Saturday, January 26, 2002

The Plot of Land near Gachi Bowli

 We had purchased a small plot of land of about 500 Sq. yard. This was an open space and children loved going here and running around the open space. Today, there is no open spaces here but back then in 2002, it was just wilderness. 






Sunday, January 6, 2002

Meeting the British P.M. Tony and Cherie Blair

  On 6 th January 2002, I was invited along with a few other prominent women in Hyderabad  like, Shanta Sinha, Suneetha krishnana, Jamuna, Amita Dhanda , Lalita to meet with British Plime Minister Tony Blair and his wife  Cherie Blair when  visited Hyderabad . The Chief Minister Chandra babu Naidu was also present at the  meeting. This meeting was organized by DFID and the British Council and it focused prlmarily on gender issues and DFID's role in AndhraPradesh . It also discussed developmental activities in Hyderabad  DFID's role in dry land agriculture, adoption of children, and domestic violence. It was very interesting and we had a lot of fun. We were asked to collect at 10.00 and next to our room was a room filled with Cofee, tea, soft drinks and a large number of snacks. We then received a minute to minute report the flight has landed. They have come out of the plain. They are now in the car and now enroute.  As soon as Cherie met us she said, it is difficult to leave ha baby. She was nursing her son then. It was a very interesting day and we enjoyed a lot.