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…
Category: Analytical articles
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…
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…
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
The Status of Women in India, Then and Now. Part 2.
The Status Of Women In India, Then And Now. Part 2 DURING THE MIDDLE AGES In course of time, the changes that had occurred in politics affected society. The path laid by ancient scholars was deteriorating gradually. The paths laid…
The Status of Women in India, Then and Now. Part 1
THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA – THEN AND NOW. Part 1 By Illindila Saraswati Devi. Every individual commands respect in the society as long as he/she lives in that society. The respect, however, depends on his/her place in the…
Narayanarao by Adivi Bapiraju – a recollection by S. Narayanaswamy
This is neither a literary criticism nor a learned analysis of this classic novel. It is a reader’s fond recollection of his life-long association with this wonderful work of fiction. It is a personal attempt to define my fascination with…
Nori Narasimha Sastry’s views on History and Historical Novel
Nori Narasimha Sastry discussed history and historical fiction at length n a couple of essays. He put forth enormous amount of information in support of his theory that our way of studying our history if faulty. In the process he…
DWIVEDULA VISALAKSHI: A STORYTELLER WITH FLAIR by Nidadavolu Malathi
In the nineteen sixties, women writers dominated the field of fiction in Andhra Pradesh. Visalakshi is one of those writers, who have captured large readership because of their ability to tell stories with charismatic elegance. Historically, as a part of…