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Living example

Advanced medical technology and medicines no doubt contribute to the longevity of mankind as is evident today. But, if taken care of well, the aged persons live long even in the natural course. A living example to this is provided by Visranthi, a home for the aged in the city, which honoured 106-year old Chavatapalli Venkamma on Sunday.

A child widow, she is in the care of her nephew Capt. Bhagawan, a retired principal of V.S. Krishna College. According to him, she always takes tea with extra lumps of sugar and her consumption of ghee for a day normally that lasts a month for any.

Though grown double, she still is able to climb the

stairs from first floor to the second to offer daily

worship to Tulasi plant there.

And when power goes off in the house, is able to see whether the TV is on in the neighbourhood by looking through the window, he says.

Not only that, she is of great help to him in everyday cooking, cutting all the vegetables to prepare meal.

A worthy son

A tree is known by its fruit. But at times, the fruit has to be sold by citing the name of the tree. To be accepted as the worthy son of a worthy father is the normal desire of many a son. That there are unworthy sons of worthy fathers and vice versa is a different matter. A son mentions the name of his worthy father to get acceptance. But legislator Gouthu Shyam Sundar Sivaji mentioned his legendary father Sardar Gouthu Latchanna’s name for different reason. He attended a seminar on a couple of days back here and during the interactive session with experts, he was asked to identify himself. “ I am Gouthu Syama Sundar Sivaji, a five time MLA. I wish to mention here that I am son of Gouthu Latchanna. I am mentioning the name of my father so that the stigma attached to a politician will get ‘diluted’ by the mention of Gouthu Latchanna and not for any other benefit,” he said amidst applause.

Vulnerable targets

Computers and Internet have become indispensable in modern life. They have, no doubt, made life easy with banking transactions, travel reservations and a host of other services possible at the click of the mouse. Now wonder kids are being taught computers in primary school itself. While the Internet is a vital source of information on almost everything under the sun, parents should understand that their children, especially those in their teens, could become the most ‘vulnerable targets’ sans adult supervision and guidance.

“Hackers can send virus from anywhere in the world and play havoc with the lives of unsuspecting victims. The hacker can send the virus through online games, mails, wallpapers, images of pretty girls and voice chats to entice youth and elicit information from them,” says Abhijeth Dugginepuddi, a student of Gitam University, who is taking classes on ethical hacking along with his classmate Bhargava Satyanarayana for his peers and even seniors.

(Prabhakkar Sharma, R.Jagadeeswara Rao and B. Madhu Gopal)

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