Sahitya academy Yuva Puraskar in Telugu language for 2019

"Konga vaalu Katti" ( The sword resembles a crane) authored by Gaddam Mohan Rao has been conferred with Kendra Sahitya academy Yuva puraskar for 2019, in Telugu section. All this novel describes the woes of a particular most downtrodden community i.e., Chindu or Chindollu caste. Though they have had the hoary past as a lot of artists who showcased Yakshagana sort of dance form. Mostly these people confined to Telengana state and their unique art is of almost 2000 years old history. Madiga and other castes are considered patrons of the art form in the older days but now the situation has been lowered with the times by lack of timely support either from government or society.

However, Chindu Yellamma hailed from Adilabad district perhaps was the last performer and she was honored by Padmasri award. Chindu has itself a beautiful connotation in colloquial Telugu language. Their themes derived mostly from Puranas. The rustic and common people-oriented language was used in their performances as the art form devoid of Sanskrit influence. With the advent of new entertainments such as movies, Television, Chindu had taken suffering in terms of patronage. This folk form remained dwindling like any other ancient one.

How this novel that got puraskar related to the aforesaid art is incredible in many aspects. The writer himself came from the same community and depicted the anguish, pain, insult, poverty of the people with the help of the protagonist in the novel. The replica of its social and economic structure would be felt by the reader throughout the pages. The age-old story has been rediscovered and retold for the present generation, it's how a unique contribution was surfaced with the Yuva Puraskar.

                                                                                ---Murthy Kvvs  

"Inferno" a novel by Dan Brown

"Inferno" the novel penned by Dan brown has also transitioned into a film,leave it, I am going to write a few lines about the novel  I have gone through.What to speak out is a big question and I will never quit without it for sure for there was a considerable chunk of things to reveal.Well,Dante the eternal poet,who intrigued our Brown this time to come up with the descriptions of Florence and Venice, of course Cantos of his poetry poured all along the novel mixing a good deal of its nine ringed hell and cobbled streets of  ancient Italian cities with heart pounding suspense.By completing it,one would be having an experience of watching time tested sculpture of Michelangelo,Botticelli and Raphel.

Plot..? Cleverly this time with the symbols left by Dante in his long poem Divine Comedy.The Protagonist Langdon was a symbologist ,an American professor ended up on a bed in a an obscure way and the Italian docs were clueless about his bizarre dreams and behaviour,however,Sienna the medic teamed up with him to clear off the secret of Zobrist,a billionaire visionary,And his vision was turbulent population on the earth to reduce into its half for the sake of human welfare.Sounds bizarre and puzzled..?Yes, you have to be.Dante the medieval poet was having his own part to move the story.By his long lasted visions and imaginations.Our Brown amalgamated things like that with creating contemporary roles.

How can you rate it to be a thriller without pulsating scenes..? So you could have ample chances by being chased and hunted by hand in gloves police and electrifying drama for death mask of Dante's.Well,we could be acquainted with unknown Dante's love story too.The lethal Virus,at last,was thrown off doing no harm to the human kind.A sort of Armageddon..? How the heck you get the stories sans it..?! Dan Brown did his best,Of what...? Da Vinici Code,that you would guess it without any effort.Simply centuries varied.However,Dante must have been happier to have his "Inferno" in a brand new version.
---Murthy Kvvs

Choker Bali (Novel) by Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore,as we all know as an important renaissance figure of Indian literature had left his own impact on us with his songs,poems,dramas,essays,novels and an array of his paintings.Of course,he embarked on painting at the dusk of life.Choker Bali,it's one of the novels I was aspiring to have gone through and the same has been done with it a couple of days back.The story set in the typical  Bengali family ambiance of the feudal sort.It's a story of menage a trios.Really to be considered as an avant-garde theme for those days of almost one century back.

Mahindra was a medico and got married Asha,a village belle.He was happy teaching his wife at home in leisure times,their conjugal life on cloud nine until the entry of Binodini,a widow and a distant relation came to Calcutta settled for a few days in their home.Rajalaxmi,mother of Mahindra asked Binodini to be here in helping domestic chorus.Asha was a naive one in terms of worldly affairs and which proved to be advantageous for Binodini to lure Mahindra.In other words,she grew a jealousy of happy marriage life of Mahindra and Asha.

She manages to captivate Mahindra with her expertise of love play.At the same time she maintained the bosom friendship with his wife Asha.Poor Asha trusted Binodini as her Choker Bali.Lot of things had taken place,meanwhile.At last,they flew away from the house,leaving Asha estranged.Binodini,interestingly,never surrendered to Mahindra.And she wants to marry Bihari,a family friend of Mahindra.Because he was a bachelor and future security is guaranteed comparing to Mahindra.

