Oh my Gold… English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Telugu Original : “Bangaramanti” by Dr K.Geeta Shh…Baby! Don’t disturb Dad Let him sweat toiling on Meetings and chattings The Herculean tasks At home Morning a cup of coffee A fistful breakfast A meal in lunch time Some […]
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Tempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga I Go Along with Time Has my observation of society increased since poetry writing became a fond habit for me?I am unable to tell whether I am turning myself into poesy only from the observation of society. Yet I have no habit […]
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Bruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 4. Prohibited Dream My memory does not carry Colourful dreams that converse with my eyelids. In my dream, someone chases me, Always, as I keep running Insecure And towards an unknown destiny. In fact, life too is like a dream! I bundle up my identity and toss it […]
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Once in a Month (poem) Telugu Original: Mandarapu Hymavati EnglishTranslation: Syamala Kallury The permanent address for my ATM card is always my husband’s pocket I forgot the pin numbers long time back Like the memory of ancient life In the days when the salary was Given in hand One day at least The salary baby […]
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Walking on the edge of a river-15 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 15.The wet land of spring Though I forgot to tell my address Spring rushed as a stream of happiness Raised to its head with crores of desires The baskets of new whims and fancies Spread on […]
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Bhagiratha’s Bounty and Other poems-28 English Translation: T.S. Chandra Mouli Telugu Original : Kandukuri Sreeramulu 28.Highway As one writes on sea having become a sea as one walks on rivers having become a river which boat should I board on Godavari highway? What I saw was a mature lady like new water as I lay […]
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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment – Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure. Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the […]
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Cineflections-42 Sruthialayalu – 1987, Telugu -Manjula Jonnalagadda “శిశుర్వేత్తి పశుర్వేత్తి వేత్తిగాన రసంఫణిః” The children know, the animals know the snakes know the essence of music Sruthilayalu is a film written and directed by K. Viswanath. The film premiered at the International Film Festival of India. It won several Andhra Pradesh state government’s Nandi Awards. It won […]
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Need of the hour -34 World needs more Leaders -J.P.Bharathi Today’s world requires more leaders, as we have many individuals in the society who need to be guided. The youth of any country has to be guided into the right direction at their adolescent age. This is a social, moral and ethical responsibility of very […]
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The Invincible Moonsheen Part – 12 (Telugu Original “Venutiragani Vennela” by Dr K.Geeta) English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar (The previous story briefed) Samira comes to meet her mother’s friend Udayini, who runs a women-helping organization Sahaya in America. Udayini greatly impressed Samira. The four-month-pregnant Samira details her inclination toward divorce and the causes that lead to […]
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America Through My Eyes Yellowstone -6 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar The final day of the visit to the Yellowstone expedition came to an end. We decided to take the western route instead of the southern one when we were coming back. But the route goes through Norris. With the previous […]
Continue ReadingThe house without your presence English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Telugu Original : “Nuvvu leni Illu” by Dr K.Geeta The house without your presence Sobered by evening Ears stick out attentive to receive When will be the garage opens And when your footsteps audible from office […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga Lustre of Erudition Surrounds Her If people born in a family of great tradition hold the flag of defiance, it causes some surprise. If they follow the same path of rationalism and struggle throughout their life without retreating to the destination, it […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 3. Water Just as water knows the ground’s incline, It knows the generations-old strife Between village and wada Like dampness on the well’s edge that never dries, It knows that untouchability never disappears. Water knows everything. It knows race The difference between the woman from Samaria and Jesus, […]
Continue ReadingHorsely Hills (poem) Telugu Original: Mandarapu Hymavati EnglishTranslation: Syamala Kallury Like a Hurricane lantern Hung to the hook of the sky Slowly climbing the ladder of the Peaks of mountains, the morning Sun Like the bright red hibiscus Like a yellow chrysanthemum Like a fully blossomed jasmine This Lotus lover Is cool handsome god of […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-14 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 14.The island of tears Leaving forever born and brought up country Changing the names of the roots of ancestors Packing the heap of dreams Migrating to a distant country To any anyone…at anytime Is nothing but […]
