(The unpublished Telugu original, Ammamma Uttaram, translated by Dr. Suguna Kannan.) Grandmother’s Letter: Dear Chiranjeevi Lakshmi Sowbhagyavathi(1) Kamakshi, This is your grandmother Narasamma writing to you… We do speak every day over the phone, but there are some things one…
Category: Telugu Stories in English
Chataka Birds part 3
3 Two days back, Radha called her to inquire how she was doing. Geetha said she was doing well softly, sounding lifeless. Radha understood her predicament; she knew it only too well. Almost all Telugu women went through that downtime…
Chataka Birds Part 2
(Part 1) here Part 2 Geetha opened her eyes and saw Hari sitting on the edge of her bed with a big smile. She felt relieved for the first time since she had set foot in New York. Hari took…
Chataka Birds (Novel)
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…
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…
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…
Dear Almighty! A Letter to God (sketch)
By Nidadavolu Malathi Highly regarded, most revered, Almighty and Omniscient Devudu garu, I, one of the tiny specks from your vast universe of zillions of creatures, am presenting this letter with utmost respect and humility for your kindest consideration, and…
Kalipatnam Rama Rao. The Yearning
By Kalipatnam Rama Rao That was the month the Sun enters the house of Sagittarius. It was early morning of the day before Bhogi. Nevertheless no house in the village received a coating of whitewash, except those of the rich. Between…
Heavenly Bliss by Poranki Dakshina Murthy
Suddenly, from out of nowhere, people started pouring into our town; not just a few small crowds, but a multitude of them. Our shelter was flooded with folks day in and day out. And there were who had no…