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  • Jr NTR removed from N.T. Rama Rao’s centenary celebration guest list?

    Jr NTR removed from N.T. Rama Rao’s centenary celebration guest list?

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    Hyderabad: The countdown to the grand celebration of the birth centenary of iconic actor and politician N. T. Rama Rao has begun. However, his grandson, the talented Jr NTR, has been reportedly omitted from the guest list, which appears to be a major disappointment among his fans and supporters.

    According to Track Tollywood reports, Jr NTR, who is carrying on his grandfather’s legacy, is absent from the list of invited guests. This has raised a lot of eyebrows and sparked a lot of emotions among Nandamuri fans. They believe Jr NTR has been excluded and rejected by his own family.

    The announcement of Vijayawada’s centenary celebrations on April 28th has taken the town by storm. The event is expected to be attended by the Indian film industry’s who’s who, including superstar Rajinikanth. However, the absence of Jr NTR from the guest list has disappointed many of his fans.

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    The Nandamuri family, well-known for its contributions to the Telugu film industry, appears to be at odds over Jr NTR’s non-invitation. While NTR’s son, Nandamuri Balakrishna, has extended an invitation to all, including fans, to attend the event, it’s difficult to ignore the fact that his own nephew has been excluded.

    The absence of Jr NTR from the guest list has only added fuel to the fire as the excitement surrounding the event grows. It’s a glaring omission that has many people wondering if there’s something bigger going on here. Will Jr NTR attend the event, or will he opt to stay away? The only way to know is to wait and see.

    For the time being, Nandamuri fans are disheartened and disappointed, with many hoping for a surprise appearance by their favourite star. It remains to be seen whether the family will put aside their differences and come together to honour their beloved patriarch’s life and legacy.



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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • ‘Meet Kalam’: Former PM Narsimha Rao’s parting message to successor Vajpayee

    ‘Meet Kalam’: Former PM Narsimha Rao’s parting message to successor Vajpayee

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    New Delhi: As former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao left office in 1996, he handed over a slip to his successor Atal Bihari Vajpayee which read, “Kalam se miliye (meet Kalam)”.

    The new prime minister did not know who Kalam was. After he found out, the then chief scientific advisor and secretary, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) APJ Abdul Kalam was called for a meeting, which would pave the way for Pokhran II nuclear tests in 1998, according to author Arun Shourie, a former minister in the Vajpayee-led government.

    Shourie shared this interesting anecdote on the concluding day of the Times LitFest here on Sunday.

    “When the Narasimha Rao government fell and Atal ji came to office, Atal ji told us that Rao handed him a slip reading ‘Kalam se miliye’. Vajpayee wondered who Kalam was. Then he found out and Kalam was called,” Shourie said.

    When Vajpayee told Kalam about the slip, he told the prime minister that the message had to do with nuclear testing, which Rao had approved during his tenure but had to stop due to “American pressure”, according to Shourie.

    “Kalam told Atal ji, ‘sir, we were ready to do a test of the atomic weapon, but we were stopped because of American pressure and various other things that had happened. He (Rao) wants you to resume this… it would take us a month to conduct the test’,” the former Union minister said.

    Vajpayee asked Kalam, who would go on to become the 11th President of India, to start work immediately.

    However, before the plan could take shape, Vajpayee’s government fell in just 13 days.

    “I remember Atal ji walking back from Lok Sabha into his chamber and he said ‘we lost by one vote’ … Kalam walked in and said, ‘sir, you will come back and we will do it,’” recalled Shourie.

    And that’s exactly what happened. The BJP came back to power in March 1998 and Vajpayee once again became the prime minister of India.

    At around 3:45 PM on May 11, 1998, India tested three devices — a thermonuclear device (Shakti I), a fission device (Shakti II), and a sub-kiloton device (Shakti III).

    Two days later, the country detonated two more sub-kiloton devices — Shakti IV and V.

    India had successfully tested its first nuclear bomb in Rajasthan’s Pokhran on May 18, 1974 under the then prime minister Indira Gandhi. Code-named ‘Smiling Buddha’, the Ministry of External Affairs had characterised the test as a “peaceful nuclear explosion”.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )