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Aged couple on task of fulfilling dreams of departed daughter

Staff Reporter

Their daughter died in a road accident a decade ago

Kakinada: She was like a flower ready to blossom but fate had cut short her life. A decade has passed since she died in a road accident, but she stays in the memories of all those who knew her.

A native of Kakinada, Kuchibhotla Vasanthi had big dreams, which are now being fulfilled by her aged parents.

Vasanthi had completed Masters in Business Administration at the Indian Institute of Rural Management, Anand, in 1997 and soon joined a Berhampore-based NGO Grama Vikas to gain practical experience.

She had also taken up field work with National Tree Growers’ Cooperative Federation.

She was in the midst of her project work when tragedy struck.

Series of lectures

Nevertheless, Vasanthi’s parents Kameswara Rao and Jyotirmayi took up themselves the onerous task of spreading her ideals and to do that, they set up Kuchibhotla Vasanthi Foundation.

The aged couple, both pensioners, had since been organising foundation lectures, elocution and debating competitions among other activities in the fond memory of their daughter by expending their own resources.

The latest lectures covering the topic ‘Development Echoes and Awakening Voices’ were delivered on Tuesday by J. Manohara Rao of the Department of Economics of the University of Hyderabad, G. Muralidhar, chief mentor of Akshara Network for Development Support Services, Hyderabad, and Kuchibhotla Prasad, retired chief general manager of the Reserve Bank of India.

Kuchibhotla Vasanthi Foundation Chairman Kameswara Rao told The Hindu that 11 lectures were organised in as many years from 1998 and all of them were brought out in the form of books.

Apparent resolve

“We spend at least Rs. 40,000 every year from our own pocket. For us there is no better satisfying thing than to sustain and share the values cherished by Vasanthi,” he added, with apparent resolve to carry out the good work till age and resources permit.

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