaneyulu. Reached there by 7:30. There I knew from one of my friends that income tax office won’t be open on Saturdays and Sundays. Called up my folks at home using the cellular phone of Veeru. Just then my brother Srinivas, sister-in-law Sandhya Rani and my nephews Sujan and Suhas came there from Gollalagunta. I talked with all of them one after one. My brother Sambha and sister-in-law Kranti left for Tirupati recently. They said that they are searching for a beautiful bride for me. Night it was cool. We put our mats in the open. Went to sleep by 11:00.

12 June (Saturday)

Woke up by 6:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs on the computer system of Veeru from 7:00 to 8:00. By 8:30 Veeru and I hired an auto rickshaw from Jubilee Hills up to Mehdipatnam-Serilingampally road on the other side. Thence we took a Metro Liner bus up to Gulmohar Park area. We walked into the colony and found House No. 133 after much difficulty. Ritu Singh was waiting for Veeranjaneyulu as scheduled earlier. Veeru admires her features a lot. He found her in the HCU campus. She is an inspiration to his paintings. He has another girl of inspiration in Visakhapatnam with the same facial features. She got married some 10 years ago. Ritu married a software engineer in the USA a few weeks ago. She came here on a two-day visit to attend the wedding reception of one of her close friends in the city. She gave him a compact disc and the negatives of the photos of her marriage. She looked a bit careless toward the artist this time in her behavior. I cursed her inwardly. She is not more than a prostitute when fails to properly respect such a great artist. There are many beautiful girls and women in the world. Very few of them can be lucky enough to be admired by great artists like Veeru. She failed to understand it. I hate it. We returned to Veeru’s abode by 11:00. After our lunch, I went to Sai Kiran Photo Studio in Krishna Nagar to get the negatives of Ritu’s marriage photos printed. Thence I moved to Ameerpet. I chose Swastik Photo Studio for getting the soft copies of her marriage photos printed out from the CD. Finished these works and got back to Veeru by 7:00. Took leave of him and returned to our hostel by 9:00. Had my parcel meal by 9:30. I felt very exhausted. Cool weather healed my weary body and disturbed psyche. Nature is my mother. She showers her kindness upon me. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

13 June (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Spent most of the time within the hostel. Evening went to Secunderabad railway station along with Veeru from his abode to see off Ritu Singh. Yesterday morning she said that she takes a train from Hyderabad railway station. After we reached there, she informed him, at the eleventh hour, that she would take her train from Secunderabad railway station. We rushed from there in an auto rickshaw. She questioned me, “How come you are here with Veeru?” I replied, “Because he can’t come alone to the station”. Veeru returned her the film rolls of her wedding photos. She is going to the USA soon to live with her husband. Veeru admired her a lot and spent a lot of time working on her paintings. She could not give him even a small gift. Can’t she spend at least 100 rupees for it? Does she really deserve the admiration of an artist like Veeru? I pity him. I can’t understand these showy modern girls. They often lack common sense.  The name of Lord Krishna follows. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

14 June (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. This morning Kiran left for Guntur to attend his audit work (as part of his articleship with Bhaskara Rao & Company) at the factory of Andhra Cements. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast of puris in Akson Cafeteria. Reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:15. There was a short email from Samanta Sahu in the HCU campus. I replied him comprehensively. From 8:40 to 10:00 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Derivatives Markets. Meanwhile Vijaya Krishna asked me to attend the pre-final check of The ICFAI Journal of Industrial Economics. I completed it by 1:00. Had a plate of Curd Rice by 1:30 in Abhiruchi Hotel. When I was attending the prefinal check of The ICFAI Journal of Infrastructure, Annies assigned me the material of  HRM Review magazine for editing. I attended it from 2:30 to 5:00. Took a bus by 5:10. It started drizzling soon. Lord Krishna showered His blessings upon me. Raindrops were quenching the thirsty soul of soil. Breezes were recklessly dashing against the rosy cheeks of the beauties in the twin cities. Love couples were caressing tender air. Had my supper by 8:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

15 June (Tuesday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Akson Cafeteria. Reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:15. Samanta Sahu sent me an interesting email in comic tone. I sent him a good reply. Sent three online greetings to three friends of mine. Edited the material of HRM Review magazine from 9:30 to 5:00. Afternoon posted a letter to my uncle Varma in Gollalagunta. I provided the cellular phone number of my colleague Vijaya Krishna in it. I wrote them to contact me via this phone if any need arises. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. While getting into the bus, I spotted a new 100-rupee note at the rear footboard. Somebody lost it there. Gave it to the lady bus conductor. She kept it in her wallet. Nobody claimed it till I got off it at Shivam bus stop. Withdrew 1000 rupees from the HDFC ATM Center near Shivam Temple by 6:30. My cousin Hari borrowed the same amount of money from me 15 days ago and created tough situation for me. Took hundred 10-rupee notes from the nearby Karur Vysya Bank for my daily needs of change. Had my supper by 8:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

16 June (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:30. Had my breakfast at a roadside pushcart and proceeded to our office. There is a suitable job vacancy for me in Muscat. They are starting an English newspaper. They want sub editors. I applied for it by email. From 9:00 to 1:30 attended the pre-final check of The ICFAI Journal of Infrastructure. Then started editing the Features of HRM Review magazine. It is actually the work of Annies. She gave it to me because she was busy. From 3:30 to 4:30 edited some material of The ICFAI Journal of Accounting Research. Checked my Yahoo Mail before leaving the office. Returned to the hostel by 5:45. By then it rained a bit. Murali and I went to a nearby stall down the railway over bridge and bought three big samosas. I ate one. Talked with two relatives (presently staying as guests in our hostel) from Gollalagunta from 7:00 to 8:30. Meanwhile Kiran called me up from Guntur and informed me that he would come here tomorrow evening. Talked with the father of BITS Pilani boy once again from 9:30 to 10:00. Washed a pair of clothes. There were active clouds in the sky. There was a passive moon behind them. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

17 June (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Got the parcel of my breakfast at a roadside pushcart and had it at our office. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. There was an email from my cousin Naren in Ahmedabad. I replied him. Edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Derivatives Markets from 9:00 to 5:00. Annies gave me the material of Best Books magazine for editing by 4:30. Returned to the hostel by 5:45. Went down to the hotel and brought the parcel of supper by 8:00. On the way, talked with my mother and my sister-in-law Kranti from a public telephone booth. My brother Sambha sent me a parcel of mangoes and sweets from Adduroad through Navata Road Transport. It may reach Vidya Nagar in two days. Meanwhile Kiran returned from Guntur finishing his short audit tour. We felt an urge to go for a film. We had our supper fast and reached cinema Sree Ramana in Bagh Amberpet by 8:30. We saw the Telugu film “Sambha” from 9:00 to 11:30. It portrays violence. We enjoyed watching it. The role of Bhoomika is interesting. She looks innocent and cute. We returned to the hostel by 11:45. It was cool. Went to sleep by 12:00.  

18 June (Friday)

Woke up by 6:00. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Cool winds were blowing into the bus from the relatively fresh weather of the morning hours. Had a plate of puris in Akson Cafeteria. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Meanwhile Associate Consultant K B S Kumar came and got the office opened as the authorized signatory for this morning. We spent talking for 20 minutes. He is from Kasimkota in Visakhapatnam district. He is a good man of sensitivity and values. There were no considerable emails for me today. Scanned the beauty of Russian brides for 20 minutes. I daily get this email from Russia from the bride.ru website. Returned the edited material of The ICFAI Journal of Derivatives Markets to Annies by 10:30. Then started editing the material of Best Books magazine. It went on till 4:00. Then attended the final check of HRM Review magazine for some time. It is the first magazine I edited. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my supper by 8:20. Kiran went out to see a film. My cousin Shiva comes here tomorrow evening from Boorugu Pudi near Rajahmundry. This evening he talked with me over telephone about it. He is coming here to search for a job. Kiran told me that there is a job for him in his audit firm. Night it was very cool outside. I enjoyed it. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

19 June (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Took a bus by 6:45 and reached NIMS bus stop by 7:30. Had my breakfast at a pushcart and moved to our office. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Checked my Yahoo Mail. Sent online greetings to some of my friends. From 9:00 to 5:00 edited the material of Best Books magazine. There are release deadlines for them. So, we must be fast in processing them. Left the office by 5:00 and proceeded to Secunderabad railway station. Looked for my cousin Shiva walking across Platform No. 1 twice. He was not anywhere. Felt disgusted and returned to the hostel by 6:30. Kiran already brought my parcel from the office of Navata Road Transport at Vidya Nagar. My brother Sambha sent it from Adduroad. This consignment contained 60 mangoes, homemade sweets, pickles, cashew, ghee and some other eatables. They value a lot for me. My cousin Shiva called up from Secunderabad railway station by 7:00. He must have hidden in a corner of the platform like a cowardly thief. So, I could not see him during my two rounds. Rushed to the station by bus and brought him to our hostel. Our hostel supervisor is a psychopath. So, he refused to admit him as a student. We paid him 50 rupees. He allotted a guest room for him. Bala Krishnam Raju behaved carelessly in helping us in this regard. God teaches him a lesson. Talked with my hostel mates for some time. Went to sleep by 12:00.  

20 June (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Took a head bath by 7:00. Resolved myself not to stir out of the hostel today. Avoided having my breakfast and lunch. Spent much of the morning time resting on mat. From 1:30 to 6:30 carried out the tedious work of Error Report of The ICFAI Reader magazine. Today I called up Bala Krishnam Raju several times to clear the issue of my cousin Shiva’s admission into our hostel as a student. He played very much with me. God punishes him adequately. Narasimha Raju, our hostel supervisor, one of the detestable creatures on this earth planet, too contributed to our agony in this regard. My cousin Shiva is presently staying in the guest room. Today it was very cool outside. I had no time to enjoy it. Further I don’t have a sweetheart. Life won’t be enjoyable without her. I am leading a hellish life for this reason. Love between a boy and a girl makes their existence somewhat considerable. Otherwise it turns unbearable. Dreams help lonely creatures live a bit comfortably. Lord Krishna installed a bit of peace in me showing me the way of present job. Had my supper by 7:50. Washed a pair of clothes by 10:00. I felt very tired even today. May cool winds cure me. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

21 June (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Avoided my breakfast. I was affected with diarrhoea due to disorderly consumption of sweets and fruits yesterday. I became a bit weak due to this. After getting down from the bus, went to the medical store in NIMS Hospital and bought two tablets to cure it. Reached our office by 7:45. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. There were hardly any emails for me. Checked the beauty of Russian brides for one hour. From 9:00 to 4:30 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Business Strategy. Annies did not come to the office today. Praveena came to the office today. I am happy to see her back in the office. She is a cute and disciplined girl. May God bless her with solace. Afternoon avoided my lunch. Returned to the hostel by 5:45. This morning my cousin Shiva was permitted to join the hostel as a student. Kiran helped him in this regard. Thanks to Lord Krishna. Evening had four mango fruit, one big potato samosa and 200 grams of curd for my supper. I became weak by  evening. Went to sleep by 11:00.

22 June (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had a glass of orange juice on the way to our office. That fellow gave me the first glass of juice this morning. I took it to tackle my weakness. Avoided breakfast for it proves hard to digest. Moved to our office and scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:10. Prepared a résumé for my cousin Shiva. From 9:30 to 4:30 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Business Strategy and returned it to Annies. This morning an associate consultant came to me to check the material of a journal she is dealing with. She did not talk with me. She is beautiful. I appreciated her beauty internally. Proofreader Praveena came to me with a little doubt. I was seriously involved in my editing work when she came to me. I felt as if a rain of beauty showered upon me. Talked with her for some time. Knew that her father is in a hospital now. Advised her not to take long leaves. She is suffering from fever. Her voice is affected. May God bless this poor, innocent and helpless girl. She looks lovesick. She is suffering from solitude. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my supper by 8:40. Carried out the Error Report of a magazine for some time. Went to sleep by 10:30.

23 June (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Took my cousin Shiva also with me. The office of Anjani Cements is in Dwarakapuri Colony. It belongs to our Kshatriya fellows. I advised him to enquire if there is any job vacancy for him in their cement factory. We first went to that office and found it closed. We had our breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel. Then we moved to our office. He proceeded to attend his work after some time. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:10. I did not check my Yahoo Mail this morning. Typed up the Error Report of a magazine in the given format for half an hour. Edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Agricultural Economics from 9:00 to 5:00. I read well-written essays by subject experts from European countries in it. The issues related to agriculture look very interesting and engaging for me. I was much involved in the content of this journal. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had four mango fruit. These are the sweet fruit sent by my brother. Had my supper by 8:30. Today it was hot. I became weak due to the overload of editing work. Praveena came to the office today. She passively attended her work. There is no inspiration of beauty around me. Checked my Yahoo Mail before leaving the office. There was heavy bulk mail. I deleted it. My life is flowing like a stream without destination. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

24 June (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:40. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Completed editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Agricultural Economics by 10:30 and returned it to Annies. Then started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Employment Law. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Dozed off while listening to Telugu cine songs on Hyderabad FM radio. It was due to fatigue created by the office work that preceded. Went to the hotel and brought the parcel of supper by 8:00. Ate my part of it by 8:30. Father of my cousin Shiva called me up by 7:30. He asked me to take care of his son and help him find a job. I assured him of it. The employment scenario in the world is taking dismal turns day by day. Computerization has been a boon to the early adopters of the boom and a curse to the followers of traditional education system. The regionalization of educational system (headed by the introduction of regional languages as the mediums of instruction in the respective federal states of India) after independence to India badly affected the lives of youth in villages. Globalization added fuel to it. Poor communication skills in English and the computerization of many work processes in Indian industries and offices are the threats to the educated youth in villages and towns. My cousin Shiva is also a victim to this phenomenon to some extent. Night listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

25 June (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs for 40 minutes. Took a bus by 7:00. Reached our office by 8:00 after my breakfast at the pushcart on the road to Hindi Nagar. Completed editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Employment Law by 1:00 and returned it to Annies. Went to Abhiruchi Hotel for my lunch. When I was having Lemon Rice, proofreaders Praveena and Aparna came there to get their parcels of lunch. They are friends. Started editing the material of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research from 1:30. Left the office by 5:00. Took a bus by 5:10. Reached the hostel by 6:00. Listened to songs for some time. My thought follows, “Brain is a river of memories in the life of an actively thinking human being. One develops many visible and invisible relationships with many entities and phenomena in one’s knowledge and reach in course of one’s life. Every passing day incites one to look for the following day. One needs to forget the intensity of events of the previous day to have propensity for the happenings on the ensuing day. Past is happiness and future is uncertainty when visualized in the present. Past looks more tempting than future because the prior can be relived but the latter can’t be foreseen. One needs to balance oneself between these two influential forces of recollection and vision”. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

26 June (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:45. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:10. From 8:30 to 11:30 edited the material of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research. Then started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Corporate Governance. Some details were not provided by the concerning associate consultant of this journal. I already knew that this girl is one of the beauties of ICFAI University Press. Talked with her over internal telephone. She hurriedly came down to me. I already pulled a chair for her. Explained her the inputs she needs to submit me at the earliest. She is a magnet of female beauty. Her face is very attractive. God must have created her with a bit of taste. Left the office by 5:00. Reached the hostel by 6:15. Started to the hotel by 7:30 to bring our parcel of supper. Had it by 8:30. I left my home at Peda Gummuluru on this day one year ago with the aim of flying to Alaska to realize my dollar dreams. Talked with my hostel mates for two hours. Went to sleep by 11:30.

27 June (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:00. Avoided my routine breakfast. Had a good deal of sweets and the last two mango fruit of my brother’s parcel. Washed my bed sheet. I washed it some four months ago. It wore an attractive look after the wash. Spent most of my morning time simply lying down myself on mat. Had my lunch by 1:30. Afternoon spent listening to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman. Went to Triveni Hostel in the Osmania University campus and talked with my friends there from 6:00 to 7:30. Night there was a discussion (among our hostel mates) on the issue of virginity of the girls in cities. It highlighted that 90% of the present-day girls in cities experience sex before their marriage. They say that women are more libidinous by nature than men. One of the participants went ahead to say that all the rich girls in the city of Visakhapatnam, belonging to Kshatriya community, experience coitus before their marriage. It is because they have a lot of money and excessive freedom. I began to hate the tendencies of the present age after participating in this evil talk. I think that virginity is a complex issue. The individual standards of ethics are important in this regard. Evil equally pushes both men and women toward the unethical step before or after marriage. Those that can strictly practice the codes of self-control are admirable and others are ordinary. No society can influence a person with great character. However, it is difficult to maintain it for long against the negative forces around one. Washed a pair of clothes. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

28 June (Monday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:45. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:10. Completed editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Corporate Governance by 11:30. Called up Associate Consultant Jaya Israni over internal telephone. This abode of beauty wore a little exhibitionist dress today. She brought the copyright details of the articles in a floppy. Called her once again in the afternoon to return her floppy. Started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Environmental Law from 2:00. This morning I gave my passport size photo and photocopy of my tenth standard certificate to K V Rao, our Administrative Manager (he recently joined our press). He arranged the services of a private consultancy to apply for PAN card on behalf of the employees of ICFAI University Press. They apply for our income tax returns also. For this they charge 500 rupees for each employee. I am disgusted with these income tax people and their mentalities. I simply know that they are dirty rogues. Afternoon Praveena came to the office. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. It rained a bit in the evening. Murali sponsored Butter Chicken Curry and Vegetable Biryani this evening to Kiran and me at Hilton Café by Osmania University gate. Kiran and I went to the BATA showroom down Shivam Road to buy a pair of black shoes for him. His foot size is long. There are no matching items for him in it. Went to sleep by 10:30.

29 June (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:00. Got ready and went to the bus stop by 7:00. My expected bus came a bit late today. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 15 minutes. Took my seat by 8:15. Started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Environmental Law. T Raghavendra Rao, the Consulting Editor of this journal, came to me by 2:30. He wanted to add some images to one of the articles. Both of us finished this task in 20 minutes. Completed editing the content of this journal by 4:30 and returned it to Annies. Typed out a letter to Colonel V R K Prasad, an Associate Dean at ICFAI Business School in Hyderabad, appreciating his writing skills. He wrote a good essay for this journal. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs on Hyderabad FM radio for some time. Went to the hotel and brought the parcel of supper by 8:00. Had it by 8:30. Today it was a bit cool due to clouds and drizzle. Today I took a copy of HRM Review magazine from the library. It is the first magazine I edited. My life is blowing like wind. What is the essence of a bachelor’s life in this tempting world? Went to sleep by 10:30. 

30 June (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:45. Scanned today’s dailies for 15 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Took the printout of my one-page letter to Colonel V R K Prasad. Inserted this letter in the envelope of ICFAI University Press and gave it to our administrative officer. Asked him to send it to the addressee through our internal dispatch staff. Today I attended the Error Report of Advertising Express and The Chartered Financial Analyst magazines. It is actually the work of Annies. She asked me to do it for her. Also attended some work of two journals I previously edited. This morning I knew that the father of Proofreader Praveena passed away yesterday morning in a hospital. He has been suffering from throat cancer for the last two years. His death saved him from his personal suffering and the related tribulations of his family members. May God console the disturbed psyche of poor Praveena. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my supper by 8:00. Washed a pair of clothes. Went to sleep by 11:00 for my dreams. 

1 July (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Morning Kiran went to Chilkur Balaji Temple which is about 40 kilometers from this place. He said that this temple is specially visited by visa aspirants. They walk around this temple for 108 times praying the presiding deity. I took a bus by 7:30. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and moved to our office. Took my seat by 8:15. Typed out a 16-couplet poem titled “Love” on my computer. It is a good piece. From 10:30 to 5:00 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Audit Practice. Today our operations manager decided to go to the Department of English in the University of Hyderabad looking for candidates for the positions of sub editors. We prepared a notice for this purpose. Today the temple of beauty Jaya Israni appeared twice to my aesthetic eyes. I traced a ray of love in her eyes toward my lovesick life. Her glances inspired my passive spirit of creativity. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Went to the nearby HDFC ATM Center by Shivam Temple and withdrew 4600 rupees from my account. Wrote a two-page letter to my folks in Peda Gummuluru and pinned eight 500-rupee notes to it. This is my little contribution to their huge debt clearance project. Also wrote a postcard to my uncle Narayana Murthy. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

2 July (Friday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Posted the letters to my parents and uncle. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:50. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Typed out a 16-couplet poem titled “Life”. This poem presents various facets of human life in a nutshell. There were hardly any emails for me. Completed editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Audit Practice by 1:00 and returned it to Annies. Had a plate of Lemon Rice in Abhiruchi Hotel by 1:30. Started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs for some time. We had our parcel meal by 8:30. Anjaneya Raju brought it because he previously borrowed one from us. Kiran and Murali decided to go for a film. I too was tempted. Three of us hired an auto rickshaw and reached cinema Sree Ramana at Bagh Amberpet in 10 minutes. From 9:00 to 11:30 we saw the Telugu film “Yajnam” of Gopi Chand. This film is released today to cinemas. We could easily get tickets. It cautions perpetrators of violence to realize their demerits. Went to sleep by 12:00 for my film of dreams.

3 July (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:30. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:45. Scanned today’s dailies for 15 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Typed out a 16-couplet poem titled “Youth”. It portrays the fascinating qualities of this great stage of human life. Started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics by 9:15. Had a plate of chapatis in Abhiruchi Hotel by 1:20. Afternoon beauty queen Jaya Israni came to me twice to clear pending issues of The ICFAI Journal of Corporate Governance. She represents the freedom of modern girls in her look. Praveena too came to the office. She looked sad. The grief caused by loss of her father is still there in her face. She came across me twice. I could not express any message of condolence to her. The feeling of sorrow can never be articulated precisely in a word of mouth when it aims at consoling the listener. It is all artificial. Condolence meetings are all trash of modernity. These are not occasions to be celebrated formally. Returned to the hostel by 7:00. Had heavy meal. Felt drowsy. Went to sleep by 9:00. 

4 July (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Morning neither took a bath nor stirred out of our hostel. Kiran brought a parcel of four puris for me by 9:30. Wrote a 16-couplet poem titled “Beauty”. It assesses the mirth and worth associated with beauty. Spent rest of the time attending the Error Report of  June issue of Global CEO magazine. My cousin Hari came from Ameerpet by 11:00. We spent talking for two hours. He told me that my father discarded a bride recently on the account of  mismatch of her star with mine. She is from Simhachalam and a bit of relative to my maternal aunt Surya Bhaskaramma. I clarified him that my father would have done so because he must have known that her parents can’t pay competent dowry for me. Anyhow I will marry some girl like Praveena or Jaya if God is kind to me. I mostly like to marry on the grounds of love for a girl chosen by my conscience. These arranged marriages have become much commercialized these days. I hate this nasty society and its materialistic tendencies. It is enough if a girl and boy can lead their lives together with mutual affection supported by spiritualism and morality. Washed a pair of clothes and Took a head bath. Had my supper by 9:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs for one hour. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

5 July (Monday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:40. Scanned today’s dailies for five minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Took the printouts of the three poems I created recently. Started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics by 9:15. Annies called me into her cabin and told me to consolidate the error reports of the magazines of last three months. I took 90 minutes for this work. Afternoon started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Cyber Law. It is August issue. The Consulting Editor of this journal is going to Dehradun soon. He returns late. So, this journal is being attended on priority basis on his request to the press. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Went to the hotel by 7:15 along with Murali. On the way, a transvestite came across me. This dirty scoundrel frightened me of showing the nakedness of his/her lower half unless I pay him/her some money. I was irritated at this development. I gave him/her a two-rupee coin. I get nervous to face these creatures on road. Had my supper by 8:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs for some time. I heard that a Ladies Hostel is being run in the upper portion of the house on the left of our hostel. It looks good for us folks. Mutual joy of gender difference emerges. Night wrote a 16-couplet poem titled “Expression of Love”. Went to sleep by 11:00.

6 July (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. The early buses are so crowded that I seldom venture to force myself into them. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:50. Scanned today’s dailies for 15 minutes. Took my seat by 8:10. Typed up my already written poem titled “Expression of Love” on computer. Completed editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Cyber Law by 3:30 and put it on the desk of Annies in her cabin. Then attended the remaining editing work of The ICFAI Journal of Corporate Governance. Called up Jaya Israni over internal telephone.  She disliked coming down to our floor (first) from hers (second). She told me not to ask her to come down when needed information from her is very small, which can be clarified over phone itself. I wonder at the psychologies of modern girls. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Went to Karur Vysya Bank down Shivam Road and took 100 ten-rupee notes for ten 100-rupee notes. The teller must be about 50. Her face is attractive. I appreciated her beauty inwardly. She gave me a bundle. I sat on a bench there and checked the quality of currency notes. I found 38 terribly soiled notes. She was reluctant to give me new ones for them. She took back the bundle instead and gave me a fresh one with comparatively fewer soiled notes. She threw a disdainful look at me. She told me not to frequent her hereafter for this transaction. Night wrote a 16-couplet poem titled “Woman” (not being influenced by today’s events at all. I love women as a race and my poem is created from those notions of mine). Went to sleep by 10:00. Night a beautiful film actress visited me in my dreamland without my invitation. I enjoyed her childlike behavior toward me.  

7 July (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs from 5:30 to 6:00. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:40. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Typed up my already written poem titled “Woman” on computer. From 9:30 to 4:30 edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Banking Law. Afternoon had a plate of Tomato Rice in Abhiruchi Hotel. This morning I consumed some low quality chocolates bought out of lack of a little thought about the eventualities. When I melted them on my tongue, they caused giddiness in me. Rushed down and had two cups of hot tea from the vending machine. It was against my recently taken decision of keeping myself away from these avoidable things. The slight disorder appeared to have diminished into ignorant silence. This afternoon I laughed in myself when giving soiled 10-rupee notes to my familiar fellow at the hotel. He gave me shiny five-rupee coins in exchange. These days I am being frequented by defaced currency notes. When these poor entities are being transferred into the hands of other fellow, I pity the victim. Evening talked with my mother over telephone. Washed a pair of clothes and wrote the scheduled piece of poetry. Went to sleep by 11:00.

