the context of my family and our history. The Gajula Balija Naidus - communities and people who made the land from Vizianagaram to Kanya Kumari, from the west coast to the east coast.
My maternal grandmother, Hymavathi Naidu, her eldest son, Kuchela Naidu, her sister, and nieces - Meera and Bhavani - possibly at Villivakkam, Chennai (then Madras) - in the late seventies.