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While the Telugu brahmins adhered to strict Vedic practices, a group fell out as a secular sect and took up administration, trade and similar works. The Golkonda vyapari community from which Rao hails is a sub sect of Telugu brahmins. The letter speaks volumes about Rao's integrity of character. The book reproduces a letter sent to Rao by the Raja of Cochin Sri Rama Verma when the former offered to resign from the post due to bad health. Born in Siddavattam of Cuddappah district, Rao, a graduate from Presidency College (1882) of Madras, after an eventful career in the revenue department, was appointed as the dewan of Cochin State from September 6, 1902. Handwritten in neat cursive script, the content is autobiographical. Titled `A Dewan's Diary' the book edited by Rao's granddaughter Malathi Mohan was recently released in a function. But, having seen the value of the contents, Rao's family decided to make it public in the form of a book. It was a small notebook bound with red hard cover with a lock (having an ornamental key) on it -an indication that it was purely personal. CHENNAI: A lthough not a diarist in the strict sense, Nemali Pattabhira ma Rao, the dewan of erstwhile Cochin State, did maintain a personal diary.