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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-24

Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment – Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi  Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure.  Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the […]

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Cineflections:42 – Sruthialayalu – 1987, Telugu

Cineflections-42 Sruthialayalu – 1987, Telugu -Manjula Jonnalagadda “శిశుర్వేత్తి పశుర్వేత్తి వేత్తిగాన రసంఫణిః” The children know, the animals know the snakes know the essence of music Sruthilayalu is a film written and directed by K. Viswanath. The film premiered at the International Film Festival of India. It won several Andhra Pradesh state government’s Nandi Awards. It won […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-23

Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi  Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure. Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the distinct […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-22

Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi  Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure.  Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the distinct […]

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Cineflections:41 – Nimantran – 1971, Bengali

Cineflections-41 Nimantran – An Invitation – 1971, Bengali -Manjula Jonnalagadda “To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.” ― Federico García Lorca Nimantran is a film directed and written by Tarun Majumdar based on a story by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyaya. This film won the Best Bengali […]

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Need of the hour -32 How to write a small start-up business plan

Need of the hour -32 How to write a small start-up business plan -J.P.Bharathi Smart Start-up entrepreneurs can develop start up business plan. By following this easy six-step process, you’ll soon have a clear path to start up success. 1.Clarify the start-up vision, mission, and values The first step to writing a start-up business plan […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-21

Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi  Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure. Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the distinct […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-20

Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi  Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure.  Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the distinct […]

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Cineflections:39 – Hamsageethe – 1975, Kannada

Cineflections-39 Hamsageethe  (The Swan Song) – Kannada, 1975 -Manjula Jonnalagadda “It is only rigorous training and in depth study that make music mature into the realm of the classical.” – Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna Hamsageethe is a film directed and written by G.V. Iyer based on the novel with the same written by T.R. Subba Rao. The […]

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To tell a tale-29 (Chapter-7 Last Part)

To tell a tale-29 (Chapter-7 Part-7) -Chandra Latha M.M.Bhakthin explains that “the novel is determined by–experience, knowledge and practice (the future).” This is the equation of the past, present and the future of the novels and the selected novels succeeded aesthetically and attained a kind of universality within the narrated world. Bottom line of all […]

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Telugu Women writers-21

Telugu Women writers-21 -Nidadvolu Malathi The novel, Son of the Soil, published in 1972, supposedly depicts the collapse of zamindari families.[1] The rich landowners were losing their hold on the land, urban life was luring villagers to cities, and the old values were changing fast. Sambayya, who dedicated his entire life to his land, is […]

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Telugu Women writers-20

Telugu Women writers-20 -Nidadvolu Malathi Vasundhara Devi’s long story, “Penjeekatikavvala” [Beyond the Dense Darkness] received critical acclaim for its profound discourse on life and death. The story opens with a brief description of a location in the city, where the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ lived side by side. For all the wealth and the amenities Jayalakshmi, […]

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To tell a tale-29 (Chapter-7 Part-6)

To tell a tale-29 (Chapter-7 Part-6) -Chandra Latha Heteroglossia as defined by M.M.Bhaktin is the base condition governing the operation of meanings in any utterances. It is that which insures the primacy of the context over text. At any given time, at any given place, there will be set of conditions–social, historical, meteorological, physiological-that will […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-17

https://youtu.be/MTGe-FR1iXIhttps://youtu.be/K9JUkYMTU84https://youtu.be/wCGrdrVZ-U0 Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi  Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure. Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the […]

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To tell a tale-28 (Chapter-7 Part-5)

To tell a tale-28 (Chapter-7 Part-5) -Chandra Latha Gopichand’s seventy year old novel may appear relevant for latest times appealing to the present reader, and the decade old novel, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana could successfully, take the reader to seventy years past. Understanding and execution of the organic nature of the time with […]

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Telugu Women writers-19

Telugu Women writers-19 -Nidadvolu Malathi The story, “Bhayam”, [Fear of Death] by Tangirala Meera Subrahmanyam throws light on the kind of irrational fears we entertain. It illustrates the unfounded fear of death people experience. It is not a philosophical catechism on death. The author depicts the fear or anxiety that the sight of a dead […]

