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Kethu Viswanatha Reddy was a writer whose works have been translated into modern Indian languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, as well as into English and Russian. Reddy worked many variations on the theme of rural transformation in southern Andhra Pradesh , including its famines, factions, and industrialization.
The story was published in 1935 and is based on the author's childhood experience during the Great Flood of 1924 in Kerala. [1] Widely considered one of Thakazhi's best stories, [2] it follows the plight of a man named Chennan and his family, as they are trapped in their home during a severe flood. They are eventually rescued by a passing boat ...
Burra Katha or Burrakatha, is an oral storytelling technique in the Jangam Katha tradition, performed in villages of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in India. It is performed by a troupe consisting of one main performer and two co-performers, and is a narrative entertainment that consists of prayers, solo drama, dance, songs, poems and jokes.
Kottarathil Sankunni (23 March 1855 – 22 July 1937), a Sanskrit-Malayalam scholar who was born in Kottayam in present-day Kerala, started documenting these stories in 1909. They were published in the Malayalam literary magazine, the Bhashaposhini , and were collected in eight volumes and published in the early 20th century.
Kocharethi, Narayan's debut novel, won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1998. [4] Its English translation as Kocharethi: The Araya Woman by Catherine Thankamma was published by the Oxford University Press in 2011 and won the Economist-Crossword Book Award in the Indian language translation category for 2011.
Rambha was born as Vijayalakshmi Yeedi [4] in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh on 5 June 1976 [5] into a Telugu family. [6] She did her schooling at Atkinsons Senior Secondary School, Vijayawada. While she was studying in her seventh standard, she acted as Ammavaru (Mother Goddess) for her school's Annual Day competition. [7]
Parayi Petta Panthirukulam, is a popular folktale in Kerala.According to this folktale, Vararuchi, one of the nine wise men of Emperor Vikramaditya’s (57 BCE- 78 AD) court married Panchami, a girl belonging to Paraya, a lower caste.
Randamoozham (transl. Second turn) is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language mythological drama novel by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, widely credited as his masterpiece. [2] First serialized in Kalakaumudi Weekly, it won the Vayalar Award for the best literary work in Malayalam in 1985. [3]