Publish Date
29 Jul, 2025
About This Book
These have fascinating vignettes of Dalit folk-lore and oral history. When they first appeared in 1989, they were heralded as the first outpouring of the Madiga voice in Telugu literature. Writing with the imagery and cadence native to his community, the late professor Yendluri Sudhakar’s stories are told in an endearing style of visits to his village and reminiscing conversations with relatives and elders. He writes about origin myths, drummers, fierce fighters, skilled artisans, strong matriarchs and other fascinating characters. Underpinning the stories is a robust awareness of the constant re-negotiations of caste hierarchies.
About The Author
Acharya Endluri Sudhakar (January 21, 1959 – January 28, 2022) Born on January 21, 1959, at his grandmother’s house in Pamulabasti, Nizamabad, he served as a Senior Professor in the Telugu Department at the University of Hyderabad. He passed away on January 28, 2022, in Hyderabad. His works include poetry, essays, and stories such as Nalladrakshapandiri, Varthamanam, Joshua Na Katha: Parisheelana, Kotha Gabbilam, Gosangi, Sahitisudha, Telivennela, and Mallemoggala Godugu.
Hyderabad Book Trust
Hyderabad Book Trust is a 46 year old publishing house - a not-for-profit collective that has been publishing alternative literature - the best of global and Indian literature in translation, and original commissioned literature, in Telugu, since 1980.
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