8 July (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:40. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel by 7:30 and reached our office by 8:00. Took my seat by 8:10. Took the printouts of two of my previously written poems. Typed up my already written poem titled “Love Letter to Love” (with 16 couplets) on computer. Completed editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Banking Law by 10:30 and returned it to Annies. Then started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance. It was over by 5:00. This morning I talked with Praveena as part of my editing work. Her voice sounded burdened with pain. I felt her state. I failed words of consolation. When I went down to have a cup of coffee this afternoon, Jaya Israni appeared talking with her friend. She wore an elegant red dress today. My two eyes were too little to assess the beauty of her cuteness. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Wrote a 16-couplet poem titled “Romance” from 6:00 to 7:30. Kiran called me up from Guntur and told me that he would return here in three days. He said that he visited some tourist spots in and around Guntur. Had my supper of five rupees of rice and 250 grams of curd by 8:30. Today it was cloudy. I welcomed it. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

9 July (Friday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:50. Took my seat by 8:00. Took the printouts of my previously written poems. Typed up my already written poem titled “Romance” on computer. By today I completed writing eight poems on diverse themes of common interest. Each of these eight poems contains eight stanzas of four lines. Rhyme is maintained. Morning returned the edited material of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance to Annies. Then started editing the material of The ICFAI Journal of International Business Law. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Called up my folks at home and knew that they received my envelope with money. Murali brought our parcel of supper by 8:00. Gopi, Murali and I decided to go to see the Telugu film “Agni Puthrudu” in cinema Shiva Sri at Dilsukh Nagar. We read in a newspaper that this film is released to cinemas today itself. Meera Jasmin and Sriram are the heroine and hero in this film. We reached this cinema by 9:30. We discovered that our expected film was not on show in this cinema for some reasons. We felt frustrated. Gopi and Murali returned to our hostel. I stayed back and saw the Telugu film “Nenunnaanu” of Nagarjuna in cinema Megha in the second show. The song starting with “E Swaashalo Cherithe” maddened me with bliss in the cinema. It is one of the most melodious Telugu cine songs I have listened to. It shall be my favorite song forever. It was drizzling when I came out from the cinema. Took an auto rickshaw and reached our hostel. Went to sleep by 1:00.

10 July (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Today it is the second Saturday of the month and so a holiday to our press. Went out by 9:00 and had my breakfast. Bought a copy of Eenadu. Scanned it for some time. Then attended the work of Error Report of Advertising Express magazine for 90 minutes. Had my lunch of vegetable biryani by 2:00. Rested till 5:00. I wanted to observe it for one hour but it added two hours to my schedule. My tired mind took that initiative. I appreciated its decision. From 5:30 to 6:30 resumed my work with the magazine. Started to the hotel by 7:30. When I was scanning the dailies at this hotel, I saw an ad in the Telugu daily Andhra Bhoomi. This Telugu weekly and the America Telugu Association (ATA) are jointly conducting contests in Telugu. Entries are invited for the categories of novel, short story, essay and poetry. I like to participate in the Telugu poetry contest. I noted down the address of this weekly and checked the terms and conditions of the contest. Returned to the hostel and had my supper by 8:30 along with Murali. Wrote 20 lines of poetry in Telugu titled “Jeevithamaa Saagipo” meaning “Oh Life! Keep Going”. Then I reduced it to 16 lines. This poem presents a visionary view of the movement of modern human life through the avenues of contemporary evils. I found it competent. I am happy to be one of the proud participants of this contest. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

11 July (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself and went out by 8:30 to have my breakfast. Kiran returned from Guntur by 6:30 finishing his audit work. Brought breakfast for him. From 9:00 to 10:30 attended the work of Error Report of Advertising Express magazine. Rested on mat for one hour. Kiran and I went out by 12:30 and had our lunch in Shanti Deluxe Hotel. After that, we bought three rupees of Maha Lacto chocolates and walked through lanes toward New Nallakunta. Thence walked down toward Quarantine Junction and spotted a computer center. I got my Telugu poem “Jeevithamaa Saagipo” typed up and printed out. It came well. We included a small picture of an upward flying bird at the beginning of this poem. It suits the title of this poem. He charged 30 rupees for this work. I found it justifiable. Returned to the hostel by 3:30. Checked the Telugu poem once again and enveloped it. Wrote the address of the Telugu weekly Andhra Bhoomi on it. Carried out the Error Report of the magazine for some time. Kiran and I stepped out by 5:30 and walked down Shivam Road enjoying the gentle touch of breezes. We bought our parcel of supper from Anna Poorna Hotel and had it by 8:30. Today the people of Telangana are celebrating Bonalu Festival in the twin cities. They celebrate it every year. Evening wrote a 16-couplet poem titled “Spiritualism”. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

12 July (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. It was drizzling. The setting of nature was tempting. Cool wind was blowing by the windows of running bus. The waters of Hussain Sagar Lake looked inviting. Typed up my already written poem titled “Spiritualism” on computer from 8:20 to 9:00. There were hardly any emails for me. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of International Business Law from 10:30 to 3:00 and returned it to Annies by 3:30. Had my lunch in Abhiruchi Hotel by 1:30. On the way, posted my envelope to the office of Telugu weekly Andhra Bhoomi in Hyderabad. Typed up the Error Report of Advertising Express magazine in the given format. There are only two errors this time in this magazine. Afternoon Praveena came to me thrice on the work of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance. Her voice looked heavy. She told me that her father passed away on the 29^th of last month. She did her B.A. in English Literature from Stella College in Vijayawada. She is from that place. Returned to the hostel by 6:15. Wrote a 16-couplet poem titled “Politics” from 6:30 to 7:30. Had my supper by 8:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman. Went to sleep by 11:00.

13 July (Tuesday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took the printout of the poem “Spiritualism”. Then typed up my already written poem titled “Politics” on computer. There were hardly any emails except the profiles of Russian brides. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Managerial Economics from 9:30 to 4:00. From 4:00 to 5:00 typed out a 16-couplet poem titled “Modernity”. Left the office by 5:10. My friend Sriram and I took a bus and proceeded to Ravindra Bharati. We sat in the main auditorium. The cultural program was started by 6:50. Sukanya Arts Theatre is organizing a concert of Telugu cine songs for which music was originally directed by late T Chalapathi Rao. I went there to see my dear S P Bala Subrahmanyam. I want to meet him in Chennai sometime. That plan is getting postponed for long. Some singers from Hyderabad sang songs. Balu talked about his personal experiences with this musician in between. He said that this music director was known for his discipline and punctuality. He added that this music director ensured that his accompanists were paid their remuneration soon after composition of music for a film. Perhaps he must be the pioneer of this practice in the Telugu film industry. I sat in the auditorium till 9:00. My cousin Kiran joined us by 7:00. Sriram left the place after some time. We returned to the hostel by 10:00. We had our supper by 10:30. Went to sleep by 11:15.

14 July (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. This morning I did not type out my scheduled poem of the day. It was done yesterday evening itself. This morning I simply put it in the section of my previous poems on my computer. Scanned the profiles of Russian brides for some time. Some of them are very cute. My heart wanted to talk with them. When female beauty talks with a thirsty and young male heart, no poet can paint that sweet pain of lovesickness in comprehensible words. Beauty imprints an emotion in such moments of intensity, suppressing expression. Returned the edited material of The ICFAI Journal of Managerial Economics to Annies by 9:30. Then attended a little pending editing work of The ICFAI Journal of Corporate and Securities Law. This inaugural issue of the journal was slated to be released in the last month itself. Now its release is postponed to the next month. From 1:30 started editing the content of The ICFAI Journal of Marketing Management. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Wrote a 16-couplet poem titled “Appreciation”. This poem stresses the need of appreciating individuals for their worthy achievements. It keeps them vivacious and competent to achieve more. It contributes to the overall welfare of the state concerned. Kiran brought the parcel meal from the hotel by 8:15. Had my part of it by 8:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs for some time. Washed a pair of clothes by 10:00. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

15 July (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. There were only the profiles of Russian brides in my Yahoo Mail. Picked some beautiful photos from them and put them in a folder to scan them in future when my lovesick heart forgets the definition of female beauty. Typed up my already written poem titled “Appreciation” from 8:30 to 9:30 on computer. Edited the material of The ICFAI Journal of Marketing Management from 10:00 to 5:00. My friend Sriram and I took a bus by 5:10 and reached Ravindra Bharati in 10 minutes. Today there is a felicitation function to my dear S P Bala Subrahmanyam by Abhinandana Cultural Association. Volunteers of this program did not allow ordinary folks like me into the dress circle. We sat in the balcony. They started this program by 6:00. Krishna Kausik, formerly known as Ramacharyulu, conducted a concert of Telugu cine songs written by Acharya Atreya (a great lyricist in the Telugu film industry) and originally sung by S P Bala Subrahmanyam (a great singer from the South Indian film industry). The co-singers are mostly from the Little Musicians Academy in Hyderabad. Balu too sang three melodious songs in between. Telugu film actor Rajendra Prasad talked about his cherished experiences with Balu. The title of this program is “Atreya Kalam–Balu Galam”. Toward the end of this program, the organizers of this event presented a gold bracelet and the “Atreya Award” to Balu. Went to sleep by 12:00.

16 July (Friday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself soon and wrote a 16-couplet poem titled “Cinema”. Took a bus by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel. Reached the office by 8:15. Scanned today’s dailies for five minutes. Punched my attendance card by 8:16. Took my seat by 8:18. Took a printout of the poem “Appreciation”. I was typing up my already written poem titled “Cinema” on my computer. Meanwhile an idiotic research associate called me. Rushed down to meet that fellow. When I came up, I found that a power fluctuation occurred meanwhile. I forgot to save the typed text before rushing down. Feared the loss of my typed poem on the computer. By the grace of God, I could retrieve it after much effort. I felt very happy. Small changes would be applied to the previously written poem while finalizing it on computer typing it out. Those bright ideas get lost forever if anything wrong occurs to the poem in the process. Collected three photos of Meera Jasmin from cine south website and put them in my sharing folder on computer. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Intellectual Property Rights from 10:30 to 4:00. Only its Features could be completed by 4:00. From 4:00 to 5:00 typed out a 16-couplet poem titled “Fine Arts” on computer. Returned to the hostel by 5:45. Listened to Telugu cine songs for some time. Today angel Meera Jasmin’s Telugu film “Ammaayi Baagundhi” is released to cinemas. It was cool and delightful today. Lovers can’t refrain from this temptation. Every fellow of our hostel attended this film in cinema Sri Mayuri at RTC Crossroads by 8:30. Jasmin played two roles in this film. One is of a traditional girl and the other is of a modern girl. Both the roles attracted me. Her bewitching smiles as a modern girl and her innocence as a traditional girl caught my heart. I enjoyed her acting throughout. Went to sleep by 12:30. 

17 July (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought two breads for seven rupees at a roadside hotel by NIMS bus stop and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:10. Took the printouts of the poems “Cinema” and “Fine Arts”. Scanned the profiles of Russian brides for some time. Put one more photo of Meera Jasmin in my sharing folder on computer. From 9:30 to 4:30 edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Intellectual Property Rights. Returned it to Annies by 4:40. Today a girl of Le Magnus (it is part of ICFAI. Five girls of it have been coming to our press for some days to study the techniques of our editing work as part of formal training to them) came to our place in a beautiful sari. She looked beautiful. I felt like complimenting her with a word of mouth. There was no chance. Inspiring female beauty seldom gets its due appreciation in reality. Evening our Operations Manager Pradeep Kumar Ramappa conducted a meeting to a few of us sub editors. He discussed our roles as invigilators in the written test to be conducted tomorrow for selection of sub editors to our press. Returned to the hostel by 5:45. Listened to Telugu cine songs from 6:15 to 7:00. When walking down Shivam Road to bring our parcel meal, a spell of drizzle greeted me. I liked its affection for me. Had my supper by 8:00. Listened to songs for 30 minutes. Washed a pair of clothes. Went to sleep by 10:30.

18 July (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:00. Listened to Hyderabad radio for some time. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:40. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 30 minutes. Meanwhile my colleague Vijaya Krishna came. In a short time, proofreader Aparna came. Thereafter our operations manager P K Ramappa and our administrative manager K V Rao came. We two sub editors and Aparna moved to ICFAI Business School at Banjara Hills by 9:10 along with Ramappa in his car. We took the box of test papers along with us. I entered my allotted room by 9:30 to play the role of an invigilator. Today a written test is being conducted for the positions of sub editors to ICFAI University Press. About 78 candidates attended this written test. The examination was conducted in three rooms. It went on from 10:00 to 1:00. The test was a bit difficult. This program ended well. It is my first experience as an invigilator. I felt elated to see 20 competent candidates doing their examination under my supervision. We had our official lunch in the Orchids Hotel opposite the HSBC Bank by Panjagutta-Banjara Hills Road. Returned to the hostel by 4:00. Rested for one hour. Wrote a 16-couplet poem titled “Marriage” from 7:30 to 8:30. Had my supper by 9:00. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

19 July (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought two breads for seven rupees at a roadside hotel by NIMS bus stop and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 15 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Typed out my already written poem titled “Marriage” on computer. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Environmental Economics from 9:30 to 4:30. Afternoon received an email from Kuracha Srinivasa Rao. He was known as Bhayya in the HCU campus. He came to the campus to attend some work. I replied him that I would meet him in the campus soon. He is my close friend. I would find our campus pleasant in his company. I pray Lord Krishna to show him a bright future. His mentality and character deserve joy blessed by God. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Wrote a 16-couplet poem titled “Farewell” from 7:00 to 8:00. Murali brought our parcel of supper by 8:10. Had my part of it by 8:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs for one hour to relieve myself from the stress generated by the editing work in our office. It was cool outside. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

20 July (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Avoided my breakfast to keep my stomach empty for some time. Scanned today’s newspapers from 7:15 to 8:00. Took my seat by 8:10. Typed out my already written poem titled “Farewell” from 8:30 to 9:30. With this, my project of 16 poems came to an end. Each of these 16 poems contains 16 couplets. I chose 16 topics of my personal interest and composed these poems with my elevated sense of creativity. The inspiration to initiate this project of 16 poems has been our Associate Consultant Jaya Israni. She is a beautiful girl. She inspired my heart with her tender beauty. I wrote all these poems for her only. I daily kept these poems in my sharing folder on computer for her to read. May God keep her smiling and delightful always. Evening returned the edited material of The ICFAI Journal of Environmental Economics to Annies. Took a bus at NIMS bus stop and reached Serilingampally by 6:00. From there took an auto rickshaw and got off it at the small gate of University of Hyderabad. Went to Men’s Hostel ‘F’ to meet my friend Bhayya. He said that he got a job offer from the Wipro Company in Bangalore. I felt very happy to hear that. He deserves it. Thanks to God. Returned to our hostel by 9:30. Washed a pair of clothes and Had a head bath. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

21 July (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Bought one banana and one bread for my breakfast. Reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:15. Took a printout of the poem titled “Farewell”. Edited an article of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance from 8:30 to 11:00. From 11:00 to 5:00 edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Systems Management. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Edited an article of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance from 6:30 to 8:00. This article was written by an associate professor of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Lucknow. This man goes to a foreign country very soon. So, he wants his article to be published in this journal immediately for his academic purposes. It was to be published in the last May issue of this journal. The concerning research associate of this journal failed to get it done in time. I carried out the editing of this article urgently for this reason. Kiran brought our parcel of supper by 8:00. These days I am becoming physically weak due to consumption of low quality food in Abhiruchi Hotel. I can’t avoid it. I am happy with my job with ICFAI. Night talked with Kiran for some time. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

22 July (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs for half an hour. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:10. Checked my Yahoo Mail. Scanned the profiles of Russian brides for some time. Collected some useful points of English grammar from the Internet and put it in the sharing folder on my computer. It can be accessed by other network users in our press. Sat with DTP operator Rama Rao for some time and got the language corrections in a journal incorporated. Praveena attended rest of the work of this journal. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Systems Management from 11:00 to 5:00. Afternoon went to Flat No. 62 at Nagarjuna Hills. The HR department of ICFAI is in it. Collected my Form 16 A for my income tax returns. Returned to our office by 2:30. I spent 15 minutes on this work. Gave it to our Administrative Officer Manjunath Bhat. He gives it to the people of UTI Consultancy. They apply for our TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) returns on our behalf. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Read Eenadu for one hour. Brought our parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:45. Had it by 8:00. My two partners (Kiran and Murali) of parcel meal ate outside. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

23 July (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:10. Today I could not see the photos of Russian brides because our systems administrator blocked the appearance of JPEG images in my Yahoo Mail. Completed editing the content of The ICFAI Journal of Systems Management by 2:30. Then started editing the content of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research. Morning typed out a letter of appreciation to one of the authors of the articles submitted for The ICFAI Journal of Systems Management. His name is Radha Krishna. He works with the Institute for Development of Banking Research and Technology in Hyderabad. He wrote an impressive article on the theme of computerization of banks in India. His language and presentation are elegant. Sent the word file of this one-page letter as an attachment along with my photo to his Yahoo Mail address. Today I collected more information on International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). I recognize it as an authentic spiritual organization working for the devotees of Lord Krishna on the mainstream principles of Hinduism. Today my friend Sriram made a graphic picture presenting me as an admirer of Meera Jasmin with the background of nature filled with some birds and animals. Had my supper by 8:30. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

24 July (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:00. There were hardly any emails for me. From 8:30 to 4:30 edited the content of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research. Afternoon typed out a letter of appreciation to Sangeeta Mathur, the author of the article titled “Management of Virtual Teams” submitted for this journal. She is an adjunct faculty member at ICFAI Business School in Mumbai. She wrote a good article. I wanted to appreciate her. Evening my friend K Srinivasa Rao came from the University of Hyderabad and borrowed 5000 rupees from me. He is financially a bit weak now. I lent him this money to help him a little. He goes to Bangalore soon to join his job with the Wipro. My cousin Hari came and talked with our systems administrator. He wants to buy a used computer through this fellow. Clearing these two pending issues, returned to the hostel by 6:30. Today Telugu film “Sri Aanjaneyam” was released to cinemas. Krishna Vamsy directed it. Went to cinema Sri Ramana at Bagh Amberpet by 8:30 to see this film. I found that tickets were already sold. Saw the Hindi film “Julie” in the adjacent cinema Sri Ramana Digital (my mind wanted to see a film. I failed to show it the promised film. I compensated it with the Hindi film readily available. I would not have seen this film had I better alternative at hand. Showing some film to my mind to entertain it is my duty. I seldom disappoint my mind in terms of keeping my promises. Be it a journey or a film, I will do it once I decide on it barring my rationality for the time being. I often wonder at myself to observe this eccentricity in me. I don’t know how my wife understands me if I marry somebody one day. I laugh within myself to visualize her worries with me in this direction. I will try to attract her somehow toward this habit. I am waiting for her every moment). Went to sleep by 12:00. 

25 July (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:30. Freshened up myself by 8:30. Scanned The Hindu for half an hour. My cousin Shiva brought me the parcel of breakfast by 9:00. I had it by 9:30. Kiran and I went down Shivam Road by 10:30 to enjoy cool weather. On the way, I got my thongs mended at a shop. Recently some officials (employed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh) started the project of generating artificial rains in the arid regions of three districts in Telangana. It is said that heavy rain occurred in some places due to this mechanism. I wonder at the scared clouds suffocated by chemical bombardment of these technicians. On the other hand, cyclone too brought its cool showers into twin cities. Breezes are greeting creatures on roads. Nature lovers are celebrating these moments. Rested from 11:00 to 1:30. We had our lunch, brought from the hotel, by 2:30. We moved to a nearby hair salon by 4:00. When Kiran was getting his hair cut, I scanned a daily there to spend my time. When returning, we bought a papaya for eight rupees. It proved unripe when we cut it. We had our parcel meal by 8:30. Washed a pair of clothes. Today I spent without doing any worthwhile work and upheld the worth of a holiday. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

26 July (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:40. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:10. There were hardly any emails for me. Edited two articles of The ICFAI Journal of Marketing Management from 8:30 to 11:00. Meanwhile Raghavendra Rao, the Consulting Editor of The ICFAI Journal of Environmental Law, came to me. Both of us prepared a letter addressing one of his old students. He previously wrote an article for this journal. He is presently a student. His designation was mistakenly printed as Professor of Law. He stated that the error is regretted and the correction is authorized by him. He left me by 12:00. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Public Finance from 12:10 to 5:10. It was cool outside due to the drizzle caused by cyclone. Jaya Israni came across me twice today. She looked very beautiful in her Punjabi dress. Her face was glowing like moon. My eyes presume that her eyes have a magnetic appeal in them. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Started to the hotel by 7:20. Showers kept me inside the hotel. Meanwhile Kiran joined me. We ventured out and got wet. Listened to Telugu cine songs for some time. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

27 July (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:10. There were hardly any emails for me. From 8:30 to 4:30 edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Public Finance. The soft copy of article sent by Larry J Sechrest to be published in this journal was not in a proper format of paragraphs. I spent about one hour setting his 32-page article right. Then I applied color to it. It looked beautiful. It chronicles the evolution of shipping industry from the private ownership to government control. I was much impressed by this article. Instantly typed out one-page letter and emailed it to him (in Texas). Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my supper by 8:00. Kiran proposed to go to the Telugu film “Sri Aanjaneyam” in cinema Sree Raman at Bagh Amberpet. I readily agreed. We saw it from 9:00 to 11:40. I did not expect such film from Krishna Vamsy, its director. The title stands for divinity. He could not highlight it in this film. My friend Veeranjaneyulu did some paintings for this film. They were shown along with titles in the beginning of the film. Went to sleep by 12:15. 

28 July (Wednesday)

Woke up by 6:15. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:15. There was an email from Larry J Sechrest in Texas. He wrote that he felt very happy reading my letter of appreciation for his article. He sent me two of his photos as attachments. He looks intelligent. He grows beard and locks of hair. I emailed him thanking him for his instant reply and the sweet words in it. I like to be his friend as requested by me and happily accepted by him. Returned the edited material of The ICFAI Journal of Public Finance to Annies by 11:00. Then started editing the content of The ICFAI Journal of Industrial Economics. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. It has been cool for the last four weeks due to cyclonic showers. Tricky rain is enjoying itself straining the beautiful girls and women on roads chasing them into nearby shelters. Bought a toasted corn cob and had it along with Anjaneya Raju. Washed a pair of clothes by 8:30. Had my supper by 9:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman. Went to sleep by 10:30.  

29 July (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:40. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:10. Created a Yahoo Briefcase account for me. Uploaded all the files from my computer into it by 9:30. By 11:00 a photographer arranged by Andhra Bank snapped me. The ICFAI wants the monthly salaries of its employees to be credited to this bank hereafter. Returned the edited material of The ICFAI Journal of Industrial Economics to Annies by 12:30. It was raining when I had to go out for my lunch by 1:00. I borrowed the umbrella of my colleague and ventured out. Had a plate of Vegetable Biryani in Abhiruchi Hotel. Started editing the content of The ICFAI Journal of Monetary Economics from 1:30. Took a bus by 5:30. It was heavily crowded. A beautiful lady conductor was struggling through the crowd of passengers to sell the tickets. Had my supper by 8:00. Kiran went to Manjeera Hostel at Kachiguda to spend with his friends this night. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

30 July (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:40. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:10. There were hardly any emails for me. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Monetary Economics from 8:30 to 4:30. Then started editing the content of The ICFAI Journal of Healthcare Law. Today it was a bit bright due to the little sunshine. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. This afternoon I collected my passbook of Andhra Bank from our office. The fellow snapped me from a wrong angle. So, my face took a bad look. I am looking like a thief in the photo pasted on this passbook. I regretted it. My details (handwritten) filled in by the fellows are also awkward. Had my supper by 8:00. When I was washing my plate at the basin, I spotted clouds moving in the sky hiding the bright moon behind them. This sight was very fascinating. I did not see such celestial scene for long. I want to enjoy these beautiful moonlit nights with my wife only. I am postponing enjoying many rainy days and bright nights waiting for the arrival of my wife. I want such life partner who fulfills my aesthetic tastes and inspires my creative spirit. I don’t know how long this wait continues. I remain a bachelor if I fail to find one for me. Then I can be more engaged in my creative pursuits. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 10:30.

31 July (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:10. Our systems administrator would have lessened his remote control on my computer. This morning I was able to see the JPEG images of Russian brides sent to my Yahoo Mail. Scanned some profiles till 9:00. Stored some of those photos in my Yahoo Briefcase. Exceptional female beauty inspires the creative spirit of humans. These Russian beauties are very sensitive. Esthetes must admire them for their qualities. I am one of those admirers of human beauty. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Healthcare Law from 9:00 to 5:00. Took my lunch break from 1:00 to 1:30 and had a plate of Vegetable Biryani in Abhiruchi Hotel. From 5:00 to 5:30 typed out one-page letter of appreciation to Ravi Duggal. He contributed an impressive article to this journal. Emailed it to him. Left the office by 5:45. Reached our hostel by 6:30. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:30. Kiran and I had it by 8:00. We rushed to cinema Sri Ramana at Bagh Amberpet to see Telugu film “Gharshana” of Venkatesh. Tickets were already sold. We bought sweets for 20 rupees at a shop to console ourselves. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

1 August (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the HDFC ATM Center by Shivam Temple by 7:30. Withdrew 6000 rupees from my account and came back to the hostel. Scanned today’s dailies for some time. Went to the nearby e-seva center at Nallakunta by 9:00. Bought a monthly pass of Metro Express bus for 460 rupees. The fellow took my photo with a computer camera. It came very badly. Had my breakfast in a nearby hotel. Took a bus bound to Yousufguda Check Post. Got off it by HUDA’s (Hyderabad Urban Development Authority) Maitri Vanam building. Walked to Swastik Photo Studio in it and ordered prints of the photos of Meera Jasmin and Lahari. I collected the soft copies of these photos from the cinesouth and ragalahari websites. Ordered eight prints of Meera Jasmin and four prints of Lahari. Reached the abode of Veeranjaneyulu in Journalist Colony ‘A’ by 11:30. His mother and niece are presently staying with him. I copied various pictures of human and natural beauty into his computer from the CD I took along with me. His friend Murali prepared Lemon Tea. It tasted fantastic. We had our lunch by 2:00. Returned to the hostel by 5:00. Wrote two-page letter to my parents and pinned eight 500-rupee notes to it. Then wrote an inland letter to my brother Srinivas in Gollalagunta. Today it was cool and pleasant. Washed a pair of clothes and Took a head bath. Listened to Telugu cine songs for some time. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

2 August (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:10. Larry J Sechrest emailed me his article on American shipbuilding techniques. Bhayya sent me an email from Bangalore. He wrote that he is doing well there. Scanned the profiles of Russian brides for half an hour. From 9:30 to 4:30 edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Healthcare Law and returned it to Annies. Afternoon posted the letters to my parents and my brother Srinivas at the post office in Erramanzil. Today Jaya Israni, the beauty queen of our press, came in a colorful Punjabi dress and looked very beautiful when I spotted her in our floor in the afternoon. Tranquility was dancing in her cute couple of eyes. On the other hand, the face of Praveena too looked bright today. I am happy to see these two tender roses in flower garden of our press. Evening went to Swastik Photo Studio at Ameerpet and collected the printed photos of Meera Jasmin and Lahari. These two were associated with my dreamland for some time. Took a wrong bus and moved to Secunderabad. Thence took a right bus and reached our hostel by 6:40. The coolness of rain pleased me. Had my supper by 8:30. Talked with Kiran for some time. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

3 August (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:15. Stored the photos of some Russian brides in my Yahoo Briefcase. The article Larry J Sechrest sent me looked clumsy and so formatted it from 9:00 to 9:45. Edited the content of South Asian Journal of Management from 10:00 to 5:00. Praveena proofread it. Thrice I went to her to explain her a few things to be followed in proofreading. She said that she would follow them. She is receptive. She looks like a helpless bride waiting for her bridegroom. Afternoon I knew from my colleague Vijaya Krishna that our Proofreader Maheedhara was instructed to leave the job in a month’s time. I found him upset. May God bless him with another job. Bought a movie ticket at the e-seva center in Nallakunta by 7:00. Evening my teacher uncle Venkata Rama Raju informed me over telephone that his son Naren got a job offer from the TATA Consultancy Services. From 9:00 to 11:30 saw the Telugu film “Gharshana” of Venkatesh in cinema Sri Ramana at Bagh Amberpet. Went to sleep by 12:15.