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Cineflections:36 – RRR – 2022 Telugu

Cineflections-36 RRR (రౌద్రం, రణం, రుధిరం /Raise, Roar, Revolt) – Telugu 2022 -Manjula Jonnalagadda           Distorted history boasts of bellicose glory… and seduces the souls of boys to seek mystical bliss in bloodshed and in battles. – Alfred Alder.           RRR is a film directed by S.S. Rajamouli and […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-16

https://youtu.be/-66kPnvusP8 Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi  Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure. Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the […]

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To tell a tale-27 (Chapter-7 Part-4)

To tell a tale-27 (Chapter-7 Part-4) -Chandra Latha           In the thesis, the distinctive narrative styles of the selected novels written in the native languages of the novelists, namely Telugu, German, Spanish and Italian, are presented in the order of their publication in their original language, between 1946 to 2004, approximately […]

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Telugu Women writers-18

Telugu Women writers-18 -Nidadvolu Malathi The story “Manchudebba” (Frostbite) addressed one of the very rarely mentioned taboos in society,namely, marriage under false pretenses to hide a man’s impotence. The story opens with Kalyani, a young woman, visiting her grandmother in a small village. She is bored. While on terrace just to pass time, she spots […]

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Need of the hour -25 (IS LIFE A JOURNEY!!!….A conflict with oneself,, may be yes..)

Need of the hour -25 IS LIFE A JOURNEY!!!….A conflict with oneself,, may be yes.. -J.P.Bharathi Each one’s life is a journey…. we all are conditioned and influenced by circumstances. We all have certain perceptions and judgements about the experiences that condition our life. These may be right from our early childhood or even circumstances […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-15

Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi  Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure.  Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the distinct […]

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To tell a tale-26 (Chapter-7 Part-3)

To tell a tale-26 (Chapter-7 Part-3) -Chandra Latha M.M. Bhaktin suggests that the organic nature of novel is embedded in it’s pluralistic nature. Marquez’s conscious choice of multi-fold narration makes it the ultimate example for textual plurality. The oral narrative tradition of folklore is cleverly captured in the narrative style. Inclusion of the distant places […]

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Telugu Women writers-17

Telugu Women writers-17 -Nidadvolu Malathi Synopsis: Kannamma was a working class woman. After her husband had left her and her baby for another woman, she was looking for work to make a living. She took several odd jobs, but each time, she found herself cornered. Every man she had come across assaulted her or made […]

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To tell a tale-25 (Chapter-7 Part-2)

To tell a tale-25 (Chapter-7 Part-2) -Chandra Latha With appropriate expression of percept and concept, this novel achieves Sui generis.  With the lofty narrative style to describe trivial things with a combination of classical rhetoric and simple colloquial prose, Puppets can be rightly called a mock epic novel that suits the definition of a novel […]

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Need of the hour -24 (Tweak the news columns…)

Need of the hour -24 Tweak the news columns… -J.P.Bharathi Its time, News columns should be divided into healthy news, constructive news, encouraging news ideas on one side of the news paper and unhealthy news, discouraging facts, antisocial news on the other side. If need be, they should be even differentiated with positive and negative […]

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Cineflections:34 – Katha – 1983 Hindi

Cineflections-34 Katha – 1983 Hindi -Manjula Jonnalagadda “Being a nice person is about courtesy: you’re friendly, polite, agreeable, and accommodating. When people believe they have to be nice in order to give, they fail to set boundaries, rarely say no, and become pushovers, letting others walk all over them.” – Adam Grant Katha is a […]

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Telugu Women writers-16

Telugu Women writers-16 -Nidadvolu Malathi One story illustrating the woman’s awareness, just awareness only, is “Eduru Chusina Muhurtam” [The Long Awaited Moment] by P. Saraladevi. The story illustrates woman’s perception of how she was being ignored by her family members. At the age of six, little Durga started looking around and wanting the things she […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-14

https://youtu.be/I3jpWqomjPohttps://youtu.be/BJqW3GgB2DQ Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi  Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure.  Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the […]

