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Magic mirror

 Magic mirror Telugu Original-Seela Subhadra Devi Translation –Swatee Sripada    We think something  But wee don’t know what we are When we argued for the curry or the curd  concealed for elder brother  when mother serves with affection without a word we adjust with pickle only. Even now we walk in the same footsteps  We […]

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America Through my eyes-Monterey

America Through my eyes –Monterey  Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English translation: Swathi Sripada Monterey  At a distance of forty miles to the south of Santa Cruz, nearly 120 miles away from San Francisco lies Monterey. With small islands, and with the natural beauty of Cyprus trees surrounding the glistening stones banks, Montero is an […]

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Mother’s Day(Indraganti Janaki Bala- Short story)

Mother’s Day Indraganti Janaki Bala Translation: Swatee Sripada  When the phone went on ringing before it turned morning, Shakunthala took the phone lying beside her pillow, without even opening her eyes. Guessing who it might be kept the phone near the ear and said “hello”  “Shaku! Good news for you! To tell you that I […]

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MY DEAREST FRIEND

MY DEAREST FRIEND       Dr. KB LAKSHMI  Translation -swatee Sripada The incessant humming of the phone! I dashed to it and lifted the receiver, “hello” “Is it Atulya?” the voice from the other side enquired. “Just a minute” without any delay keeping the receiver down, ran into the kitchen turned off both the burners […]

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America Through my eyes-Mountain View-2

America Through my eyes –Mountain View-2 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English translation: Swathi Sripada Library  Here city libraries are bigger than our central libraries. In fact, we cannot compare the libraries here to any of ours there. With two floors for kids, teenagers, and adults, for researchers with different sections, we, all the family […]

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Silent heaven

Silent  heaven Muktevi Bharathi Translation:  swatee sripada “Let us go on a tour for a month” Sarojini said adjusting the string of jasmines in her hair. “You go” slipping his spectacles on to the nose Ramam said. Son and daughter invite them to their homes but Ramam says it’s not possible for him to go […]

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Fire furnace

Fire furnace  Original-Dr. Aluri Vijaya Lakshmi  Translation –swatee sripada Janaki sat up with a startle. The lamenting of Sharwari as if a fact in dream moved like a whirlwind in her years. Pressing her cheeks with both the palms, she tried to suppress the emotion in her heart. She tossed a vexed look at her […]

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Stretched wings

Stretched wings Yaddanapudi SulochanaRani –Vippukunna Rekkalu  Translation-Swatee Sripada “Rajju, Rajju” beating with fists on closed doors, her voice sounded like a thunderbolt. The closed doors didn’t open. “Rajita! Open the door.” Prabhakar’s voice thundered as a military officer’s order. No answer. “Rajji open the door! Or shall I burn the room? Turn You into ashes” […]

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Daughter – A bridge

Daughter – A bridge  -Dr. C. Bhavani Devi  Translation -swatee Sripada  No one produces a daughter willingly They take life from an illusion Of producing a son Daughters are always the bridges Throughout the country From small villages to huge cities Between everyone in families Daughters are the bridges Who cares the streams within them? […]

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The male

The male Samatha Roshni Translation: swatee Sripada  We are ten to fifteen, good friends. We meet twice or thrice a year. We discuss joys and troubles, literature; stories so on and so forth. We talk everything, eat and drink what we like the best and celebrate. I have to tell this number ten to fifteen […]

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There is a way (Story by Sivaraju Subbalakshmi)

There is a way………… Sivaraju Subbalakshmi  Translation: Swatee Sripada  Doctor Madhava Rao, though came to that village just recently became very popular. He treated the poor compassionately. Kamala, the lady doctor, working with him in the same hospital thought in the beginning all his generosity was pretense to earn a good name, later she started […]

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