4 August (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast of puris in Akson Cafeteria and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:10. My cousin Naren sent me an email from Ahmedabad. He wrote that he got a job offer from the TATA Consultancy Services. Emailed him an impressive reply congratulating him on his worthy achievement in this regard. Edited the content of South Asian Journal of Management from 9:00 to 4:00. Browsed Internet to check whether my cousin Kiran passed his recently taken Professional Examination II (CA Inter) or not. By the grace of God and his hard work, he could get through it in his second attempt only. CA Final (Professional Examination III) is his next ordeal. His father (Kolukuluri Venkata Rama Raju) felt very happy to hear this great news. The constructive and visionary career plans devised and implemented by him for his three sons are getting realized one after one. Evening bought an apple for 10 rupees to present to Kiran for his success in this regard. He became so busy that he could not take it from me. His brother Naren called up our hostel from Ahmedabad. I informed him about his brother’s success in the CA Inter. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 11:00.

5 August (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. It was drizzling by the time I got off the bus at NIMS bus stop. Bought a pack of Britannia Tiger biscuits for four rupees for my breakfast. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Stored some photos of beautiful Russian brides in my Yahoo Briefcase. From 9:00 to 4:30 edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance. Returned it to Annies by 4:40. Then my colleague Vijaya Krishna and I went to Flat No. 63 in Nagarjuna Hills. The ICFAI School of Law is housed in it. There was a panel discussion on “The Intellectual Property Rights and the Role of India” by subject experts. The two keynote speakers earlier worked with international organizations. Two of them are presently justices with the High Court of Andhra Pradesh. Panduranga Rao, the present Vice Chancellor of ICFAI University, talked about the evolution of ICFAI from 1984 to the present. He said that it is now a 160-crore worth organization with a vast network of educational institutions throughout India. The keynote speakers proved inspiring orators. Took a bus and reached the hostel by 8:30. Had my supper by 9:00. Today it was very cool. I enjoyed it a lot. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

6 August (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached the office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart. Took my seat by 8:00. From 9:00 to 4:00 edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Behavioral Finance. Typed out one-page letter of appreciation to my teacher uncle Venkata Rama Raju. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my supper by 8:15. My thought follows, “The modern civilization and culture are largely influenced by money. Anybody with a good deal of money is highly respected these days. Whatever the rich say looks very sweet to all. Tradition lost its grip. Fashion took it over. Money attracts many. The rich run after it. The poor die without it. Words uttered by cheats sound extraordinary. Saints explaining the mystery of human life look like mad creatures to people. Very few of the highly rich can observe stringent codes of ethics. Artificial spiritualism sits at the feet of the affluent. They publicize their pious activities to gain public attention. Loyalty toward the influential and show of novelty to attract fools are their evident qualities. Even intellectuals get attracted by the magic of these public charlatans. The privileged live for themselves but the poor die for them”. Went to sleep by 10:30.

7 August (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:45. For the last three days, I have been doing an interesting thing. I typed out one-page proposition of love every morning and put it in my sharing folder on computer. They are addressed to Jaya Israni. She is a beautiful girl. She is a blend of modernity and tradition. I like such qualities in a bride. I would be grateful to Lord Krishna if she can accept me. Even if she doesn’t/can’t accept me, I wish her life to be jovial and victorious. Accepting one’s proposal is not a joke. It is accepting one’s life. I know that she can’t accept me. I saw her outer appearance. I can’t see her mind. It remains controlled by many forces. Proposing to a girl is a sweet feeling. I enjoyed it for these three days. It demands a lot of courage. It often drags one into serious eventualities. One’s fate decides the rest. There is pain in it. I experienced it. I live in dreams. I think she read my letters. She is a beautiful element of my great Indian subcontinent. May God bless her. Completed editing the content of The ICFAI Journal of Behavioral Finance by 3:00 and put it on the desk of Annies in her cabin. She is on her half day leave today. There was no journal to be edited by me. From 3:00 to 5:00 spent beautifying the article Larry J Sechrest sent for me. Returned to the hostel by 5:45. Kiran left for Secunderabad railway station by 6:45. He is going to Jaggampeta to share his joy of success (in the CA Inter) with his folks. Saw the Telugu film “Ammaayi Baagundhi” of Meera Jasmin for the second time in cinema Sri Ramana Digital at Bagh Amberpet from 10:00 to 12:30. Went to sleep by 12:45.

8 August (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself by 8:00. Took a bus by 8:30 and reached the abode of Veeru by 9:30. Returned the photos of Ritu Singh to him. I previously took them from him to show them to Kiran. Veeru shot these photos at Peacock Lake in the campus of University of Hyderabad for his exclusive use. Ritu Singh wore a crimson sari. He gave her instructions. She was collecting feathers of peacocks from the green grass by the lake. He tried to present her as an innocent and beautiful girl living alone in a forest by lake. The drawback of this project is that she put on a sari. A girl living in a forest can’t be imagined with an elegant sari. Then, he can’t ask her to wear folk dress for him. She is his dream girl. He can’t bear if anybody talks badly about her. She is very lucky to fall in the eyes of such artist. They are some 36 photos. Each photo presents her as an admirable entity of beauty. The poses suggested by Veeru and implemented by Ritu are graceful and impressive. The greenery around her added more beauty to the setting. I kept two photos of this girl in my photo album. He does not know it. I want to tease him this way. He does not give those photos to anybody. He gave them to me because he knows that I have a little love for art and beauty. He does not know that I am a little thief also in such matters. Had my lunch along with him. Watched parts of some recent Telugu feature films on his computer for some time. Returned to the hostel by 5:15. Felt tired and so rested on mat for one hour. My battery charger failed due to some problem. So, I could not listen to songs today. Washed a pair of clothes by 7:30. Took a head bath by 8:00. My two parcel meal partners are not available now. Bought and brought five rupees of rice and six rupees of curd from the hotel. Added my homemade pickle to it and made it a delicious supper. Had it by 8:30. Talked with my hostel mates for some time. Went to sleep by 9:30.

9 August (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Scanned the beauty of Russian brides for 20 minutes and stored some of those photos in my Yahoo Briefcase. Annies assigned me the material of four journals for editing by 11:00. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Bank Management from 12:00 to 5:00. Morning sent an email to my friend Hema Kumar in the USA. I wrote him about the recent victories of my cousins Kiran and Naren in their respective fields of studies. Afternoon had a plate of Vegetable Biryani in Abhiruchi Hotel. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. This evening also there were no my two partners of parcel of supper. Asked my cousin Shiva to bring me five rupees of rice and six rupees of curd from the hotel when he was going out for his parcel meal by 7:30. Had my supper with my homemade mango pickle and the sweet curd by 8:00. Opened my battery charger to check if anything is wrong in it. In fact I don’t know what is right! It is what one can call “unwanted interference in others’ affairs”. Mechanics are the ‘others’ in this context. I could do nothing with it. Talked with my hostel mates for some time. It was tempting outside. My inside cried for the company of a beauty to celebrate this mood. Went to sleep by 9:30. 

10 August (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast at a pushcart and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Stored a few photos of Russian brides in my Yahoo Briefcase. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Bank Management from 9:30 to 5:00. My friend Krishna Varma came to our office by 11:30. He came to his sister’s house at Patan Cheru. He learnt driving light vehicles working at Vignan Vidyalayam in Visakhapatnam for some months. We are good friends. Now he is searching for a job in the twin cities. A monthly pay of 3000 rupees is his expectation. I advised him to come to Kshatriya Seva Samithi Hostel to stay as a student in it. He liked my idea. He is a good boy. His father did not save money when he was working in the Etikoppaka Cooperative Sugar Factory at Darlapudi. My father saved money and bought mango garden. He has to send 1000 rupees to his parents in Ramayyapatnam every month. May God bless him. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. I am feeling very lovesick these days. Slept for one hour to get rid of these haunting thoughts of solitude. Somehow I hate these rules of marriage and tradition. Had my supper by 8:30. Talked with my hostel mates for one hour. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

11 August (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:25. This is the time to feel breezes in the morning. Had my breakfast at a pushcart and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Created my bridegroom profile on the bride.ru website. There are many profiles on it. It seems interesting to include mine also on it for others to see me. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Bank Management from 9:00 to 4:30. Morning my friend Krishna Varma came to our office and said that he needs to reconsider his decision of joining the KSS Hostel. He has a job offer in Visakhapatnam. He wants to confirm its availability before planning to stay back in Hyderabad. I told him to follow his best preferences based on reason always. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Went to Shirdi Sai Baba Hotel down Shivam Road by 7:10 and bought a full meal monthly mess card for 750 rupees. Had my supper by 8:15. This evening the food items were very tasty. Washed a pair of clothes by 9:30. This morning my cousin Kiran returned from Jaggampeta. He brought nothing from home to eat. He presented some excuses to me to justify why he could not bring anything to eat from home. It had never been my experience in our family circles. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

12 August (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought two breads for seven rupees at a roadside hotel by NIMS bus stop and reached our office by 7:40. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Checked the profiles of Russian brides for one hour. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Financial Economics from 9:00 to 5:00. Returned to the hostel by 6:15. When I got off the bus at the bus stop by Shivam Road, it started raining. It appeared as if it was trying to chase me. I liked to be thoroughly drenched by it but for the conscious people around me. There were winds as well. I stood in the bus shelter until it stopped. Our hostel supervisor picked up a quarrel with our neighbor on the left when it was raining. The rainwater from that house is being directed on to the window of our hostel from its terrace. Our fellow told him to get the pipe changed to avoid it. Both of them exchanged offensive words. I disliked witnessing that scene. I know that our fellow is quite quarrelsome. Brought the parcel meal from the hotel by 8:00. Had it by 8:30. It was cold and rainy. Talked with my hostel mates for some time. Solitude caught me. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

13 August (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Checked the profiles of Russian brides for half an hour. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Financial Economics from 9:00 to 5:40. Recently I encountered a very bad article in The ICFAI Journal of Bank Management. It ate much of my time. I came across one such article in this journal as well today. It kept me late in the office. Evening received a letter of intimation from the folks of Andhra Bank. They informed me to collect my Andhra Bank ATM card from their branch as early as possible. Recently a customer service executive of the HDFC Bank called me up and told me about one of the latest offers by their bank. I can get a special gift from their bank if I do shopping worth 3000 rupees using their international credit card. The speaker was a girl. Her voice was a bit tempting. I did not interrupt her flow of words. I did not like to disappoint her. After she stopped speaking, I told her that I would try to buy something. Actually I have nothing to buy. My bank balances are not that heavy now to do impulsive shopping. These bank people think that a jobholder means a spendthrift. A realist of personal economy like me can seldom do it. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my supper by 8:30. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

14 August (Saturday)

Woke up by 6:00. Today it is the second Saturday of the month and so a holiday to our office. Freshened up myself by 7:30. Went out and had my breakfast at the pushcart by Osmania University gate by 9:00. I wanted to utilize this Saturday attending the task of Error Report of the magazines of our press allotted to me. From 9:30 to 12:00 attended the Error Report of Projects & Profits magazine. I could find nine considerable language errors in it after thorough search. My cousin Shiva brought me some items to eat from the hotel. Had them by 1:00. Rested for half an hour. From 2:00 to 6:00 attended the Error Report of Insurance Chronicle magazine. There was not even a single considerable language error in this magazine. Ravindra Varma edited it. Spent talking with our hostel supervisor from 6:30 to 7:10 eating a toasted corn cob simultaneously. It was to relieve myself from the stress of Error Report that preceded. Had my supper by 7:50. Kiran and I hired an auto rickshaw for RTC Crossroads. It stopped after the VST because there was no fuel in its tank. We felt disappointed. We took to walk and reached cinema Odeon by 8:05. We could get two 25-rupee tickets. From 9:00 to 12:00 we saw the Telugu film “Naa Autograph … Sweet Memories” of Ravi Teja and Gopika in cinema Mini Odeon. My Seat No. was E-8. This film was very engaging. Gopika’s acting was extraordinary. Kiran became her fan on the spot. He became mad for her. I balanced myself. Her tragic appearance toward the end touched us deeply. I am already the fan of Meera Jasmin. I too became her fan as special consideration. We knew that the tragedy associated with the role of Gopika haunts us for some days. Went to sleep by 12:30.

15 August (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:30. Freshened up myself by 7:30. Kiran and I went out and had our breakfast by 8:00. Read today’s dailies from 9:00 to 10:30. Rested from 10:30 to 11:30. Had my lunch by 12:00. Two of my hostel mates and I took a bus to Yousufguda Check Post by 12:15. We reached the abode of my friend Veeranjaneyulu by 1:15. These two saw the paintings of my friend and felt delighted. From 1:30 to 4:00 I watched the Telugu feature film “Shiva Puthrudu” on the computer system of my friend. It is one of the best Telugu films I have seen. The hero of this film starts and leads an innocent and pitiable life in a graveyard. His psyche is numbed by the tragedy of deaths and burning dead bodies in that graveyard daily. Vikram played this role of an orphan and undertaker. He did it extraordinarily. I regretted missing watching such classic film in a cinema. Rain chased me before taking a bus back to our hostel. I sensed its thrill. Morning I knew that Meera Jasmin got a national award for her performance as a heroine in the Malayalam film “Padam Onnu Oru Vilapam”. She deserves it. Had my supper by 8:30. Washed a pair of clothes and Took a head bath by 9:30. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

16 August (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:40. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Stored the photos of a few Russian brides in my Yahoo Briefcase. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Financial Economics from 9:00 to 10:00 and returned it to Annies. Then started editing the remaining part of The ICFAI Journal of Bank Management and returned it to Annies by 4:30. Sub Editor Vijaya Krishna, proofreaders Praveena, Prasanna Lakshmi, Madhuri Joshi, Raja Gopal and I are scheduled to attend the training classes of PageMaker at Arena Multimedia in Ameerpet from today onwards. The management of our press decided to get us trained in this tool. We are supposed to accustom ourselves to online editing after acquisition of this skill after training. Minimum use of paper in the editing process is the main objective of this initiative. Vijaya Krishna and I went to the NIMS Hospital first. There he bought some tablets for his parents. Then we took a bus at the NIMS bus stop and got off it at Cherma’s showroom in Ameerpet. We faced a little difficulty in locating the venue of training classes. The instructor already started the class to four of our colleagues. He discussed how PageMaker differs from MS Word and some merits of the prior. It was over by 7:00. Took a bus and reached our hostel by 8:10. Had my supper by 8:30. Read the letter written by my uncle Varma from Gollalagunta and felt happy. It was cloudy outside. I was moody inside. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

17 August (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought two breads for seven rupees at a roadside hotel by the NIMS bus stop and proceeded to our office. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Edited three articles of The ICFAI Journal of Systems Management from 9:00 to 1:00. Afternoon had a plate of chapatis in Abhiruchi Hotel. From 1:30 to 5:00 edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Entrepreneurship Development. Proofreader Raja Gopal and I reached Arena Multimedia at Ameerpet by 5:24 on his scooter. The other members of our batch did not attend this class today. They provided us with two computer systems. There was nobody to teach us anything on PageMaker. Raja Gopal did something on his computer system. I played with mine. We spent 90 minutes like this. He moved to Mehdipatnam. I took a bus back to our hostel. It was heavily crowded. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 8:00. Had it by 8:30. It was cool outside. I could not get my battery charger repaired this evening. A mechanic by Shivam Road told me that it can be repaired in Kothi only. Went to sleep by 10:00.

18 August (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Found a suitable job vacancy for me in The Hindu. I applied for it by email. I prepared my CV in such way reading which no employer dares call me. I don’t want any other job now. I am happy as a Sub Editor with ICFAI University Press. It is an intellectually stimulating job. From 9:00 to 3:00 edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Entrepreneurship Development and returned it to Annies. Then started editing the content of The ICFAI Journal of Financial Risk Management. Reached Arena Multimedia at Ameerpet by 5:20 along with Proofreader Raja Gopal on his scooter. The instructor taught us the basic concepts of PageMaker. Then he gave each one of us a book titled Media Publishing Part-I and Part II published by Aptech. Returned to the hostel by 8:10. This morning I applied for half day (from 9:00 to 1:00) leave tomorrow. I have to attend a vital need of my life. Had my supper by 8:30. Washed a pair of clothes. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

19 August (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 7:30. My hostel mate Suresh Kumar and I reached Mahatma Gandhi Hospital at Musheerabad by 8:00 on his scooter. I took an outpatient slip by 8:30. We went to the Plastic Surgery Department in the sixth floor by 9:00. I went there to enquire about the possibility of plastic surgery to my nose and scar on my chin. They told us to come by 11:00 to meet the doctor concerned. We moved down and spent our time watching the traffic on road for one hour. I met the doctor by 11:30. He told me to come next Thursday to get an appointment and the date of surgery. I was heavily disturbed to see the severe skin disorders of the patients there and the quality of the wards they are staying in. I understood that this ambience does not suit me. Took an auto rickshaw to the VST. Thence took a bus for the NIMS bus stop. Had my lunch in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 1:00. From 1:20 to 4:50  edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Financial Risk Management. Attended my PageMaker class along with my colleagues from 5:30 to 6:30. Returned to the hostel by 8:30. Went to Srirang Hospital by Shivam Road and enquired about the cost of plastic surgery to my nose and the scar on my chin. He advised me to meet some other doctor at some other place. I removed his hospital from my consideration. Then went to Uniqare Hospital in DD Colony (a few steps from our hostel). Talked with Dr M Sivaram, M.S., M.Ch., over telephone. He is a Plastic and Cosmetic Surgeon. He is working with Mediciti Hospital in Hyderabad now. He is living in DD Colony. He said that it does not cost me more than 15,000 rupees. I felt happy at it. Went to sleep by 12:00.

20 August (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought two breads for seven rupees at a roadside hotel by the NIMS bus stop and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:00. Checked the profiles of Russian brides for half an hour. From 9:30 to 3:00 edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Financial Risk Management and returned it to Annies. Then started editing the content of The ICFAI Journal of Brand Management. Evening avoided attending my scheduled class of PageMaker training. Took a bus and reached the hostel by 6:00. My cousin Shiva and I walked to the nearby Uniqare Hospital and waited for Dr Sivaram. He earlier told me to meet him this evening. He did not turn up. We returned to our hostel. Had my supper by 8:00. Then Kiran and I went to the hospital. The doctor came by 8:30. I told him that I want the scar on my chin to be removed and my nose sharpened through plastic surgery. I met with an accident (falling out of an auto rickshaw) 12 years ago. The marks of the stitches made by that doctor still remained with me on my chin. I don’t like them. My nose is flat due to some reasons. I perhaps inherited it from my maternal grandfather. I don’t like this feature on my face. I want to see it sharp. These two have been pending issues for me for long. I virtually stopped smiling for the last 12 years because of this nose. My smile is not adding beauty to my face. I don’t know why God cursed me with it. I want to check if the plastic surgery can help me in this regard. The doctor checked the thickness of  scar and flatness of my nose. He told me to get three profile photos of my face taken and some medical tests done to go for the surgery. Went to sleep by 11:00.

21 August (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast at a pushcart and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Brand Management from 9:00 to 5:00. Went out by 9:10 and got my color photos taken in three profiles in a photo studio. Dr Sivaram, who is going to perform plastic surgery on my nose and the scar on my chin, told me to get these photos of my face. I told the photographer to shoot my face from the three angles; from the left, from the right and face-to-face. It is to assess the angular shapes of my nose from the two side views and the frontal view (to check the shape of nostrils). I also got one ordinary photo taken covering all my body. Perhaps it is going to be my last photo with the shape of the nose and the scar I disliked. After the PageMaker class, returned to the hostel by 8:30. Went to Uniqare Hospital and paid them 1200 rupees for the surgical profile tests to be undergone by me before the plastic surgery. I gave them required samples and underwent ECG test and X-ray of the chest. Went to sleep by 12:30. 

22 August (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:30. Freshened up myself by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Went out and had my breakfast by 8:30. Went to Uniqare Hospital and collected the medical test reports by 9:00. All the tests showed me normal. Dr Sivaram came by 9:30. He checked the reports. I gave him my letter explaining him my motive behind getting this plastic surgery. He told me to keep 22,000 rupees ready for the surgery. Returned to the hostel by 10:00. I decided to undergo this surgery on the 8^th of next month. My 28^th birthday falls on that day. This surgery shall be a gift to me on my birthday. May God bless me to fulfill my long-drawn dream. My cousin Shiva and I went to Kothi by 11:00. I got my Eveready battery charger repaired at a shop there. The mechanic charged 65 rupees for it. He put a new transformer in it worth 30 rupees. His service charge is 35 rupees. We returned to the hostel by 12:00. Had my lunch by 12:30. By 1:30 went to cinema Sri Ramana at Bagh Amberpet to see the Telugu film “Arjun” of Mahesh Babu. I could not get tickets. Returned to the hostel. Rested from 2:30 to 5:00. Night washed a pair of clothes. Listened to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman from 9:00 to 10:30. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

23 August (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought two breads for seven rupees at a roadside hotel by the NIMS bus stop and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned the profiles of Russian brides from 8:00 to 8:40. Then typed out the names of 100 Telugu films I like the most. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Brand Management from 9:30 to 3:30. I did not like to start editing the next journal readily available with me. Proofreader Raja Gopal and I reached Arena Multimedia at Ameerpet by 5:20 on his scooter. From 5:30 to 7:00 the instructor taught us designing content for an ad. We left it by 7:10. I went to a nearby Kumar Shirts showroom to buy a pair of trousers and a shirt for my birthday. I wanted a dark blue shirt. I went to five shops. No fellow stored it. Bought coffee color trousers for 145 rupees in Kumar Shirts showroom. Took a bus and reached the hostel by 8:35. Had my supper by 9:00. Talked with my hostel mates for half an hour. Listened to Telugu cine songs for half an hour. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

24 August (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:30. Reached our office by 7:15. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Went out and had a plate of idlies at a pushcart by 8:10. There were hardly any beautiful profiles in today’s email sent from the bride.ru website. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Infrastructure from 9:30 to 5:00. This morning our systems administrator loaded Windows XP to my computer system. Earlier it was equipped with Windows 98. Recently he loaded latest software to our computer systems to make our editing process modern, delightful and effective. Reached Arena Multimedia at Ameerpet by 5:20 along with our Proofreader Raja Gopal on his scooter. Today my colleagues practiced creating a newspaper ad using the given text following the instructions taught yesterday evening in our class. I spent about 90 minutes at my allotted computer system. I could not create even a single ad. Felt disappointed to know that I am very poor at learning these skills. Got a seat in the bus and happily reached the hostel by 8:30. Had my supper by 9:00. Went to sleep by 10:45. 

25 August (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:30. Bought two breads for seven rupees at a roadside hotel by the NIMS bus stop and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:00. Took eight printouts of Meera Jasmin’s photos on my color papers. They came well. She looks very cute in these photos. She is a marvel of beauty. Exceptional beauty shines wherever it is. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Infrastructure from 9:30 to 5:00. Proofreader Raja Gopal and I reached Arena Multimedia at Ameerpet by 5:20 on his scooter. From 5:30 to 7:00 the instructor taught us some editing and font related tools. Took a bus by 7:15 and could luckily find a seat. Reached our hostel by 8:15. Had my supper by 8:40. Distributed the photos of Meera Jasmin (on paper) to my hostel mates. Some of them pasted them on walls in their rooms. Washed a pair of clothes. Discussed the point of collecting 20,000 rupees for my plastic surgery with Murali. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

26 August (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:40. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Took about 12 printouts of Meera Jasmin’s photos on my color papers. Morning one of our DTP operators taught me how to beautify the background of a word file for half an hour. I spent two hours beautifying my previous writings adding attractive backgrounds to them. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Infrastructure from 11:30 to 5:00 and returned it to Annies. Reached Arena Multimedia at Ameerpet by 5:20 along with our Proofreader Raja Gopal on his scooter. Today we were supposed to practice our learnt theory on our allotted computer systems. I practiced placing pictures in the text and the wrapping tool. Did this and that for some time feeling bored with the main work. Took a bus by 7:15. It was tightly packed. I stood up throughout. My cousin Murali (of Gollalagunta) came by 8:09. Now he is doing a small job in Hyderabad and living in a spiritual center in the outskirts of the city. He is a follower of that cult. We discussed contemporary social issues and spiritual matters for one hour. Had my supper by 9:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 10:30.

27 August (Friday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:30. Had my breakfast at a pushcart and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:00. Spent beautifying my writings for some time. From 9:30 to 5:00 edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance. Afternoon had a plate of chapatis in Abhiruchi Hotel. Our Proofreader Raja Gopal and I reached Arena Multimedia at Ameerpet by 5:20 on his scooter. Our instructor Mahesh Kumar taught us a few concepts of Corel Draw. Also introduced the tools of tracing and masking. Took a Metro Express bus by 7:15. I found a seat. My short travel turned delightful. Reached the hostel by 8:00. My hostel mate Murali and my cousin Kiran already went out for seeing a Telugu film in a cinema. Gopi brought our parcel of supper from the hotel by 8:30. Both of us had it by 9:00. I recently called up my folks at home and told my father that I can’t send them money in the coming two months in view of the plastic surgery. He told me to send in the next month at least. There is no possibility at all. My dream project of plastic surgery needs it. Went to sleep by 10:30.  

28 August (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought two breads for seven rupees at a roadside hotel by the NIMS bus stop and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:00. Typed out a review in English on the Telugu film “Shiva Puthrudu”. Completed editing the content of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance by 12:30 and returned it to Annies. This morning five sub editors joined our press. One of them is from University of Hyderabad. My colleagues Vijaya Krishna and Ravindra Varma briefly explained them the work process being followed here for the research journals and magazines. They allotted them some work. Had a plate of chapatis in Abhiruchi Hotel by 1:20. Started editing the content of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research by 1:30. Our Proofreader Raja Gopal and I reached Arena Multimedia at Ameerpet by 5:20 on his scooter. Today we had our practical session of learning. They gave a computer system to each one of us. I typed out one-page text on learning without coherence in the flow of content. I used only one full stop at the end of the page. Then I added the image of a fish to the text. Placed the caption “Swim Madly”. Had my supper by 9:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 10:30.

29 August (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself and stepped out by 8:00. Had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Went to Uniqare Hospital by 9:30 to meet Dr Sivaram. He was not available in the hospital. Informed him about the date and the time of my plastic surgery over telephone. Kiran and I took a bus for Dilsukh Nagar by 10:00. We went there to see a film. Kiran’s eyes are reddening these days. We searched for an ENT hospital for some time and entered a small eye clinic by road. The receptionist said that the consultation fee is 100 rupees. We found it too much and avoided meeting the doctor. We returned to Shivam Road and consulted a general physician. She took 50 rupees. She prescribed eye drops for him. We rested from 11:00 to 1:30 in our hostel. Then we started to Dilsukh Nagar. We saw the Telugu film “Arjun” of Mahesh Babu in cinema Venkatadri from 3:15 to 6:30. It is one of the best Telugu films I have seen. On the way back we brought our parcel of supper from the hotel. We had it by 8:00. Washed a pair of clothes by 8:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 10:30.