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Cineflections:33 – 36 Chowranghee Lane – 1981, English

Cineflections-33 36 Chowranghee Lane – 1981, English -Manjula Jonnalagadda “Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.” ― Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper 36 […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-13

Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi  Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure.  Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the distinct […]

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To tell a tale-24 (Chapter-7 Part-1)

To tell a tale-24 (Chapter-7 Part-1) -Chandra Latha The Narrative of Life: Conclusion           The selected novels of this study are from various parts of the world. The English translations of the original texts, written in the native languages of the novelists, namely Telugu, German, Spanish and Italian are used to […]

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Need of the hour -23 (Graffiti, A silent menace in schools)

Need of the hour -23 Graffiti, A silent menace in schools -J.P.Bharathi Educational institutions have various issues which are major concerns to the Principal, Counselors, Teachers and Parents. One such issue is Graffiti. Graffiti is writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, sprayed illicitly on the walls in public places. Students indulge in graffiti which is a […]

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Telugu Women writers-15

Telugu Women writers-15 -Nidadvolu Malathi 3. THEMES In the preceding chapter, we have noted how Telugu women writers moved away from bhakti tradition of self-effacing to the awareness of self (identity) following the nationalist and social movements. It is important to note that the original intent of the social reformers and educationists was not instilling […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-12

Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi  Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure.  Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the distinct […]

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To tell a tale-23 (Chapter-4 Part-4)

To tell a tale-23 (Chapter-4 Part-4) -Chandra Latha The Shattered Glass: The Tin Drum Günter Grass            The Tin Drum is filled with religious overtones. Critics observe that The Tin Drum  illustrates Seneca’s axiom, “The knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation.” (Seneca, Consolations and Moral Letters. Latin Proverb) http://thinkexist.com/ quotation/ the_knowledge_of_sin_is_the_beginning_of/176801.html)   […]

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Telugu Women writers-14

Telugu Women writers-14 -Nidadvolu Malathi Use of Pseudonyms Use of pseudonyms in the latter half of the twentieth century requires special mention. Unlike in the United States and Great Britain, Telugu women writers did not use male pseudonyms. Those who used pseudonyms picked only female names. For example, Aravinda (A.S. Mani), Syamala Rani (Akella Kamala […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-TaQHpj3g0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-JvmWDTMQwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uO6Z679SLY Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi  Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure.  Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the […]

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Need of the hour -21 (Pandemic, It’s Impact… Let’s think!!!!!)

Need of the hour -21 Pandemic, It’s Impact… Let’s think!!!!! -J.P.Bharathi Let us browse through our Life styles, small gestures, etiquette, living habits, planning, time table, hobbies, education, values, relationships, work life balance, dress style, rhythm in life, food habits, partying, outing, fitness and in many more areas. There are so many expectations, give and […]

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Telugu Women writers-13

Telugu Women writers-13 -Nidadvolu Malathi The reviewer also noted that a reader from the audience sent a note to the podium in the form of a poem, “Oh voyagers! Bring our women writers down to the earth,” implying women writers were writing unrealistic stories. Lata said in response, “Why don’t you look up and acknowledge […]

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To tell a tale-22 (Chapter-4 Part-3)

To tell a tale-22 (Chapter-4 Part-3) -Chandra Latha The Shattered Glass: The Tin Drum Günter Grass  Narrative overtones are present throughout the novel. When Oskar was caught and asked to identify himself to the Inter-pole gentlemen who came to arrest him, he said, “I am Jesus.” Nevertheless, I was arrested under the name of Oskar […]

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Cineflections:32 Nishabd – Hindi, 2007

Cineflections-32 Nishabd – Hindi, 2007 -Manjula Jonnalagadda “There is no anti-aging more potent than a young lover bursting with lust for your middle age vulnerability who pulls you out of rut with her arduous banter and make you whole again with her benevolent smirk”  ― Nalini Priyadarshni Nishabd is a 2007 film directed by Ram […]

