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Sri Sri remembered
A. RAMALINGA SASTRY
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Artists Bapu and B. Surya Rao paid tribute to Sri Sri through their paintings.
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PHOTO: C.V. SUBRAMANYAM.
TRIBUTE: An artist' impression of 'Jagannadha Radhachakralu' - a depiction of Sri's poem.
In commemoration of the 96th birth anniversary of the epochal poet, Sri Sri, noted literary associations Mossaic and Esskay Foundation jointly organised a function in the Public Library Hall last Sunday evening in Visakhapatnam.
The cynosure of all eyes was the exhibition of some works in poster colours by renowned artistes Bapu and B. Surya Rao (Orissa) which left an impression of being transliterations of the central idea of many a verse from Mahaprasthanam . A collection that was showcased first in 1981 at Khurda Road (Orissa) that was inaugurated by Sri Sri himself and now put on for public view for the first time in Visakhapatnam where the epithetic poet was born and lived (April 30, 1910 to 1983), it attracted overwhelming response.
Praises galore
Later in the meeting presided over by popular short story writer and translator L.R. Swamy, a galaxy of writers of repute like Kalipatnam Rama Rao, Dr. Chandu Subba Rao, Chalasani Prasad, Dr. Ramasuri and others spoke on the occasion, while reputed literary critic K.K. Ranganadhacharyulu of the Central University, Hyderabad, delivered the keynote address.
Book release
A book in Hindi titled Kathya Avam Samasyayen by Rachakonda Swarajya Lakshmi, was released at a function organised by the noted literary body Hindi Sahitya Kiran in the A.U. Department of Hindi last week. Actually , it was a thesis comprising a critical study of the changes in socio-political, economical and cultural aspects of life in India before and after 10 years of Indian Independence as they peep out from in-between the lines in the novels Usne Kahatha by Yashpal, Zindagi Naamaa by Krishna Sobatho, Bahula Bichare Chitra by Bhagavathicharan Varma, Mukti Bodh by Jainendra Kumar, Raag Darbari by Srihal Sukla and Tamas by Bishnu Sahani, all winners of Sahitya Academy Awards, that fetched doctoral degree in Hindi to the author. A post-graduate degree holder in sociology and economics besides Hindi, Lakshmi worked for the Ph.d degree under the expert guidance of former HoD of Hindi (AU), Prof. S.V. Madhava Rao and attracted all accolades from the examiners who also recommended the thesis for publication in book form.
The president of the literary body Dr. S. Sesharatnam releasing the book said that it is an invaluable assessment of the conditions of chaos and otherwise that reflected the Indian scenario immediately before and after Independence of the country.
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