‘The Guided Missile’ is a collection of personal memories and life events of the Author, a sort of autobiography.

His narrating the conditions that prevailed at home while schooling, ordeals he faced after that, the process of getting selected into Air Force, ecstatic feelings of patriotism while in service for almost 2 decades and the life after discharge, all keep you engaged, as though he is talking to you vividly describing everything.

From his writing style one can easily understand that he is a voracious reader, a regular writer and a best story teller. I eagerly waited for this book to arrive and I reserved a whole Sunday exclusively for reading it. Thoroughly enjoyed.

A soldier’s life is a life filled with pride and dignity, valor and courage and even sacrifices. Such life is a boon making others feel envious.

An air warrior, a communicator, a media educator, an academic – all rolled into one, Dr Suman Kumar Kasturi is a missile himself guided by his own dreams.

- Y Babji

Hyderabad / 9th December 2020

The now redundant Executive Committee of SR Nagar Welfare Association which continued for 4 years 6 months is likely to go for elections on 24th January 2021.

Learnt that the EC met on 8-12-2020 and decided to hold AGM with Elections on 24-1-2021 though the orders of Government was to hold AGMs of different entities before 31st December 2020 either physically or virtually or on a combination of both.

Members of the Association accuse the Office Bearers for being non-responsive and opaque in their functioning. Residents expect that this time Youth takes up the responsibility of the Association duly dispensing with those who enjoyed power and positions for decades. 

Hyderabad/20th June 2020

SR Nagar Residents' Welfare Association gets on with a time-barred Executive Committee.

Since 4 years, there are no elections to the Executive Committee of Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar Welfare Association.

As per the constitution of the Association, June is the month during which General Body meeting will have to be conducted every year and Elections ought to be held once in two years. But the present Committee chose to continue unauthorized without AGM and Elections in the guise of Corona lockdown, though there is a provision to convene Virtual AGMs.  

New Managing Committee for 2012-14

Prof. J S Babu Rao & Advocate Mallikarjuna Rao and all their associates as a panel have swept the polls conducted at the AGM held on 17-6-2012 defeating CB Richard & K Sarada and their followers. It was an unprecedented turn out at the AGM this year despite rain and humidity. Started at 3 pm, the poll process went on upto 8.30 pm.

Here, they are, victorious -

President
Prof J S Babu Rao

Vice Presidents
SV Rama Bhadra Raju
K Hanumantha Rao
K Indra Reddy

Secretary
Advocate K V Mallikarjuna Rao

Joint Secretaries
T Srikanth
S Anji Reddy
V Viveknath

Treasurer
T Pentaiah

Joint Treasurer
K. Jacob

& 13 more EC members


The outgoing Managing Committee proposed meaningless amendments to the bye-laws much to the disappointment of Senior Citizens, Members serving in Govt Departments & Women who are active in other Associations etc. Those proposed amendments were not authorized by the Executive Committee, either. The lesson to be learnt is "Never disrespect senior citizens and elders".

SR Nagar, the longest busbay of Hyderabad

Kaveri travels multi-axled Volvo bus was caught in fire on the Ameerpet main road on the night of Sunday (10-6-2012). After noticing the smoke, passengers jumped out of the the bus and fled. Flames spread to the entire bus and even before the arrival of fire tenders the bus was completely destroyed. The incident took place when the bus belonging to Kaveri Tours and Travels, was going towards Central Bus Station at Gowliguda from BHEL.

Five fire tenders from Film Nagar, Sanathnagar, Secunderabad, Gowliguda and Langar Houz, besides a snorkel, rushed to the spot to extinguish the flames. Police confirmed that there were no casualties in the incident. The apparent cause is sparks in the battery chambers near the luggage boot of the bus. Another version is the bus was parked on a heap of ash that was gathered from a computer shop of a building that caught fire in the afternoon, the same day.

