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Telugu lit was shaped by the intelligence and originative unit of Uttarandhra, with Visakhapatnam emerging arsenic a captious taste centre.
The portion produced influential writers who not lone enriched the language, but besides redefined its ideological and aesthetic direction. Figures specified arsenic Gurajada Appa Rao, Sri Sri, Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry, Adibhatla Narayana Dasu, Srirangam Srinivasa Rao, Raavi Sastri and Patanjali Sastri broke distant from rigid classical traditions and introduced progressive, socially conscious themes.
Their writings engaged straight with lived realities—addressing caste, class, sex and quality dignity and successful doing so, reshaped the precise intent of Telugu literature.
Set against this affluent literate backdrop, the Visakha Book Festival connected Andhra University Grounds, moving until Friday (January 2) celebrates some the bequest and the surviving tone of Telugu literature. Organised by the Vijayawada Book Festival Society (VBFS) connected the sidelines of CITU’s Shramika Utsav, which has been promoting publication speechmaking for implicit 36 years, the accumulation affirms the thought that lit indispensable stay accessible, dialogic and profoundly rooted successful society.
The publication festival is astir overmuch much than selling books; its purpose is to bring writers and readers unneurotic and reconstruct lit arsenic a shared taste experience.
“The festival urges parents to spot books arsenic indispensable for a child’s affectional and intelligence growth. Notably, these festivals are nary longer constricted to elite municipality spaces. They are reaching radical crossed districts. The speechmaking culture, erstwhile feared to beryllium fading, is intelligibly reviving. Young readers successful peculiar are actively seeking classical and progressive Telugu literature,” D. Uday Kiran, Coordinator of VBFS, said.
Seminal works specified arsenic Kanyasulkam, Mahaprasthanam, Jeevana Yatra, and Chivaraku Migiledi are gaining renewed attention. Even novels published decades agone are uncovering caller audiences today.
“The publication accumulation witnessed an overwhelming effect from readers crossed regions and ideological backgrounds,” Mr. Uday Kiran said.
Indira Parinika, a Class IV pupil from Cambridge School, expressed her joyousness aft purchasing storybooks and science-fiction. She shared that speechmaking gives her immense pleasure, particularly erstwhile she feels stressed by schoolwork. “Books assistance maine unbend and ideate caller worlds,” she said.
The writer (Gouthami Paltati) is an intern with The Hindu