Binodini's character emanates various hues at the same time.She was jealous of seeing happy couple as she got deprived of sexual pleasure.She never cared Mahindra after he completely had surrendered to her.There were other characters like Annapurna,Sadhucharan and so on.Bihari was a strong character in all respects.Story ends with an unexpected turn even though Bihari proposed Binodini to marry.The landscape of Calcutta and village of average Bengali life portrayed well.

In other sense,we could understand it as a novel of  psycho analytical attempt to put in brief.Translation style of Sukendu Ray was touching while composing the sense of original flavor into English.To avoid discomfiture,he provided glossary of  Bengali words such as Thakur-po,Topse,Kakima,Pishima,Bouthan and etc.Try to give a read,if you wish to have a tale of universal appeal.And to confront the muse of Tagore.
---Murthy Kvvs

The Adventurers novel by Harold Robbins..!

 "The Adventurers" a gripping tale of Harold Robins,being set in fictitious Corteguay state of South America filled with unputdownable ingredients such as nail baiting suspense,twists and violence and moving melo drama.A Young Latin American state and its new ruling class were the things all about to say in the central theme.

The newly carved out state by the efforts of revolutionaries was struggling for recognition and its share of authority.Dax was the diplomat from the country and his loyalty about it was impeccable.His childhood was of brutal past as his family members were killed by so called Bandoleros.And he made to avenge it in return.

How the power makes a man of principles into a selfish and tyrannic dictator was something to ponder over.El President of Corteguay ,the ex revolutionary was the example for it.He out witted his past colleagues to consolidate his reins over the state.And went further extent to hatch the plot to end the life of his trusted friend's son.

Writer's view point about the novel was to uphold the turmoil prevailed in Latin American countries.And he had chosen a fictitious state for the purpose.Robins succeeded in getting us into the haciendas of South America and to the secretive sensual pleasures of other part of the world.

Tell me a story : A View

"Tell me a story" is a collection of short stories written by almost new story writers across India.Short listed from the entries of  hundreds of enthusiast writers on the different topics.Freedom for choosing the subject was given to the writer,hence we could read mosaic of expected and unexpected themes through out the book.Twenty one stories were there.

Sangha mitra Bose portrayed  emotional scenes of a family happened during the war time,through the lenses of  both adult and children  in the story of "And the planes came".Canvas for it taken was Ambala cantonment area.Krishnasish Jena came up with a rather meta physical theme of the death titled"The end of the tunnel" which described that how it happened to his protagonist's nearest relative and how can it be different in view of objective sense when it happened with outside his premises.

Prasanthi Pothina seemed as another promising story teller in the collection of stories.She has taken a sensitive line to fathom the subtle layers of conjugal life.Sexual pleasure is not only the sole part in the married life but there are several emotional things apart from it.If it got defunct,couple should come to terms by internal dialogue.And extra-marital relation takes one to abyss whether one is not well guided by wisdom.All this discussed in the story "Suicide".

And other stories will never get down the reader while passing through the pages.Well known author Ravinder Singh edited the collection for Penguin Random.In case,you wish to read some meaningful and heart touching stories,go for it and which is available with Amazon.Short notes about the short story writers would give you an idea about the persons who had woven the stories based on things ,of which they built on,with using their imagination par excellence.

A Fantastic place

We all see eggs in the bazar.In the grocery shop in cozy paper made cartons invariably.Without these , eggs can be shattered into worst liquid.The carton scene here was photographed during my visit to a fantastic place called Sanjeevareddy palem,nearby Paloncha of Telengana State.This is a small scale industry to cater the needs of egg sellers.

Basically the paper pulp is used for manufacturing.Drying is also essential,so these were being shown there after initial phasing of manufacturing.Seeing in a massive way of its kind is a fun and amazing in systematic rows.  

Close up shot,even more interesting with the design of up and down patterns.Got to be there for having a tea break while proceeding to a picnic unto Kinnerasani sanctuary,the best known spot for joyful moments to have.

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A Poet was attacked and A Real case of Intolerance

Vijayawada stages book festival this year from January 1 to 11 and a most rare incident happened in the event.Sky Baba (Shaik Yusuf Baba)),the Telugu poet from Telengana was attacked on the 3rd day of the festival.Also his book release function got to postponed due to the agitation from the people of Andhra region.There was a cause alleged that during the movement for Telengana state he had written strongly worded poem that questioned the exploitation of coastal people in all fields.It was all about four years back.

But now at the dais of book festival ,the old wounds were came to fore and some people made ruckus over the past write up.They alleged that Sky baba used most abusive words that were to be shameful to any sober person to utter those lines,therein he hurt the sentiments of Andhra people such as pissing in Krishna river which flows through Vijayawada.