Continue ReadingBhagiratha’s Bounty and Other poems-27 English Translation: T.S. Chandra Mouli Telugu Original : Kandukuri Sreeramulu 27.Marina Beach Marina beach, Marina beach how beautiful you are how many people are cajoled in your lap and charmed by you, falling in love with you as we walked to see you the coach we came by left leaving […]
Continue ReadingCarnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure. Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the distinct […]
Continue ReadingNeed of the hour -33 Self-Reliant Women -J.P.Bharathi Our aim in writing this article is to show case the talent of women in various fields and prove that a woman is multifaceted. We also uphold the same status of women, even with the increasing discrimination at every stage. Women are put to discrimination but women […]
Continue ReadingThe Invincible Moonsheen Part – 11 (Telugu Original “Venutiragani Vennela” by Dr K.Geeta) English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar (The previous story briefed) Samira comes to meet her mother’s friend Udayini, who runs a women-helping organization Sahaya in America. Udayini greatly impressed Samira. The four-month-pregnant Samira details her inclination toward divorce and the causes that lead to […]
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America Through My Eyes Yellowstone -5 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar We wandered around in the nauseating surroundings the previous day, so I prepared well with the masks for today’s visit, after vacating the lodge where we started. We have to shift to another place in the evening. The daybreak filled […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga ‘A preview ‘ Poetry mirrors life. It’s a true reflection of life in discernible hues. Therefore, it is aptly said that poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash(Leonard Cohen). Covid-19 pandemic […]
Continue ReadingIn the Desert sans words (poems) Telugu Original: Mandarapu Hymavati EnglishTranslation: Syamala Kallury After a day of stressful pressures, many and varied After I return home on lifeless evenings Like a dried branch of Amaranthus I intend to lean on your shoulder and rest Washing my limbs in the still waters of a quiet pond […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 2. An Ethnic Dream The criss-crossed entangled forest seemsTo have gathered its hair neatly into a knot.Swallowed by a corporate whaleThat spits them out in the centre of Shilparamam*Small huts in deep sleep amidst green treesAppear doll houses with lime patternsAlluring. Nose studs, beaded necklaces, mirror blouses ofThe […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-13 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 13.Unknown Not only the people here Even trees and flowers are unknown Water and Fire, wind and sky with soil We feel, are the same everywhere But Here in water cold fire kindles Even sunlight also […]
Continue ReadingBhagiratha’s Bounty and Other poems-26 English Translation: T.S. Chandra Mouli Telugu Original : Kandukuri Sreeramulu 26.Visakha! Oh my Visakha! You are a city like a hut beneath a hill What is so special about you Visakha to stay with you? Except Surya Sikha’ room in R.S.Hostel where we stayed what is so great about you? […]
Continue ReadingCarnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure. Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the distinct […]
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Cineflections-41 Nimantran – An Invitation – 1971, Bengali -Manjula Jonnalagadda “To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.” ― Federico García Lorca Nimantran is a film directed and written by Tarun Majumdar based on a story by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyaya. This film won the Best Bengali […]
Continue ReadingNeed of the hour -32 How to write a small start-up business plan -J.P.Bharathi Smart Start-up entrepreneurs can develop start up business plan. By following this easy six-step process, you’ll soon have a clear path to start up success. 1.Clarify the start-up vision, mission, and values The first step to writing a start-up business plan […]
Continue ReadingThe Invincible Moonsheen Part – 10 (Telugu Original “Venutiragani Vennela” by Dr K.Geeta) English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar (The previous story briefed) Sameera comes to America to meet her mother’s friend Udayani who runs a helping organization for women, Sahaya. After meeting Udayani, Tanmay develops a good opinion of her. Four months pregnant Samira tells her […]
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America Through My Eyes Yellowstone -4 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar The next morning, we prepared hastily to get out of that “mosquito resort”. Lack of time, we didn’t have breakfast there. Grand Teton National Park: To go to Yellowstone National Park we have to go through “Grand Teton National Park” […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 1.Rain Rain means Memories – Flying termites That shed their wings from The wet anthills of the mind Rain means A paper boat that I fasten To plunge into the pond of infancy When I look at this rain I remember my damp thatched house That woke us […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-12 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 12. Silent brightness Green color We recall the leaves but I realized only when I read the nature book here The trees decorate on their entire body That So many hues of colors And fills their […]
