Telangana: People’s kindness to help brothers buy oxen

HYDERABAD: The heart-rending tale of two brothers from Mulugu district in Telangana bearing the yoke to plough their field as they had no money to buy bullocks has moved hearts across the country.
Following a TOI story published on July 7 of Narendar Babu and his brother Srinivas grinding it out in their agriculture field substituting for their bullocks which died recently, several readers from different parts of the country opened their hearts and purses offering to help the family.
As the two bullocks of the family had died in an accident and the family had not money to buy another pair, Sammaih’s sons Narendar Babu—who had done BSc and BEd—and his younger brother Srinivas—a post-graduate in social work—ploughed the field, taking the yoke upon themselves. The family had no money, as for the last two years the brothers were without work due to the pandemic.
Several people, including individuals, corporates, NGOs and students, expressed their wish to extend help to the family. An official of Canara Bank told TOI from Bengaluru that they had also reached out to the family as they were account holders in the local branch.
“Our staff met the family on Wednesday afternoon and handed over a letter to them that they could avail loan for buying a pair of bullocks,” the official said. A team of Canara Bank officials from Warangal went to Domeda village and met the family.
On Wednesday, some persons willing to help the family spoke to them to find out more details. In this backdrop, Narendar Babu, one of the brothers informed bank officials that they would avail the loan to buy the bullocks as they were hoping that those who reached out to them would help them financially.