However,his buddies came to rescue him on the occasion.No book release or meeting held as it planned by Sky baba and his friends.Some people commented that it should not have happened though he hurt the feelings , instead they could better have expressed it in another form like writing a poem condemning such act or lodged a complaint with concerned department.Trying to rough up physically and making vulgar words in return does not make any sense,some literary orgs opined so. 

A Review on "Byomkesh Bakshi"- a spy thriller

Sometimes acting on impulse would pay off.I really did not hear much about Saradindu Bandopadhyay who wrote basically in Bengali,yet seeing the book in a stall bought this translated version to read the stories.I should admit that there was nothing to regret.And thus got acquainted with a fine story teller with his Sherlock Holmes like Byomkesh Bakshi who keeps solving mysterious happenings with his sharp intelligence and tactics.He himself called by  Satyanveshi instead of a detective.An indigenous style detective in brief.Byomkesh was assisted by Ajit.

There were seven stories in total and all are suspense thrillers.Case study evolves with real life situations.Writer Saradindu had vast knowledge about many places of India.His short stint as a Hindi film script writer had reflected in some stories.Translator Manimola Dhar did a commendable work by using apt simple language to reach out even a lay reader.Choosing suitable titles for the stories reveals her craft of translation.For instance "Rakthamukhi Neela" coined in English as The deadly diamond.Once we finished reading it,we could understand translator's prudence.

All the stories take you into their grip and no boring or unnecessary crap.Saradindu had a unique style in telling the story.Suspense,comedy and insight into things added pep.At the same time,scientific outlook was also evident in some stories.Writer by profession was a lawyer for some time,hence  he knows how to weave a criminal attitude and unravel it at the given times.Rupa Publications brought it out and this is a sure shot success with its pulsating sleuth's skills to entertain the reader.  

A Review on "The Adivasi will not dance" book

The stories were written on the background of Santhal Adivasi diaspora and jumping into a conclusion of poverty,exploitation and rebellion theme would make you the wistful thinking about it with no second thought.But there were ingredients in here more than we have expected,Jharkhand and it's people,especially those who marginalized came to fore in different characters such as a central government employee , a doctor,a neo rich family,coal thieves,Dancer,innocent and helpless individuals and so on.This ten story anthology served its purpose to strike a chord in the mainstream life of our country.

Right,who is the writer...Hansda Sowendra Shekar ! A Doctor by profession  and a santhali by origin.Won Sahitya akademi yuva puraskar in 2015 and It has been accorded as most sought out and discovered one on and by a Santhali.The book confronted severe opposition when it was translated into Hindi, of course by his own Santhalis for being made insulted remarks on local deities and leaders,and suspended from state government service.

Let's get some of the dough as a sample.First story title" They eat meat".Beeram Soren family was to move to Vadodara of Gujarat from Bhubaneswar as a central government employee.Their native place is  in Jharkhand.As a tribal of Santhal,faced hardships finding a house for rent,their meat eating became a big trouble.Every body wants vegetarian tenant in the part where Hindus only live,and Christians and Muslims live separately in the different parts of the city.First, he was clueless to understand the situation and getting known inside things as time goes by.

At last, A Rao's family from Telugu origin accepted to give the house on two conditions.One,they should not eat non veg and reveal their limited identity to outsiders when they are asked.They have underwent a torture of having meatless meal,their relatives living in a government quarters came to help by weekly once hosting at their place.Here writer tried to compare the food habits in different communities.And how our society divided on invisible lines.At last, Soren family transferred to Jharkhand happily.

Places in Pakur district were chosen when themes evolved with local importance.The Adivasi will not dance is another story with heart breaking truths.How the mineral rich patches were plundered by business people with the political clout was explained in this,Mangal Murmu,the Santhal dancer who brought to the programs of VIPs with his troupe,on losing his land,expected to submit his plea on the day, to Rashtrapati in vain,was dragged aside after the program completed.

November is the month of migration, in the story, we could understand how poverty and hunger led one woman to accept a quick sex on the platform of a railway station.In some stories,explicit writing is seen but it supports the cause at the scene,Hansda picked his plots very carefully and executed with precision required.Simple narration and commitment would always be felt all along the stories,If the reader breaks into tears when reading some stories without conscious sometimes,it won't be a surprising thing for me.  

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These are looking queer a bit.First time, I have seen these plum like ones with covering themselves thin roots.Exactly like hair in different color.Growing in bushes of wayside of Parnasala road.Telangana state of course.Can you anyone identify it by name...? If so, let me know.

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