Continue ReadingBhagiratha’s Bounty and Other poems-25 English Translation: T.S. Chandra Mouli Telugu Original : Kandukuri Sreeramulu 25. Wild Dance of Waves When visiting sea at Kothapatnam won’t new thought germinate? No wonder when Koteswar Rao’s car halts at Kothapatnam is it a horse to swim in sea ? Those that land from car compose poetry but […]
Continue ReadingNeed of the hour -31 Smart Start-up Business Plan -J.P.Bharathi Why do we need a small start-up business plan? A smart start up business plan is one of the most important steps in building a company. Apart from helping us to focus on company goals, it aids in obtaining feedback from potential partners and keeps […]
Continue ReadingCineflections-40 The Blue Umbrella – 2005, Hindi -Manjula Jonnalagadda “Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning” – Desmond Tutu The Blue Umbrella is a film directed by Vishal Bharadwaj based on a novella penned by Ruskin Bond. The film premiered at the Busan Film Festival in 2005. It won the […]
Continue ReadingCarnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure. Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the distinct […]
Continue ReadingThe Invincible Moonsheen Part – 9 (Telugu Original “Venutiragani Vennela” by Dr K.Geeta) English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar (The previous story briefed) Samira meets Udayini, a friend of her mother who runs a voluntary organization “Sahaya” to help needy women in the US. Samira develops a positive opinion of Udayini. Four-month-pregnant Samira details the recent developments […]
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America Through My Eyes Yellowstone -3 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar We left for Salt Lake City at 9 am. We Traveled over 400 miles in a rental car and arrived overnight at our lodge near Yellowstone’s South Gate. There are 2 routes for this trip. One is a fast freeway, […]
Continue ReadingGift of Mom English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Telugu Original : “Amma Bahumati” by Dr K.Geeta Oh, my sweetheart! Walking away from infancy Now flourished into a mature girl! I just bless you on your 18th B’day With my ever-longing spirit Of letters of my […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani ‘ Memory as an Ideology ‘ Challapalli Swaroopa Rani uses memory not only as a technique but also as an ideology. Her selective memory carefully constructs the people and the milestones in her life and collates this personal memory with her memory of […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-11 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 11. A light of letters When wanted to bloom as a flower Mind was caught in the fences of thorns When wished to give as a gift of love Mind became a sacrifice to the world […]
Continue ReadingBhagiratha’s Bounty and Other poems-24 English Translation: T.S. Chandra Mouli Telugu Original : Kandukuri Sreeramulu 24. Marine Congregation Oh my Visakha Sea! To extend to the sky how long you did tapasya,meditation like a maharshi? Absorbing great rivers of processions frighteningly massive public meeting today. But for enormous depth, immense capability, total transformation, how can […]
Continue ReadingNeed of the hour -30 Astrology- A Rescue Science Part – 2 -J.P.Bharathi Astrology is a rescue science; it can also be called as a spiritual science. Psychology is a social science. Then no wonder it is an eternal science. It helps a man to think peacefully and be a wise man. Physical science is […]
Continue ReadingCarnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure. Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the distinct […]
Continue ReadingThe Invincible Moonsheen Part – 8 (Telugu Original “Venutiragani Vennela” by Dr K.Geeta) English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar (The previous story briefed) Samira meets Udayini, a friend of her mother who runs a voluntary organization “Sahaya” to help needy women in the US. Samira develops a positive opinion of Udayini. Four-month-pregnant Samira details the recent developments […]
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America Through My Eyes Yellowstone -2 Salt Lake City Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Although there was a great deal of hubbub since our departure, we were glad that we had the chance to have dinner in San Jose because the flight was delayed by an hour. We learned only after […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani ‘ THE PAIN OF BEING A PART APART ‘ This collection of 35 poems written by Prof Challapalli Swaroopa Rani now translated in to English, are eye-openers into the unspeakable experiences of Dalits not only in Andhra but all over India. These poems […]
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Nothing like a so-called failure -Sri sreya kurella They speak a lot When you are at the lowest point of your life. They comment a lot about your past actions,And try to form the reasons for the pain you are facing, They try to depress you with their words,To make you feel low at the hardest phase of […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-10 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 10. My mother used to be there…… My mother used to be black in colour But she had a cool mind My mother had long hair But still always moved with knotted hair My mother used […]
Continue ReadingAfter meeting my childhood friend English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Telugu Original : “Chinnanati Mitruralni Chuseka” by Dr K.Geeta Meeting childhood friend After a long time I recalled those carefree dragonfly days Slept happily tucked in bed Closed under blanket overhead Whenever wished, how long […]
