The questionable path the Gurukul teachers took to do dharna and humiliate an IPS officer, one of most upright officers in Telangana is worrying. RS Praveen Kumar IPS, is Secretary, Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society. He is Secretary of APSWREIS, and oversaw the functioning of about 290 residential schools. He is a honest, passionate IPS officer who, for years, chose deliberately to serve in the Social Welfare department for his passion towards uplifting the downtrodden. Even when the Telangana State is formed, he preferred the same post. He is the brain behind the social welfare school students Poorna and Anand’s conquest of Mt. Everest. He is father figure for the kids so much so that both kids want to be IPS officers and name ...

A sunrise at 29,029 feet above sea level, with the stars twinkling down at you. That is the summit of Mount Everest as described by the duo who recently scaled the world’s highest peak. But before Malavath Purna, 13, the youngest female to accomplish the feat, and Sadhanapalli Anand Kumar, 17, the first Dalit to make it to the top, could live out this experience as reality, they had to survive equally imposing circumstances, if not more, in life. “I am from Pakala village, Nizamabad district,” says Purna with a hint of nervousness in her voice, before quickly adding, “state Telangana.” And then a shy smile. “I studied till Class V in my village. I also used to help my ...