30 August (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. From 8:30 to 9:30 typed out the concluding part of the review on the Telugu film “Shiva Puthrudu”. Completed editing the content of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research by 3:00 and returned it to Annies. I heard that some nine sub editors would join our press soon. Right now there is no enough space in our floor for them. One cabin, meant for one sub editor, has to be shared by two. Carpenters are making necessary changes to this extent. I knew that none of our batch is going to Arena Multimedia at Ameerpet this evening for the scheduled class of practical session. I too decided not to go against this background. Took a bus by 5:30 and reached the hostel by 6:15. Went to Uniqare Hospital and met Dr Sivaram. We finalized the date and time of my plastic surgery. Murali and I brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 8:00. We had it by 8:30. Evening called up my folks at home and told my mother that I am not sending them money in the coming two months. All the available money has to be spent for my plastic surgery. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

31 August (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought two breads for seven rupees at a roadside hotel by the NIMS bus stop and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:00. This morning there was no editing work for me. Typed out a review in English on the Telugu film “Gitanjali” of Nagarjuna and Girija. I am a devoted admirer of this film. Afternoon had a plate of Vegetable Biryani in Abhiruchi Hotel. From 1:30 to 5:00 edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics. Our proofreader Raja Gopal and I reached Arena Multimedia at Ameerpet by 5:20 on his scooter. We practiced some tools of PageMaker for 90 minutes. Took a bus by 7:00 and reached the hostel by 8:00. Went to the nearby Andhra Bank ATM Center and checked the balance in my recently opened savings account. There was no even a single rupee in it. I knew that my monthly salary from ICFAI is not yet credited to this account. Had my supper by 8:30. One of our hostel mates came from Visakhapatnam this morning. He offered me two pieces of Mysore Pakam brought from his home. They were very tasty. Talked with my hostel mates for one hour. This evening I knew that my brother Srinivas is buying a Bajaj CT-100 bike for my cousin Kiran from the army canteen in Visakhapatnam on the choice of my teacher uncle Venkata Rama Raju. It is the gift of his father for Kiran. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

1 September (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast of puris in Akson Cafeteria and reached our office by 7:50. Scanned today’s dailies for 10 minutes. Took my seat by 8:00. Took the printouts of my film reviews on “Shiva Puthrudu” and “Gitanjali”. Edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics from 9:00 to 5:00 and returned it to Annies. Had a plate of Set Dosa in Abhiruchi Hotel by 1:30. Our proofreader Raja Gopal and I reached Arena Multimedia at Ameerpet by 5:20 on his scooter. The remaining four members of our batch too arrived soon. Our instructor Mahesh Kumar conducted a test for us. It carried one mark questions of multiple choice, fill in the blanks and true or false. I got 12 marks for 25. I realized that I am very poor at PageMaker. Then he gave us a small assignment to be carried out in our office on our computer systems and send him for evaluation. Returned to the hostel by 8:00. Withdrew 600 rupees from the nearby Andhra Bank ATM Center for my expenses. Washed a pair of clothes. Went to sleep by 10:00.

2 September (Thursday)

Woke up by 6:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:50. Bought two breads for seven rupees at a roadside hotel by the NIMS bus stop and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:00. Our systems administrator Ravi Kumar was setting computer systems at the newly created places in our cabins. Some 12 sub editors are expected to join us soon. Today I got four journals ready for pre-final check by the concerning consulting editors. These journals were The ICFAI Journal of Behavioral Finance, The ICFAI Journal of Mergers & Acquisitions, The ICFAI Journal of Financial Economics and The ICFAI Journal of Entrepreneurship Development. Afternoon I applied for half day leave tomorrow. Our Executive Editor Ch Rajeswar asked me if I need four hours’ time for attending a small work at a bank. I told him that I have to go to the State Bank of India at HCU campus. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. My cousin Murali met me by 7:00. Now he is working with Matrusri, a private school, as a content developer. They develop study material also for some entrance tests. He is developing content in Mathematics and Physics. Had my supper by 8:30. Listened to Telugu cine songs for one hour. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

3 September (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and listened to Telugu cine songs from 7:00 to 8:30. Took a bus for Lakdi Ka Pool. Thence took another bus and reached the State Bank of India at HCU campus by 10:00. Waited for half an hour for the bank to be opened. Withdrew 4300 rupees from my savings account. Filled in an application form for the issuance of an ATM Card of the SBI and gave it to its branch manager. He told me that I would get it in some 10 days’ time. Took an auto rickshaw for Serilingampally by 11:00. Thence took an APSRTC Veera bus and reached Punjagutta by 12:20. Had my lunch in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 12:45. Punched my attendance card and went up to our floor. From 1:30 to 5:00 carried out pre-final check of two journals. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Murali brought our parcel of supper from the hotel by 8:00. Kiran, Murali and I had it by 8:30. Then we moved to cinema Sri Ramana at Bagh Amberpet. We saw Telugu film “Gauri” of Sumanth and Charmi from 9:00 to 11:45. This film is released to cinemas today. Yet we could easily get tickets. Went to sleep by 12:30.

4 September (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought two breads for seven rupees at a roadside hotel by the NIMS bus stop and reached our office by 8:00. Today I attended pre-final check of three journals. It rained heavily from 1:30 to 3:00. I could not go out of our office for my lunch in time due to it. Rainwater stagnated in front of our office. Returned to the hostel by 7:00. Went to Uniqare Hospital to meet Dr Sivaram. He informed me over telephone to come by 9:00. Came back to the hostel and had my supper by 8:30. Met the doctor by 9:20. He told me that he would perform the plastic surgery on my nose and chin in the evening hours on the 8^th of this month. I told him that I got ready with 22,000 rupees. He advised me not to eat solid food in my lunch on that day. He told me to get the X-ray of my nose in a lateral view. I paid them 120 rupees and got it done on the spot. My dream of plastic surgery gets realized very soon. Went to sleep by 10:30.

                                                                                                      

5 September (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:30. This morning I felt a bit tight around my chest. My hostel mate Gopi prescribed salt water for me to get rid of it. I mixed a tablespoon of salt in a glass of water and had it. It resulted in diarrhoea within a few minutes. Went out by 9:00 and bought a tablet at a medical store to cure this invited disorder. Had a Dosa after taking the tablet. Gopi and I started walking toward Shankar Math at New Nallakunta by 10:15 to buy a dark blue shirt for me to wear on my birthday. We searched for one in Fantoosh showroom. We could not find a dark blue shirt there. Thence I took a bus and moved to RTC Crossroads. I bought one sky blue shirt for 160 rupees and a vest for 40 rupees in a roadside outlet. I clearly understood that they are cheats but I could not help it. The quality of this shirt does not match its price. I regretted not finding a dark blue shirt in a good outlet (within my reach). Took a bus and returned to the hostel by 11:30. Kiran went out for his lunch by 1:00. I asked him to bring me 10 rupees of sweets from a shop and a toasted corn cob for four rupees from a handcart. Listened to Telugu cine songs from 2:00 to 5:30. Washed a pair of clothes by 6:00. Swept my room clean for five minutes. It frequently gets filled with dust. Took a head bath by 7:30. From 8:30 to 10:00 listened to Telugu cine songs. Went to sleep by 10:30.

6 September (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:15. Today I attended pre-final check of two journals. Whenever there was a little time, I used it for editing the color effects of my photos on computer. It was drizzling by 1:30 when we were going out for lunch at hotel. Returned to the hostel by 6:30 in rainy weather. Breezes were crazily entering the bus through windows. Today it is the birth anniversary of Little Krishna. I hardly ever celebrated His birthday in a significant way. They call it “Sri Krishna Janmaastami”. Hindus are celebrating it in temples and homes. I wish Him a happy birthday. He was a handsome boy. He maintained 16,000 gopikas (the collective name given to His female admirers). I have been searching for one gopika for the last 20 years. I hope He blesses me with a beautiful girl soon. The entrancing locales of the world can’t be enjoyed well unless there is a sweetheart beside one. Solitude is good for saints. Togetherness is a boon for crazy guys like me. Every minute looks heavenly when a girl and a boy are deep in love. Listened to Telugu cine songs till 10:30. Went to sleep by 11:00.

7 September (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought two breads for seven rupees at a roadside hotel by the NIMS bus stop and reached our office by 8:00. Today I spent about 90 minutes beautifying the photos of Meera Jasmin on my computer adding various shades of colors to them. There were only three photos. I made them into some 50 photos this way. Today I carried out final check of three journals. Today I got two-day leave for my plastic surgery. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Opened my new sky blue shirt and took it for ironing to the washerman at Sai Surabhi Apartments opposite our hostel. Kiran, Gopi and I went to Balaji Poonamchand Sweet Stall down Shivam Road and bought nine kilos of sweets. These are to distribute in our office tomorrow on the occasion of my 28^th birthday. The price of one kilo of these sweets is 100 rupees. Eight kilos of sweets are for my office staff and one kilo of sweets are for my hostel mates. Gopi and I packed them from 8:30 to 9:30 in my room closing the door to avoid the hostel mates disturbing us in between. Each pack carries five sweets. Washed a pair of clothes. Listened to Telugu cine songs for half an hour. Went to sleep by 11:00.  

8 September (Wednesday)

Woke up by 6:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:30. My hostel mate Gopi accompanied me to help me carry eight kilos of sweets carefully to distribute in our office. We reached our office by 8:30. We had breakfast of puris in Abhiruchi Hotel by 8:45. Today I helped my colleague Vijaya Krishna in clearing two journals. I distributed sweets to everybody in our office including the staff of MBA Review magazine. I told Deepthi of MBA Review to take more packs of sweets if she likes. She acted smart and rejected my special offer. I liked her cuteness and childlike disposition. Today I wore sky blue shirt and coffee color trousers to celebrate my birthday. Today I enter my 29^th year of life. I don’t think I look that aged. It seems that the world around me is aging faster than me. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Today I had light meal in my lunch. Avoided eating anything after that. Stopped even drinking anything after 2:00. These are my precautions in view of the plastic surgery this night. Shaved my moustache for this occasion for the first time in my life. Took a bath and walked to Uniqare Hospital by 6:50. Dr Mohan injected an anesthetic into my body by 7:45. Dr Sivaram, Dr Sri Ganesh and Dr Mohan did Rhinoplasty upon me for three hours. They had no time to correct the scar on my chin. So, they avoided it. My cousin Kiran and my hostel mate Murali stayed with me throughout the night. My decade long dream was thus realized. I could not sleep well during the night after the surgery. My body did not accept the change on my face. 

9 September (Thursday)

Woke up at sometime. Kiran and Murali helped me throughout the day. They brought hot milk and coconut water for me. Nurses tested my blood pressure frequently. I spent all the day and night in the hospital room. I suffered to drink beverages due to stitches on my nose. Dr Sivaram told me beforehand that he cuts a small piece of cartilage in my ear or a bit of bone from my ribs depending on the need of the surgery in progress. I knew that he did not cut my skin at all for this purpose. He somehow managed it with his associates and might have put a stent only inside my nose as a support to make it look sharp. The cosmetic surgeon, who joined the doctors in the middle of the surgery, would have suggested this alternative. I felt very happy at it. Cutting one part of my body to beautify/rectify another part of my body looks funny to me. The two doctors avoided that pain to me. Anyhow the surgery went on successfully by the blessings of all the gods and goddesses and the best wishes of my well-wishers in our office on my birthday. My tongue went bitter due to this surgery. I am feeling uncomfortable to eat hard foods like biscuits. I am sensing pain around my nose when drinking anything. My nostrils are also dressed up. I am breathing through my mouth. Dr Sivaram tested me once in the morning. Kiran took leave from his office today to help me. Listened to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman now and then. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

10 September (Friday)

Woke up by 6:30. They said that the swelling on my face lessened a little today. My cousin Shiva came to see me by 9:30. Kiran went to his office today. Dr Sivaram tested me by 10:00. He changed the dressing on my nose after cleaning the nostrils. He said that my health was fit enough to be discharged from the hospital today itself. They gave me my medical bill. It showed 22,000 rupees exactly. I wondered at it. I paid them 16,000 rupees before going for the surgery. My cousin Shiva brought 6000 rupees from my hostel room. The nurse did not remove the dressing on my left hand until she knew that I cleared their medical bill getting the balance paid by my cousin down at the reception counter. I was shocked at the commercial mentality of the people around me in this hospital. I reached our hostel by 1:00 on foot. I borrowed 3000 rupees from my cousin Kiran, 4000 rupees from my friend Murali and 2000 rupees from my cousin Shiva for this surgery. There are minimum balances in my three bank accounts in the city now. Financially I felt bankrupt. I did not like to depend on my parents, brothers or relatives for my financial needs in this regard. My parents and brothers consider my investment in this surgery as a foolish step. I regret their narrow attitude. I got my dream fulfilled on my own. I am very happy for this achievement. I beautified myself to look a little acceptable to my life partner. I am waiting to meet her soon. I hope Lord Krishna sends my goddess of life to me to love me before I die. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

11 September (Saturday)

Woke up by 6:30. Spent all my time within the hostel. My cousin Kiran juiced five oranges and prepared one liter of beverage adding sugar in it. He poured it in a bottle and told me to drink it whenever I feel thirsty. He left for his office by 9:30. There is hardly any pain in my nose now. It is becoming difficult to chew food. Afternoon had a bit of rice with red dal and curd. I finished the orange juice by 1:00. There are some bloodstains on my cheeks. My nostrils were blocked after the surgery. I breathed through them soon after the surgery being affected by postoperative trauma. My blood pressure dropped due to it. Kiran and my friend Murali were tense over this. God saved me from it. They felt relieved. The dressing that blocked my nostrils was cut open by the doctor on the day of my discharge from the hospital. He prescribed tablets for me for five days. I am chewing C vitamin tablets also. My cousin Shiva brought some 60 oranges from his home. They have orange garden. He brought them to distribute to our hostel mates. Seeing me as a patient in the hostel, they left them to my lot. It is the only energetic drink readily available with me. Cold developed by evening due to excess consumption of orange juice. My nose is vulnerable and it started playing with me now. I can neither blow it nor be happy with it. I am happy that my health is strong. I was discharged the very next day after the surgery means my health is good. I thank God for blessing me with such body. Yesterday I read in Eenadu that M S Raju, the Managing Director of MSN International in Secunderabad, who cheated me, was sent to jail being caught by police. It was written that he collected a lot of money from many candidates and failed to send them abroad for their jobs as promised by him. They complained to police. They arrested him. Many fellows would have lost a lot of money. Their lives get badly affected. He experiences hell before his death for the sins he committed in this birth. Went to sleep by 11:30. 

12 September (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:30. All the day stayed within the hostel. Morning Kiran brought Onion Dosa for me from a nearby pushcart. It was tasty. I took four kinds of tablets after eating it. Afternoon my tongue refused solid food. I peeled four oranges and had them. Now and then I listened to Telugu cine songs on my Walkman. I could not sleep. Though physically I am not experiencing much weakness, psychologically I am feeling solitary. If I had a sweetheart, she would have sat by me and talked something. I am feeling blocked toward the nose due to stitches. I am a child of God. The doctor discharged me from the hospital at the earliest knowing that I can’t bear the room rent. They charge about 200 rupees for 24 hours. My parents or relatives are not with me to look after me during these hard moments. Only God is taking care of me. I feel terribly lovesick in this huge human world. There is nobody to love me. God’s love is metaphysical and intangible. We need human beings to feel possessive and secure. Took a bath by 6:30. Washed my birthday suit before it. I have been wearing it for the last four days. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

13 September (Monday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself by 7:00 and got ready to go to our office. Tied the surgical mask across my face and checked the look of my face in mirror. Much part of my face is dressed up and so it wore an odd look. My eyes are looking weak. I decided not to go to our office. My presence in the office with such odd facial look distracts (disturbs) others. Wrote a leave letter addressing our coordinator Annies and my colleague Vijaya Krishna. Kiran is presently doing his audit work in the office of Deccan Cements opposite NIMS bus stop at Punjagutta. Asked him to give my leave letter in our office. I applied for three more days of leave. Once the doctor undoes the stitches on my nose, I can feel a little comfortable to go out. Today I spent listening to Telugu cine songs and drinking orange juice now and then. Afternoon received an envelope from the folks of the HDFC credit card division in Chennai. Evening Kiran and I went to

cinema Sri Ramana at Bagh Amberpet to see the Telugu film “Gudumba Shankar” of Pavan Kalyan and Meera Jasmin. Tickets were already sold. Had my supper by 9:00. I could manage to sleep around 2:00.

14 September (Tuesday)

Woke up by 6:00. Stayed all the day within the hostel. Spent most of my time reading Eenadu. The name of Lord Krishna follows. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. Went to sleep by 12:00. 

15 September (Wednesday)

I hardly slept last night. Thoughts were continuously flowing through my brain. I prayed God to bless me with sleep. He did not listen to me. Actually I am counting minutes to see my doctor and get the stitches undone. Took a bath by 8:00. My cousin Shiva and I went to Uniqare Hospital by 9:00. Dr Sivaram informed that he would come to hospital by 10:00. We waited for him. He came by 10:20. He took me into a room. Kept a nurse beside him and cleaned my nostrils with surgical spirit. Then he undid the stitches on my nose. He said that internal stitches melt down in course of time. He added that there is much swelling on my nose. He applied a thick plaster across my nose. I left the hospital by 11:00. Went to my favorite hair salon and had my haircut by 12:00. I felt disgusted with the plaster on my nose and so removed it by 2:00. Tried to sleep from 3:00 to 4:00. Evening knew that my cousin Shiva got a job with Karvy at Banjara Hills. I felt happy. My Eveready battery charger failed today. Had my supper by 9:30 along with my hostel mates. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

16 September (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:00. Spent seeing Meera Jasmin’s photos and mine on my computer for one hour. Today my colleague Vijaya Krishna and I carried out the final check of four journals. By evening we could release the material of two journals to the printing press. Some of our staff commented on my nose. The overall response was positive. They said a little beauty is added to my nose after the surgery. I am blessed to have these good friends. I was deeply involved in the release of journals today. I felt exhausted by evening due to this stress. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. The bus was thickly packed. I tried to save my vulnerable nose from the touch of fellow passengers. Took my newly bought trousers to a nearby tailor to get their cuffs shortened. He charged 15 rupees for it. Had my supper by 9:00. Today I liked to behave like a bumpkin in my eating pattern. Poured a glass of water in my rice. Added a bit of curd to it. Kiran came by that time. He told me to avoid salt. It is white poison. Doctors are shouting about it on streets. Its consumption should be kept at the minimum in every possible case. Night felt depressive. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

17 September (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought two breads for seven rupees at a roadside hotel by the NIMS bus stop and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. By evening I could release two journals to the printing press under the constant guidance of my colleague Vijaya Krishna. Left the office by 5:20. Took an auto rickshaw for Jubilee Hills Check Post. Thence took another auto rickshaw and reached the abode of my friend Veeranjaneyulu by 6:00. I decided to spend this weekend with him. He said that recently a doctor told him that he is affected with high blood pressure. He is tense about it. He is searching for a bride. He started his endeavors in that direction. We responded to matrimonial ads in newspapers. We visited some marriage bureaus. We could not find a suitable bride for him. He is one of the dedicated artists of India. He has admirable character. We are struggling to find a good (beauty and sensitivity are essential) life partner for him. He is living in the company of his beautiful paintings. His life won’t be fruitful without a wife. She has to console his lovesick psyche and motivate him toward excellence in his art field. Night I watched parts of some Telugu feature films on his computer system. Talked with friends for some time. Went to sleep by 12:00.

18 September (Saturday)

Woke up by 6:30. Today it is Vinayaka Chathurdi (Hindu festival centered on Lord Vighneswara) and so a holiday to our press. We are supposed to perform special worship to this God this morning. Special dishes must be prepared to offer Him. Veeranjaneyulu did not observe the formal practices of this occasion. We were some six fellows in total. Morning we spent watching parts of some Telugu feature films on his computer system. Anuradha, one of his disciples of Tanjore paintings, sent festive sweets to him by 12:00. We had them with festive sensibility. Evening it turned very cool. It signed the arrival of rain. It was fascinating. The hillock beside Veeru’s abode looked inviting. The breezes healed my weary psyche. Spending in deep woods in this weather looks dreamy. Had I wings, I would have flown to some beautiful place to explore the mystery of void in me. Ramesh, cousin of Veeru, and I went to Trinethra Supermarket in Film Nagar by 7:00 and did a little shopping. On the way, I brought a video CD from a shop. It carries Telugu feature film “Jwaala” of Rajnikanth. It has weak story. I felt disgusted to see Rajnikanth in such film. There is an excellent Telugu film of Chiranjeevi with the same title. We watched the second half of Telugu feature film “Varsham” of Prabhas and Trisha to relieve ourselves from the bad effect of this film. Surgery related swelling on my nose is lessening. Went to sleep by 12:00. 

19 September (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:30. Freshened up myself by 7:00. Watched parts of some Hindi and English feature films on computer for two hours. Rested on a cot for sometime. Scanned female nudes in a book for sometime. Veeru has a few books of art with him. They entertain fellows like me at leisure. Took an auto rickshaw and reached Yousufguda Check Post by 3:00. Thence took a bus and reached our hostel by 4:30. Scanned a recent newspaper on the advice of my cousin Kiran. Knew that Meera Jasmin is going astray. It was written that she fell in love with a Malayalam film director. He is about 50 and she is about 20. She went against the wishes of her parents and sisters in this regard. I regret my writing a letter of admiration to her. I wonder to know that beautiful girls can be that irrational and eccentric at times. Inspiring female beauty is a commodity among ordinary folks. It becomes a classic piece when attended by dreamers. Admiration is a complex pursuit. I can’t understand the nature of relationship between these two creatures. May God correct her if He thinks that she is wrong. Kiran and I brought our parcel of supper from the hotel by 8:00. We had it by 8:15. Evening the setting of clouds in the sky looked artistic. The diminishing sunrays added brilliance to them. Love is the theme of this show of the clouds. Washed a pair of clothes. Took a head bath by 9:00. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

20 September (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:40. The authorized signatory supposed to open the office this morning came very late and so we remained outside for long. Vijaya Krishna assigned me the content of The ICFAI Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution for editing. Carried out this work from 9:30 to 5:00. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Kiran came by 7:00. We are presently financially weak. Yet I motivated him to accompany me to the film, which he already saw twice. We had our supper by 8:00. We reached cinema Devi at Chikkadpally by 8:45 on foot. I bought two tickets for 80 rupees. From 9:00 to 11:45 we saw the Telugu film “Gudumba Shankar” of Pavan Kalyan and Meera Jasmin. It has weak story. Much of it is filled with comedy. I went to see this film to assess the performance of Meera Jasmin. There is no much scope for her to act. Hers is a nominal role. A beauty looks beautiful when she is free and happy. Meera looked beautiful throughout this film. Pavan Kalyan is a handsome guy. He played a crazy role in this film. His mad fans enjoy seeing him in such roles. We returned to the hostel on foot. Went to sleep by 12:30. 

21 September (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:30. There were hardly any emails for me in my Yahoo Mail. Vijaya Krishna did not come to the office today. He called me up and told me to release the two pending journals today. I checked and put them on the desk of Annies in her cabin by 12:45. She did not check them till the evening. So, I could not release them today. Completed editing the content of The ICFAI Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution by 5:30. It rained heavily from 3:30 to 4:30. I was overjoyed seeing the pool of rainwater before our office. It is thrilling to wade across cool rainwater. The passing vehicles were splashing stagnated water on road on pedestrians. I waded across the muddy pool of water by NIMS area to reach the other side of the road. Naughty water made its way into my submissive shoes and settled there. My feet kissed this settled water in my shoes until I reached our hostel and took them off. I felt very happy at the water. Had my supper by 8:00. Talked with Kiran for some time. It was cool outside. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

22 September (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. My digestive system is bad for the last two days. Went to the medical store in the NIMS Hospital and bought two laxatives. Avoided my breakfast this morning. Scanned today’s dailies from 7:30 to 8:30. Sat outside for half an hour observing the hurried arrivals of our office staff. Took my seat by 9:10. Returned the edited material of The ICFAI Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution to Vijaya Krishna by 9:30. He is the Team Leader (recently promoted) to Sub Editors dealing with Research Journals. Then he assigned me the content of The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior for editing. Associate Consultant Jaya Israni is dealing with this journal. She came to me by 11:00. I gave a list of pending details of the journal to her to be submitted by her to me at the earliest. She wore a Punjabi dress today. She looked very beautiful in it. Her voice is also sweet. She is a cute baby of beautiful India. By 12:30 I released the two pending journals to the printing press. Left the office by 5:10. Waited for one hour at the bus stop for a bit light bus. Returned to the hostel by 6:30 standing for 40 minutes in the bus. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:30. Had it by 8:00. Depression developed over the Bay of Bengal. So, it turned cool. Washed a pair of clothes. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

23 September (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:00. From 8:15 started editing the content of The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior. This journal partly belongs to Jaya Israni. I felt possessive of this journal and so edited it with special interest. Today I got two journals ready for release to the printing press. Their cover pages are not yet readied by the people in the art department. They are busy attending their other pressing works. Completed editing the content of The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior by 5:00 and gave it to the concerning DTP operator. This morning our Administrative Manager K V Rao told me that my application seeking TDS returns is being sent to the office of Income Tax today. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:30. On the way back, I tried to buy a little quality jaggery for me to eat. No shop had it. Black jaggery is good and tastes rich. Had my supper by 8:30. Talked with Kiran for 90 minutes about various things of ordinary human life. It was very cool outside. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

24 September (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast at a roadside pushcart and reached our office by 7:30. From today onwards I open our office every Friday morning. My name was recently included in the list of authorized signatories. Got the office opened by 7:50. Today I released two journals to the printing press. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. When I was walking toward our hostel, I found Kiran on his way to search for a rented room for him in the nearby area. I too joined him. We checked some rooms behind Shivam Temple. We liked one of them. It is a small room. The monthly rent for it is 900 rupees. Water, electricity and other service charges are included in it. The owner of the house asked him to pay her half of the monthly rent as advance to keep the room reserved for him. He told her that he would pay it tomorrow morning. There is enough space in this house to keep his Bajaj CT-100 bike also. He decided to take it. Thence we proceeded to the hotel and waited there for half an hour to get our parcel of supper. We had it by 8:30. These days I became very involved in my office work. Releasing a journal to the printing press requires much patience and hard work on part of the Sub Editor concerned. It is like decorating a bride for her marriage. A lot of attention needs to be paid toward every feature of the bride to make her look beautiful in all respects. Went to sleep by 10:15.    

