ABP Southern Rising Summit 2024 Highlights: 'Witch-Hunting Of Politicians Has Become A Fashion', Says K T Rama Rao
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On why people in showbizz get into substance abuse, Actor Raashii Khanna said: 'Not everybody can handle money and fame together. People are constantly looking for something next to get them that high...I get high from meditation and spirituality."
Actor Raashii Khanna revealed that she wanted to be an IAS officer when she was in college. She secured 91 percent in class 12 and went on to pursue her bachelors from Lady Shri Ram College. She shared that she became an actor by chance when she had gone to Mumbai with her friend and auditioned for Madras Cafe.
Actor Raashii Khanna attended the ABP Southern Rising Summit 2024 where she spoke about her upcoming film 'The Sabarmati Report', which is based on the 2002 Gujarat riots in Godhara.
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Gooti Veera Nageswara Rao, Digital Editor, ABP Desam proposed the vote of thanks.
"What a great day. From the morning we have seen sparkling debates and great insights from great actors like Prakash Raj and Gautami ma'am. We have seen more than 20 sessions today. Its a great day and we had lot of insights and great expriences from great speakers and panelists. I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to speakers, planelists, and delegates who made this event a grand success., he said.
Actor Prakash Raj shared about his love for farms and farming. He said he bought farms that were in bad condition and worked on them to imorove their condition. He also sharedthat he does not own houses in cities. "All My Farms Depict My Friendship With Nature" he said.
Actor Prakash Raj shared about losing his first born son and friend and journalist Gauri Lankesh. He said I am "My friend Gauri Lankesh was shot just because she raised her voice...I didn't bury her, I sow her." "I think it is my responsibility to be the voice of those who have trusted me," he added.
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Actor Gautami Tadimalla was diagnosed with breast cancer in early thirties. She recalled taking a random test and discovering that she had cancer. "I lovd all the phases, be it sleepless nights or pains... Half the battle is in the brain," she said. She also stressed on the need for women to take care of themselves.
Actor and Costume Designer Gautami Tadimalla, who was recently appointed as AIADMK Deputy Secreatary, shared about her bond with former Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa.
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KT Rama Rao rubbished allegations of tapping phones of the ruling government in Telangana, and instead claimed that Revanth Reddy was doing it. 'Revanth Reddy and Congress government are a disaster in Telangana...I want to ask Revanth if his government is tapping the phones of my party leaders and his minsiters or not. I know the people in the opposition whose phones Revanth Reddy is tapping..." he said.
BRS working president K T Rama Rao said during the summit that the witch-hunting of politicians has become a fashion in India now. He further took a jibe at the BJP and NDA-led ruling government saying that "those who side with them are safe and the ED won't go after them. But if someone is not with BJP then they will come after you".
BRS MLA K T Rama Rao spoke about the performance of his party in the previous Assembly polls. He said the party came down by 14 seats but it wasn't a big loss and called it a "new learning".
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Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu recalled receiving advice from ex-Minister Jyotiradditya Scindia. He said the former minister was happy and super excited to see a young minister. "He shared a brief on how he functioned and said don't stick to it. Bring what you want, you are the pilot, I am giving you the coordinates of where to go, but its upto you to decide how to travel, which plane to travel, and how to go, its your decision. The kind of freedom I got was a great thing to have from someone who had just ended their tenure," Naidu said.
Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu spoke about the role played by the government in making air travel accessible. "We have successfully completed eight years of UDAAN scheme 'Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik'...It was PM Modi's brainchild...We have connected the unserved and underserved airports in the country, 74 airports in 2014 have been increased to 157...no country has achieved this...we have taken the airport infrastructure to the remotest part of the country. We were faced by a challenge of how to connect them to airlines and UDAAN helped us achieve this. The scheme helped increase flights at the Darbangha airport from two to 70 per week in four years," he said.
