Ramarao Annavarapu
WriterRamarao Annavarapu was born in Guntur AP and educated in Nagpur, Maharastra. After teaching for three years, he joined the Indian Railways Traffic Service and worked in different capacities on the Indian Railways. He retired as Chief Operations Manager, Eastern Railway, Kolkata in 1991. He has visited several countries including USA, UK, Europe, Nepal, Singapore, Indonesia, and Ghana. Ramarao started writing while working for the railways and published several articles on varied subjects, including the translation of poems and songs of Rabindranath Tagore and others. He has published three Read More...
Trailing Window
Books by Ramarao Annavarapu
Ever since the invention of the steam engine generations of people have been fascinated by railways and its myriad images and sounds, the rhythmic puffing of the steam engine, the sound of trains negotiating curves or entering and emerging from tunnels, the sight of smoke billowing out of the chimney of the locomotive forming a cloud over the train and so on. The fascination has continued with steam traction yielding place to diesel and electric traction, entr
Between The Lines
Books by Ramarao Annavarapu
A retired railway officer recalls events in his life and his career spanning the period before the country gained freedom from British rule; through turbulent times in Eastern India, wars with a neighbouring country, imposition of the Emergency with glimpses of working conditions in a public sector corporation and life in a West African country. The events are retold engagingly.
Nemesis
Books by Ramarao Annavarapu
The stories in this collection recall the events of the seventh and eighth decades of the twentieth century. It was a traumatic and unforgettable period for those who lived in the Eastern and North Eastern parts of the country. The period covered three wars: the emergence of Naxalism, the birth of Bangladesh, the imposition of Emergency and its aftermath.
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