25 September (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:40. Our systems administrator did not start the central network till 8:30. The management of our press recently instructed him to follow this norm. I remained outside till 8:30 reading newspapers. Today I attended the final check of South Asian Journal of Management and The ICFAI Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution. Jaya Israni came to us to discuss the status of her two journals. She looked cute. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. I asked Veeranjaneyulu to call up my parents at home using his cellular phone and tell them to call me up through the cellular phone of my hostel mate Murali. He informed me that my father could not carry out that work. Kiran and I had our supper by 8:00. We decided to go to see a film. We went to the nearby cinema Sri Ramana at Bagh Amberpet by 8:30. We found that tickets were already sold. We came back to the hostel on foot. Talked with my folks at home by 9:00 from a telephone booth on the way back. I told them that I am well after the plastic surgery on my nose. They advised me to eat mutton curry and drink more milk to recover myself from weakness. I told them that plastic surgery did not draw my energy in any way. Knew that my brother Sambha is planning to move into some other rented portion from our house along with his wife Kranti. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

26 September (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:30. My uncle Narayana Murthy called me up from Adduroad. He enquired me about my well-being after the plastic surgery. My cousin Shiva awoke me to make me attend his call. I felt happy sensing the warmth in his voice for me. Went out and had my breakfast at the pushcart by the Osmania University gate by 8:30. Rested on the iron cot of Murali in our hostel from 9:30 to 11:45. Then went back to the same pushcart and filled my stomach with something. Triveni Hostel of the Telugu University is a few steps away from here. Went there to meet my HCU friend. Knew that he went to his hometown. There was no television also. Some students were practicing folk dance with jingle of small drums beating them with their hands. It is associated with rhythmic steps and the chorus of all participants. I found it exciting. Stood there for 10 minutes observing the beauty of their practice. Returned to the hostel by 1:00. Laid down myself on my mat to resume my practice of rest. Decided not to stir out of the hostel. It is a good way of spending one’s time when one’s personal economy is weak and when there is no sweetheart for one to spend with. I could hardly sleep. From 5:00 to 7:00 spent talking with my hostel mates. From 7:20 to 8:00 washed a pair of clothes and Took a head bath. Had my supper by 8:30. Went to sleep by 9:30. 

27 September (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop. Today the clay idols of Lord Vighneswara in the twin cities would be formally immersed in the waters of Hussain Sagar Lake after the completion of ceremonious nine-day collective worship to Him. Youth actively participate in this event. Vehicles carrying the idols of this God flood the roads in the evening and night. We are not given a holiday on this occasion as is the case with many other offices in the twin cities. Reached Secunderabad by 7:15 by bus. Thence took another bus for Punjagutta. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Half of our office staff did not turn up today due to the effect of this special day. Morning attended the final check of The ICFAI Journal of Systems Management. There was a disorder in the laser printer. So, I could not release this journal today. Afternoon typed out a review in English on Telugu film “Saagara Sangamam” of Kamal Haasan and Jaya Prada on my computer system. Spent one hour without any work. Left the office by 5:00. Many of my colleagues left the office by 3:00 only today taking two-hour permission. Took a bus to Secunderabad. Thence took another bus and reached our hostel by 6:30. Kiran and I discussed some English words for one hour. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

28 September (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought two breads for seven rupees at a roadside hotel by the NIMS bus stop and reached our office by 7:10. Got the office opened by 7:30 on behalf of our librarian Prakash. Spent reading newspapers and journals till 8:50. This morning I mistakenly deleted some files from the sharing folder on my computer. Got them from my Yahoo Briefcase and put them there. By 11:30 released the material of The ICFAI Journal of Systems Management to the printing press. Jaya Israni brought the pending content of The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior by 2:30. Sat with the concerning DTP operator till 6:00 and got those changes incorporated. I did not rest till I saw the final version of this journal. Beautiful girls should not be bothered much with the stress of office work. I decided to clear her journal at the earliest. Her face was shining like a moon when she came to meet me. May nature nurture her beauty. Returned to the hostel by 7:30 along with the parcel of supper from the hotel. I waited for 40 minutes for it after getting off the bus. Had it by 8:30. I felt very exhausted by that time. Time is running restlessly. My life is flying like a rag in its turbulent flow. It was getting cool outside. Went to sleep by 9:30. 

29 September (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:20. Spent reading newspapers and journals till 8:40. From 9:00 to 1:00 attended final check of The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior. Then called up Jaya Israni and gave it to her. She takes it to the Consulting Editor for his final scrutiny. Meanwhile Research Associate Varsha Deshpande came along with The ICFAI Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution. She was reluctant to stay back to get the necessary corrections incorporated in the journal in her presence itself by the concerning DTP operator and so left. Attended that work from 1:30 to 5:10. Left the office by 5:15. Took a bus and reached the hostel by 6:30. I felt much tired by that time. Laid down myself on my mat to relax myself closing eyes. Washed a pair of clothes by 7:15. Murali brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 8:00. Kiran, Murali and I had it by 8:30. Kiran and I discussed a few English words for some time. The swelling on my nose is still there. I am not taking tablets now. Dr Sivaram said that there is no need of medication to me. He prescribed an appetizer for me when I told him that I am not feeling hungry adequately. I did not buy it for no reason. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

30 September (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Went to the medical store in the NIMS Hospital and bought five C vitamin tablets. The doctor told me to chew these tablets for a few days. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers and journals till 8:30. From 9:30 to 10:00 attended a little work of The ICFAI Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution. Then Vijaya Krishna assigned me the content of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research for editing. From 10:30 to 5:00 carried out this work. Jaya Israni returned The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior. She told me to re-edit two articles of this journal and incorporate some other corrections as well. I inwardly appreciated her language skills and her interest toward this journal. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Felt very tired. My cousin Shiva brought our parcel of supper from the hotel by 8:10. Kiran, Shiva and I had it by 8:30. Today is the last day of one of the most important months in my life. The dream of my plastic surgery was realized in this month. I celebrated my 28^th birthday with a new pair of clothes. Spent 1000 rupees for this occasion. The fellow that cheated me in my Alaska Project was punished. Night had a papaya along with Kiran to celebrate it. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

1 October (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:20. Got the office opened by 7:30. From 8:30 to 11:30 attended the pre-final check of The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior. Associate Consultant Jaya Israni suggested some language corrections and changes in this journal. I got them incorporated. Our operations manager Pradeep Kumar Ramappa called me into his cabin by 11:00. Our coordinator Annies K E and our team leader P Vijaya Krishna were also there. He severely rebuked me for having written a letter addressing Amitabh Kodwani, the Consulting Editor of The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior. He remarked that I wrote crap in it. He blasted me for 20 minutes. I felt deeply hurt sitting among them. I assured him that I do not write any letters to anybody hereafter. I clearly understood why India is lagging behind in its development despite rich resources in it. Afternoon edited the content of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research. Waited for 40 minutes in the bus stop for a bit light bus. Kiran was also in the same bus. We reached the hostel by 6:30. We went to the nearby Andhra Bank ATM Center to withdraw some money from my account. We found that there was some problem with the machine. We had our supper by 8:00. It was pleasant outside. There were mosquitoes inside. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

2 October (Saturday)

Woke up by 6:30. Today it is the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and so a holiday to our press. Freshened up myself by 7:30. Went to the nearby Andhra Bank ATM Center by 8:00 and withdrew 7300 rupees from my account. Repaid 1500 rupees to Kiran. Repaid 4000 rupees to Murali. They lent me when I was in critical need of money last month for Rhinoplasty. Kiran and I had our breakfast in Nellore Tiffin Center down Shivam Road by 8:45. We hired an auto rickshaw by 9:00. Kiran put his luggage in it. One of our hostel mates and I helped him in this regard. We moved to the house at the back of Shivam Temple in Vidya Nagar. I brought him into the KSS Hostel on the 1^st of January this year from Manjeera Boys Hostel at Kachiguda. He stayed there for nine months. He needs privacy to prepare well for his coming CA Final exams. He moved into a room of this house for this reason. I felt depressed leaving him there. He wants to stay alone in that room paying 1000 rupees a month. Now there is another tenant in that room. He has to share it with him for some days. Afternoon I revised my CV in a computer center. Avoided my lunch for no reason. Evening my hostel mates Anjaneya Raju, Hemanth and I went to cinema Sri Ramana at Bagh Amberpet and saw the Telugu film “Letha Manasulu” of Srikanth and Kalyani in the first show. I enjoyed watching this film. It deals with sensitive relationships between two friends. Avoided my supper for no reason. Went to sleep by 10:30.  

3 October (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 7:00. Went to Kiran’s room by 8:00. We walked to Shivam Road and had our breakfast in a hotel there. Then we went to the nearby e-seva centre at Nallakunta. I bought a monthly Metro Express bus pass for 445 rupees. By 9:15 we took a bus for the NIMS bus stop. We proceeded to the third floor in MGR Estates building in Dwarakapuri Colony. Today there is a written test at Apex Data Conversion Private Limited. Yesterday I saw their ad for Abstractors in the Deccan Chronicle. I did this written test from 10:30 to 1:00. This test included Indexing, Abstracting, Paragraph Comprehension and Annotations. The total time given for these four kinds of test was 105 minutes. It was tough. I did my best. Kiran spent outside waiting for me. We went to Narayana Guda and had our breakfast in a roadside hotel there. We saw the Telugu film “Pothu Raju”, acted and directed by Kamal Hassan, in cinema Venkatesha, from 2:00 to 4:45. It has complex screenplay and so is not a success at the box office. Thence we walked to the bus stop at VST. We took a bus for Shivam Road. My cousin Shiva brought our parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:30. By then washed a pair of clothes and Took a head bath. Talked with my hostel mates for some time. Went to sleep by 10:00.                   

4 October (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers and journals till 9:00. Took my seat by 9:10. There were hardly any emails for me in my Yahoo Mail. Completed editing the content of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research by 11:30 and gave it to the DTP operator concerned. Afternoon had two chapatis in Abhiruchi Hotel. From 3:30 to 5:00 attended the final check of The ICFAI Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution in the presence of its research associate Varsha Deshpande. This afternoon rain chased me. It started raining just when I finished my lunch. Returned to Shivam Road by 6:15. Went to a nearby computer center by 6:20. Got two printouts of my review on the Telugu feature film “Saagara Sangamam”. This time also rain chased me. It started raining just after I entered the computer center. Returned to the hostel by 6:45 getting wet in the drizzle. My cousin Shiva brought our parcel of supper from Annapurna Hotel down Shivam Road by 8:00. Both of us had it by 8:20. It was cold due to cyclone. Solitude enveloped me. Went to sleep by 9:00. 

5 October (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers and journals till 9:00. Today I spent most of my time attending the final check of The ICFAI Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution. From 11:00 to 11:30 our floor coordinator Annies conducted a meeting for us sub editors. She discussed some aspects of our editing process. She stressed the need of team spirit. She advised us to be friendly with our subordinates to achieve good results in the processing of journals and magazines. Some of our new colleagues shared their experiences about the work environment here. Annies said that we have to undertake a daily assignment of editing from today onwards apart from our regular editing work. We have to edit some two or three pages of text every day and submit it for her evaluation. This exercise is meant for assessing our individual capabilities and drawbacks in editing. Every sub editor must finish this assignment within the given time. Afternoon got a call from the folks of Apex Data Conversion Private Limited. They informed me to take one more written test in their office by 1:00 tomorrow. Finished the special assignment of editing by 5:00. This morning rain chased me when I got off the bus. It stopped when I entered the hotel. I liked its tease. Returned to the hostel by 6:45. Bought a plate meal monthly mess card for 600 rupees at Annapurna Hotel down Shivam Road. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

6 October (Wednesday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:50. Rain chased me when I came out of the hotel and so I took shelter at a small shop until it stopped. Spent reading newspapers and journals till 8:50. Took my seat by 9:00. Jaya Israni came to me by 9:20. She has been absent from the office for the last four days. She looked a little weak today. Gave her improved copy of The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior. She compelled me to correct a word in a sentence. I felt happy to observe her command of English and her clarity of thought on the subject matter. Annies conducted a meeting for us sub editors for half an hour to discuss some aspects of copyright. She told us to be careful with copyright details. Spent most of my time attending the final check of two journals. Presently the meetings of the Board of Editors are going on. Our executive editor and operations manager must be there by 3:00. They are very busy with those affairs. This afternoon I did not attend the written test at the Apex due to time constraint. I am not worried about that job. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my supper by 8:00. Washed a pair of clothes by 9:00. It was cool outside due to cyclone. Went to sleep by 9:40. 

7 October (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought two breads for seven rupees at a roadside hotel by the NIMS bus stop and reached our office by 7:30. Got the office opened by 7:35 on behalf of Vijay Kumar (our administrative associate) on his request. Spent reading newspapers and journals for one hour. Took my seat by 8:30. Jaya Israni brought the signed copy (by the CE) of The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior by 10:30. She told me to compulsorily carry out a language correction in Page No. 22 which she previously suggested me and I avoided. I felt happy at her manner of request (she sweetly said, do it Baabaa). She wore pants and shirt today. She looked cute in that cover. Evening released the material of The ICFAI Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution to the printing press. The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior was not signed by the Executive Editor Ch Rajeswar by 5:00 because he was busy in other pursuits. So, I could not release it today. Returned to our hostel by 6:00. Took a pair of clothes for ironing to my familiar washerman. We talk amicably whenever I go there. I talked with him about the financial conditions of modern people in relation to their jobs, characters and family backgrounds. I told him that I have no interest in my life. I am living only because one should not die on one’s own. Had my supper by 8:00. Talked with my hostel mates for some time. Went to sleep by 9:00.  

8 October (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Vijay Kumar got the office opened by 7:45. Spent scanning newspapers till 8:30. Sent an email to Bhayya in Bangalore asking him to repay my 5000 rupees as early as possible because I have to clear my debts incurred due to the plastic surgery. My cousin Shiva has to pay fees for his M.B.A. course through distance education from the Osmania University. He is asking me for his money. Released the material of The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior to the printing press by 10:00. Then attended the release of the material of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research. Annies turned lazy by 3:30 itself. She did not sign it. So, I could not release it this evening. Afternoon saw Jaya Israni talking with our operations manager in his cabin. She left the office by 3:00. Finished the special assignment of editing this morning itself. This morning I told my hostel mate Anjaneya Raju to wait for me by 5:15 in the evening at Panjagutta Crossroads opposite police station. We planned to go to the abode of Veeranjaneyulu this evening. He wants to see his paintings. I spent there till 5:13. He did not turn up. I did not like his indiscipline. Being a little early to the given time shows the enthusiasm of a creature toward the work at hand. Being on time or delaying a bit signifies the carelessness of the entity toward the task ahead. I like the prior. Anji proved the latter. Walked down to the bus stop opposite the NIMS Hospital. My route buses looked thickly packed. Proceeded to Dilsukh Nagar. Thence came back to our hostel by 7:15. Had my supper by 7:40. Reached cinema Sri Ramana Digital at Bagh Amberpet by 8:45. Saw the Telugu film “Samurai” of Vikram from 9:00 to 11:45. It was very interesting. On this date, one month ago, I underwent plastic surgery on my nose. I celebrated it like this. Went to sleep by 12:30.

9 October (Saturday)

Woke up by 6:30. Freshened up myself by 7:30. Today it is the second Saturday of the month and so a holiday to our press. I have nothing to do today. My hostel mate Hemanth was going to the JNTU (the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University) at Kukatpally to collect his consolidated marks sheet of Bachelor of Pharmacy prepared at a computer center opposite it. I decided to accompany him to spend my time because I have my monthly Metro Express bus pass. We had our breakfast by 8:45 and proceeded to Himayat Nagar by bus. Thence we took another bus and reached Kukatpally by 10:00. He got his work done by 11:00 at the computer center. We reached Secunderabad by 12:00. There I bought five small apples for 10 rupees at a pushcart by road. We reached our hostel by 1:00. These five apples constituted part of my lunch today. Rested on my mat from 1:30 to 3:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Anjaneya Raju and I walked through the lanes of DD Colony from 4:00 to 5:30. I liked the spacious roads and attractive houses in it. I wondered at the beauty and tranquility of these streets. By 6:30 called up my folks at home from a telephone booth. They are doing well. Met Dr Sivaram in Uniqare Hospital by 7:00. He examined my nose and prescribed a cream to apply on it. He said that the swelling on my nose goes off in some three months’ time. Met Kiran by 8:00 in his room and spent talking with him for some time. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

10 October (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 7:00. Went down Shivam Road and bought a copy of Eenadu at a shop. Had two puris in Nellore Tiffin Center on the way back. Returned to the hostel by 8:00. Read this newspaper for one hour. Took a bus for Jubilee Hills Check Post by 9:10. Reached the abode of Veeranjaneyulu by 10:30. His niece, younger sister-in-law and mother are presently staying with him. He said that one of his brothers was caught by police in Eluru in the case of watching the piracy CD of the recently released Telugu film “Arjun” of Mahesh Babu. He talked with some influential people in his access and saw that this case is closed. He looked very disturbed throughout the day due to this issue. His marriage is another problem to him. He has no time to attend that issue seriously. We are planning to go to Bhavana Marriage Bureau at Bala Nagar sometime. He is presently very busy with his paintings. Had my lunch along with them by 2:00. Took leave of him and returned to our hostel by 5:30. Spent talking with my hostel mates for one hour. Washed a pair of clothes and Took a head bath by 7:15. Had my supper by 8:00. Spent talking with my hostel mates for one hour. It was cloudy outside. I remained solitary inside. I am unable to decide whether solitude tortures one or not in one’s youth. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

11 October (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast by 7:40 and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. I saw a letter from the Hutch (a telephone service company) addressed to Jaya Israni at the reception counter. Noted down her cellular phone number out of curiosity. I can never talk with her because I don’t have that much familiarity with her. I am an admirer of extraordinary female beauty. I do such silly things as part of my admiration for earthly beauty. May God bless this beauty with gaiety. Released the material of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research to the printing press by 10:30. Attended the final check of the inaugural issue of The ICFAI Journal of Risk & Insurance till 4:00. Then browsed some job portals on Internet and applied for some of them. The sky was thickly cloudy by 5:00. I felt very happy at this divine setting. Saw Jaya Israni going up briskly when I was coming down. She looked like a deer running in a rainforest in that scene. She must be enjoying the cloudy setting outside. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Kiran and I spent some time about Shivam Road. Had my supper by 8:00. Went to sleep by 9:00. 

12 October (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:20. Got the office opened by 7:30 on behalf of another employee on his request. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Took my seat by 8:30. From 9:00 to 11:00 attended the final check of The ICFAI Journal of Risk & Insurance. Thereafter remained without work. Spent reading this and that on Internet. From 4:00 to 5:00 attended the special assignment of editing. My life is tuned up to a routine. Money is the elixir of human existence on earth. One has to earn a lot of money to be specially treated by contemporary society. Personal preferences and tastes take second position in that race. Job is a reliable source to earn money now. The present organizations seldom appreciate the innovative thinking and hard work of employees in the lower rungs of hierarchy. One can’t work in an organization for long if one does not shun one’s self-respect and rationality as an employee while executing one’s duties. Superiors consider their subordinates as worthless creatures. Subordinates see their superiors as brainless and irrational rogues. In this clumsy setting, time decides what one should do and to where one should go. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Rested on my mat for half an hour. Had my supper by 8:00. Talked with my hostel mates for some time. Went to sleep by 9:30.  

13 October (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. There was an ad given by a company from the Special Economic Zone in Visakhapatnam seeking management trainees. Emailed my application for this job. Started editing the content of The ICFAI Journal of Intellectual Property Rights from 9:30. The articles of this journal contained good language and so my editing went on fast. Jaya Israni came to our floor by 10:00 to talk with one of my colleagues about the progress of her journal. The air in our floor shared the wetness of her hair. She put on a beautiful dress today. I am not good at the names of clothes. She was very cute in that dress. I wanted to carefully observe her beauty to check how God works on females. People are the real assets of any good organization. Beauty is the most tempting element of this cosmos. Afternoon sent an application for the position of Content Writer in New Delhi by email. Returned to the hostel by 6:15. Had my supper by 7:40. Washed a pair of clothes by 8:30. Winter is slowly advancing into nature. Went to sleep by 9:00. 

14 October (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast at a pushcart and reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers till 8:30. Took my seat by 8:40. Today I edited the remaining part of the content of The ICFAI Journal of Intellectual Property Rights. There was a reply from New Delhi. They informed me to contact them over telephone next Monday. Afternoon got a call from Apex Data Conversion Limited. They informed me to attend an interview in their office. Evening got a call from a job consultancy in Secunderabad. She asked me if I am interested in joining the Ernst & Young. I replied in the affirmative. Evening I knew from my colleagues that Jaya Israni would leave our office very soon. She marries and goes to the USA along with her husband. She has been an entity of inspiration for me all these days. Her presence in our office makes me happy. Beauty in closeness occupies one’s thoughts. Beauty in distance fills one’s heart with pain. I am leading a solitary life. I developed platonic admiration for her. This news of separation hurt me deeply. Evening met Vishal Goel in the office of Ernst & Young in Ashoka Bhoopal Chambers building at Begumpet. He asked me to email the soft copies of my writings to him for consideration. Had my supper by 10:30. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

15 October (Friday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers till 8:30. Took my seat by 8:40. Typed out a letter addressing God regarding my imaginary attachment with Jaya and the eventual failure of balance of my mind after knowing that she leaves our office soon. Human psyche is so vulnerable that it can’t bear if anything it admires goes away from it. I felt deserted in my heart. I can’t understand if there is any meaning in the flow of lives of creatures in this world. Morning sent the soft copies of all my writings to Vishal Goel of Ernst & Young by email. He wants to check my writing skills. He gets scared to call me after reading my writings. I am a dreamer. He is a business fellow. My language does not suit his pursuits. Today I carried out editing for half an hour only. Spent rest of the time browsing Internet. This morning Jaya Israni came to our floor. I did not like to see her. I instructed my heart to forget her slowly. Human life is all about forgetting the heaven of past and waiting for hell in future. I am one of such cursed entities. Had my supper by 8:00. Horror of despair spread in the sky. Went to sleep by 9:30.

16 October (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Walked via Chiranjeevi’s Blood Bank and had my breakfast at a pushcart by Stellar Sphinx building. Took my seat by 8:45. There was a customary reply from the folks of Google in Hyderabad acknowledging the receipt of my CV for the position of Ad Words Representative with them. I recently sent my application to them through their website. Attended a little pending work of The ICFAI Journal of Intellectual Property Rights for one hour. Spent rest of the day without any work. By evening the inaugural issue of The ICFAI Journal of Risk & Insurance was returned from N J Yasaswy, the founder and head of ICFAI. The people of our art department designed an attractive cover page for it. Jaya Israni did not come to the office today. She must be busy with her wedding preparations. I found our office down because it lacked its little darling in it. My left eye turned red by the time I was leaving the office by 5:00. I applied some color effects to my word files on computer. It would have affected it. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Went to Kiran’s room and listened to some Telugu cine songs on the tape recorder of his roommate till 8:00. Had my supper by 9:00. Spent talking with my hostel mates till 10:30. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

17 October (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 7:00. Went to Kiran’s room by 8:00. Scanned Eenadu for 20 minutes. Listened to Telugu cine songs for half an hour. Kiran and I went out on his Bajaj CT-100 bike by 9:00. He wants to buy an armchair for his study purpose. We checked stores by Shivam Road and Shankar Math areas. Not a single store of furniture was kept open. I had my breakfast at a stall by main road in New Nallakunta. He dropped me at our hostel by 10:00. Took a bus for Lakdi Ka Pool. Thence took another bus for the HCU main gate. Reached Men’s Hostel ‘F’ in the HCU campus by 11:00. Bhayya repaid 5000 rupees to me which I lent him some three months ago. We had our lunch by 1:30 in that hostel mess. We walked into the nursery on the campus by 4:00. The tempting guavas were beckoning us. We plucked as many as we could eat. I kept some 10 guavas in a polythene cover for giving to others. We returned to the hostel by 4:40. My soul enjoyed the grand serenity and soothing greenery on the campus. The waves of sorrow and self-pity blew across my psyche when I identified myself with the silence and solitude of wilderness around me. Took leave of Bhayya by 5:00. Reached our hostel by 6:30. Washed a pair of clothes and Took a head bath by 7:40. Had my supper by 8:30. Went to sleep by 9:30. 

18 October (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:40. There was no email for me from anybody. I spent about seven hours without any work. By 10:30 went to a nearby telephone booth and talked with Abbas Jalis of Rocsearch at Kalkaji in New Delhi. He asked me about my present CTC and the reason for leaving the present organization. I told him it is one lakh rupees per annum and that I want change of job. He told me to email him a write-up of about 100 words describing my present organization and my responsibilities in it. I talked with him for about one minute. Emailed him the write-up by 12:30. Evening we sub editors hosted a small felicitation function to our colleague Afshan T Rizvi on the occasion of her birthday and wedding anniversary. Evening I knew that Jaya Israni does not come to our office any more. Her association with this press is over. The world looked blank to me. My inspiration moved away from me. I cried being unable to withstand these bitter realities of life. May Lord Krishna bless her with a fruitful life. Had my supper by 8:15. Spent talking with my hostel mates for some time. Went to sleep by 9:00. 

19 October (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought two breads for seven rupees at a roadside hotel by the NIMS bus stop and reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Brigand Veerappan was shot dead by Special Task Force in Satya Mangalam Forest. One of the crusaders in India for the cause of the poor moved away from this land. Today I carried out editing work for one hour only. The laser printer in our floor failed this afternoon. Went to the second floor for a few printouts. I observed the place where Jaya Israni used to sit. There was no chair in that place. There was no computer system on that desk. This afternoon only I knew that our systems administrator did not load Windows XP to her computer system yet. She would not have read anything in my sharing folder on computer. I imagined that she read my messages addressed to her. I was deeply touched looking at the place where she used to sit. I felt disturbed to know that still I am living to witness all these tragic events in my life. A goddess of beauty, whom I admired like a devotee, has left this temple. This office is looking spiritless. I should have died at her feet offering a few flowers as my last gift to her. Went to sleep by 9:30. 

