In context of the debate over safety and security for migrants in Hyderabad, here is an interesting article on the development Andhra culture of migrants - (published in Geetha Reddy (ed.), Emerging urban transformations. Multilayered cities and urban systems, International Geographical Union, Urban geography Commission, Hyderabad) Abstract Hyderabad is a multilayered city which has long served as a melting point for different cultures. However, the massive arrival of rich migrants from coastal Andhra after the formation of Andhra Pradesh has added a new cultural and economic layer which tends to impose itself on others, rather than merge harmoniously with them. Among these migrants, professionals and businessmen belonging to the Kamma caste form a dominant group. Because of their wealth and ...

This video about the Ph.D thesis on the rise of Kammas has been making waves on social media. Her doctoral thesis explores the relation between dominant caste and territory in South India through a detailed ethnography of the Kammas of Andhra Pradesh, with an emphasis on their migration patterns and upward social mobility, from landed farmers to businessmen, industrialists and professionals. The aim of her work was to unveil the mechanisms of power and control that are used by the dominant castes to perpetuate their hegemony. Here is the Ph.D thesis paper by Dalel Benbabaali, which she read out in the video above - Dominant caste and territory in South India: The case of the Kammas of Andhra Pradesh In ...

An interesting snap from Nizam’s era showing the Pahelwans!

Look at the calender in this 1971 photo. Just reminds us how dear Telangana ideal was all these decades and how important it is for us now that we achieved it..6 దశాబ్దాలు గుండెల్లో పెట్టుకున్నాం తెలంగాణా ని! ఆకరికి వెలుతురికి వస్తుంది,.. కష్టపడాలి కాపాడుకోవాలి ..