Chataka Birds By Nidadavolu Malathi [A first generation Indian woman’s immigrant experience and reconciling cultural conflicts] Introduction. I moved to America in 1973 from Andhra Pradesh, India. It took me a decade to get over the culture shock I had…
Author: Nidadavolu Malathi
Festival of the Ancestors by Endapalli Bharathi
Translated by V.B. Sowmya 000 “Annampoddu festival is here. Every woman in the village should now get ready for a day of backbreaking work!” – I sighed, as I sat to rest after whitewashing the house, cleaning the floor and…
Mother Figure (Short story)
Sarada is waiting for the elevator. The man next to her pressed the button for a third time, staring at the number on the wall, 3. Looks like somebody stopped it on the third floor. A young man in plaid…
Topics in Library Science, and Information Services.
A little more about my literary activities: The e-Book includes my articles written during my jobs as a librarian, and a Realtor during 1967-1995 in e-Book format. Click Topics in Library Science and Information services
Inviting submissions
For a few years, I have not added new stories. Finally, I decided I need to do something about it. This is my invitation to you to submit translations of Telugu stories that depict our customs, traditions, cultural values, and…
Past as Present by Mallipuram Jagadeesh
Translated by V.B. Sowmya (Author’s note: Destruction takes the same path anywhere, anytime. Every political decision in any country in the world first affects its indigenous peoples. All the development or change that happened in the world involves sacrifice from…
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…
About Nidadavolu Malathi
Who Opposed Women’s Education? Why?
Article by Nidadavolu Malathi on Saranga Magazine. Click here Your comments either under this post or on Saranga Magazine are appreciated. Nidadavolu Malathi
Status of Women in India, Then and Now in PDF format.
Now Status of Women in India, Then and Now with footnotes in PDF format as one file is available on archive.org. Link: Click here