20 October (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast by 7:20 and reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Saw the photo of Jaya Israni in the Deccan Chronicle. She would have recently attended a party at Bottles & Chimneys in Begumpet. A correspondent shot her with his camera. She was with her friends. She wore a pink jacket. Her eyes were weak. Her face looked disturbed. Her smile lacked beauty. Her photo signifies that she is not well for some reasons. I was hurt to see her in such pitiable condition. I know her as a brilliant beauty in our office. When she was part of our office, I could talk with her and I could feel that she was related to us in some sense. The physical presence of an entity is vital for bonds. Distances create memories in one’s mind. Haunting memories are slow poison in one. It kills the bearer after some time. It masks one’s psyche with gloom. Subsequent depression makes one live in the past and refuse to see future. Such psychological state influences the bodily functioning of the sufferer. Death is the final stage of acting in that passive journey of one’s life. Man must live his life because he has to play his destined role in this world. He turns a criminal when he denies this norm of nature. Today I did editing work for one hour in our office. Spent rest of the time browsing Internet. Had my supper by 8:30. Winter took a few steps ahead. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

21 October (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to Kiran’s room by 8:00. Listened to Telugu cine songs on the tape recorder of his roommate for half an hour. Then we went to Shivam Road and had our breakfast in Nellore Tiffin Center by 9:00. Bought a copy of Eenadu and returned to the hostel. He left for his work by 10:00. I read the newspaper for half an hour. By 11:00 I received an envelope from the delivery boy of Professional Courier Services. My teacher uncle Venkata Rama Raju sent it from Jaggampeta addressing Kiran. He sent a note asking him to scratch on the chassis number of his recently bought Bajaj CT-100 bike with a pencil keeping the sent in paper on it. It is for the purpose of registration of his bike in East Godavari district. He is presently using his bike on Learning License. One of our hostel mates and I went to his place and did the same as instructed by my uncle with a pencil in the absence of Kiran and due to the urgency of the matter. I went down Shivam Road and booked an envelope at a DTDC Courier Center for Jaggampeta. Had some snacks by 2:30 at a pushcart for my lunch. Started reading the book The On-time On-Target Manager of Ken Blanchard and Steve Gottry by 3:00. It was over by 5:30. It was done as part of our office assignment. It is short and very interesting. My hostel mate Hemanth and I went to Avinash Audio and Video Center down Shivam Road by 6:00. I hired a video CD of the Telugu feature film “Aaraadhana” of Chiranjeevi, Suhasini and Radhika for 20 rupees. We went to his friend’s room by Shivam Road and watched this classic Telugu feature film on a computer from 9:30 to 12:00. Returned to the hostel and went to sleep by 12:30. 

22 October (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 7:30. Went down Shivam Road by 8:00 and withdrew 300 rupees from the HDFC ATM Center by Shivam Temple for my expenses till the end of this month. Thence went to Kiran’s room and spent talking with him for some time. Both of us went down Shivam Road and had our breakfast in Nellore Tiffin Center. Then I withdrew 1000 rupees from the HDFC ATM Center by Shivam Temple. Gave it to Kiran. I previously borrowed 3000 rupees from him for the plastic surgery on my nose. With this repayment, I am free of that debt burden. He went to his room. I came back to our hostel. Today it is Dasara and so a holiday to our press. I did not celebrate this festival. Rested on my mat from 10:00 to 11:30. Went out and bought three bananas for my lunch. My hostel mate Hemanth and I went to his friend’s room by 2:00. We bought milk sweets from a stall on the way. We watched the Telugu feature film “Aaraadhana” on computer for the second time from 2:30 to 5:00. I failed to watch it for long. It is one of my most favorite Telugu films. The gradual development and intensity of love between an uneducated villager and a teacher there is extraordinarily presented in this film. Chiranjeevi, Suhasini and Radhika acted well. I spent only 20 rupees to watch it twice. Night washed a pair of clothes. Had my supper by 8:30. Went to sleep by 9:30. 

23 October (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Not a single newspaper was there because it was a holiday to them yesterday. Took my seat by 8:30. There was an email from the folks of Google. They asked me if I can be available to them by 8:00 (at night) on the 28^th of this month for a telephonic interview. I felt happy at it. This interaction is in relation to the position of Ad Words Representative with them. I replied them in the affirmative. I did editing for two hours only today. This morning I typed out a 100-word comment on the book The On-time On-Target Manager as part of the assignment given by Annies (to all sub editors). By 4:30 it rained cats and dogs. Left the office by 5:00. Muddy rainwater was there everywhere. Enjoyed the smell of rainy weather. Had my supper by 8:00. My cousin Shiva and I went to cinema Sri Mayuri at RTC Crossroads and saw the Telugu film “Marri Chettu”, directed by Ram Gopal Varma, in the second show. The horror in this film thrilled us. Went to sleep by 12:00. Lakshmi of Ramayyapatnam visited me in my dream.

24 October (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:30. Freshened up myself by 7:30. My cousin Shiva and I had our breakfast by 8:00. Then we went to Kiran’s room. We scanned Eenadu for 15 minutes. We asked him to accompany us to the campus of University of Hyderabad at Gachibowli. He agreed after much hesitation. Three of us took a bus from Shivam Road to Lakdi Ka Pool. Thence we took another bus and reached the small gate of HCU by 10:00. We walked into the nursery in the campus. I glanced at the place where our seniors interacted with us for the first time as a team. I was touched realizing that past never returns. We plucked some guavas and ate them happily. Put some in a polythene cover to take for our hostel mates. Then we visited Department of English, Science Complex, Men’s Hostel ‘A’, Men’s Hostel ‘C’ and Research Scholars’ Hostel in order. En route we had our breakfast at Student Center Canteen. From 2:00 to 3:30 we rested in the hostel room of Srinivas, one of my Bhoopatipalem friends. Then we had some sweets at the Shopping Complex. Rain chased us when we were returning to the small gate of HCU. We halted for a few minutes under a tamarind tree by road. Had my supper by 8:30. Washed a pair of clothes by 9:30. It was cloudy and drizzly. Went to sleep by 10:00.

25 October (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 7:00 and went to the bus stop by 7:30. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel by 8:15 and reached our office by 8:20. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:50. Today I did editing for two hours only. Spent rest of the time browsing Internet. This morning I withdrew 200 rupees from the Andhra Bank ATM Center by NIMS bus stop and gave it to our Administrative Manager K V Rao. This partial payment was toward the service charges of UTI Consultants. They are applying for our TDS returns. Today I created my account on Monster job portal and applied for some jobs. I found this job interesting. Took a bus for VST by 5:10. There I kept on waiting for a comparatively lighter bus from 5:30 to 8:20. All I wanted was a little space to stand up in the bus. Not a single bus offered it. Every bus going toward Shivam Road looked densely packed. Helplessly took a bus to Ram Nagar. Thence walked for 15 minutes and reached our hostel. Brought our parcel of supper from the hotel by 8:45. Had it along with my cousin Shiva by 9:00. I felt very exhausted today. It was cold and lovely outside. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

26 October (Tuesday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought two bananas and a pack of Britannia Tiger biscuits for three rupees for my breakfast. Reached our office by 7:40. Today I did editing for two hours only. This afternoon, when I was going for my lunch by 1:15, I saw the car of Jaya Israni, parked by road near our office. I noted down her car number out of curiosity. When I was coming back from the hotel, I saw her talking with her colleagues. She was in her car. I could not see her. When I took a right turn to our office, her car moved ahead behind me. I saw her signature in the visitors’ book. She wrote that she came on an official work to meet Assistant Editor D Satish. May God bless her with a long and cheerful life. Kiran and I reached RTC Crossroads on his bike by 8:00. He called up his folks in Gollalagunta and knew that the health condition of his paternal grandfather Appala Raju is very critical. He may depart at any time. We saw the Telugu film “Anand” in cinema Usha Mayuri from 9:15 to 11:40. It has very ordinary story. Viewers made it a hit. Dialogues, songs or the cast in it are not appreciable. I knew that viewers are crazy now. I failed to understand why they made it that successful. Its director is a new fellow. He is greatly encouraged by this response from viewers. I would give 40 marks to it for 100. Went to sleep by 12:20. 

27 October (Wednesday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself by 7:00 and went to the bus stop. Enjoyed fresh and cool air in the bus while traveling. Reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers for 50 minutes. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:30. There was an email from the creatures of Google. They reminded me to be at the telephone by the given time tomorrow night to take their interview. Today I created my bridegroom profile in the matrimonials section on Vizaginfo website. Today I attended the final check of The ICFAI Journal of Intellectual Property Rights. Today also it rained considerably in the evening. Rainwater and the roads are playing together. I enjoyed the refreshing coolness in the air. The bus was fully filled. So, I remained standing up till the end. The traffic turned clumsy due to rain and it took one hour to reach Shivam Road. Withdrew 200 rupees from my account from the HDFC ATM Center by Shivam Temple by 7:15. It is for my daily expenses till the end of this month. Brought the parcel of supper from Annapurna Hotel by 7:40. Had it by 8:00. It was cool outside due to rain this evening. Washed a pair of clothes by 9:00. I felt isolated. Went to sleep by 9:30.  

28 October (Thursday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:30. Our systems administrator changed my computer monitor. It is a Samsung product and the screen is considerably large. Today I did editing for three hours. Spent rest of the time beautifying my word files on computer and uploading them to my Yahoo Briefcase. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:30 and had it by 7:45. I was eagerly waiting in the office room of our hostel sitting in a chair by a desk for the telephone call from Laurene E Anderson of Google by 8:00. She rang up by 8:15. She greeted me with “Namaste”. I wished her “Good Evening”. She asked me about my current CTC. Toward the end, she questioned me if I had any questions to be clarified by her. I replied that I had none. She concluded saying that she would ask her people at the office in Hyderabad to schedule a written test for me. It was hardly one minute’s talk. I was shocked to understand her perfect American accent. I could hardly grasp the essence of her words. May God mesmerize her to presume that she could understand me a bit through her talk. It is my first interview by a foreign creature. Let my advancement in this direction be guided by Lord Krishna. Went to sleep by 9:30.  

29 October (Friday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:15. Got it opened by 7:45. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Went out and had my breakfast by 8:30 at a pushcart by Stellar Sphinx building. I saw a female beggar there seeking alms. There was a little child with her. I hated her for this reason. I know that sex is an inevitable human instinct. But every human being should assess whether she or he can look after her or his children before involving herself or himself in that act. This nasty creature gave birth to another beggar. She is a criminal in my view for lacking that minimum knowledge. I gave her one-rupee coin. She can’t rewrite her destiny. I must accept it. This morning I received an interesting email from a US citizen. She sent me my astrological record describing my prospects of marriage. I thanked her for her goodness in spending that much time for me. Today I edited the content of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research. My eyes are getting strained due to constantly reading content on computer. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my supper by 7:30. Spent talking with my hostel mates for some time. Went to sleep by 9:30. 

30 October (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Took my seat by 8:40. There was an email from Laurene E Anderson of Google. She acknowledged the receipt of my email to her after the telephonic interaction with her. She wrote that my talk with her was fine. Presently she is learning Hindi. She commented that I would be good at American accent once I join their Google team in Hyderabad. I will be happy if that happens. Today I was thoroughly involved in final check of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research. Took a bus to Dilsukh Nagar by 5:15 because it looked lighter in comparison to my route buses (113 Y or 113 E). By 6:00 took a bus to Secunderabad from Dilsukh Nagar. I thought that it goes via Shivam Road. Later discovered that it was moving in a different route. Got off it at Narayana Guda and walked up to Chandana Brothers showroom at Chikkadpally. Thence took a bus and reached the hostel by 7:20. Had my supper by 8:00. My cousin Shiva and I reached Dilsukh Nagar by 9:00. We bought and ate half a kilo of dates there. We saw the Telugu film “Dheyyaala Kota” (the dubbed version of English film “Van Helsinki”) from 10:15 to 11:40 in cinema Venkatadri. The horror in this film could not satisfy me. I expected more. We returned to the hostel by 1:15 in an auto rickshaw. Went to sleep by 1:30.

31 October (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 7:00. Rested on my mat till 9:30. Then went to a nearby pushcart along with my hostel mates and had my breakfast. From 11:00 to 12:15 spent reading the book The Present of Spencer Johnson as part of the office assignment given by Annies. My cousin Shiva brought the parcel of lunch from the hotel by 1:00. We had it by 1:30. My hostel mates Hemanth, Anjaneya Raju and I went to Avinash Audio and Video Center down Shivam Road by 2:00. We wanted to watch a good film on a computer. There were differences in our tastes. So, we could not reach a consensus. At last we hired the video CD of the Telugu feature film “Muthyamantha Muddhu” of Rajendra Prasad and Sita. It was the choice of Anji. We watched it on the computer system of Hemanth’s friend. It has an interesting love story. Many meditate for God. The hero in this film meditates for seven years in the Vindhya Mountains in India to test the originality and reliability of his love for his sweetheart. I liked it very much. We returned the CD by 4:30. Washed a pair of clothes and Took a head bath by 6:50. Shiva and I had our supper by 7:15. I often eat jaggery. Night had a bit of it. From 8:30 to 9:30 spent talking with my hostel mates. Went to sleep by 9:45. 

1 November (Monday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:15. Scanned today’s dailies for 20 minutes. Took my seat by 8:45. There were no emails for me in my Yahoo Mail. Today I carried out the work of three journals. Afternoon took a copy of The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior from library. One can call it a complimentary copy. This issue of the journal has a specialty. It is associated with Jaya Israni. This journal is the last one with which she worked as an associate consultant in association with me. Her last day of association with our press was the 16^th of last month. I felt disturbed to look back. Now she is away from me. She is destined to marry soon. It is her role. She must play it. Associations are short. Separations are inevitable. Pains originating from them last long. My dear little baby Jaya! Wherever you are, may God bless you with a happy and comfortable life. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Withdrew 1000 rupees from the nearby Andhra Bank ATM Center by 7:00. Paid 200 rupees to our hostel supervisor toward my monthly room rent. Talked with my hostel mates for some time. It was cool outside. Went to sleep by 9:45. 

2 November (Tuesday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:40. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 8:50. Today I attended the work of two journals. First I edited an article of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance. Then Vijaya Krishna assigned me the work of final check of The ICFAI Journal of Healthcare Law. Three newly recruited sub editors edited the content of this journal. I found some 100 errors in their editing. Vijaya Krishna was shocked at it. The respective sub editors must be scolding me internally. Finding faults in other’s work is easy but it is difficult to bear when others point out many errors in our work. It is typical human tendency. Afternoon sat with DTP operator Rama Rao and got the language corrections in the article of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance carried out under my supervision for ensuring accuracy. Afternoon Sriram came to our office. He previously worked in our office with the team of MBA Review magazine as a DTP operator. He was recently sent to Le Magnus, a part of ICFAI. He said that his monthly salary is not yet credited to his bank account. He looked very tense over this issue. He has to feed his wife, his kid and his younger brother. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:30. Had it by 8:00. Attended the work of Error Report of HRM Review magazine till 10:00. Went to sleep by 10:30.  

3 November (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:30. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. I saw two suitable job vacancies for me. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:15. Today I carried out editing for seven hours seriously. Applied for two jobs by email. Today we discovered that, J Narasimha Rao, who presented himself as a retired professor of the University of Akron, to get many of his articles published in our journals, is actually a big plagiarist. All the articles he sent us are cent percent copied pieces. He used quality writings of foreign authors on Internet for this purpose. I was shocked to hear this bitter truth. Academic and creative works are the valued assets of respective intellectuals and dreamers. I don’t like blokes who pollute the honest and decent flow of knowledge in any field. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Withdrew 6000 rupees from the nearby Andhra Bank ATM Center by 6:45. I have to repay my cousin Shiva. He lent me money for the plastic surgery on my nose. With this I remain free of debt burdens centered on my project of Rhinoplasty. I am happy at it. Had my supper by 8:00. Washed a pair of clothes by 9:30. Cold was raging outside representing advanced winter. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

4 November (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:50. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. Took my seat by 9:00. Today I was completely involved in editing a 30-page article of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance. This afternoon I saw Jaya Israni in our office. Perhaps she came to invite her colleagues to her marriage. I saw her at the reception desk. Crazy winds were playing with her free flow of hair. She wore a fashionable dress. She looked very attractive in it. I wish her a long and delightful married life. Evening Annies turned very angry with me because I did not fill Time Tracker for the last 20 days because I considered it useless. She seriously warned me not to leave the office today until I finish it. I somehow finished it and left the office by 5:45. When I was entering the main road near NIMS bus stop, a cyclist hit me from my behind. I fell on the road. The skin on my left eyebrow got split. Some 40 milligrams of blood oozed from it. That poor fellow rushed on his way after observing the scene on my face. Walked to a nearby medical store by road and bought a piece of cotton. Meanwhile giddiness attacked me. Rushed to a nearby fruit juice stall and had a glass of grape juice. The faintness disappeared within a few seconds. Walked to the other side of the road and took a bus for Shivam Road. Kiran and I rushed to Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital at Vidya Nagar by 8:00 on the timely and kind advice of a doctor by Shivam Road. A young surgeon stitched the split part together. He is a handsome guy. His skills as a doctor were also commendable. I praised him. He felt happy. This accident cost me 500 rupees. Thanked God because it is minor injury only. One cannot escape from one’s destiny. God helps one in facing one’s destiny. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

5 November (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:30. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:20. Got the office opened by 7:45. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Took my seat by 8:40. Morning attended the final check of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research. Afternoon attended the final check of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance. Afternoon my colleague (from the HCU) told me that the convocation of University of Hyderabad would be held on the 29^th of December this year. Downloaded the provided application form from the website of HCU. I have to apply for my degree of M.A. English Literature. Three of my colleagues belong to the HCU. The 9^th convocation of HCU takes place in Shilpa Kala Vedika (a building) at Madhapur in Hyderabad. I decided to attend it to take my degree in person. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:30. Had it by 8:00. Much swelling developed below my left eye today due to stitches on my left eyebrow. Only 20% of my left eye remained visible due to it. I am taking eight tablets a day. Went to sleep by 9:15. 

6 November (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:40. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Took my seat by 8:50. Today I edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Marketing Management. By 10:30 went to the nearby Bali Studio and ordered eight stamp size color photo prints of mine. I have to send two of them to the HCU along with my application (to receive my degree in this convocation). Took a bus opposite the NIMS bus stop and reached Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital at Vidya Nagar by 6:30. A medical assistant (not exactly) cleaned my left eyebrow with a lotion and applied a new Johnson bandage on it. I gave 50 rupees to him out of humanitarian concern. My cousin Hari repaid me 2000 rupees this evening at our office. He previously borrowed it from me. This money is saving me from the present pressures. Had my supper by 9:00. Took an auto rickshaw and reached Dilsukh Nagar by 9:40. Bought a 35-rupee ticket and saw the Telugu film “Swaraabhishekam” in cinema Rajadhani Deluxe from 10:15 to 12:45. I went to see this film because K Viswanath directed it. It has weak story. Music and songs were also not appreciable. I did not expect such mediocre film from him. Returned to the hostel by 1:15 in an auto rickshaw. Went to sleep by 1:30.

7 November (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:30. Freshened up myself by 7:30. My cousin Shiva brought me breakfast from a pushcart. Had it by 8:30. Went to Kiran’s room by 9:00. We bought a papaya and ate it happily. I did the work of Error Report of HRM Review magazine of our press from 9:30 to 11:30 when he was attending his studies. Christians were singing Telugu psalms loudly just below this house. I was disturbed. Put the magazine aside and rested from 11:30 to 12:30. Then both of us went to the nearby Aunty Mess and bought a full meal parcel for 30 rupees. We had it by 1:30. Completed the Error Report of the magazine by 4:00. Then I came to my hostel room and started reading the book I Moved Your Cheese of Darrel Bristow-Bovey (part of the office assignment given by Annies). It was over by 5:30. Spent talking with my hostel mates till 7:30. Washed a pair of clothes by 8:00. One of my hostel mates brought me a parcel of egg noodles for 13 rupees. Had it by 9:00. Today I took six tablets. There is swelling around my left eye. Went to sleep by 10:30.   

8 November (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour. There were no emails in my Yahoo Mail. Today I attended the work of two journals. Took a bus by 5:30 and reached Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital at Vidya Nagar by 6:30. A nurse cleaned my left eyebrow with a lotion and applied a new Johnson band-aid (which I took along with me on their advice yesterday) on it. Returned to the hostel by 7:45 along with the parcel of supper from Shirdi Sai Baba Hotel down Shivam Road. Had it by 8:15. A serious debate took place between my hostel mate Murali and me from 8:30 to 11:00. Other hostel mates casually added some comments now and then. I argued that modern human relationships are predominantly commercial. Society and circumstances, surrounding an individual, do not allow him to live as he likes. One must have intelligence to achieve success at the earliest in one’s course of life. An intelligent person, guided by the vision and contribution of some other good fellow, can achieve his goals in a fast pace. The hard work and wisdom of a person, devoid of any guidance or assistance from others, take much time to reach the targets. Married couples mostly relate themselves based on mutual benefits rather than selfless love between them. He argued firmly against my views. Went to sleep by 11:15. 

9 November (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 8:00. Scanned today’s dailies for 40 minutes. There were hardly any emails in my Yahoo Mail. Today I attended the work of three journals. This morning I called up my friend Veeranjaneyulu and informed him to get ready to take his degree in the coming convocation of University of Hyderabad. He told me that my parents called him up (to his cellular phone) and asked him to tell me to call them up. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Took the armchair of my hostel mate Hemanth to the room of Kiran by 7:00. The latter recently bought it from the prior for 100 rupees for his study purpose. Went down Shivam Road and called up my parents in Peda Gummuluru by 7:15. They said that there is a bride for me in Bhadrachalam. The relatives of this girl recently came to our house and initiated formal talks in this direction. They wanted to know about my present job. They asked for my photo. My folks don’t remember even the name of my job. They don’t have my photos at home. They told me to send them my photo soon to show if some other fellows come in future. They added that the horoscope of the girl did not match mine. My mother said that they can’t afford more than two lakh rupees at the most as dowry. I wondered at my rate. I have no much value in the present marriage market. Software engineers, doctors, civil servants and foreign jobholders are hot cakes now. Very few know about editors. Thank God. I can marry a girl by my choice if God helps me. I already gave them a lot of time. They failed to find a suitable bride for me. It is a plus point for me to go in the route of love marriage. Night it was cold outside. Went to sleep by 10:00.  

10 November (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Took my seat by 8:30. Applied for three jobs by email. It became my hobby now. Today I attended the work of two journals. Afternoon posted an envelope to my parents with four of my photos and two of Meera Jasmin. The postal department reaches it to our village in some four days’ time. I like to marry a beautiful girl like Meera Jasmin. I wrote to my folks to compare the photo of a bride with that of Meera Jasmin before sending it to me. Took a bus by 5:20 and reached Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital at Vidya Nagar by 6:20. The doctor cleaned my left eyebrow with a lotion. He said that he would undo the stitches tomorrow evening. He advised me to leave the wound open to air. Returned to the hostel by 6:45. Recently one of our Kshatriya fellows opened a hotel by Shivam Road. We wanted to check the quantity and quality of food items in his hotel. The name of this hotel is Sri Sai Lakshmi Deluxe Mess. Evening bought a monthly plate meal mess card for 500 rupees in it. Had my supper by 7:30. The food items are delicious. Washed a pair of clothes by 9:15. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

11 November (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Took a bus and reached Rethifile Bus Stand in Secunderabad by 7:15. By 7:40 many passengers gathered at the bus pass issue counter there. They opened it by 8:00. I bought a monthly Metro Express bus pass for 440 rupees by 8:15. Thence walked to the nearby Secunderabad railway station and took a bus for Punjagutta. Had my breakfast at a pushcart and punched my attendance card by 9:00. Today I dealt with two journals. Deepavali Pooja was held in the ground floor of Flat No. 11 from 10:00 to 10:30. Seventy percent of our staff attended it. I offered five rupees to Goddess Lakshmi. She is the Hindu Goddess of wealth. I need Her blessings to live happily. Evening we employees exchanged oral greetings on the occasion of this festival. Took a bus and reached Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital at Vidya Nagar by 6:30. A nurse undid the three stitches on my left eyebrow. This small accident cost me 700 rupees in total and my left eyebrow remained with stitches for eight days. The dirty cyclist hit me and left me with this history. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 8:00. Had it by 8:30. Hindus, in some parts of India, are celebrating Deepavali today. Our staff burst crackers for about one hour in the premises of our office this afternoon to celebrate this festival. The creatures of twin cities are happily celebrating it. I could feel their thrill in the sounds of crackers at night. Went to sleep by 9:00.  

12 November (Friday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself by 7:00. Scanned today’s dailies for half an hour in our hostel. Took a bus by 8:45 to Jubilee Hills Check Post. Thence started walking toward Journalist Colony ‘A’. It was my casual morning walk today. Spotted a pushcart by road. Had four puris for five rupees. Reached the abode (the upper portion in the House. No. 29 ‘A’) of Veeranjaneyulu by 10:00. His mother, one of his sisters and three of his cousins are presently staying with him. They are helping him in his art work. He is looking like a hero among his beautiful paintings. I filled in the application form for him. He has to receive his degree of M.F.A. in Painting in the coming convocation of University of Hyderabad. Watched the Telugu feature film “Michael Madhana Kaama Raju” of Kamal Hassan on his computer system from 10:30 to 12:30. Then had my lunch offered by them. Then watched the Telugu feature film “Aaraadhana” of Chiranjeevi, Suhasini and Radhika for the third time on his computer system. Took leave of them by 5:30 and reached our hostel by 7:15. Had my supper by 8:30. Called up my folks at home from a telephone booth and talked with my mother, brother Sambha and sister-in-law Kranti. They are doing well. Some are celebrating Deepavali today in the twin cities. The sounds of crackers were there. I did not celebrate this festival. I am looking for a bride to marry. My life is not bright yet. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

13 November (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 7:00. Scanned Eenadu for half an hour. Shiva went out by 8:00 to have his breakfast at our familiar pushcart by the Osmania University gate. I asked him to get a parcel of it for me. He said that the fellow did not open his eatery today. He withdrew 300 rupees from my account from the Andhra Bank ATM Center on the way on my request. Both of us walked down Shivam Road to attend our individual works. The Bagh Amberpet branch of State Bank of India was opened by 9:00. I bought two bank cheques for 400 rupees, each worth 200 rupees. They were drawn in favor of the Finance Officer, University of Hyderabad, payable at HCU branch of State Bank of India. One is for my friend Veeranjaneyulu and the other is for me. We have to send 200 rupees along with our application to get our postgraduate degree in the coming convocation of HCU. Came back to the post office in the Advanced Training Institute and posted the two envelopes to the HCU. Rested till 1:00. Spent talking with my hostel mates for one hour. Read the first 20 pages of the novel Black Fire of Masuji Ibuse, translated by John Bester (it is a copy of one of my hostel mates). Had my supper by 8:00. I heard sounds of crackers. The festive mood of Deepavali is still there in people. Many of my hostel mates went to their homes to celebrate this festival. I stayed away from these observations. Went to sleep by 9:30. 

14 November (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 7:00. Went out and had my breakfast by 7:30. Spent reading Eenadu from 8:00 to 9:30. Then went out and took a bus toward Ravindra Bharati. Got off it opposite the office of Reserve Bank of India and took a few steps down the road. Entered Dress Circle of Ravindra Bharati by 10:00. Today there is a felicitation function to D V S Raju, a noted Telugu film producer, by Akruti, a city-based cultural organization. The management of Naveena schools is co-sponsoring this event. He was honored with H M Reddy Memorial Award for his outstanding contribution to the development of Telugu film industry. H M Reddy directed and produced the first Telugu talkie “Bhaktha Prahlaadha” in 1932. This program took place from 10:20 to 2:30. Guests of this occasion are T L Kanta Rao (a noted Telugu actor), Nara Chandrababu Naidu (former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh), Dr C Narayana Reddy (a noted Telugu literary figure and a famous lyricist in Telugu film industry), Murali Mohan (a noted personality in Telugu film industry) and Nannapaneni Raja Kumari (an active member of Telugu Desam Party). Before this felicitation function, Chandra Teja, Sudha Rani and Vijaya Lakshmi sang some Telugu cine songs (selected from the films produced by D V S Raju). Toward the end, the students of Naveena schools presented exciting cultural programs. Returned to the hostel by 4:00. Washed a pair of clothes by 7:00. Took a head bath by 7:30. My cousin Shiva and I had our supper by 8:00. The wound on my left eyebrow is healing fast. Went to sleep by 9:30. 