Continue ReadingBhagiratha’s Bounty and Other poems-23 English Translation: T.S. Chandra Mouli Telugu Original : Kandukuri Sreeramulu 23. River Bhima Placidly flows like blood in arteries Bhima river, a perennial river till the other day that was like a snake that shed skin crawls like an earth worm today. Where is water for oars to steer a […]
Continue ReadingNeed of the hour -29 Astrology- A Rescue Science Part – 1 -J.P.Bharathi Astrology is a rescue science; it can also be called as a spiritual science. Psychology is a social science. Then no wonder it is an eternal science. It helps a man to think peacefully and be a wise man. Physical science is […]
Continue ReadingCarnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure. Most of you may know these krithis, but […]
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Cineflections-39 Hamsageethe (The Swan Song) – Kannada, 1975 -Manjula Jonnalagadda “It is only rigorous training and in depth study that make music mature into the realm of the classical.” – Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna Hamsageethe is a film directed and written by G.V. Iyer based on the novel with the same written by T.R. Subba Rao. The […]
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THE MUSIC ROOM By Namitha Devidayal (Published by Random House India in 2008) – Sandhya Vinjamuri The author of the book ‘The Music Room’, Namitha Devidayal was born in 1968 and graduated from Princeton University. She is a journalist with the Times of India and lives in Bombay. The Review: One of the books that […]
Continue ReadingThe Invincible Moonsheen Part – 7 (Telugu Original “Venutiragani Vennela” by Dr K.Geeta) English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar (The previous story briefed) Samira comes to meet her mother’s friend, Udayini, who runs a women’s aid organization in America. Samira had a good opinion of Udayini. The fourth month pregnant Samira sought a divorce and she relates […]
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To tell a tale-29 (Chapter-7 Part-7) -Chandra Latha M.M.Bhakthin explains that “the novel is determined by–experience, knowledge and practice (the future).” This is the equation of the past, present and the future of the novels and the selected novels succeeded aesthetically and attained a kind of universality within the narrated world. Bottom line of all […]
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Telugu Women writers-21 -Nidadvolu Malathi The novel, Son of the Soil, published in 1972, supposedly depicts the collapse of zamindari families.[1] The rich landowners were losing their hold on the land, urban life was luring villagers to cities, and the old values were changing fast. Sambayya, who dedicated his entire life to his land, is […]
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America Through My Eyes Yellowstone National Park Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar We thought we would go somewhere during the Independence Day long weekend holidays in the first week of July. We planned to go to Yosemite and the Grand Canyon again as part of seeing the places that we have […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani My Word By and large the feminist movement in India has been about patriarchal oppression, experienced by dominant castes and middle class educated/urban women – gender discrimination: unequal man-woman relationships; undemocratic family system; burden of child-rearing and hardship of domestic chores as women […]
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Dayee-Papayee English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Telugu Original : “Dayee-Papayee” by Dr K.Geeta Both of them Live in their world as if they have just emerged Like a baby garden lizard clutches the trunk of a tree That kid always hangs on Dayee For baby […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-9 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 9. Value For what this earning Losing the life For only caterings and interior decorations With vast palaces … pubs…raves Whom to capture spreading a net and how long? Have we remembered what we ate yesterday? […]
Continue ReadingBhagiratha’s Bounty and Other poems-22 English Translation: T.S. Chandra Mouli Telugu Original : Kandukuri Sreeramulu 22.My Man Green shoots sprout on earth rain dances down from sky sprouts never look at heavens drops of rain reach not earth. East and west never meet not known why friends turn into foes for feuding groups in legislature […]
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LITTLE PUPPY -Kandepi Rani Prasad “Little Puppy ! Little Puppy ! Where have you been ? “ “I have been to Ramoji Film city “ “What have you seen in Ramoji Film City ?” “I have seen film shootings there. “ “What have you done after Seeing the shootings ?” […]
Continue ReadingNeed of the hour -28 OUR INNERSELF – ADVAITA -J.P.Bharathi Isn’t the path of Advaita the path of Inquiry? There is a well recognized and received wisdom around here in the world about mid life crisis…. usually it inflicts people (normal people I mean!) as they grudgingly enter their forties […]
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Cineflections-38 Sinhasan – Marathi, 1979 -Manjula Jonnalagadda “If an enemy has alliances, the problem is grave and the enemy's position strong; if he has no alliances, the problem is minor and the enemy’s position weak.” – Sun Tzu Sinhasan is a film directed by Jabbar Patel, written by Vijay Tendulkar based on two novels by […]
