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G20 Reaching Common People


            The  Prime  Minister,  in  his
        ‘Mann  ki  Baat’  address,  spoke
        about  India  assuming  the  G20
        presidency and how several
        people from different parts of
        the country have sent him letters
        expressing their joy and pride
        over the fact that India is hosting
        such a big and important
        summit. However, the one that     nobody knew what the G20
        stood out was a unique gift sent   was  in  the remote  regions
        to the Prime Minister by a weaver   and villages of India. Now, with
        from Telangana along with the     our Prime Minister holding the
        letter.                           presidency and the meetings
            Our Doordarshan team got      between  the  20  countries  have
        in touch with Yeldhi Hariprasad   brought awareness among the
        to know more about this.          public,” he says. Sh. Hariprasad
            Hailing  from  Telangana’s    has inherited this wonderful
        Rajanna Sircilla District, Sh.    talent of weaving from his father
        Hariprasad was overjoyed by       and today he is passionately
        the fact that India will be hosting   engaged  in  the profession.  He
        the G20 summit next year. And     had previously made an artwork
        to celebrate this achievement     on a silk cloth, to celebrate the
        in  his  own  way,  he  decided  to   ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, which
        weave the G20 logo by his own     had the map of India in tricolour
        hands on a cloth and send it to   and the national anthem in the
        the Prime Minister as a gift.     Telugu script.
            “There was a time when            “I am an ordinary poor man
                                          from  Rajanna  Sircilla.  I  weaved
                                          the G20 logo and I am glad that
                                          the Prime Minister referred  to it
                                          in his ‘Mann ki Baat’ programme.
                                          Under   our  Prime   Minister's
                                          leadership,  development    is
                                          taking place and the heads of
                                          other  countries  are  also hailing
                                          the able leadership of our Prime
                                          Minister. As an Indian, I feel proud
                                          that India will hold the presidency
                                          of G20,” Sh. Hariprasad added.


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