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Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu said that the ministry has dug in deeper into the legislation and proposing changes in the legislation to improvise the response system. He also said that all the calls were hoax, but despite this it is important to follow the protocol to ensure each passenger's safety. He also said that the security has been increased at airports, especially given the festive season.
On tickets of Coldplay and Diljit Dosanjh concerts being sold in seconds, Singer Shilpa Rao said: "...I will not mince my words and shy away from saying that this is a very elitist way of living life where we have sucked the coolness out of denims, lobsters, sea-food, and concert tickets...We are just attending the concerts just because we want to be seen there, we are showing up at cultural concerts in kurta pyjama to look cultural but have no knowledge of ragas."
Singer Shilpa Rao talks about singers being accused of using auto-tune and why it is being used increasingly now. She said people aren't learning the art form now because of auto-tune. Watch discussion here:
Filmmaker Chidambaram S. Poduval and the Director of Manjummel Boys revealed that Rajinikanth called him after watching the movie and invited him over. He then mentione that he went to Rajinikanth's house along with the Manjummel Boys. Watch the discussion live here:
Filmmaker Chidambaram S. Poduval revealed that his next project will be in Hindi, and it is going to be with Phantom Films.
Filmmaker Chidambaram S. Poduval revealed that the cave in the movie Manjummel Boys was not real but was built as set. The real cave was only shown in the dream sequence of Subhash.
Chidambaram S. Poduval, Filmmaker, explained how the journey of Manjummel Boys looked like. Watch it live here:
Mohammad Ali Baig, Padma Shree Awardee, Theatre and Film Actor, said that there is no dedicated venue for Theatre in Hyderabad and yet it is doing well.
Mohammad Ali Baig, Padma Shree Awardee, Theatre and Film Actor, said, "Literature and performing arts needs to be taken beyond the niche audience." Watch him live here:
Mohammad Ali Baig, Padma Shree Awardee, Theatre and Film Actor, said, that Hyderabad is much more than just Charminar and Pearls or Biryani.
Dinesh Victor, CEO, SIP Academy India Pvt Ltd. said that a majority part of our workforce is women. He noted that this has happened despite the fact that it is not easy for women in India to spend their Saturdays and Sundays out.
Bindu Subramaniam, Singer, and Co-founder & CEO, Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts (SaPa), set the stage on fire by singing the Bella Ciao song, popularised by the Netflix series Money Heist. Watch it here:
Bindu Subramaniam, Singer, and Co-founder & CEO, Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts (SaPa), performed the song "Baby I'm A Fool" live at the event. Watch it here:
Bindu Subramaniam, Singer, and Co-founder & CEO, Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts (SaPa), performs Ganpati Bhajan live at the event. Watch it here:
The Chief Executive Officer of Mapmygenome, Anu Acharya, said, "Prevention is not better than cure but it is the cure."
Post the pandemic, people are now a bit more intrigued to know about themselves, and their DNA, said Anu Acharya.
Mapmygenome CEO, Anu Acharya, has emphasised that the data from your genome tests will be private till the moment you decide to share it yourself as there are guidelines in place for the same.
BJP's Raghunandan Rao said that his party abides by the constitution and reorganisation of constituency is written in the Amendment Act.
Madhu Goud Yaskhi, Campaign Committee Chairman, INC Telangana said, "If you raise your voice now then you are considered as an Anti-Nationalist."
BJP's Raghunandan Rao was asked can regional parties raise local issues like fund allocation to the state to which he responded by saying, "Regional parties can raise an issue but who solves that?"
Raghunandan Rao Madhavaneni, MP, Medak and BJP State Secretary, Telangana, said, "There Is Only One Regional Parties In Telangana i.e., BRS."
Three time National awardee classical dancer Yamini Reddy showed that Kuchipudi dance form has grammar and rhythm of its own by presenting a special performance of her disciples. Watch it live here:
Three time National awardee classical dancer Yamini Reddy said, "Kuchipudi in its latest form has become a modern link between the heritage and history of Telugu people and the present day that we have."
