lyrics by sirivennela.. - click to watch video

eppuduu voppukovaddura votami..
eppuduu vodulukovaddura vorimi..

vishraminchavaddu ye kshanam
vismarinchavaddu nirnayam.. appude nee jayam nischayam ra..
eppuduu voppukovaddura votamiii..

ningi entha pedda daina rivvumanna guvvapilla rekka mundu takkuvenu ra..
ningi entha pedda daina rivvumanna guvvapilla rekka mundu takkuvenu ra..
sandramentha goppa daina eedutunna chepa pilla moppa mundu chinnadenu ra..

paschimana ponchi vundi ravini mingu asura sandhya vokkanadu neggaledu ra..
gutakapadani aggi vunda saagarananeedukuntu tuurupinta telutundi ra..
nishavilasamentasepura.. ushodayanni evvadapura..
ragulutunna gunde kuda suryagolamantidenu ra..
eppuduu voppukovaddu ra votamii..

noppi leni nimushamedi jananamaina maranamaina jeevitana adugu aduguna..
noppi leni nimushamedi jananamaina maranamaina jeevitana adugu aduguna..
neerasinchi nilichipothe nimishamaina needi kadu bratuku ante nitya garshana..
dehamundi pranamundi netturundi sattuvundi intakanna sainyamunduna..
dehamundi pranamundi netturundi sattuvundi intakanna sainyamunduna..

aasha neeku astramaunu.. swasa neeku sastramaunu.. aasayammu saradhaunura..
nirantharam prayatnamunnada.. nirasha ke nirasha puttada?
nirantharam prayatnamunnada.. nirasha ke nirasha puttada?
aayuvantu vunnavaraku chavu kuda neggaleka savamu paine gelupu chatura..
eppuduu voppukovaddura votami..

Nandankanan

Recently I have visited nandankanan zoo in bhuwaneswar. It was indeed a real feast to my eyes. We had to travel for around an hour from bhuwaneswar to reach nandankanan, but it was worth the effort..

Be it the large barn owl staring at you inside the cave(I was very reluctant to leave it.. It was the first time I loved the sight of an owl.. The only time it blinked it's eyes is when the flashlight from my camera filled it's eyes), handsome lions or flamboyant elephants(they are moving everywhere and always ready to bless u with their trunks), the place is an amazing spectacle. I loved the macau(very beautiful but got a ear-breaking harsh voice). The guide explained that this zoo is filled with happy families(sukhee) (chimpanzee) as well as sad families(dukhee) (orengetton, spectacle monkey, hirans). Initially I ignored his comments but upon seeing the animals, I had to believe it :))

Coming to birds.. dancing peacocks (white and green), ostriches, numerous kinds of parrots and pigeons (I liked the green pigeon), love birds, ducks.. while your eyes savour on their beauty, their chirps and quacks will definitely put your hearing device to test..

The crocodiles breeding ground (oh my god.. so many crocodiles),elephant bathing centre, cunning hynae, rattle snakes and pythons, tigers(white and bengal), big bears, small bears, black buck (guide explained as the one salman khan shot), large numbers of beautiful birds flocking on the trees around crocodile breeding ground, leopards (u don't need to be a poet to appreciate their elegance).. It was indeed an experience which will stay with me for long..

Introdutory sentences from David Copperfield..

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve o'clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously.

In consideration of the day and hour of my birth, it was declared by the nurse, and by some sage women in the neighbourhood who had taken a lively interest in me several months before there was any possibility of our becoming personally acquainted, first, that I was destined to be unlucky in life; and secondly, that I was privileged to see ghosts and spirits; both these gifts inevitably attaching, as they believed, to all unlucky infants of either gender, born towards the small hours on a Friday night.

I need say nothing here, on the first head, because nothing can show better than my history whether that prediction was verified or falsified by the result. On the second branch of the question, I will only remark, that unless I ran through that part of my inheritance while I was still a baby, I have not come into it yet. But I do not at all complain of having been kept out of this property; and if anybody else should be in the present enjoyment of it, he is heartily welcome to keep it.

nothing more needs to be said about the style of charles dickens.. Go grab the book if you haven't read it already (Don't complain I didn't warn you that it is a classic and contains a lot of melodrama in it..)

Digital library of India

Digital library of India is a great abode for telugu(for that matter any indian regional language) lovers.
Though the interface is very lame and unfriendly, the books compensate for that. Some great regional books are scanned and uploaded here for online reading.
You can find some all time greats listed here. Be it the wisdom of SriSri guiding you, chalam questioning you through his musings or the wit of chilakamarthi amusing you.. you can find some nice telugu stuff here. Some of the books that belong here are published back in 1850 s.
There are also books on different subjects, newspapers, journals and manuscripts.