Meet the Hyderabad couple who just can’t stay idle

Telangana By Ajay Tomar November 28, 2022 Read the article

Hyderabad couple Seetha Khambhampati, 70, and her 81-year-old husband Srinivasa Rao routinely travel to new places, always with a camera.

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Seetha is a former professor of Zoology and Rao is a former professor of Botany.

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Initially, Rao used photography to record social movements like the Gadchiroli tribal resistance, according to his friend journalist N Venugopal.

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On 26 November, they launched Birds Beautiful, a co-authored book which compiled more than 200 photos of birds taken on their travels.

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Seetha also launched Vishwa Vihaaram, her travelogue about places she and her husband visited, the people they met, wildlife and birds.

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Besides the hinterlands of India, the couple has visited 12 countries including South Africa, Kenya, Italy, China, and New Zealand.

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“I travel not only because I love it but I also wanted to inspire the people in my state as they are bad travellers,” Seetha chuckled.

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Beyond travel and photography, Seetha is an active competitive swimmer, and Rao is fond of cacti and sculpting.

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