15 November (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 6:30 and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Took my seat by 8:50. There was no much attendance of our office staff today. The ambience looked a bit passive due to this reason. Devoted 60% of my office time for editing three articles of The ICFAI Journal of Infrastructure. Spent rest of the time typing out the remaining slides of my PowerPoint Presentation titled “Love: A Part of Human Life”. Today I completed up to the 45^th slide of this work. I have to type out 55 more slides to complete this project. It is one of my important works on the theme of love. Afternoon called up the HR staff at C&K Online Management Limited in Secunderabad to enquire about the schedule of my interview with Abhimanyu Acharya. She said that she would inform me at the earliest about it. I did not get a call from her till the evening. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Spent talking with my hostel mates for half an hour. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:30 and had it by 8:00. Talked with my hostel mates for 40 minutes. Ate a little jaggery to add sweetness to my life. Went to sleep by 9:15.

16 November (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Got the office opened by 7:45 on behalf of Vinod, our administrative associate. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. There was an email from the HR Executive of C&K Online Management Limited in Secunderabad. She informed me to attend an interview in their office by 11:00 this morning. I replied her that I can’t make it. She called up and told me to come to their office by 4:30 this evening. I replied in the affirmative. Added five more slides to my PowerPoint Presentation on love by 10:00. Today I attended the pre-final check of two journals. Took two-hour permission from 3:00 to 5:00. Took a bus by 3:30 and reached the office of C&K Online Management Limited, beside Ashoka Bhoopal Chambers building, at Begumpet in Secunderabad, by 4:00. Initially two HR executives (two girls aged around 20) interacted with me for some 10 minutes. Then I met Abhimanyu Acharya, the director of this company and the chief editor of “Opportunities” section in the English daily The Hindu. He asked me two questions on English literature. I could not answer them. I marginally surveyed English literature for two years in the HCU. Now I am not practicing it. He said that they are planning to start an English newspaper for the readers in England soon. He is looking for candidates with significant command of English literature and British English. He said that I did not meet his expectations in this regard. I was not hurt. He looked scholarly. His English accent was commendable. I appreciated his personality inwardly. Had my supper by 7:45. Talked with my hostel mates for some time. Went to sleep by 9:30. 

17 November (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by Stellar Sphinx building by 8:00. Took my seat by 8:45. Today I was seriously engaged in processing three journals. Today I revised my bridegroom profile on jeevansaathi matrimonial website. K Praveena, a girl from Chennai, expressed her interest in me. I positively replied to her. I want to check if she is substantially beautiful as I stated in my profile. I may not be that handsome. I don’t think an ordinary fellow should not desire to marry a very beautiful girl. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Talked with my hostel mates for some time. Went to Kiran’s room by 7:00. He did not yet return from his office. Brought our parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:40 and had it by 8:00. Kiran returned from his office by 8:15. Then both of us went to his room. He has been to Jaggampeta recently. My sister-in-law Sandhya Rani sent some homemade eatables for me with him. We discussed the affairs of our folks for some time. Washed a pair of clothes by 9:45. I felt very satisfied today because I worked vigorously today in our office. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

18 November (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Scanned the latest edition of Time magazine for 15 minutes. Took my seat by 8:50. Today I was deeply engaged in processing three journals. Stayed back in the office till 5:30 to finish this work. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Talked with my hostel mates for half an hour. Started to the hotel by 7:10 to bring our parcel of supper. Kiran met me near Shivam Temple. He said that he wants to come back to our hostel from his present rented room. I welcomed his decision. Had my supper by 8:30. Kiran told me that my father and my brother Srinivas are seriously searching for a bride for me. A girl can’t understand me unless she is educated. I can’t get inspiration from her if she is not very beautiful. Unless a girl meets these criteria, I can’t venture to marry for satisfying the egos of my folks. Meanwhile I search for such girl on my own. The qualities of the girl are important, not the showiness of occasion of marriage. Talked with my hostel mates for some time. Went to sleep by 9:30. 

19 November (Friday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself by 6:45 and went to the bus stop. Reached our office by 7:20. Spent reading newspapers till 8:45. Went out in between and had my breakfast at a pushcart by Stellar Sphinx building. Today I was involved in processing two journals. My eyes became very weak by evening due to the constant contact with the computer screen. Returned to the hostel by 6:30 standing for 40 minutes in the bus. Rested on my mat till 7:00. Meanwhile Kiran came. Both of us went down Shivam Road and brought a plate meal parcel from the hotel. We bought four rupees of extra rice and 10 rupees of chicken curry. We had our supper in my hostel room by 8:00. Then we took a bus and moved to cinema Sri Ramana at Bagh Amberpet. We went there to see the Telugu film “Yuva Sena”. We found that it is not on show there. We felt disappointed and returned to the hostel by 8:30. He advised me to marry at the earliest to enjoy my life. He asked me if I would compromise if I don’t get a beautiful girl to marry. I told him that I won’t marry if the girl is not very beautiful. Went to sleep by 9:30.  

20 November (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by Stellar Sphinx building by 8:30. Took my seat by 8:45. Today I attended two journals. This evening Annies prepared a letter of commendation for me. I could release The ICFAI Journal of Infrastructure in time to the printing press with the cooperation of Deepak Kumar, an associate consultant in our press, attending this journal. The people working with me helped me well in this regard. I felt happy at this. However, she did not show that letter to anybody. Appreciation matters. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Had my supper by 8:30 along with my cousins Kiran and Shiva in our hostel. We decided to go to see some film to celebrate this weekend. We checked a daily for the details of Telugu films on show in our nearby cinemas. We reached Dilsukh Nagar by 9:30. Three of us saw the Telugu film “Yuva Sena” in second show. It portrays the story of four young men fighting against corruption in public life in India. They create a secret website. They receive very serious complaints from sufferers through it. They strategically catch the fraudsters and kill them brutally. They remain a team of mystery to the cops for long. They get caught toward the end. I liked this film very much. The duet starting with “Malleeswarive” maddened me. The voice of the singer and the choreography are mesmerizing. Returned to the hostel by 12:40 in an auto rickshaw. Chill chased us. Went to sleep by 1:00. 

21 November (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 8:00. My cousin Shiva brought me breakfast by 9:00. Spent reading Eenadu from 9:30 to 11:00. Rested till 12:30. Read the book Who Moved My Cheese of Spencer Johnson from 12:30 to 2:00 (part of the office assignment given by Annies). It is one of the best books I have read. It argues about the need of dynamism in a professional environment. Accepting and following change facilitates professional growth. Resisting or failing to accustom to change means backwardness. It results in stress. Went to Kiran’s room by 2:30. We had our lunch by 3:00. We ate two papayas after that. I rested from 3:30 to 5:00. He proposed going to see a film this evening. We took a bus and reached cinema Deepak at Narayana Guda by 5:15. We saw the Telugu film “Badhri” of Pavan Kalyan from 6:00 to 8:30. It is an interesting film though the story is weak. We enjoyed watching it. Returned to the hostel by 9:00. Washed a pair of clothes and Took a head bath by 9:30. Had my supper by 10:00. Cold was ruthless outside. Went to sleep by 11:00. 

22 November (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast at a pushcart and reached our office by 7:50. Got it opened by 8:00 on behalf of Prakash, our librarian. Scanned today’s dailies for 40 minutes. Took my seat by 9:00. Today our Systems Administrator Ravi Kumar surprised us equipping our computer systems with a Pop Messenger. This facility allows us to send written messages to the computer of any connected staff member in our office network. It avoids the need of using internal telephones frequently to contact others. It speeds up the internal communication system. I felt very thrilled at its attractive features. Our Team Leader Vijaya Krishna came to the office today. He went to his hometown in Orissa on a week’s leave. Today I was deeply involved in the final check of The ICFAI Journal of Marketing Management. This morning a sub editor joined our press. Her name is Rohini. She is tall and beautiful. She looked a bit passive today in the office. Evening Annies conducted a small meeting for us sub editors to explain us the need of carefully filling Time Tracker before leaving the office. My cousin Hari came to our office and asked me to lend him 400 rupees. I took him to our hostel. Withdrew the required money from the HDFC ATM Center by Shivam Temple and gave him. Went to sleep by 9:30.  

23 November (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. This early morning I heard disturbing noise from Shivam Temple area. They are celebrating the birthday of Satya Sai Baba. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Took my seat by 8:30. There was an email from a member of Telugupeople.com website. Her name is Pallavi. She asked me to write something about me. I replied to her. I replied to some other friends as well. This morning I sent a message to my colleague Dakshayani via Pop Messenger implying a subtle joke regarding the PageMaker training of us sub editors. Our team leaders Ravindra Varma and Vijaya Krishna reprimanded me not to misuse the office software sending private messages. I was hurt at their remarks. Today I dealt with two journals. Today Annies changed the structure of teams of sub editors. Some have to change their places also. Returned to the hostel by 6:15. The birthday of Satya Sai Baba is grandly being celebrated at Shivam Temple. Had my supper by 7:30. Talked with my hostel mates for half an hour. Went to sleep by 9:00. 

24 November (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers from 7:30 to 8:45. Went out in between and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:30. By 4:30 completed editing the content of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:20 and had it by 7:45. This morning I added one paragraph to my Curriculum Vitae. Its title is “A Word to the HR Department”. In this part, I deliberately criticized the questioning attitude of HR staff in general. I explained them why they should not ask about the family details of a candidate. They should not ask even about the goal of a candidate. One’s progress, in one’s life or profession, largely depends on the contributions of one’s family members or the office staff. Various other factors should also be favorable to one if one has to achieve one’s targets sooner. Many may not have goals at all. Goals make one restless. Then questioning why one is leaving the present company and joining the other seems to be a silly point. One is supposed to highlight the merits of the joining organization against the drawbacks of the leaving organization to prove the rationality of one’s decision of change. It can’t be the virtue of a candidate. Washed a pair of clothes. Went to sleep by 9:30. 

25 November (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Had my breakfast in Abhiruchi Hotel and reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading dailies for one hour. Today I added two more paragraphs to my Curriculum Vitae. One is “A Brief Note about my Present Organization and Position” in which I highlighted the uniqueness of our organization and the importance of my position in it. The other is “A Checklist to the Employer”. In this section, I presented five points. A recruiter/employer must meet those criteria before contacting me. With this, the total number of pages in my CV came to eight. The last page carries my big size color photo. Today I was involved in pre-final check of The Icfaian Journal of Management Research. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Shiva brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:15. We had it by 7:45. Kiran told me that he would go to Miryalaguda tomorrow to attend his audit work there. He may be there for a week. He wants to rejoin our hostel after returning from there. Talked with my hostel mates for some time. Cold was biting outside. Went to sleep by 9:30.

26 November (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:30. Got it opened by 7:45. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. In between went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:30. Today I was marginally involved in the work of two journals. Evening, when coming out from the press, our Operations Manager P K Ramappa asked me if I was hurt by his recent remarks in the context of my letter to a consulting editor. I replied him that it is all part of a professional environment and one should take it in that spirit only. Waited for one hour at the bus stop opposite the NIMS bus stop for a lighter bus. Not a single bus came with that look. Took a bus and kept standing throughout. It was thickly packed. Everybody was trying hard to establish his or her identity firmly. Reached the hostel by 6:30. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:30 and had it by 8:00. Talked with my hostel mate Alluri Murali Krishnam Raju for two hours. He asked me if I would marry a girl chosen by one of his acquaintances. I told him that I would marry her if she is very beautiful. Hemanth offered me boiled groundnuts. He is from Kadapa district. They boil groundnuts in salt water and then dry them up under the sun for consumption afterwards. I did not observe this practice of storing groundnuts in our coastal districts. They were salty and tasty. He has a story in his mind for a film. He narrated it to me. He said that he wants to produce that film in future after earning a lot of money. He was unable to add a fitting climax to it. I too failed in helping him in this respect. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

27 November (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:15. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:30. Took my seat by 8:45. Added five more slides to my PowerPoint Presentation on love. I have to yet add 25 more slides to it to finish it. Today I was moderately involved in editing the content of a journal. Today I started editing content online. I consulted our DTP operators now and then to get some doubts clarified in this regard. Left the office by 5:00. Took a bus for Jubilee Hills Check Post by 5:15. Reached the abode of Veeru by 5:45. He is very busy with his paintings. Met Yoganand of the HCU. He came here to attend some work. He is currently working as an Art Teacher with the Sainik School at Korukonda in Vizianagaram district. I felt happy to see him after a long time. Veeru gave me 250 rupees. I spent it earlier for him to send his application to the HCU along with mine for obtaining his degree in the coming convocation. Returned to Shivam Road by 8:30. Had my haircut in my favorite hair salon by 9:00. Had a plate of chicken noodles for 15 rupees at the fast food stall opposite Srirang Hospital by 9:30. Talked with my hostel mates for one hour. Went to sleep by 10:30.

28 November (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 7:30. Shiva brought me breakfast by 8:00. In today’s Eenadu I saw the matrimonial ad of a suitable bride for me. She belongs to Kshatriya community. She is 29 and a B.Sc. Anjaneya Raju and I went to a nearby telephone booth and called up at the given cellular phone number. The brother of the bride talked with me for some time. I felt happy to talk with him. Went to a nearby Internet café and emailed him my CV. This allows him to comprehensively understand me. Afternoon decided to go to see a Telugu film. Reached cinema Aaraadhana at Tarnaka by 2:15. I went there to see the Telugu film “Naalo”. S P Charan, son of S P Bala Subrahmanyam, my dear singer, is the hero in this film. I discovered that it is not on show in that cinema. A newspaper ad misguided me. Thence took a bus and reached Rethifile Bus Stand in Secunderabad by 2:40. Walked into the nearby Fantoosh outlet by main road and bought two casual T-shirts for 100 rupees, each worth 50 rupees. These are for my cousin Hari of village Tank Bead. My present financial status is not good. So, I could not afford more than that. He recently sent a word for me to buy two T-shirts for him. These two items outweigh their prices. I felt happy at it. Returned to the hostel by 4:00. Rested on my mat for one hour. Talked with my hostel mates for some time. Had my supper by 8:00. Washed a pair of clothes by 8:30. Went to sleep by 9:30. 

29 November (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:20. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:30. Took my seat by 9:00. Our ISP failed to supply Internet access to our office till 12:00. Today I edited the content of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance. Today I added five more slides to my PowerPoint Presentation on love. Twenty slides are pending. Afternoon read an email sent by the brother of the bride whom I contacted yesterday morning over telephone. He sent his sister’s photo as an attachment with this email. He wrote that she was born on 5 September, 1975. Her name is Madhavi. When I looked at her photo, I instantly felt that she does not suit me. She looks older beside me. However, she is decent and beautiful to some extent. May God bless her with a good husband. Returned to the hostel by 7:00. My hostel mates Murali, Hemanth and I went to a nearby Internet café to check her photo. They too opined the same. Brought our parcel of supper from the hotel by 8:40. Shiva and I had it by 9:00. My left eyelash is slowly regaining its thickness. Still there is an odd look in my face due to it. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

30 November (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:15. I sat beside a window. There was no glass to it. The cool winter morning wind was blowing inside. My face was sensing its soothing effect. Reached our office by 7:00. Spent reading newspapers for 90 minutes. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:45. Took my seat by 9:00. Sent an email to the brother of the bride in Bangalore. I used refined language to explain him why I don’t suit his sister. The society can’t appreciate us when we walk side by side during and after our marriage. I look younger beside her. I apologized to him for having created a little inconvenience to them in this regard. Today I was partially involved in editing the content of a journal. Today I could not add slides to my PowerPoint Presentation on love. I was a little disturbed. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Spent reading the book The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing Teams of Kenneth Blanchard, Donald Carew and Eunice Parisi-Carew till 8:00. It is an interesting read. I took two hours to finish it. Had my supper by 8:30. Talked with my hostel mates for one hour. I see many beautiful girls every day. I want to marry one of them but their parents and the traditional society do not approve my intuition. Went to sleep by 10:00. 

1 December (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Bought two breads for seven rupees at a roadside hotel by the NIMS bus stop and reached our office by 7:15. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Took my seat by 9:00. There was an email from a job consultancy asking me to send my updated CV. Emailed it to her. Her name is Rachel. Today I was partially involved in editing the content of a journal. Added five more slides to my PowerPoint Presentation on love. Evening received an email from Neha Jain of Google in Hyderabad. She informed me to contact her at her cellular phone number. Evening received a Money Order of 2000 rupees from postman. The father of my cousin Shiva sent it for him. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Went to a nearby telephone booth and called up Neha Jain of Google. She sweetly asked me how I was. I said I am fine. She told me to attend an aptitude test for the position of Ad Words Representative on the 3^rd of this month at the Reliance Web World outlet in Visakha Towers building at Begumpet in Secunderabad. She wished me success in the test. Her voice is sweet. I liked her words for me. May Lord Krishna bless her with a cheerful and fruitful life. May her face shine with smiles. Washed a pair of clothes by 7:00. Observed my hostel mates talking for some time. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

2 December (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:30. Took my seat by 9:00. Today I was deeply involved in editing the content of two journals. This afternoon Research Associate Anvesha Ganguly spent much time in our floor. She is one of the most beautiful girls in our organization. She is from Kolkata. Sub Editor Anindita Ganguly in our floor seems to be her friend. She often comes here to spend with her. Anindita is also a beautiful girl. She looks scholarly and soft. I enjoy her presence in our vicinity. Took a bus and reached Secunderabad railway station by 6:00. Stood in the queue and got my onward and return journey sleeper class tickets to and from Narsipatnam Road reserved. I spent 520 rupees for it. This would be my first journey to my home after one year’s service with an organization. I want my onward and return journeys to be comfortable. When I was in a bus at Rethifile Bus Stand, I spotted my cousin Kiran in the same bus. Both of us returned to the hostel by 7:30. We hired an auto rickshaw and brought his luggage to our hostel from his rented room. He was allotted my room. He left the rented room for no reason. We had our supper by 8:30. Evening called up my folks at home. Informed them about my journey soon. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

3 December (Friday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:10. Got it opened by 7:45. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:30. Scanned today’s dailies for some time. Took my seat by 9:00. There were hardly any emails for me. Today I was involved in editing the content of two journals. Took two-hour permission from 3:00 to 5:00. Walked to the bus stop opposite Stellar Sphinx building. Waited for Secunderabad bound bus for some time. The situation did not look favorable. Hired an auto rickshaw and reached Visakha Towers building at Begumpet by 4:20. He charged 20 rupees. The Reliance Web World outlet is in its ground floor. The representatives of Google conducted a written test in time. I could not do well in the arithmetic section of this online test. May God bless me. He knows well how to guide me. Luck must favor me. Took a bus near cinema Anand and reached Rethifile Bus Stand by 5:30. Thence took a bus and reached the hostel by 6:30. Washed a pair of clothes by 7:00. Had my supper by 7:30. Cold is slowly covering twin cities. Young lovers in parks are unable to spend together for long fighting chill. Went to sleep by 9:30. 

4 December (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:15. Reached our office by 7:00. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:15. Took my seat by 8:45. Added five more slides to my PowerPoint Presentation on love. Today I was deeply involved in the pre-final check of The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance. Evening checked all the slides of my PowerPoint Presentation on love as part of my final touch. By today it came to an end. It contains 103 slides in total. The first slide carries the title. The 102^nd slide carries the author’s (my) statement. The 103^rd slide carries my vague color photo. It highlights the importance of love among humans. I am very happy at it. It encourages me as a writer. The first 75 slides form the background to the main topic. The last 25 slides concentrate on the concept of love. My concern is about exploring the importance and power of male-female love. It is what I did in it. Many notions expressed in this presentation are based on my experimental understanding and the analysis of world around me. In short, I wrote what I thought about love. Left the office by 6:30. Reached the hostel by 7:30. Had my supper by 8:30. Went to sleep by 10:30.  

5 December (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:45. Sub Editor Ravindra Varma, my colleague, got the office opened by 9:10. Today 15 sub editors came to this office on special permission to carry out an important editorial work. Recently it was found that some Case Studies, written by the staff of ICFAI, are not up to mark in terms of their language quality. The European Case Clearing House rejected some of them for this reason. Today we have to re-edit them. Each sub editor is allotted four case studies. I completed my scheduled work by 2:30. Then I edited one more case study to help my colleague. Our coordinator Annies arranged snacks for us by 5:00. Reached Rethifile Bus Stand in Secunderabad by 6:00 by bus. Went to the nearby Fantoosh showroom by main road and bought six T-shirts for 300 rupees. Their quality outweighs their prices. These are for my brother Sambha. Returned to the hostel by 7:00. Took a head bath by 7:30. Had my supper by 8:00. Today Kiran vomited thrice. He did not go to his office for this reason. He stayed in the hostel room throughout. He spent a day of dizziness. Went to sleep by 9:30.  

6 December (Monday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:15. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:30. Took my seat by 9:00. Today I did not have much work to edit. I decided to utilize this time for an important work. One of my most favorite Telugu films is “Aaraadhana” of Chiranjeevi, Suhasini and Radhika. Typed out seven pages of review in English on this film by 2:30. Evening released the material of a journal to the printing press. Today I saw Deepthi of MBA Review magazine when she was returning to our office from outside. She recently visited me twice in my dreams. Perhaps she is in love with me. May God bless her with smiles. She looked jovial and vibrant when her two close friends were with her. They recently left our office. Now she is looking reserved and passive. Returned to the hostel by 6:45. Went to the nearby Andhra Bank ATM Center and withdrew 5200 rupees from my account. Out of it, I must give 4000 rupees to my father when I go home and the rest is for my expenses there. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:30. Had it by 8:00. Washed a pair of clothes by 8:15. Borrowed the bag (he recently bought it in the market at Kothi) of my cousin Shiva and put my luggage in it. Cold was heavy outside. Went to sleep by 9:30. 

7 December (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Took a bus by 6:50 and reached our office by 7:20. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:30. Took my seat by 8:45. There were hardly any emails for me. Added one more page to my review on the Telugu feature film “Aaraadhana” of Chiranjeevi, Suhasini and Radhika and concluded it. It has eight pages in total. Today I was involved in editing the content of two journals. Evening released the material of a journal to the printing press. Evening checked my review on Telugu feature film “Aaraadhana” (final touch). I limited my previous three film reviews to three pages only. This film is very important for me. So, commented on it comprehensively. Stayed back till 6:00 in the office to finish this task. Took two buses and reached our hostel by 7:00. Brought our parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:30. Just when I had stepped into our hostel, our hostel telephone rang. Picked it up and discovered that it was my brother Srinivas calling me up from Gollalagunta. He said that he got a mobile phone recently from the HPCL (to be used by him as a Security Supervisor being part of its Oil Pipeline Division). I noted down his phone number. I felt very happy to know that my brother got connected to the latest and fastest technology of communication through this. Talked with my sister-in-law Sandhya Rani also. Had my supper by 8:00. Went to sleep by 9:30. 

8 December (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:15. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. There was a suitable job vacancy for me. The Pearson Publications in India gave an ad for editorial positions. Took a printout of my CV. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:45. Took my seat by 9:00. Typed out a covering letter addressing the folks of Pearson Publications for the position of “Copy Editor” in its higher education division. I clearly stated in this letter that they need not respond to me unless they like the points in my CV (8-page long). Today I was partially involved in editing the content of two journals. Afternoon got the belt of my wristwatch changed at a shop by the entrance of post office at Erramanzil. Then went upstairs. Affixed postal stamps worth 15 rupees on the envelope and posted it to the Pearson Publications in Chennai. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Talked with my hostel mates for one hour. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:30. Had it by 8:00. Recently a family entered the house beside our hostel on the left. The behavior of the woman and her two young daughters is found to be abnormal. They seem to be prostitutes. They are secretly and strategically dealing with their clients. It is their way of life. The male head of that family seems to have turned unproductive due to a disease. He must have transferred the responsibility of looking after his family to his wife and daughters. Young human body is a hot cake in a society when put for flesh business. Went to sleep by 9:30. 

9 December (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:15. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:40. Took my seat by 9:00. There were hardly any emails for me. Today I was deeply involved in editing the content of two journals. This morning our operations manager P K Ramappa signed my letter granting me leave for three days from the 13^th of this month. By the 10^th of this month, I will have completed one year’s service with ICFAI University Press as a Sub Editor. I am starting to my home on the same day. My leave seems to be special from this perspective. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Once again checked my luggage in the bag. Went down Shivam Road and got the torn part on my Lungi stitched together at a tailor. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:30. Washed a pair of clothes and Took a head bath by 8:30. Had my supper by 9:15. Now Kiran is attending tuition classes in the morning and evening for some of his CA Final subjects. He joined a coaching center two weeks ago. Cold is strong in the twin cities. Went to sleep by 10:00.

10 December (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:10. Got it opened by 7:45. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:30. Today I was deeply involved in editing the content of two journals from 9:30 to 3:00. This afternoon one of our office staff distributed the holy Prasadam of Lord Venkateswara brought from Tirupati. Took two-hour permission from 3:00 to 5:00. This morning I gave my review of Telugu feature film “Aaraadhana” (of Chiranjeevi, Suhasini and Radhika) to K Deepthi of MBA Review magazine. She is cute. I have been trying to talk with her for long. She looks reserved and disciplined. I think she likes me. She must be trying to talk with me. She is a sensitive girl. I am a boy and so supposed to take the initiative in this direction because this is India. When I gave the eight pages of my review to her and asked her to express her opinion on it after reading it, she took it from me with a smile. I found her smile beautiful. She can be a suitable bride for me if I can express my heart to her sometime. I don’t know if she is in love with somebody else. Then I remain a victim. May God bless her with smiles. Took a bus at the bus stop opposite Stellar Sphinx building and reached Secunderabad railway station by 4:00. Bought five small apples at a pushcart there for 10 rupees to take home. Had a plate of Vegetable Biryani in Hotel Padmaja. Entered the railway station by 4:30. Godavari Express arrived by 5:50. I took my Berth No. 22 in the sleeper coach No. S₁. I felt relieved. There was heavy rush of passengers in the general compartments. Poor passengers were struggling to face it. Ate something at Kazipet Junction. It reached Vijayawada Junction by 12:00. I could partially sleep.

