Paalaguttapalle (Dalitwada) - A Village

The utter generosity of the poor humbles us. They give rice to every mendicant even when their rice is getting over. That is what needs to be understood - their greatnes and their richness. That is what they are defined by. That they are impoverished is what defines us. We are the cause of that poverty - and the onus is on us to share deeply and completely. (nagesh333@gmail.com)

Pages

  • WE AND OUR VILLAGE
  • Village interventions.
  • Dharmam
  • Village - a deeply cultured place
  • The inner strength of the village
  • The purpose of charity
  • Village stories and philosophy
  • Eashwaramma
  • Kala
  • Annapurna and Others
  • Varalu
  • Stories of my children
  • Day by day in the village.
  • Health in the Village
  • Schooling and education
  • Enounters with the modern
  • Learnings from Narmada
  • Gandhi
  • Ayurveda
  • Learnings Down the Years

Eashwaramma

Eashwaramma - my neigbour, my friend.

Lessons from eashwaramma 

My friend Eashwaramma (how the other half lives) - Part 1 (Introduction)

My friend Eashwaramma (how the other half lives) - Part 2 (Running to cataract camps,  running after UID cards) 

My friend Eashwaramma (how the other half lives) - Part 3 (Eating out)

My friend Eashwaramma (how the other half lives) - Part 4 (Sanskaras)

My friend Eashwaramma how the other half lives) - Part 5(The son's killer comes home)

Eashwaramma's days 

Eashwaramma's cataract surgery and after 

The cow and Eashwaramma's chikunguniya

Sasi
   
Hostels for Sasi, Kavya - 2014 April  

Sasi and the Gairampalle School

Sasi - the last attempt at schooling 
 
A room of my own 

Eashwaramma's son-in-law Venkatiah 

Eashwaramma's joke

 May we be forgiven for not understanding

... And Mangamma



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Aparna Krishnan
In 1995, Paalaguttapalle (Dalitwada) became home. After studying engineering, working for three years, I resigned, and started looking for more meaningful and socially relevent work. An understanding of Gandhi gave the paradigm, and the search led to this village. Nagesh also came 'looking for a village to work in', and this village became home. As neighbours, friends and teacher we became part of the village ... and saw some of the timeless wisdom of villages ...
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