An afternoon sometime in the middle of September 2005. While sitting with the then Tadikonda MLA, Varaprasad, regarding some family dispute of my brother-in-law, I received some calls but could not attend.
At that time, roaming option on mobile phones was a costly affair. But as I was part of Prajasakti then, they provided a mobile phone for daily reporting and communication purposes.
Finally, when I attended the call from AKG Bhavan, CPI(M) headquarters in Delhi, the message was that comrade Sitaram Yechury, a newly elected Rajya Sabha Member from West Bengal, wanted my services as his political secretary.
I was in a kind of shock and awe. Being a journalist in Delhi for Prajasakti, I had a peculiar rapport with him. As I was new to the city and had limited acquaintances, Sitaram Yechury was the chief guest at my daughter Dheera’s first birthday in Vithal Bhai Patel House.
When we thought of celebrating the birthday, who to invite was a question before me. Neeli Arjun, currently working as a government pleader in the Telangana High Court, was my senior at Prajasakti in Delhi.
He and Suryadevara Prasanna Kumar, who is currently the Legislative Assembly Secretary of Andhra Pradesh, worked out a small guest list...Read more