Continue ReadingCarnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure. Most of you may know these krithis, but […]
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The Invincible Moonsheen Part – 6 (Telugu Original “Venutiragani Vennela” by Dr K.Geeta) English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar (The previous story briefed) Sameera comes to meet her mother’s friend Udayini in America, who runs a women’s aid organization “Sahaya”. Sameera, who is four months pregnant, tells Udayini that she wants to get a divorce and the […]
Continue ReadingTelugu Women writers-20 -Nidadvolu Malathi Vasundhara Devi’s long story, “Penjeekatikavvala” [Beyond the Dense Darkness] received critical acclaim for its profound discourse on life and death. The story opens with a brief description of a location in the city, where the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ lived side by side. For all the wealth and the amenities Jayalakshmi, […]
Continue ReadingTo tell a tale-29 (Chapter-7 Part-6) -Chandra Latha Heteroglossia as defined by M.M.Bhaktin is the base condition governing the operation of meanings in any utterances. It is that which insures the primacy of the context over text. At any given time, at any given place, there will be set of conditions–social, historical, meteorological, physiological-that will […]
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America Through My Eyes Return to New York City Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar We visited Boston the whole morning and after lunch, we traveled back to New York. It was drizzling all over the way. The return journey from Boston took about 4-5 hours. After a five-long day trip, the […]
Continue ReadingFour-legged room English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Telugu Original : “Nalugu Kalla Gadi” by Dr K.Geeta A four-legged room around me Displayed scenes after scenes Setting sun gulping rocks Heavy rain never smacks Series of retreating trees Scorching summers turned cool breezing sprees Shivering colds […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-8 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 8. Ash From the word bullets targeted at night Wind slowly sprouts It dawns very soon A desire to write a happy poem As if a thorn pierced into the pen Isn’t it the poetry to […]
Continue ReadingBhagiratha’s Bounty and Other poems-21 English Translation: T.S. Chandra Mouli Telugu Original : Kandukuri Sreeramulu 21.My Path I listen sleeping on this ground breathing the same air on ground inside earth so many reverberations nothing is clear. I am also advised to sleep blissfully in a trice earth covers me at once whirl wind wakes […]
Continue ReadingYESTERDAY – TODAY Singing -Kandepi Rani Prasad “Come chandamama ! come Jabillee !”When mother feeds riceChinni refuses to eat –“I don’t want Amma ! ““See there ! in the dark demon coming !”When says Amma“oh ! i am afraid !” saysAnd gulps down the rice at once…Chinni of Yesteryears. In the […]
Continue Readinghttps://youtu.be/MTGe-FR1iXIhttps://youtu.be/K9JUkYMTU84https://youtu.be/wCGrdrVZ-U0 Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure. Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the […]
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Cineflections-37 Salaam Bombay! – Hindi 1988 -Manjula Jonnalagadda “We are a country that prides itself on power and wealth, yet there are millions of children who go hungry every day. It is our responsibility, not only as a nation, but also as individuals, to get involved. So, next time you pass someone on the street […]
Continue ReadingNeed of the hour -27 Play way method to teach lessons in EVS -J.P.Bharathi A teacher has to have an innovative style in her teaching every time. What she tried today may become monotonous and boring for kids in the next class activity. An innovative teacher creates new enthusiasm in her students and can keep […]
Continue ReadingThe Invincible Moonsheen Part – 5 (Telugu Original “Venutiragani Vennela” by Dr K.Geeta) English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar (The previous story briefed) Sameera comes to meet her mother’s friend Udayini in America, who runs a women’s aid organization “Sahaya”. Sameera, who is four months pregnant, tells Udayini that she wants to get a divorce and the […]
Continue ReadingTo tell a tale-28 (Chapter-7 Part-5) -Chandra Latha Gopichand’s seventy year old novel may appear relevant for latest times appealing to the present reader, and the decade old novel, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana could successfully, take the reader to seventy years past. Understanding and execution of the organic nature of the time with […]
Continue ReadingTelugu Women writers-19 -Nidadvolu Malathi The story, “Bhayam”, [Fear of Death] by Tangirala Meera Subrahmanyam throws light on the kind of irrational fears we entertain. It illustrates the unfounded fear of death people experience. It is not a philosophical catechism on death. The author depicts the fear or anxiety that the sight of a dead […]
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America Through My Eyes Boston Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Harvard University:As we stayed in a hotel an hour away from Boston, the night before, we left early in the morning and reached the first sightseeing place in Boston, “Harvard University”, at seven o’clock. It all […]
Continue ReadingBaby’s Birthday -Kandepi Rani Prasad Parrots ! oh Parrots !Draping yourselves in green sareesPainting your beaks redCome to our house today !It’s our baby’s Birthday !Bless our golden girlWith your sweet words. Cuckoos ! Oh cuckoos !Drink warm black – peppered milkFill your voices with honey today !It’s our baby’s Birthday […]