Fashion designer, Gaurang Shah, said, "I don't think the Gaurang Shah brand is going to move forward after me because I haven't found anyone second to me. I could not even find one person with the fire to work in handloom and to take it forward."
Gaurang Shah, Fashion Designer, has a sugegstion for the government to help the handloom industry grow. He said that the government can make Khadi based school or office uniforms. He added that the cloth quality only improves and softens with each wash so it'll be much better than terypolyster.
Session chair Chetan Bhagat asks Pullela Gopichand as to what it takes to be a champion. The shuttler says it takes passion and obsession..."it drives you so deep that every second you dream of becoming that."
"To be mad enough to realise that whatever you are pursuing might never happen but cheat yourself into believing that it will happen," he said, adding: " A rational mind cannot get there."
"Plan A is only what you have."
Shuttler and Padma Bhushan awardee Pulella Gopichand says Olympics is not everything for him but the way sports transform life is important.
BJP leader Kompella Madhavi Latha emphasised how great women leaders need to plant that seed of greatness in their children so that it can be carried forward.
This morning Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy expressed his displeasure over the Centre being an obstacle in him making Telangana as good as other states like Gujarat. TDP Spokesperson, Jyothsna Tirunagari, said, "If you're unable to get the work done, then you're inefficient. If other CMs can get things done then why can't you?"
Dr. Kanimozhi Somu, DMK MP, Rajya Sabha, said, "We are diverse in unity, we cannot force one nation one election or one religion one language."
Dr. Shama Mohamed, National Spokesperson, INC, said, "One shoe can't fit all size, it cannot be one nation and one election."
Sai Durgha Tej said that he had six flops and after that he finally realised that God has given him the power to say no to films if they are bad.
Sai Durgha Tej said that after his accident, he lost his voice, due to which he wasn't able to apologise to express gratitude to his mother who was his biggest supporter during the recovery. He said, "I wanted to say I'm sorry and I love you, but I couldn't."
Sampath said, "There are people who go to Aurangzeb's Mazars and offer prayers, he was a demon of sorts who destroyed so many temples, killed so many people including Sikh gurus. Place them as they are, there is no black and white. Let the multuiple shades of grey illuminate the understanding of our past."
Historian Dr. Vikram Sampath said that the answer to distorted history is not on social media platforms instead, it is only and only through scholarships. He added that since the government is not doing anything hence we are trying to do something privately in this direction.
Historian Dr. Vikram Sampath, during the event, said that the 18th century was a century of chaos. He said that everything was confusing including the stance of Nizams. He talked about how Nizams who sided with British to fight against other Nizams later retreated and left the British. Instead they joined the person they were supposed to fight and then together they stood together against the British.
Rapido co-founder Aravind Sanka believes AI will boost productivity in business but does not see its scope more than this in transporation.
Taking the discussion to a larger sphere, author Chetan Bhagat who is moderating the session talks about Sanka's absence on social media at a time when entrepreneurs are building a public image. The Rapido co-founder admits the advantages of social media but says he does not use it.
Speaking on what makes Rapido standout from its competitors, co-founder Aravind Sanka attributed it to not taking commission from drivers.
Aravind Sanka, co-founder of bike taxi aggregator app, Rapido said that more than 20 lakh drivers are associated with the platform that helps in creating local employment. "Creating local employment keeps up moving and motivated," Sanka said.
The Chief Minister of Telangana, Revanth Reddy, talked about how KCR and his party wanted to topple Congress' government soon after formation. He said that they were trying to bring us down and their own MLAs stood in my support and joined me.
The Chief Minister of Telangana, Revanth Reddy, talked about the delimitation policy which is expected to favour North India especially Uttar Pradesh much more than South India. He highlighted if the seats for states like UP are increasing then the seats for South India should also increase to maintain the ratio and not induldge in discrimination.
The Chief Minister of Telangana, Revanth Reddy, advised the Centre to not be a destructive force as it has been opposing several development projects in the state.
