I have posted this novel previously and deleted it, after a friend pointed out it needed editing. I went through the text the best I could and posted the revised version. CHATAKA BIRDS 2023REV My apologies for the inconveniece. Your…
Author: Nidadavolu Malathi
P. Sathyavathi. The Song
My Song by P.Sathyavathi I checked my appearance in the mirror and felt satisfied. The sweet face that looked back at me was indeed, enticing. I was about to embark on a journey on to the other bank of the…
Molla Award to Nidadavolu Malathi
Nidadavolu Malathi will be awarded Molla Puraskaram on Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. EST. You are invited to join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8117006366 Update: The meeting has been concluded successfully. You may watch it on YouTube at Molla Puraskaram…
Munipalle Raju. The Royal Fighter
Sprinkling outside; inside the air was at a dead stop, causing humid. The house was a crummy dump. It felt like the time had come to a standstill for over ten thousand years. No dialogue between the father and the…
Magical Realism in the Stories of Munipalle Raju
by Nidadavolu Malathi I have known Sri Munipalle Raju for over 60 years. I have come to know of his experiments with magical realism only in April 2014, when I started working on a translation of his anthology, Astitvanadam Aavali…
Recapturing traditions in fiction by Nidadavolu Malathi
I was twelve or thirteen at the time. A young man used to come to our house for meals once a week. I do not know where he is now or what he is doing. Nevertheless I have this one…
Editing My Translation: My Struggle for a Perfect Translation
“There is always room for improvement” is a common precept among the elite. Does that mean there is no such thing as a “perfect translation”? That may be true. But, in reality, we have to stop somewhere and say, “I…
Telugu Women Writers, 1950-1975, An Analytical Study
The Telugu Women Writers achieved a phenomenal success in the first quarter of the post-Independent India. This book examines the historical, familial and sociological conditions which contributed to their never heard before success. This book has been published originally in…
Lead me to Light! by Vasireddy Sitadevi.
“Is that Gopalam? Why are you walking away as if you’ve not seen me?” Rama Sastry called out. Gopalam was startled. He was lost in his thoughts; did not pay attention to whereabouts. He turned around and saw a vague…
V.V.B. Rama Rao. Fragrance and Flowers of Many Colors: Balasahityam (Children’s literature)
Fragrance And Flowers of Many Colors: Balasahityam in Telugu and some considerations about children’s literature. 000 Authors of children’s literature are circumscribed only by the experiences of childhood, but these are vast and complex, for children think and feel; they…