It is Sunday. Neelaveni is bored. Color of skin—a play being shown in town, she recalls. “Let’s go to the play,” she says to her husband, Sundaram. He looks up. “Play? Um. That’d be nice. But I need to finish…
The Color of Skin by Nidadavolu Malathi
Bhandaru Acchamamba’s stories: Review by Nidadavolu Malathi
For a decade or so, Telugu scholars started discussing the works of Bhandaru Acchamamba’s works, primarily in an attempt to show that she is the first writer among males and females to write a well-developed Telugu story in the mdoern…
Bhandaru Acchamamba: Outstanding life & Work by Nidadavolu Malathi
In the past, we have featured an analytical review of Bhandaru Acchamamba’s contribution to Telugu literature (written by Kondaveeti Satyavati) and two stories written by Acchamamba. Recently, I have come across Acchamamba’s monumental work, abalaa saccharitra ratnamala [Biographies of Laudable…