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Power Cut On Annual Day

A peacock tail cut from amma's wedding saree, and the 7 pm power cut nobody remembered.

By Sylaja Gannavaram · 27 October 2026 · one sitting · 4 min · complete

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For the class 4 group dance a boy is a peacock in the back row, and amma cuts her blue and green wedding pattu to make his costume, stitching three nights on the usha machine. On annual day the whole town is in the ground when the curtain opens and the tape starts. Then, in Narsapur at 7 every evening, the power goes.