Autobiography of Rao Konduru





 

 



Rao M. Konduru
BTech,MEng,MS,PhD,DSc,PEng



 

 

 

POETRY PUBLISHED

Shown Below Is My Favorite Poem!
 

                 Who We Are!
                   Author: Rao Konduru, PhD


                    
           We were all unique.


                           
    Our mysterious existence
                        was not of much deliberation,
                                  We did not bargain for
                        While we ought to have been;
 

                             We did not desire but I did,
                              Howsoever,
                              I originally came from We,
                                Without I there is no We;
  

                           Once We decided:
                              Why don't We together
                              Rather gather not!
                              Then only,
                              We will miss one-another;
 

                           I compromised:
                               Be a part of a million!
                               Part per million is not
                               just a sort of being apart,
                               Part per million means
                               A part that belongs to all;
 

                            After all,
                            We are all made of I's.
 

         

Since Age 16, I Have Been Writing Poetry

 

These photos were taken when I was 16, studying Pre-University.
When I was 16, I started writing poetry, and published my first poem.
   

 

 

 

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Canadian Anthology

 

My Father's Diary: A Short Story Published in Canadian Anthology (Writer's Block, 1994)
Author: Rao Konduru, PhD

Manuscript

                            MY FATHER'S DIARY
Once I happened to look into my father’s personal diary. He wrote and highlighted the following three lines which were narrated by his father while dying:


                            
DON’T OPEN THE KNOT I GAVE YOU,
                             TOP SECRET IS IN THE KNOT,
                             WHEN YOU OPEN, THEN YOU DIE!

When I was ten, I used to ask my father: “What was there in that sacred box that was always kept locked in a special and glorified place of our entire family?” But my father never told me about it. The only thing he told me was: “Don’t touch the knot; If you touch, you will die.”


By the time I saw my father’s diary, my father had died. I then asked my mother, “What is there in that sacred box?” She had always been suspicious about revealing the fact, especially about the top secret.
She only revealed that the sacred box is being passed on from generation to generation from father to the son(s).

Later on, I made a vast survey on our family antiques. I was glad as I found my grandfather’s old table. I was very scared to look underneath the table some message sculptured with very tiny letters. I read the message with a magnifying glass:

                            
MY SON:
                             DON’T OPEN THE KNOT I GAVE YOU,
                             TOP SECRET IS IN THE KNOT,
                             WHEN YOU OPEN, THEN YOU DIE!

Thereafter, I commenced thinking about the top secret intensely over and over again. My mind day-by-day deeply penetrated into the levels of origin within which I could determine some clue as to what the top secret could be. The concentrated mind has reached the depths in which the relaxation of my so called "bruised genius” commemorated the thoughts that had been appeared as the resulting products of supernatural power encompassed by my mind.


 

By awakening the giant within one’s mind, it is possible to surmount the negativity, which usually is the destructive force of one’s self-confidence. The reason why one suffers or fails to perform well is unaware due to the fact that one could not utilize the mind appropriately in one’s attentive nature, as the equilibrium of one’s thinking power gets disturbed. Recovering back such equilibrium is not an easy task because the mind lacks a great deal of control. Making right decisions at the right moment is the central idea of what we call the empowered mind. Empowering a mind after all the social barriers as a matter of fact involves a consistent effort of cautious study of one’s own self.

Last night, it came to me in a dream:
It was a religious gathering at my grandfather’s home which was a huge bungalow of countless rooms built with marbles. The rooms were arranged in a zigzag direction. I tried to walk around but got lost. Finally,
I managed to come back to my grandfather’s bedroom. My grandfather was there at the front door accompanied by my grandmother receiving guests of all kinds from all around the world. I thought my grandfather was a sort of pope as he dressed exactly the way the pope dresses.
His crown was made of silver fabrics mounted with badges and ornaments of all sorts.

My grandfather’s bedroom was decorated by paintings and posters.
I walked towards his bed, which was covered by roses and other flowers. I opened a little drawer that was there next to my grandfather’s bed, and discovered my father’s diary. I was very delighted to see my father’s diary, which I have been missing for a long time. I examined the diary, and recognized my father’s handwriting. On the last page of his diary,
I read the following message entitled “top secret:”


                   
Positive beliefs keep the mind in attention,
                    Mind can be polished by making it thinking,
                    Suspense is bothersome,
                    But it helps exercising the mind;

 

                    Think like a detective,
                    Inspect like a philosopher, and
                    Live like a thinker.
 

 

 

 
My Father's Diary: A Short Story Published in Canadian Anthology (Writer's Block, 1994)
Author: Rao Konduru, PhD

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McGill University Yearbook (Old McGill)

 
  Poetry Published in McGill University Yearbook (PDF File)
                              Author: Rao Konduru, PhD

 

 

 

The following poem (THE TRUTH OF LOVE) won the first prize
in Poetry-Writing Competition, Held in McGill University in 1991.


 
 
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American Anthologies

 
Poetry Published in the Following American Anthologies:
Author: Rao Konduru, PhD
   

1

American Poetry Annual, 1991  (PDF File)

2

Poetic Voices of America, Spring 1992 (PDF File)

3

Passages, 1992 (PDF File)

4

Voices of Light, A Suwannee Poetry Book, 1991 (PDF File)

   

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Poetry in Telugu Language


Poetry & Short Stories Published in Telugu
(Telugu is A Language Greatly Mixed With and Influenced by Sanskrit)
Author: Rao Konduru, PhD
 
  Title in Telugu Title Meaning in English
 

PDF Files

 

POEM1 Oohala Ooyala Dreaming Thought
POEM2 Manasu Gajibiji Confusion in the Heart
POEM3 Yeda-Vyadha Struggle-Suffering
POEM4 Kala Artistic Skill
POEM5 Nenerigina Geyam The Poem I Knew
POEM6 Prema Love
POEM7 Grand Views Grand Views
     
STORY1 Psychologist Psychologist
STORY2 Kalpanamayi The Woman I Created
SHORY3 Kshananubhuti Instant Impression
STORY4 Rajakeeyam Politics
STORY5 Playing Cards Playing Cards
     

 

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