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Telugu Women writers-12

Telugu Women writers-12 -Nidadvolu Malathi Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi The state government formed Sahitya Akademi [a literary organization] in 1957. One of the functions of Akademi was announcing awards annually to the best works in several categories. In 1976, the Akademi announced awards for works in various literary genres as usual but excluded fiction from […]

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To tell a tale-21 (Chapter-4 Part-2)

To tell a tale-21 (Chapter-4 Part-2) -Chandra Latha The Shattered Glass: The Tin Drum Günter Grass  Oskar’s perspective of photographic image gives rise to a contemplation upon inconsistency between accepted history and individual remembrance which draws together the motifs of perception, memory, representation and photography to register the after-image of the past. The photographic images […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment- 10 Ananda Natana Prakasam

Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment –Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi  Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure.  Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the distinct […]

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Need of the hour -20

Need of the hour -20 Best way towards HEALTHY LIVING… -J.P.Bharathi Revathi’s three-year-old Rohan is longing to have a coke every time he is thirsty. In the beginning Revathi was very glad that her little one has a liking for a particular taste. Slowly when she realized that in place of plain water, Rohan preferred […]

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Telugu Women writers-11

Telugu Women writers-11 -Nidadvolu Malathi Female Scholars’ Perspective in the Academy Some of the contemporary women writers from the academy subscribed to the view that Sulochana Rani’s fiction was doing more harm than good to the society. C. Anandaramam, a noted writer and Telugu professor, commented in her study of fiction of the seventies and […]

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To tell a tale-20 (Chapter-4 Part-1)

To tell a tale-19 (Chapter-3 Part-5) -Chandra Latha Among the other characters, Lakshamamma, Lalitha, Padma and Ammayamma need special mention. Minor characters like Sita, Jaggaa Rao’s mother and have their own crucial roles to play. Describing the nature of Laxmamma the writer relates, “Human nature is very strange. An atom can be split, the moon […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-9

Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment -Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure.  Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the distinct […]

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Need of the hour -19

Need of the hour -19 Covid time convert into-  Conquering time -J.P.Bharathi Covid-19 or corona has literally caged each one of us in our caves / homes. Someone rightly stated that 2020 is proved to be a rat year. We are venturing out only to fetch our groceries, and other basic necessities. We are running […]

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Telugu Women writers-10

Telugu Women writers-10 -Nidadvolu Malathi The Academy The academy continued to be indifferent, despite the unprecedented interest the readers, the magazine editors, and publishers were showing in the fiction by women writers at this time. Women writers were conspicuous by their absence in the critical works produced by the academy in the sixties and early […]

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To tell a tale-19 (Chapter-3 Part-5)

To tell a tale-19 (Chapter-3 Part-5) -Chandra Latha Among the other characters, Lakshamamma, Lalitha, Padma and Ammayamma need special mention. Minor characters like Sita, Jaggaa Rao’s mother and have their own crucial roles to play. Describing the nature of Laxmamma the writer relates, “Human nature is very strange. An atom can be split, the moon […]

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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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Cineflections:29 Kushboo – (Fragrance) 1975, Hindi

Cineflections-29 Kushboo – (Fragrance) 1975, Hindi -Manjula Jonnalagadda “एक छोड़ी हुई लड़कीको वापस लेले इससे बड़ा मान क्या मिलेगा उसे?” – बृन्दावन की माँ “मैं रस्ते में बैठी हुई हु? जब कहे छोड़ दिया जब चाहे लगाए, मेरी मर्ज़ी कुछ नहीं?” – कुसुम “A disowned woman is asked to come back, what is more respectful […]

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Need of the hour -18

Need of the hour -18 FANTASY WORLD – CAN WE REALLY AFFORD! -J.P.Bharathi Children like to see cartoons, fairy tales, animated movies and gimmicks happening. They love and enjoy fiction, stories, miracles, magic shows and so on. So, we can largely conclude that they admire a dream world and expect the same in the real […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-8

Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment -Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure.  Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the distinct […]

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Need of the hour -17

Need of the hour -17 SCOLDING KIDS- HOW DOES IT FEEL -J.P.Bharathi Give a child to play a puzzle, a set of building blocks or messy clay. He is all set to arrange, create and innovate. This shows children are patient enough to take up any task. So, when a child has enough patience to […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y-MPy5-_EY Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment -Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure.  Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the […]

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Telugu Women writers-9

Telugu Women writers-9 -Nidadvolu Malathi Magazine Editors and Circulation Numbers During my interviews with women writers, several of them mentioned that the magazine editors encouraged them. The names included Narla Venkateswara Rao, Gora Sastry, Khasa Subba Rao, and Puranam Subrahmanya Sarma. Other weekly and monthly magazines like Sahiti, Swati, Yuva, Tharuna, and Jayasri also were […]

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To tell a tale-18 (Chapter-3 Part-4)

To tell a tale-18 (Chapter-3 Part-4) -Chandra Latha The dilemma is that which class does Chandrashekharam belong? The oppressed or the oppressing? It reflects the dual nature and the split personality of Chandrashekharam. His reaction to his father-in-law‘s death is different from his reaction to his child’s death. He starts attributing his child’s death to […]

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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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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-6

Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment -Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure.  Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the distinct […]

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Telugu Women writers-8

Telugu Women writers-8 -Nidadvolu Malathi Economic Status Economic status did not play a crucial role in women’s writing in the early fifties. In the past, supporting the family was not woman’s responsibility. Therefore, economics was not a part of the equation. The situation has changed, drastically after women entered the workforce. Ironically, the question became […]

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To tell a tale-17 (Chapter-3 Part-3)

To tell a tale-17 (Chapter-3 Part-3) -Chandra Latha Situational irony the disparity of intention and result and the result of an action in contrary to the desired or expected is also profusely used in the novel. According to Lars Elleström, Situational irony is  “a situation where the outcome is incongruous with what was expected, but it […]

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Need of the hour -16

Need of the hour -16 TREAT KIDS AS ELDERS, FRIENDS OR GROWN UPS -J.P.Bharathi We are all stuck in the worst ever situation of pandemic. This is the time we need to think wisely and try and see if we can change our mindsets towards everything in life. Adverse situations are learning times…. Ask any […]

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Cineflections:27 Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe – (Silence! The Court Is In Session)-1971, Marathi

Cineflections-27 Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe – (Silence! The Court Is In Session) – 1971, Marathi -Manjula Jonnalagadda “Women’s liberty”, “women’s independence” are words on everybody’s lips these days, but they stay on the lips and don’t go any further. Do you know why? I’ve found out that liberty can be obtained neither by theoretical arguments, […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MldfzdM5_bAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59imxXBRWG0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av3doR0pRH0 Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment -Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure.  Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the […]

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Need of the hour -15

Need of the hour -15 Is a Calm child a cute child!!!…. -J.P.Bharathi Can we confidently say there is any creation on earth which does not want attention? Can we say in this nature, we can do away with at least few things without any second thought or hesitation? If the answer is “NO”, then how […]

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Cineflections:26 Show -2002, Telugu

Cineflections-26 Show – 2002, Telugu -Manjula Jonnalagadda “All the world’s a stage and all men and women are merely players” – William Shakespeare in As You Like It. Show is a film made by Neelakanta. The film won the National Award For The Best Telugu Film and the National Award For The Best Screenplay. It […]

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Telugu Women writers-7

Telugu Women writers-7 -Nidadvolu Malathi Marital Status Regarding marriage, most of these writers have shown some kind of independent thinking. Each of them seemed to have taken a stand in their own way. Achanta Sarada Devi mentioned that she had ample opportunity to read books because of her marriage with Janakiram in 1944. Malati Chendur […]

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To tell a tale-16 (Chapter-3 Part-2)

