Biography of Tanya coming out in Malayalam
The Hindu
Tanya Savicheva’s dairy had poignantly captured the siege of Stalingrad by the Germans in WWII
‘The Savichevs are dead. Everyone is dead. Only Tanya is left.’
So ends the short diary of Tanya Savicheva, the young Russian girl whose jottings captured the horror and despair of one of the darkest episodes of World War II; the 872-day siege of Leningrad (present-day St Petersburg) by the German forces.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.