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Remembering The Great Soul Dasaradhi On His 89th Birth Anniversary

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Today is the the 89th birth anniversary of the literary giant Dasaradhi Krishnamacharyulu, who was born on July 22, 1925 in in Warangal district. He was a great pundit in Andhra, Sanskrit, and Tamil languages and puranas. He gave up higher education to join the movement against autocratic Nizam Muslim rule in the Hyderabad Kingdom. Krishnamacharyulu began writing poetry very young as a student. His poetry was revolutionary and was influenced by communist and leftist ideology of Karl Marx. Downtrodden, poor, exploited, workers etc. were his subjects in poetry. In 1949, his first poetry compilation entitled “Agnidhaara” was published. It contained titles such as [maatrubhoomi, desabhakti, prajaporatam, dharmachakram, vasantakumari, shilpi etc. He published rudraveena in 1950, in which he described the ...

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Meet the cultural icons of Telangana

Meet the cultural icons of Telangana

Every region has contemporary heroes who define its culture. Here is a look at some from India’s newest state, Telangana. Today, Telangana becomes India’s newest state. The creation of this new political entity fulfills the dreams of thousands of people from the 10 districts of Andhra Pradesh who have a strong sense of regional identity. Though both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh share the Telugu language, their trajectories, particularly in the 20th century, have been quite different, leading to very different socio-economic conditions in the two regions, said Gautam Pingle, a Hyderabad-based pro-Telangana political economist. While Telangana belonged to the princely state of Hyderabad, ruled by the Nizams, the rest of Andhra belonged to Madras Presidency, governed by the British. As ...

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Telangana Martyrs Memorial Awaits A Formal Inauguration And, Its Creator, His Dues

Aekka Yadgiri Rao

The martyrs memorial at Gun Park may have become the symbol of Telangana struggle but four decades after installation and even after birth of the new state, it still awaits a formal inauguration and, its creator, his dues. The memorial turned a monument symbolizing rebellion in recent years with students and politicians courting arrest at the Gun Park. Its place in the history of Telangana state was further cemented when the state’s first chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao paid his respects at the memorial early Monday morning before being sworn in. This statue, a 25-feet tall one is the handiwork of Aekka Yadagiri Rao, 74, a nationally acclaimed sculptor, who retired as Professor in Department of Sculpture from JNTU (Fine ...

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About The ‘Unlettered’ Poet Ande Sri & The Telangana State Song He Composed

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An illiterate and unlettered man has composed the song ‘Jaya jayahe Telangana Janani Jana Kethanam’, which is learnt will be adopted as the Telangana state song. The lyricist, Ande Sri, who has composed thousands of songs, never went to school. He was a shepherd boy as a kid and the orphan that he was, Ande Sri was taken care of by someone called Jakkareddy Mallareddy, whom he describes as ‘guru’. If he has never been to school and has not learnt the language, how has Ande Sri been able to pen songs and write poems? “Don’t ask me how. It is a mystery even to me. I wish I understood myself to explain to you how I have been able ...

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Telangana State Emblem Looks Simple Yet Profound

Telangana emblem

One look at it and even an unlettered person can say it is the emblem of Telangana, given the simplicity and the inner meaning of its design, that every Telanganite can relate to. Perhaps for that very reason, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao had approved the design within a couple of hours of its coming to his notice and finalised it as the emblem of Telangana. The man behind the emblem is Laxman Alley, a popular artist hailing from Kadirenigudem, a nondescript village in Atmakur mandal of Nalgonda district. He says he never even dreamt of such a good response to the design, which he designed without much expectations. “A well-wisher of mine, who is a high-level ...

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