To tell a tale-16 (Chapter-3 Part-2) -Chandra Latha In the novel, Krishna Rao invokes Karl Marx, and legendary epics like Mahabharatham, Bhagavadgeetha, classic poetry like Kalahastheeswara Satakam many times. The narrative of Puppets is divided into thirty five chapters. Every chapter begins with a simple, exterior description that sets the required tone to its narrative. […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-4

Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment -Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure.  Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the distinct […]

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To tell a tale-15 (Chapter-3 Part-1)

To tell a tale-15 (Chapter-3 Part-1) -Chandra Latha A Cup of Brewed Coffee: Puppets G.V. Krishna Rao It’s  boiled. It’s steeped. It’s made into steaming hot coffee brimming creamy soft lather to awaken  one from  the long night’s hard sleep, out of the illusion of dreams and the confusion of hangovers. It’s the perfect mixture […]

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Need of the hour -14

Need of the hour -14 Being good is human, it’s normal -J.P.Bharathi Many a times we search for human qualities in a man. In many instances we see someone is appreciated for being human. Yes sounds strange, isn’t it. Very annoyingly, man has moved so far away from his humane qualities that, he needs to […]

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Cineflections:25 Amma Ariyan (Report to Mother) -1986, Malayalam

Cineflections-25 Amma Ariyan (Report to Mother) -1986, Malayalam -Manjula Jonnalagadda “Consciousness is only possible through change; change is only possible through movement.” – Aldous Huxley Amma Ariyan is a film made John Abraham. This film is ranked 9th in the BFI’s Top 10 film list. It also won the National Award in the Special Jury […]

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My Life Memoirs-15

My Life Memoirs-15 My Life, Full of Beautiful Memories -Venigalla Komala   28.Rahul’s Birth After my knee surgery in February 2000, we returned to America in the first week of May. We spent a week with Raju and Kim in New York and then they drove us to Naveena. Naveena looked relaxed and more beautiful […]

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Telugu Women writers-6

Telugu Women writers-6 -Nidadvolu Malathi AT HOME Before discussing the unprecedented success of women writers in Andhra Pradesh, let us review their education, familial and economic status in the fifties and sixties. Education In families even with moderate income, sending girls to public schools started in the late nineteenth century. By mid-twentieth century, young women […]

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Telugu Women writers-5

Telugu Women writers-5 -Nidadvolu Malathi 2.FAMILIAL STATUS and SOCIAL CONDITIONS In the preceding chapter, I attempted to trace some of the trends regarding women’s education in upper classes and their creative writing, which was mostly poetry. In this chapter, I shall examine the next stage in the evolution of women’s writing—-a spirited mix of tradition […]

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Cineflections:24 Madhumati – 2003, Hindi

Cineflections-24 Madhumati – 1958, Hindi  -Manjula Jonnalagadda Dilip Kumar was one of the most influential actors of the Hindi film industry. His acting style influenced later super stars like Amitabh Bachan and Shahrukh Khan. He passed away on July 7th, 2021. Madhumati is a film made by Bimal Roy and written by Ritwik Ghatak. The […]

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My Life Memoirs-14

My Life Memoirs-14 My Life, Full of Beautiful Memories -Venigalla Komala   25. Raju and Kim in Pittsburgh We had been to Pittsburgh several times when Raju was working in the Pittsburgh bureau of The Wall Street Journal. The first time Hemanth, Naveena and Rohit drove us to Pittsburgh and they returned home the same […]

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Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment-3

Carnatic Compositions – The Essence and Embodiment -Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi Our intent for this essay is to highlight the great features of the language, emotion and melody (rAgam) of a krithi (song/composition) and also to provide the song for your listening pleasure.  Most of you may know these krithis, but when you discover the distinct […]

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To tell a tale-14 (Chapter-2 Part-7)

To tell a tale-14 (Chapter-2 Part-7) -Chandra Latha Gopichand avows, “Expression of life is the ultimate attraction. Any defined literary form is a fixed frame. Literary forms are born to express the life. Why should we give more validity than that? If we can get more benefit by moving beyond those frames, Why shouldn’t we […]

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