Unique literature kit ‘Telugu Sahitimoorthulu — Mukhachitraalu Repati Tharam Kosam’ introduces Telugu authors to the next generation
The Hindu
Compiled by Shanmukha Sunnapuralla, the unique kit has biographies of 111 Telugu writers and poets
The memory is still fresh for Shanmukha Sunnapuralla. As a teen, at a library in his hometown Kadiri, he couldn’t identify writer/actor Girish Karnad’s photograph. A few years later, when he saw his parents, who were teachers, Srinivasulu Sunnapuraala and Yashoda Vajrala, enlarge photographs of poet Sankarambadi Sundarachari to show students, he wondered how many youngsters could identify Telugu poets and authors. “Telugu textbooks do not have photographs of authors or poets. How will the next generation even identify them?” Shanmukha launched a Telugu literature kit, ‘Telugu Sahitimoorthulu — Mukachitraalu Repati Tharam Kosam’, to fill this gap. Remembering how Telugu novelist and Jnanpith awardee, Ravuri Bharadwaja was identified as Rabindranath Tagore thanks to his beard, Shanmukha says, “Telugu textbooks for high school students introduce authors but their photographs are missing. Writers are respected in other states and their photographs displayed in libraries. There are streets named after them. Telugu Language Day is observed on August 29 and we remember Gidugu Ramamoorthy’s contribution to the language. Why can’t we celebrate Telugu and its writers every day?”More Related News