Food for thought from Jwala’s Musings “AN ASYNCHRONOUS HISTORY SCRAPBOOK”

Food for thought from Jwala’s Musings

“AN ASYNCHRONOUS HISTORY SCRAPBOOK”

G. Valliswar

All of us witness or experience hundreds of things in our day-to-day life. But only a few can analyze them and fewer still reduce them into writing. Even they confine themselves to one or two fields. 

In Mr. Vanam Jwala Narasimha Rao, a free-lance journalist, I find one who could describe and analyze every situation he finds himself in.

During his 20-year span as a journalist, Mr. Narasimha Rao, fondly called Jwala by friends, has touched upon diverse subjects ranging from tribals in Andhra Pradesh to Barack Obama’s administration in the U. S.

In a large number of articles, Jwala deals with the living conditions of tribals and the impact of laws and Government programs on them. Similarly, Jwala dwells on health management in many of his articles, may be because of his deep association with EMRI and HMRI, two revolutionary initiatives in addressing people’s health and emergency medical management in Andhra Pradesh. 

His pieces on Japan’s nuclear crisis (2011), the dethroning of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, resignation of law makers in the UK and the healthcare delivery system in Singapore demonstrate nothing is untouchable for Jwala’s pen.

“AN ASYNCHRONOUS HISTORY SCRAPBOOK” carries in all 87 articles on political, religious, health, administrative, academic and cultural topics.

Jwala’s nose for news and flair for writing make the articles gripping. He presents even the diary of his training program in the UK in a readable format. He used his visit to Singapore to write articles of academic interest for te benefit of administrators.

Here is an example:

“The National Conversation on ‘Our Singapore’ announced by the Prime Minister is gathering momentum in social media…According to media reports, the first of at least 30 citizen dialogues being planned for the National Conversation will be held in early October and some 100 people have already expressed interest in the debate. Each session is expected to involve 50 to 100 people who will be split into groups of 8 to 10 each with a facilitator encouraging deeper conversation about the country’s future….The Government announced a toll-free number and an e-mail address to facilitate easy access to public as well as to indicate its preparedness to post details of the session on a website….Why should not AP Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy (emulate from this experience) replicate such an event and involve people in better governance?”

I am sure that Jwala’s Book “AN ASYNCHRONOUS HISTORY SCRAPBOOK” will serve sumptuous food for thought.

 Valliswar Gundu

Senior Journalist

Editor, Andhra Pradesh