Continue ReadingBhagiratha’s Bounty and Other poems-20 English Translation: T.S. Chandra Mouli Telugu Original : Kandukuri Sreeramulu 20.Plateau Three fourths water one part land world map hangs on wall between many countries separating several continents water occupies as oceans and sea yet water problem became global issue. *** It is not about one part land about three […]
Continue ReadingThe Streaming Dawn English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Telugu Original : “Pravahinche Suryodayam” by Dr K.Geeta Received dawn you sent yesterday I’ll hand it over to you by tomorrow mornl Birds set out to a flight The lonesome jungle crow cawing hopefully- Something she’s reciprocated […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-7 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 7. A lonely mother-root Though we run endlessly Along the time indicator Who can have their own at the end? Hovered agony at the lonely end Behind the pretense of seriousness Grumbling and giving up In […]
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An Earnest Appeal -English Translation: Nauduri Murthy -Telugu Original: “Oka Chiru Vijnapti” by Dasari Amarendra Yes, it’s true. I admit I was recklessness In falling asleep like a log. Without realizing there could be you around it’s true that in the cradle swing of train I fell asleep oblivious to the world. Well, You did […]
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Cineflections-36 RRR (రౌద్రం, రణం, రుధిరం /Raise, Roar, Revolt) – Telugu 2022 -Manjula Jonnalagadda Distorted history boasts of bellicose glory… and seduces the souls of boys to seek mystical bliss in bloodshed and in battles. – Alfred Alder. RRR is a film directed by S.S. Rajamouli and […]
Continue Readinghttps://youtu.be/-66kPnvusP8 Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure. Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the […]
Continue ReadingNeed of the hour -26 Ethical Economics -J.P.Bharathi Economics deals with the basic and best realities of life, economy and money. The four beautiful areas of wealth, welfare, scarcity and growth throw light on various aspects in an economy. I am trying to draw a parallel between economics and we being an economist in our […]
Continue ReadingThe Invincible Moonsheen Part – 4 (Telugu Original “Venutiragani Vennela” by Dr K.Geeta) English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar (The previous story briefed) Sameera comes to meet Udayini, a friend of her mother in America, who runs a women’s aid organization, “Sahaya”. She feels very good about Udayini. Sameera, who is four months pregnant, says that she […]
Continue ReadingTo tell a tale-27 (Chapter-7 Part-4) -Chandra Latha In the thesis, the distinctive narrative styles of the selected novels written in the native languages of the novelists, namely Telugu, German, Spanish and Italian, are presented in the order of their publication in their original language, between 1946 to 2004, approximately […]
Continue ReadingTelugu Women writers-18 -Nidadvolu Malathi The story “Manchudebba” (Frostbite) addressed one of the very rarely mentioned taboos in society,namely, marriage under false pretenses to hide a man’s impotence. The story opens with Kalyani, a young woman, visiting her grandmother in a small village. She is bored. While on terrace just to pass time, she spots […]
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America Through My Eyes Niagara to Boston Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar We had been wandering outside in the Niagara cold and snow until midnight the night before, so we could not get up at all the next morning. If we had come on our own instead of the bus tour, […]
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A Proper Marriage by Doris Lessing – P. Jyothi Marriage is an important institution set up for social balance. With due respect to the harmony expected out of this institution it’s a fact that in a patriarchal set up it’s the woman who actually loses her ‘Self’ to make a marriage work when compared to […]
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Eye opener Poem -Anuradha Bandi Flow with things, Be friendly with thoughts, Imagine people and scenarios. Flow with signs of love, live with emotions and Finally, Flow with ur feelings. Baby trace life as it is. In middle go through the interior of your heart and the exterior of your facts. sometimes you’re infant, you’ll […]
Continue ReadingBhagiratha’s Bounty and Other poems-19 English Translation: T.S. Chandra Mouli Telugu Original : Kandukuri Sreeramulu 19. Snapped Strings Walking across a dry lake needs no magic. When it was brimming with water to stand on the island like land all swimmers competed. Where is it? Expansive lake like green fields where is it? A dry […]
Continue ReadingTHE SNOW BAT English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Telugu Original : “Manchu Gabbilam” by Dr K.Geeta In bone-biting cold In the sixth street dustbin lane Amidst the stack of carton pieces a wrapped shape in the husk Like the thoughts excruciating even in sleep jolts […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-6 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 6. Memory a piece Though we try to forget Some person…an incident Pains as the agony of life Not only the delicate feel of the grace of roses The experiences of piercing glass pieces too The […]
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