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 ...

The Telangana dialect mixed with Hyderabadi words has projected the language as a more humorous and funny one, in spite of its rich history that was used by great scholars and poets like Tikkanna and Vereshalingam in their literature, opined language researchers and literatures. Babbulo lechina, I got up early, Aagad to hurry, likewise Soya, Peyi, Saisu, and many others words used by people in Telangana region are part of Telangana Mandalika Padalu, said writer, lyricist, author and Jnanpith award winner Dr C. Narayana Reddy at a conference on use of Telangana Mandalika Padalu here on Wednesday. “These words were found and are still found in ancient literature, which is evidence of the rich history of Telangana language and can ...

As ‘India Aviation 2014’, the biennial civil aviation show more popularly called the Hyderabad air-show opens in the dampened times when the country’s safety rating has just been downgraded by the FAA, casting doubts at the capability of its regulator, it is all the more interesting to look at these pioneering efforts made in Pre-Independent Hyderabad.

A rare pic of Telugu balladeers of 1955

Katyayani Vidmahe, a noted litterateur and Kakatiya University Telugu department professor, has been declared the winner of the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for Telugu-2013 for her work Sahityakashamlo Sagam- Streela Asthitwa Sahityam– Kavitwam– Katha, a compilation of essays published in 2010. Incidentally Prof. Katyayani is the second winner of the Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for Telugu from Warangal after Ampassayya Naveen, who had received the honour for his novel, Kala Rekhalu, in 2004. Her father was an eminent teacher and critic – late Prof. Kethavarapu Ramakoti Sastry. Born in Prakasam district, she grew up, studied and worked in Warangal and Hyderabad. A gold medalist in MA Telugu in 1977 from Kakatiya University, her literary career spans more than two decades. ...