A visionary possessing remarkable foresight and farsighted wisdom;

A rare individual, who clothed himself with honour and glory in all his chosen fields of endeavour;

A distinguished personage, who became a legend in his lifetime;

An entrepreneur par excellence, who earned respectability and honour for a humble household activity in traditional foods and placed it on par with the high and mighty in the organized food processing sector;

A daring, dauntless spirit, who spurned defeat and never accepted less than the highest position;

A leader extraordinaire, who is a torch bearer and trail blazer in print and electronic journalism and in multilingual and multi-channel television;

A dare-devil workaholic to whom a 24 hour long day is not long enough;

An aspiring soul ever soaring higher and higher, to whom the sky is no limit;

And, above all, to me very personally, a benefactor beyond compare; who gave me at SIXTY, a fresh lease of full–fledged professional life exceeding t-w-e-n-t-y f-o-u-r years;

To him, our beloved Chairman of Ramoji Group, Sri Ramoji Rao;

I lovingly dedicate this humble work of mine as a token of my profound gratitude.