The Bombay highway that passes between SR Nagar and Vengal Rao Nagar has become the longest busbay of Hyderabad city causing pollution and posing threat to life.

Confusion clouds over amendments

 - Y. Babji, Past President  

The Executive Committee of the Association met on 9th June 2012 in  a state of utter confusion over the amendments to the byelaws of the Association. With just one week left for the AGM, nothing is clear. Due to irrational amendments proposed to be adopted, majority of the members got irritated mainly for the reasons namely-

(1) down-sizing the number of vacancies to the position of the Vice Presidents and the Joint Secretaries, but increasing the strength of Joint Treasurers 

(2) unprecedented and prohibitive imposition of cash deposit for each and every nomination &

(3) restricting the entry of Senior Citizens, those working for Govt and local bodies, representatives of women associations etc into the Managing Committee of the Association.

Criticism is that these proposed amendments were never discussed and adopted in any of the earlier EC meetings, but proposed unilaterally, without even consulting the seniors.

The meeting witnessed chaos and disorder when members left the meeting, disgusted, abruptly.

Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar, Today

Y Babji, Past President

Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar, shortly SR Nagar is supposed to be a residential suburb in Hyderabad City, in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India. Very close to Ameerpet, a commercial area, it is named after the 6th President of India, Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy. Towards the west of Bombay highway lies Vengal Rao Nagar, another residential suburb named after a Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Geographically, SR Nagar is within the core city of Hyderabad.

SR Nagar was developed and built into Special Type, A type, B type, C type, MIG, LIG & Weaker Sections Housing structure by AP Housing Board from 1968 onwards. Once with a good number of trees and good environment, now it looks like a concrete jungle. It has Begumpet, Greater Leela Nagar and Dharamkaran Road to its East. Vengal Rao Nagar and Srinivasa Colony to its West. Bahlool Khan Guda, Subash Nagar and Sanathnagar to its North and Ameerpet to its South. The statue of Umesh Chandra, a police officer who was shot dead by Naxalites is at the main entrance of this Colony and  has become a landmark to reach.

SR Nagar hosts a number of educational institutions, hostels, eateries, private hospitals and other commercial establishments. The main road from Umesh Chandra Statue to SR Nagar Police Station is lined up with Banks and Financial Institutions. Real estate boom that caught up a 20 years ago resulted in converting all the original Housing Board structures into multi-storied apartments. Except a Community Hall (which is in a dilapidated condition), a Mahila Samajam, a children park and a municipal play ground there is not much breathing space with all lanes and by-lanes having been encroached and shrunk. BK Guda park is a relief.

Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar has many Corporate Schools and Junior colleges and coaching centers namely, Bhashyam, Nagarjuna, Sri Chaitanya, Kakatiya, Narayana, Gautami, Gowtham, Narayana. At a shouting distance, there are hundreds of IT coaching centers in and around Aditya enclave, Ameerpet.

More than 300 private buses bound for almost all the cities and towns within the State and neighbouring States originate and terminate at this place.

It falls into Sanathnagar Assembly segment within Secunderabad Parliamentary constituency.

Municipality         : Circle X  of Central Zone of GHMC

Police                     : SR Nagar Police Station

Traffic                   : Panjagutta Police Station

Post Office            : SR Nagar Post Office

Mandal                 : Ameerpet Revenue Mandal

Division                : Secunderabad Revenue Division

District                 : Hyderabad

Railway Station   : Begumpet, the nearest

Hospital                : Govt Hospital near SR Ngr PS (Collapsed 2 yrs ago)

This colony has a representative body of Civil Society by name "Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar Welfare Association" with its office located on the first floor of SR Nagar Community Hall. Its Office bearers and representatives are elected  once in two years. Especially, since the year 2000, the Association has done a lot to improve the infrastructure and civic amenities in the colony.

For the present term [July 2010 to June 2012], the following are the key personalities

CB Richard, President

Sharada Katakam, Secretary

T Pentaiah, Treasurer