write a story with the following beginning: “One day as I was waiting at the bus stop.......” give it title ‘An interesting drama’
Answers
Answer:
New Delhi, Aug.25, (ANI) I was provoked to write my memories of what was it to be a 'Madrassi' which was synonymous of being a South Indian in the late fifties, after being alerted to a Facebook post of a South Indian journalist who recalled his interaction with U. R. Ananthamurthy, who passed away three days ago. The south Indian journalist narrates that in 2004-5, U. R. Ananthamurthy advised him, "Stay bold, original and South Indian in a Delhi that we may not like. Truth will not get a standing ovation, it will get you harassments, pain and dejection, but one has to stay, put up, unmindful of the push backs." The journalist recalls that Ananthamurthy told him to stand up to the patronizing attitude shown towards him by others and uphold the principles of his profession. I admired and respected the late U.R. Ananthamurthy, the Jnanapith and Padma Award winner, who headed the Sahitya Academy, and who was a fellow Kannadiga. He used to invite me to functions at the academy located near Mandi House and had warm interactions with me. I was present when he was awarded the Jnanapith Award by late Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. On reading his suggestion to journalist Vinod K Jose, my thoughts also went back to the late fifties when I had first come to Delhi as an escort to my female cousin who was taking part in a classical music competition organized by the All India Radio. My law exam results were due and I was searching for a Bombay newspaper that was to publish the resul