11 December (Saturday)

Got up by 4:00 from my berth in the train. Freshened up myself by 4:30. Got off it at Narsipatnam Road railway station by 5:30. There were no auto rickshaws near the station. Walked up to the nearby flyover. There was an auto rickshaw bound to Adduroad. Took it and reached my home by 6:10. I could sleep a little in the train last night. I did not feel sleepy this morning due to this. Freshened up myself soon and went to the house of my uncle Rama Raju at Raja Venkata Nagaram. My maternal aunt Raja Kumari prepared some eatables for me. She got all her teeth removed recently and bought an artificial set. Her face wore an old look due to this change. She updated me on some familiar things she knows. Had my lunch along with my uncle Rama Raju by 12:15. Then started back to my home. My brother Sambha and I started to our mango grove at the hills by 1:30 on our bicycles. We reached the abode of my uncle Narayana Murthy by 2:30. My aunt Kumari prepared tea for us. Then both of us went to our mango and cashew grove. It looked beautiful. My brother Sambha spends money adequately to keep it beautiful irrespective of its yield that year. The twigs were blossoming. We walked through the garden. On the way back, we met our paternal grandmother Lakshmi Narasayyamma in their rented portion by road in Ramayyapatnam. This morning my uncle Narayana Murthy took my paternal grandfather Thammi Raju to a hospital in Visakhapatnam. He is about 85 now. So, his health is often scaring him with minor disorders. He is suffering from frequent urination. Night talked with my relatives for some time. Went to sleep by 9:30.

12 December (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to Adduroad by 7:00. Took a bus and reached Tuni by 8:00. Thence took another bus and reached Jaggampeta by 10:00. The recently started four-line roads greatly contributed for a smooth flow of traffic on national highways. I found my bus journey delightful due to this. Went to the house of my teacher uncle Venkata Rama Raju in Teachers’ Colony by 10:15. His son Naren was there. He told me that his parents went to Kakinada to attend a marriage. He dropped me at cinema Rajaveni on their Kinetic Luna. Thence I took an auto rickshaw and reached Gollalagunta by 11:00. Took short cut (a short walk across paddy fields) and reached the house of my maternal grandparents. My brother Srinivas came (finishing his supervisory field duty of the HPCL oil pipeline at Kandregula substation) by 11:10. After coming back from the Indian Army, he joined this private security division of the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited as a Supervisor. Petrol and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) are being transmitted to Secunderabad from Visakhapatnam through underground pipelines. He is associated with the petrol transmit pipeline service. He has to supervise his subordinates working at three substations. His duty involves a lot of journey. He is getting a monthly salary of 5000 rupees and a monthly petrol allowance of 1000 rupees for his bike. My maternal uncle Varma also recently joined the same division as a Line Walker at a monthly salary of 3000 rupees. His is an eight-hour job. A Line Walker has to walk (eight kilometers from the substation) along the route under which the pipeline was laid and ensure that there are no leakages in the pipeline. There are day and night shifts. I spent all the day within the house. All my relatives are well. The Kshatriya creatures in Gollalagunta are presently following the cult of Kalki Bhagwan. Went to sleep by 11:30.

13 December (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Talked with my uncle Varma for half an hour. He said that paddy crop has badly failed this year due to scarce rainfall. Farmers are severely affected due to it. His present job of Line Walker is a great relief to him in this testing time. After the breakfast, my brother Srinivas and I went to the HPCL Substation near village Kandregula on his bike. My uncle Varma also came along with us to attend his day duty. My brother Srinivas and I reached Jaggampeta by 9:30 on his bike. There I bought two kilograms of sweets at a shop to take to our relatives in Molleru Mallavaram and Ramula Devapuram. Thence we proceeded to the HPCL Branch Filling Station near Gokavaram. My brother has to report here in person once a week. He spent two hours talking with his superiors there. Outsiders won’t be allowed inside. So, I waited in a thatched hut beside the main road until he came out. We reached Molleru Mallavaram by 1:30. My brother rode his Hero Honda Passion (a two-wheeler) very fast to meet our respective time schedules (I must have a look at our relatives and he must attend his duty by this evening). We had our lunch at Molleru Mallavaram and started to Ramula Devapuram by 2:00. The road to this village is very testing. A heart patient dies during the journey itself before reaching this village. We returned to Jaggampeta by 4:30. I spent talking with my teacher uncle Venkata Rama Raju and my cousin Naren from 4:30 to 7:30 (I actually allotted one hour’s time to spend here). My uncle commented that I look like the Telugu film actor Nagarjuna. Previously one gentleman in Tamil Nadu also remarked that I look like Nagarjuna. It happened when I attended an interview at a school in Vellore district for the position of English Lecturer in Jammu and Kashmir. I felt happy to be compared with such handsome actor in the Telugu film industry. An intelligent and disciplined man (my uncle K V Rama Raju) commenting like that thrilled me a lot. Naren dropped me at the bus complex by 8:00 on their Kinetic Luna. I took an Express bus and reached my home by 10:00. Went to sleep by 11:00.

14 December (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 7:30. Took a bus at Adduroad and reached Elamanchili by 8:30. Met my B.A. classmate Appa Rao at his kirana shop. He updated me on the current status of our classmates. Bought one kilo of dates at a shop and reached Rambilli by 9:00 by bus. I forgot the location of the house of my brother-in-law Datla Ramesh. Hired the auto rickshaw of a native fellow and reached their house by 11:00. Sravya, the little daughter of Ramesh and Sowjanya, looked cute. She was shining like a little star. Had my lunch along with Ramesh by 1:00. Sowjanya prepared chicken curry for our lunch. She looked weak. Took leave of them and reached Elamanchili by 2:00. Went to Kumar Shirts showroom by main road and bought a pair of trousers and a shirt for me. My brother Srinivas and my sister-in-law Sandhya Rani gave me 300 rupees during my recent visit to Gollalagunta. They told me to buy clothes for me with that money. They said that it is their gift to me on the occasion of his retirement from the Indian Army recently. That money values a lot for me because I greatly love my brother and sister-in-law. It looked like 3000 rupees to me. This pair of clothes is a gift to me from them. I was touched at their affection when they were giving me this money. Then went to another cloth store and bought a towel, a white vest and a lungi for me. I studied for five years in this place. So, I have attachment with it. I can buy these items in Hyderabad also. I should not forget Elamanchili because I am in Hyderabad now. Elamanchili paved the way for me to reach me to Hyderabad. I love this place and so this little shopping here. Took a bus and reached my home by 3:00. Bought two bottles of hair oil for my mother (the brands are Nav Ratna and Vatika) at a shop in Adduroad. Took a bus at Adduroad by 4:00 for village Tangedu. Spent my time in the house of parents of my younger sister-in-law Kranti till 6:00. Took a bus and reached my home in Peda Gummuluru by 7:00. My cousin Ravindra Varma (son of my paternal aunt Subhadra and uncle Appala Raju) asked me to take him to Hyderabad. He said that he is not interested in his studies. He wants to do a small job in the city. His parents requested me to find some job for him in the city. Night watched television for some time. Went to sleep by 9:30.

15 December (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 6:30. Got ready with my luggage by 8:30. My cousin Ravindra Varma and I started to village Lingaraju Palem by 9:00. We took an auto rickshaw at Adduroad and reached Sarvasiddhi Rayavaram by 9:30. Thence we took a rickshaw for Lingaraju Palem. This road is very bad. We went there to get a recommendation letter from the local Kshatriya Seva Samithi. It eases the admission of my cousin Ravindra Varma into our KSS Hostel in Hyderabad as a student. The concerning fellow was said to have left for Hyderabad on a work. We changed three vehicles and reached Adduroad by 11:30. I rested for one hour in our house. Then went to the house of my uncle Srinu and spent there for one hour talking with them. My paternal grandfather Thammi Raju underwent a minor operation very recently in Visakhapatnam. A big stone developed in his kidneys. They removed it. He has been suffering with this disorder for the last four months. He became weak. My cousin Ravindra Varma and I reached NRPM railway station by 5:20. My brother Sambha and sister-in-law Kranti accompanied us up to the station. My uncle Appala Raju also came to the station to see his son off. In a short while, my aunt Subhadra also came to the station to see her son off. Godavari Express left the station by 6:30. Ravindra moved into a general coach at Annavaram railway station.

16 December (Thursday)

Got up from my berth in the train by 5:30. Cold wind was blowing through the windows to remind me that it is winter. Godavari Express reached Secunderabad railway station by 6:00. I got off it with my luggage. Walked toward general coaches and spotted my cousin Ravindra. Both of us took a bus at Rethifile Bus Stand and reached our hostel by 7:30. Kanumuri Narasimha Raju, our hostel supervisor, told me to talk with Subba Raju, the authorized member of the KSS to deal with the hostel affairs, regarding the admission of Ravindra into our hostel. I consulted him over the hostel telephone. He informed our hostel supervisor to allow the boy into the hostel to stay as a student. I paid him 455 rupees toward his monthly room rent and the advance. He is allotted Room No. F 3 in which my cousin Kiran is currently staying. I took a bus and reached our office by 10:00. Today I partially attended editing of a journal. I am weak due to sleeplessness last night. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Ravindra and I went to Vidya Nagar by 7:00 and bought some essential items required for his stay in the hostel. It all cost him 200 rupees in total. We bought a monthly full meal mess card for 650 rupees at Sai Lakshmi Deluxe Mess by Shivam Road. The three partners of this mess card alliance are my cousin Shiva, my cousin Ravindra and I. We brought the parcel of supper to the hostel by 7:30. Took a head bath by 8:30. We had our supper by 9:00. Then we had the papayas brought from my home. Went to sleep by 11:45.

17 December (Friday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:15. Got it opened by 7:45. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:30. Today I was deeply involved in editing the content of a journal. Today also I felt sleepy in the office due to lack of enough sleep last night. Today some tax consultants spent their time in our office. They advise us on how to invest our money to get maximum returns with minimum risks. I did not meet them because I have hardly any money to invest minding my future. Our DTP operator Arvind Kumar dropped me on his bike at RTC Crossroads by 5:20 on his way back to home. Went to the hotel by 7:00 and brought our parcel of supper by 7:20. My cousin Ravindra and I had it by 8:00. He is looking for a job in the city. May God bless him. Talked with my brother-in-law Raja by 7:10 over telephone. He is presently staying in a rented room at Erra Gadda along with his friends. He is doing his project work as part of his final semester MCA course at some college in Gokavaram. I could not yet give the homemade sweets to my cousin Hari at Ameerpet. His parents sent sweets for him from Durgada with me. I could not contact him because I don’t have his telephone number with me. Went to sleep by 9:00. 

18 December (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached NIMS bus stop by 7:20. Withdrew 500 rupees from the nearby Andhra Bank ATM Center. Reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers till 8:30. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:40. Took my seat by 9:00. Prepared one-page résumé for my cousin Ravindra on computer. This morning I asked our Administrative Manager K V Rao if there is any job for my cousin Ravindra. He said that he can be joined as an office boy in our office if I like it. My brother-in-law Raja came to our office by 11:00 to meet me. I asked him to bring Ravindra from our hostel. He brought him by 12:00. I introduced him to our administrative manager. Ravindra is appointed as an Office Boy at a monthly salary of 1500 rupees. He left for the hostel by 1:00. Today I was involved in the pre-final check of a journal. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Ravindra told me that he is not interested in the job of an office boy in our office. His minimum monthly expenses amount to 1500 rupees. It made him dislike this job. I found his calculation justifiable. Went down Shivam Road and bought an academic file at a shop for him to keep his tenth standard certificate. Called up the blokes of a private job consultancy in Secunderabad and knew that there is a job for him at Uppal. He told me to send the candidate with his passport size photo and 55 rupees. Washed a pair of clothes by 9:30. Went to sleep by 10:00.

19 December (Sunday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 7:00. Today I wore the new shirt and the trousers I bought from the Kumar Shirts showroom in Elamanchili with the money presented by my brother Srinivas. It is looking attractive on my body. Took a bus by 7:21. Reached our office by 7:40. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Had my breakfast by 8:30. Took my seat by 9:00. Applied for a job in Chennai by email. Today some of our sub editors came to this office on special permission to attend an important work. From 9:30 to 12:30 I checked three case studies written by the ICFAI staff to find if they carry any plagiarized content in them. This morning my cousin Shiva took Ravindra to the consultancy in Secunderabad. That fellow took 55 rupees from him. He said that one should pay 500 rupees before joining the job. My cousin Shiva contacted me over telephone. I told him not to join Ravindra in that job. My cousin Shiva and I had our lunch in Abhiruchi Hotel by 1:00. Then we went to Flat No. 258 at Shirdi Sai Colony in Beeramguda near Patan Cheru to meet Anantha Varma of Ramayyapatnam. We talked with him for three hours. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Called up my folks at home by 7:00. They are all doing well. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:30. Ravindra, Shiva and I had it by 8:00. My cousin Hari (of Durgada), presently working in Hyderabad, came to our hostel by 8:10. Talked with him till 9:30. Told him to find some job for Ravindra in Jeedi Metla where presently he is working. Gave him the homemade sweets his parents sent for him. He left for Ameerpet by 9:40. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

20 December (Monday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:20. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:30. Took my seat by 9:00. Today I was deeply involved in editing the content of a journal. This afternoon I talked with our operations manager P K Ramappa about the heavy workload of journals and magazines on our DTP operators. He said that if every sub editor starts editing online, the work burden of DTP operators gets lessened. He considers his subordinates as machines and expects everybody to work restlessly. This afternoon Ravindra called me up from our hostel and said that he was suffering from severe backache. This afternoon I sent an email to my M.A. classmate Colin Leslie Kelman in Bangalore and wished him happy married life (he marries Gudrun Seth on the 25^th of this month at a church in Bangalore). Wrote him to come to Hyderabad if possible to receive his degrees in the coming convocation of HCU. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Took Ravindra to a nearby familiar clinic by Shivam Road to consult the doctor about his backache. She prescribed some tablets and an ointment for him. He said that he wants to go back to his home. Later he changed his mind and said that he wants to stay back. We had our supper by 8:00. This morning my cousin Kiran returned from Jaggampeta. This morning I sent my PAN number to the HR department of ICFAI by email. They previously informed me to send it to them at the earliest. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

21 December (Tuesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:45. Took my seat by 9:00. There were hardly any emails for me. Today I did a little bit of editing. This afternoon I received an email from Bhayya. He wrote me to buy an application form for him (for his younger brother) from the branch of Syndicate Bank at Abids or Secunderabad. It was already 3:00. So, I did not go out. This afternoon DTP operator Sriram came to our office. Talked with him about typing up my 10 years of personal diaries (1995 to 2004). He replied positively. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Withdrew 400 rupees from the nearby Andhra Bank ATM Center by 6:45. From 7:00 to 9:00 spent at a nearby computer center getting the printouts of my recent writings. It all cost me 200 rupees for color papers and laser prints. These writings value a lot for me. Had my supper by 10:00. Washed a pair of clothes by 10:30. This afternoon I typed out a short piece of satire on two recent sex scandals in India. Went to sleep by 11:00.

22 December (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:20. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:30. Took my seat by 9:00. This morning I tried much to send somebody for buying an application form of AIEEE-JEE. My friend Bhayya is presently working as a Junior Lecturer in Physics at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Nizam Sagar in Nizamabad. His younger brother wants to take this entrance examination. Nobody could help me in our office in this regard. Today I was partially involved in editing the content of South Asian Journal of Management. This afternoon I talked with DTP operator Sriram from 1:30 to 2:00 about his typing up my 10 years of personal diaries. I want to get them published soon out of my personal interest. He told me that he charges five rupees for each page that appears in the book at the final stage. Each diary will be printed as a book. He has to type up both the Hindi and English parts of my diaries. He must work with me until I see my diaries in print. A diary is the personal history of an individual presenting his or her personality or philosophy of life in a contextual, subjective, practical and retrospective manner. I carefully wrote my diaries daily. I wrote them honestly and patiently. They are important records of my life. I will be very happy seeing them in print. It is a herculean task for me. Editing them requires a lot of patience and hard work from me. God has to help me in this regard. I chose Sriram for this task. This afternoon gave him my nine years of personal diaries (1995 to 2003). He told me that he would immediately start this typing work. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Had my supper by 8:00. Went to sleep by 9:30.

23 December (Thursday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself by 7:00. Kiran and I had our breakfast by 8:30. We took a bus in the Osmania University campus by 9:00 for Kachiguda Crossroads. Thence we took an auto rickshaw and reached Abids by 9:40. We reached Syndicate Bank by 9:50. Then he left for attending his audit work in the office of Deccan Cements opposite the NIMS Hospital. By 10:15 I bought an application form of AIEEE-JEE for 300 rupees for Bhayya. Walked up to the bus stop near the General Post Office. Thence took a bus for the NIMS bus stop. Reached our office by 11:00 and punched my attendance card. Requested our administrative officer Manjunath Bhat to change my half-day leave into two-hour permission. He agreed for it. Talked with Sriram (presently associated with Le Magnus of ICFAI) by 12:00 over telephone and knew that he had started typing up my diaries on his computer. I felt happy at it. Today I was partially involved in editing the content of South Asian Journal of Management. Met Kiran in the office of Deccan Cements by 5:30. Both of us took a bus and reached the hostel by 7:00. Spent two hours in a nearby computer center. Recently I created my profile on americansingles.com website. Today I filled out the remaining details in it. Had my supper by 10:00. Went to sleep by 11:00.

24 December (Friday)

Woke up by 6:15. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Reached our office by 7:45 and got it opened. P V Narasimha Rao, one of the contemporary intellectuals of India, died yesterday at a private hospital in New Delhi. He has been hospitalized for some weeks and the end occurred with a heart stroke. The central and state governments declared a holiday to their offices. Our office remained open in view of the coming two general holidays. Today I was partially involved in editing the content of two journals. This morning I met Deepthi of MBA Review magazine in their office. I asked her to finish reading my review of Telugu feature film “Aaraadhana” of Chiranjeevi, Suhasini and Radhika. She smiled like a jewel and replied that she would do it at the earliest. I appreciated her cute looks and childlike behavior inwardly. I know that she is in love with me. She can finish reading my film review in half an hour and comment something on it. She does not like to distance me from her like that. She wants me to come to her time to time on this work. I am happy to meet her on this pretext. I will be very happy if I can marry her. She is a rich girl. I don’t want her money. I too can earn a lot of money very soon in my life. She is a small girl with a sweet voice and good character. I am also a small boy with somewhat similar qualities. Both of us look cute when we walk side by side on a road. I want to enjoy my life with her if she can marry me. She is beautiful and intelligent. I don’t mind her community. She is Radha. Lord Krishna sent her for me. My duty is to live like her slave of love forever. I can enjoy my life if she becomes my wife. May Lord Krishna help me in this regard. This evening I got an email from Bhayya. He wrote me to send the application form of AIEEE-JEE to his present address in Nizamabad by courier. Left the office by 5:45. Kiran met me at the bus stop opposite the NIMS bus stop. We returned to the hostel by 6:30. By 7:15 I booked the parcel of application form to Bhayya at Pafnet Courier point down Shivam Road. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:40. Had it by 8:30. Scanned Telugu film weeklies for some time. My cousin Ravindra bought them. Went to sleep by 9:30.

25 December (Saturday)

Woke up by 5:30. Today it is Christmas and so a holiday to our press. Freshened up myself by 7:00. Had my breakfast by 8:30. Scanned Eenadu till 9:00. I could not find suitable jobs for Ravindra in it. Took a bus for Jubilee Hills Check Post by 9:30. Reached the abode of Veeru by 11:00. From 11:30 to 6:00 I watched two films on his computer system. One is Telugu feature film “Chirunavvutho” of Venu and the other is Hindi feature film “Shaajan” of Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit. Both are very exciting. Had my lunch by 1:00 along with them. Evening I talked with an executive of Bhavana Marriage Bureau at Bala Nagar using Veeru’s cellular phone about the availability of profiles of beautiful brides with them. She told us to come to their office to register his bridegroom profile with them and see the photos of brides. The registration fee is 1500 rupees. One has to give them five color photos as well. Then they put our life in the open market. We had enough experience with these marriage bureaus. After collecting the registration fee, they seldom work for their victims. These idiots are banking on the vulnerability of helpless brides, bridegrooms and their parents. Today Veeru suffered from backache. This morning he underwent some medical tests at a hospital in Film Nagar. Today I brought homemade milk sweets and cashew for him. He did not eat them. He is scared of fat they contain. Returned to the hostel by 9:00. Had my supper by 9:30. Went to sleep by 10:30.

26 December (Sunday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself and went out by 8:00 to have my breakfast at the familiar pushcart by the Osmania University gate. Bought a copy of Eenadu. Scanned its classifieds section to check if there is any suitable job for Ravindra in the twin cities. I found four suitable jobs for him. Called up folks at a job consultancy and noted down its address. Shiva, Ravindra and I reached Dilsukh Nagar by bus. Thence we took another bus and reached Chaitanya Puri by 10:30. We walked toward Geetha Hospital. The office of the consultancy is in a building beside it. The receptionist collected 25 rupees from him toward registration fee. The head of this consultancy explained us the details of job. One has to repair burners and tubes of gas stoves of his registered clients going to their homes. Every field executive has to attend 10 households a day. This job carries a monthly salary of 3000 rupees. One can earn more money doing additional work depending on one’s speed and skills. It is a good job for Ravindra. He is a tenth standard fellow. We paid him 1000 rupees toward security deposit. This job suits this boy well. It requires much daily walk and bus journey. His lazy body becomes active through it. We returned to the hostel by 1:00. My hostel mate Chaitanya and I reached cinema Padmavati at Kachiguda by 1:40 by bus. We had our lunch in the nearby Roshan Da Dhaba by 2:00. We bought two 30-rupee tickets and saw the Hindi film “Rain Coat” of Ajay Devgan and Aiswarya Rai from 2:30 to 4:30. Noted Bengali Director Rituparno Ghosh directed this film. It portrays the predicament and helplessness of two characters. There are only four or five characters in this film. It is all about the vulnerability of village youth entering cities after their marriages searching for jobs. It is an extraordinary film. Ordinary viewers cannot appreciate it. Night washed a pair of clothes and Took a head bath. Went to sleep by 10:30.

27 December (Monday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 7:00. Reached our office by 7:30. Today all the newspapers comprehensively commented on the natural calamity created by a Tsunami. This disaster broke out near the Sumatera Islands in Indonesia. It occurs in seas and oceans when heavy adjustments take place in the lower crusts of earth under them. It ravaged the coastal regions of eight Asian countries. Huge loss of people and property is reported. The respective governments and voluntary organizations are actively working to ease the situation. Natural calamities are a challenge to humanity. They hit them just for fun. They witness comedy in the suffering of creatures. Today I was deeply involved in the pre-final check of South Asian Journal of Management. Left the office by 5:30 and reached the hostel by 6:30. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:30. Had it by 8:00. Today Ravindra joined his job. He found it comfortable. Today is the Day of Tragedy of Tsunami. Went to sleep by 10:30.

28 December (Tuesday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:30. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. The latest details about the evil effects of Tsunami are widely reported in them. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:30. Took my seat by 9:00. Attended the final check of The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior from 9:30 to 1:00. Had my lunch in Abhiruchi Hotel by 1:30. Thence moved to the nearby post office at Erramanzil. The Pafnet Courier fellows told me that they are unable to reach the parcel of application form to my friend at Nizam Sagar because it is beyond their service area. So, I chose the route of postal department to send it to him. My cousins Shiva and Ravindra gave me their New Year greeting cards to be posted to their friends. I affixed the required postal stamps on them and posted them. Afternoon I was involved in editing the content of the inaugural issue of The ICFAI Journal of Science & Technology, the final check of South Asian Journal of Management and the material receipt of The ICFAI Journal of Environmental Economics. Stayed back in the office till 6:00 to finish these tasks. The bus was thickly packed. I stood up throughout. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 8:00. Had it by 8:45. Spent talking with my hostel mates for one hour. Went to sleep by 10:30. 

29 December (Wednesday)

Woke up by 5:30. Freshened up myself and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached Jubilee Hills Check Post by bus by 7:30. Thence took to walk and reached the abode of Veeru by 8:00. He told me that a classical dancer expressed her interest to marry him. She saw his photo at some marriage bureau. Her name is Saroja. I pray God to connect him with some beautiful girl at the earliest. It would be fine if this girl is considerably beautiful. Veeru delays in going out. I am a very fast guy. So, I reached Shilparamam at Madhapur by 9:00 leaving him back. Took an entry pass and entered the dress circle in Shilpa Kala Vedika building by 10:00. My allotted seat number is G-32. The 9^th convocation of University of Hyderabad was held from 11:00 to 3:00. A P J Abdul Kalam, the present President of India, the scheduled Chief Guest of this occasion, delivered his formal speech from the Rashtrapathi Bhawan in New Delhi, through video conference facility. The heavy destruction caused by the recent Tsunami and the recent death of P V Narasimha Rao, the former Prime Minister of India, discouraged him from attending this occasion in person as was scheduled earlier. The other chief guests on the dais were P N Bhagwati, the present Chancellor of University of Hyderabad, Sushil Kumar Shinde, the present Governor of Andhra Pradesh, and Professor Kota Hari Narayana, the present Vice Chancellor of University of Hyderabad. It is one of the memorable occasions in my life. The academic era of my life is over. Went to sleep by 10:00.

30 December (Thursday)

Woke up by 6:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:20. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:30. Took my seat by 9:00. This afternoon, Department of English in the University of Hyderabad is observing a Tea Party. This is to facilitate a casual get-together of our old and present creatures. I could not utilize this opportunity of meeting my dear creatures because they did not grant me leave today. Today I was deeply involved in editing the content of an article of The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior. I detected 11% plagiarism in it through Google search engine. The author copied content from nine sources on the Internet. I am disturbed to observe this unhealthy trend of writers. The innocent creators of great works badly get affected by the acts of these unscrupulous and cunning creatures in the publishing industry. I spent a disturbed day due to this. Returned to the hostel by 6:30. Brought the parcel of supper from the hotel by 7:30. Had it by 8:00. My cousin Ravindra did not go to his office today. Kiran is getting ready to welcome new year soon. I have nothing to celebrate. I am celebrating every night watching classic dreams presented by God. Went to sleep by 10:00.

31 December (Friday)

Woke up by 5:00. Freshened up myself soon and went to the bus stop by 6:45. Reached our office by 7:40. Got it opened by 7:45. Spent reading newspapers for one hour. Went out and had my breakfast at a pushcart by 8:30. From 10:00 to 1:00 I was involved in the plagiarism check of two articles of The ICFAI Journal of Environmental Economics. This afternoon our colleague Rohini told us that she is leaving our press to join Cambridge University Press in Hyderabad. She got a good job offer from them. This afternoon I was busy sending new year greetings to my superiors by email. I sent my new year message to all my colleagues. By 3:00 pieces of cake were distributed in our office celebrating the eve of New Year 2005. The HR department of ICFAI ensured that salaries of its employees for this month are credited to their bank accounts a bit early. We staff members greeted among ourselves before leaving the office. Returned to the hostel by 6:00. Called up Veeranjaneyulu by 7:00. Advised him to talk with Saroja, the classical dancer, who expressed interest to marry him. I told him that a boy should take 90 steps forward when he senses that a girl took 10 steps toward him, in matters of love and marriage. This is India. Sensitive girls don’t/can’t express their heart to their sweethearts easily. Boys should take the initiative. One should struggle and suffer a lot to win the love of a good girl. Had my supper by 8:00. My hostel mates were getting ready to welcome New Year 2005. Went to sleep by 9:30 to invite my dreams.

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