Lakshmi Puja Day by Bhandaru Acchamamba

(Translator’s note: The Telugu original, dhanatrayodasi, by Bhandaru Acchamamba(1874-1905) has been published, originally, in Hindusundari monthly, November 1902. Reprinted on www.bhumika.org in 2006. My translation has been published in 2009 on this site, and included in the anthology, Penscape, An Anthology of Telugu Short Stories. The art work on the cover has been created by…… Continue reading Lakshmi Puja Day by Bhandaru Acchamamba

Evolving Values by J.P. Sarma

(The unpublished Telugu original, Ammamma Uttaram, translated by Dr.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 cannot share over the phone so, this letter. Our neighbor’s son has promised to post…… Continue reading Evolving Values by J.P. Sarma