The Chief Minister of Telangana, Revanth Reddy, highlighted how the entire South India is paying much more taxes than North India and is still not getting much in return. He talked about the discriminatory treatment where states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar get a higher return on taxes than any other Southern state.
The Chief Minister of Telangana, Revanth Reddy, took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his 'contributions' to the South of India. He talked about how the Centre has not provided much for the southern part of India but still want the votes of the voters here.
Dhurba Mukherjee, Director, ABP Network, delivered the keynote address after the Telangana Chief Minister, Revanth Reddy, inaugurated the event. He said, "If a child is born in South India then it is highly likely that the child will celebrate its first birthday without losing her mother at childbirth."
The Chief Minister of Telangana, Revanth Reddy, has officially inaugurated the event.
The Chief Minister of Telangana, Revanth Reddy, has arrived to attend the ABP Southern Rising Summit 2024.
The ABP Southern Rising Summit 2024 has kicked off. Stay tuned for live updates from the event.
The summit will celebrate the political, cultural, economic, and social advances of the southern states with changemakers and visionaries from the New South and explore the region’s transformative journey towards a brighter future.
The ABP Southern Rising Summit 2024, will have impactful sessions addressing several issues and challenges concerning healthcare, education, culture and South India's evolving identity.
The ABP Southern Rising Summit 20024, themed, "Coming of Age: Identity, Inspiration, Impact," will begin in less than 10 minutes from now. Stay tuned for live updates from the event.
The ABP Southern Rising Summit 20024, themed, "Coming of Age: Identity, Inspiration, Impact," will begin in less than 30 minutes from now. Stay tuned for live updates from the event.
The Summit will have impactful sessions addressing several issues and challenges concerning healthcare, education, culture and South India's evolving identity.
The ABP Southern Rising Summit 20024, themed, "Coming of Age: Identity, Inspiration, Impact," will highlight South India's achievements and its growing influence on the national stage.
Background
ABP Southern Rising Summit 2024 Highlights: ABP Network's much-awaited 'Southern Rising Summit' has returned with its second edition. This year's Southern Rising Summit, themed 'Coming of Age: Identity, Inspiration, Impact', is being held in Hyderabad on October 25. The summit will celebrate the political, cultural, economic, and social advances of the southern states with changemakers and visionaries from the New South and explore the region’s transformative journey towards a brighter future.
South India, home to nearly 20% of India's population, has long been at the forefront of the nation’s development. It contributes an impressive 31% to the country's GDP, and this figure is expected to rise to 35% by 2030, highlighting the region's pivotal role in the economic landscape of India.
The Southern Rising Summit was first held in Chennai in 2023, when several speakers celebrated ideas that define South India. This time too the summit will explore the region's cultural, economic, and political advancements that have stood out and played a critical role in the nation's overall progress.
Key speakers at the Southern Rising Summit include Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, who will speak about the rise of his state throughout the years. Telangana MLA and minister in the previous BRS government, KT Rama Rao, will discuss the responsibilities of the Opposition in Telangana's political landscape.
Co-founder of Rapido, Aravind Sanka, will also attend the summit and share insights into transport accessibility. Other speakers include noted historian and author Dr Vikram Sampath, who will discuss historical narratives from Savarkar to Tipu Sultan, former president of Telangana Telugu Mahila and TDP spokesperson Jyothsna Tirunagari, Congress national spokesperson Shama Mohamed, BJP leader Kompella Madhavi Latha, and Mohammad Ali Baig, a Padma Shri awardee in theatre.
The lineup also includes prominent political figures like Madhu Goud Yaskhi, actor and costume designer Gautami Tadimalla, Congress’s Campaign Committee Chairman in Telangana, BJP MP from Medak Raghunandan Rao Madhavaneni.
Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, Union Minister of Civil Aviation and National General Secretary of the TDP, will share his journey from MP to minister, reflecting on the political evolution in the region.
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