My Journey from Godavari in Rajahmundry to Mississippi in Greenville, USA

About the Book

I grew up in a large family system interacting with seven siblings. My parents lived in a large house in Rajahmundry and most of my memories are drawn from my early life in this house. I was dark compared to my other siblings and that is the beginning of divide by my close elations and cousins and so on. All the incidents are either witnessed by me or told to me by my parents and grandparents and have recorded most of the good things and events. Some of the readers may find similarities with their experience and may like to read the small biographical sketch.

About the Author

This is the story of events that have happened in my life and is written on my behalf. I was born and brought up in Rajahmundry on the coast of Godavari river and lived there much of my impressionable period and moved away only after my marriage. The title of the book is to commemorate my presence at two major events namely flooding in the River Godavari that happened in 1953 and in the River Mississippi in the USA in 2011. I have now moved to Dover, PA and much of the book was written during these two periods of my life. The book shows some of the practices in our community then and some are still prevalent. Ours was a very large household and so I had occasion in participating in many events and follow through with my siblings over a period of time. This is a piece of history of my family.