With the Andhra Pradesh government set to issue the final notification for reorganisation of the existing 13 districts into 26 districts in a couple of days, suspense continues over how the new political map of the state would look.On April 4, .
Andhra Pradesh celebrated 73rd Republic Day with the announcement to create 13 new districts.The new districts will come into being from Ugadi, the Telugu New Year. A notification to double the number of districts to 26 was issued on .
Being passionate about cooking since long, I have been interested in knowing the antiquity of all ethnic food items, which still remain a part of our daily meal. Pappu Pulusu, or simply Pulusu, is a delicacy of the Andhra cuisine; but the name is less known outside the region. On the contrary, Sambar, which has always been considered as part of Tamil cuisine, is well known worldwide. Though the names differ, both items are prepared nearly with the same ingredients, like pigeon peas, a variety of vegetables, and of course, the main ingredient, tamarind paste, and also a bit of jaggery. While reading classical Telugu literature, I paid little attention to either Pulusu or Sambar, perhaps because both are too common within South Indian food culture to take any special note. Anyway, let me now bring forth a simple question: Who invented Sambar?
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Telugu film producer Doraswami Raju dies at 74
Noted Telugu film producer V Doraswamy Raju died at a super-specialty hospital here on Monday following a cardiac arrest. Raju, 74, was admitted on January 16 with health issues and the end came at 8.20 AM, hospital sources said. Raju, also a film distributor, produced several successful films, including Annamayya , President gari pellam , Kirayi Dada (all with Nagarjuna), Sitaramayya gari Manavaralu with legendary Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Simhadri with junior NTR. Annamayya , a film on the life of renowned saint composer Tallapaka Annamacharya, is considered a memorable film in Telugu cinema. Sitaramayya gari Manavaralu , released in 1991, had won numerous awards.