ANNEXURE
INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT
1. Can you tell me your full name and when and where you were born?
A: K. Madhu sudhan Rao DOB. 04-04-1957 at Warangal.
2. Some people feel special just because they like their name. Do you feel special?
A: Name – name is nothing special.
3. Tell me about your family, parents and siblings?
A: I born into a lower middle-class house. My father was a private employee studied
up to 3rd class. My mother was a homemaker. I had an elder brother (central exice
Inspector) who passed away at the age of 31. My younger brother is in real-estate
business. We struggled a lot during my childhood due to economic constraints.
My parents breathed their last happily. My brother lives a happy life with his wife
and two children.
4. What's your profession so far and are you retired?
A: I have been teaching English. I am retired as a senior lecturer in English in 2015
from the Dept. of Technical Education.
5. Ironically, I want to know what's your favourite language?
A: I love Telugu the most but also love English, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Urdu for
various things. (Sanskrit for scriptures and mythology, whereas Hindi and Urdu
for poetical expressions.)
6. Is there anything you were not able to achieve or enjoy or fulfil in your life? Or
fully satisfied professionally or personally so far?
A: No. I don’t think there is anything to achieve but learning is my passion.
7. Are you enjoying your free time? Or busy working on what you want achieve?
A: I read, watch TV, at times I teach.
8. Do you believe that Age is just a number in any aspect of life or what age has
been age of your life?
A: Aging is a natural process – as one grows accumulates lot of experience – that
makes all the difference – It changes the person – makes you more balanced –
aging – makes you understand one’s physical limitations – one realizer that
mentally you may be strong but not physically.
