In the history of Telugu fiction, the two decades 1950s and 1960s have been significant. Writers have produced notable fiction from the perspective of themes, technique and in recording social history of the times effectively. Immediately after the declaration of…
Month: October 2014
ONE STEP UP Tangirala Meera Subrahmanyam
Beads of sweat were slithering down her forehead. Penchalamma’s hands were not free to wipe them. The red kumkuma dot on her forehead, the size of a rupee coin, got mixed with the sweat and splashed all over her face.…
Too Small for the Big Picture by Malathi Nidadavolu.
My name is Malathi, nicknamed Smallathi, always in the front row in group pictures. Back home I was considered average height. Here in the States, just cute. I sit in my living room watching the snowflakes as they whirl and…
Moist eyes by Vedula Sakuntala
The day was waning like an aged body; the twilight was blushing like a new bride on her way to join her husband. The sun was setting on the western horizon. Looked like a father exhausted after a finishing a…
THE VERVE OF A TENDER SHOOT by Nidadavolu Malathi
“Mommy…” Kinjalka came running, from school. “Ah! Don’t jump on my like that,” Sarada said, annoyed a little. Kinjalka’s face fell. Sarada noticed her mistake. “Come here,” she said, pulling her close. That’s all the little Kinjalka wanted. What does…
SALTY WATER by Sadanand Sarada
It was her first day on the college campus for Kamala. She was walking along with others but her caste put her million miles away from them. Was she left with nothing but loneliness? Poor woman! She was shaking like…
Endless Night by Aduri Venkata Sitaramamurthy
Simhachalam arrived at the temple by the time the sun rose one foot above from the horizon and was blazing fully on the world. Simhachalam is hardly ten. If his father were alive and put him in school, he would’ve…
THIS SACRED LAND WHERE MILK OVERFLOWS by Mudiganti Sujatha Reddy
“Amma!” Ellamma’s older son stood next to her, wanted to ask her something. “What?” Ellamma yelled at the boy. The little boy in her lap was hungry and crying. She put her three-month old son in the cloth sling, and…
BEFORE THE DAWN OF A RAINBOW by Maduranthakam Narendra
“The blessings of Goddess Lakshmi are lingering in your face,” Swami said in soft voice. Rajaratnam raised his head with a start and looked around. There was a person standing in the street in front of the threshold of the…
A GLASS PLATE by K. Varalakshmi
“The two little hands were trying to set the arrow in the bow and shoot. … Ha, it worked finally! The hands held the bow tight, pulled the arrow … farther and farther back … and let it go. The…