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Haunting Voices: Stories heard and Unheard -14 K. Varalakshmi’s Sandhya Samasyalu

Haunting Voices: Heard and Unheard K.Varalakshmi -Syamala Kallury Ravi: Hi Grandma, our previous story on the relationship between two individuals a husband and wife, and the difference in the perspectives how they look at their relationship, the bond, the insecurities, and the expression of these in everyday life still haunt me. Some of the aspects […]

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Haunting Voices: Stories heard and Unheard -13 Values Realized

Haunting Voices: Heard and Unheard Values Realized (Telisina viluvalu) by  Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani -Syamala Kallury Ravi: Hi grandma, long time since we talked of stories. What happened, are you not going to the beach or your friends in the sea whose voices you have been listening have fallen silent? Grandma: I have not been going […]

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Haunting Voices: Stories heard and Unheard -12 Kamavvasaani Katha by Sai Papineni

Haunting Voices: Heard and Unheard Kamavvasaani Katha by Sai Papineni -Syamala Kallury Ravi: Grandma, today it is a book published this year? It is a huge jump in your time scale. Grandma: I am not actually following any chronological order in telling these stories to you. As and when the memory hits a button, a […]

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P.Satyavathi

Haunting Voices: Stories heard and Unheard -12 Punadi Story by P.Sathavathi

Haunting Voices: Heard and Unheard  Punadi Story by P.Sathavathi -Syamala Kallury Grandma– “We have already discussed this writer Ravi. But then when I came across this story, I thought this is more relevant to our times today.” Ravi: “Is that so? What is the commonality between a story which was written about thirty years back […]

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Haunting Voices: Stories heard and Unheard -11 Amulyam Story by Olga

Haunting Voices: Heard and Unheard Amulyam Story by Olga -Syamala Kallury Amulyam: Volga; A story published in Visalandhra Telugu Katha; 1910-2000. October 2002; Price Rs.400; Pages 1109 Grandmother: Hi Ravi, I am ready with today’s story. I have taken this story from the same book. As I told you in our previous story-telling, this book […]

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Haunting Voices: Stories heard and Unheard -10 Do not turn the clock back by D. Kameswari

Haunting Voices: Heard and Unheard Do not turn the clock back by D. Kameswari -Syamala Kallury Do not turn the clock back: D. Kameswari; A story published in Visalandhra Telugu Katha; 1910-2000. October 2002; Price Rs. 400; pages 1109 Ravi: “Hi, grandma a book with 1109 pages! Wow…did you read the whole book?” Grandma- “Yes, […]

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Haunting Voices: Stories heard and Unheard -9 Savitri by Vimala

Haunting Voices: Heard and Unheard ‘Savitri’ by Vimala -Syamala Kallury Grandma: Ravi where have you been? Do you want your story tonight? Ravi: Sure, Grandma! I’d never turn down an opportunity to hear your stories. They always give me something to ponder over before I go to sleep…like food for thought. They are trying to […]

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Haunting Voices: Stories heard and Unheard -8 Damayanti’s Daughter (Damayanti Kuturu) by Satyavathi.P

Haunting Voices: Heard and Unheard Damayanti’s Daughter (Damayanti Kuturu) by Satyavathi.P -Syamala Kallury “Grandma, how are you?” “I am good. Did you enjoy your holiday? Since you were not around, I have not been going to the beach much.” “So, none of your writer friends have been talking to you?” “No, I do keep their […]

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Haunting Voices-7 ( Dwivedula Vislakshi )

Haunting Voices: Heard and Unheard Dwivedula Visalakshi -Syamala Kallury Manaswi  “Grandma, today I will tell you a story. Not a story in the sense of what you tell me, but it is about what is happening in the life of a classmate of mine” “Why, what is happening to your friend?” “It is a strange […]

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Haunting Voices: Stories heard and Unheard -6 (Abburi Chayadevi)

Haunting Voices: Heard and Unheard Abburi Chayadevi -Syamala Kallury Happy Ending Abburi Chaya Devi: Happy Ending, Sukhantam; Published in Katha Bharati, National Book Trust (1972) Translated into English by Syamala Kallury in her collection Telugu Short Stories; Women’s Voices; An Inner Voyage (1930-2000) in 2001. “Hi, grandma, can I come in?” “Of course, you can. […]

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Haunting Voices: Stories heard and Unheard -5 (Gudipati Venkata Chalam)

Haunting Voices: Heard and Unheard Gudipati Venkata Chalam -Syamala Kallury “Hi Grandma, who is the lady that will come out of your sea of magic today?” “It is not a lady today, it is a male story teller. Actually, we need not categorise writers as men and women separately. We don’t say a woman lawyer, […]

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Haunting Voices: Stories heard and Unheard -4 (Malati Chandur)

Haunting Voices: Heard and Unheard Malati Chandur -Syamala Kallury “Hello grandma. How are you doing? Have you been talking to the sea of late?” “Yes, of course. You know when I was young, I had to go a town 200 km away from my home to join as a lecturer. Till then we were living […]

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Haunting Voices: Stories heard and Unheard -3 (Sourees)

Haunting Voices: Heard and Unheard Sourees -Syamala Kallury “Hi, Grandma, are you ready with your story tonight?” asked  Gautam as he entered the room. “Yes, I am. In fact, before you came, I thought of one unusual story. You might like it, I think.” “Umm… unusual, is it?” “Surely it is unusual for the times […]

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Haunting Voices: Stories heard and Unheard -2 (A Silent Revolution)

Haunting Voices: Heard and Unheard A Silent Revolution -Syamala Kallury “Hello grandma, are you sleeping?” “No not yet. Come! What, do you really want to hear the stories I heard from the sea of stories?” “Of course, I do. Why else do you think I am here?” “Okay, let me think! Whose story do you […]

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Haunting Voices: Heard and Unheard

Haunting Voices: Heard and Unheard Telugu Short Stories -Syamala Kallury She is a familiar sight. People who come to the beach everyday see her there. Always in the same place – on the last bench, in a corner, staring at the sea. And people wonder why there was never anyone with her. She sits silently […]

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