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INDEX

1. Sri Rama Navami Pics Gallery 2. Your Mail

3. The Articles Liked by Somayya

4. Kriya Childrens Fest 5. Poet of the Month Dr. Ravi Ranga Rao

6. Kakinada Book Festival

7. Literary Feast Unique for Telugu Literature-

AVADHANAM

8. Blessings

9. S.N. Ventapallis Review on CALL 10. Views n News

Chaitra Sukla Paksha Navami is celebrated as Rama Navami.

Rama Navami is the ninth day of the waxing phase of the

moon in the month of Chaitram as per Telugu calendar. Rama

Navami is celebrated on Tuesday, 8th

April, 2014.

Rama Navami is celebrated on the occasion of marriage of

Lord Shri Rama with Sita. In south India marriage of Lord

Shri Rama and Sita is performed in all the temples of Rama.

The most famous being the marriage held at Bhadrachalam

temple. Even the government of Andhra Pradesh would offer

silk clothes to the bridegroom Lord Shri Rama and pearls for

the Talambralu ritual. The marriage to Lord Rama and Sita is

also performed at various places in the towns and cities.

Paankam a drink made from jaggery and pepper and

Kosambari prepared from mixing soaked Moong Dal, coconut,

banana is offered as Naivedyam (offering) and distributed

among devotees. Reciting of Ramayana on Rama Navami is

considered auspicious.

Panakam & Kosambari

Gallery of Rama Navami Paintings is given inside.

VOLUME: 1 ISSUE: 4 APRIL, 2014

MAKINEEDI SURYA BHASKAR

By Vadrevu China Veera Bhadrudu Sri Publications, December 2012

Vaadrevu

Chinaveerabhad

rudu,

Sri Prachurana, Dec 2012.

GALLERY OF PAINTINGS

Ravanas Killing Exhibition of Paintings

Nepal Post issued a First Day Cover and a Stamp to commemorate the festival Image, Pradip Jain,Patna

Rama Krishna Perugu

Very Good effort with excellent creative work. Congrats my friend.

- Ramakrishna Perugu

Yellapu mukunda rama rao

My Dear Suryabhaskar garu - Thanks a lot for sending me the book, which you are so pains takingly bringing out so well I am happier to see the way you are highlighting the art, you being an expert in that. I do not see, any artist doing so great a service as you are doing to your fellow artists. Congratulations and many many thanks for that. To my surprise I have found my poetry (Is it a poetry???) being translated so well and being included in this. It gives a lot of relief and happiness if someone without any motive and being pursued does something for us without asking. Thanks so much for that. With Love and all the Best Wishes for you and the wonderful magazine you are bringing out -Mukundaramarao Raavi Rangarao

Dear Maakineedi, congratulations, you are doing wonderful service...all the best... - raavi rangarao 9247581825

Seeta Rama Raju [email protected]

Namaste sir, Trust this find you well! I have heard about your CALL magazine. Your efforts are much appreciated. Congratulations! Can you kindly send me the magazine. Thank you very much! Regards, Seeta Rama Raju, South Africa

V.V. SW AMY

I happened to go through the

colorfully produced march issue of

CALL mailed to me. I could not but

resist except to write this letter.

The detailed exposition on my

artist friend Sri BA Reddy has

been well brought out with a

representation of his paintings.

Sri Reddy is a very senior Artist of

AP and deserves commendation of

this nature. The women's day

items are topical. Of course the

poetry of Sri Mukunda Rama Rao

added glory to the issue.

I feel you are doing yeomen

service in promotion of Arts and

Literature,

I wish you all the best.

- V.V.Swamy,Artist & Writer,

Hyderabad. Cell;9959699342

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CALL 1.4 : April, 2014

before moving on to other routine work, I felt it is important to write a few sentences when

my memories and views are fresh The Articles Liked by Somayya

- Choragudi Upendranadh Somayya Ku Nacchina Vyasalu, Vaadrevu Chinaveerabhadrudu, Sri Prachurana, Dec 2012. pp 1-476 Rs. 250/-

When I received the copy of a 476 page volume containing essays, titled very unusually as Sommaiah ku Nacchina Vyasalu (The Articles Liked by Somayya) from Shri Veerabhadrudu garu, I felt a bit intimidated. At the first instance, as I browsed through the pages, it appeared that there are numerous short essays on different topics. And I thought I can read them at my own leisure; but that was not the case to be. This book compelled me to read at a stretch (of course interspersed with my official duties) in a period of about four days! As turned pages,

I became more curious as to what the author would be telling us in his next essay! Before moving on to discuss about this book, let me give one clarification here. Why am I introducing a Telugu book in English? I felt it is important to share my appreciation and critical appraisal of a literary traveler (or a nomad) who chronicled discourses on Telugu literature, art forms, people and society - with wider non-Telugu speaking audience (and for those who transcended from Telugu lands and became global citizen/netizen).

During the past few years I read

few writings of Veerabhadrudu

garu. They ranged from

compilation of his pieces on

literary criticism, poetry,

travelogues and views and

opinions on topics like education,

tribal development etc. Each of

those provided an opportunity to

understand the perspective and

views of the author. And each of

them brought me closer to the

author.

What this magnum opus gives a

reader is a glimpse into his multi-

faceted personality. There were

only few instances in my life,

when read any book with such a

concentration and curiosity than

this present volume. And before

moving on to other routine work, I

felt it is important to write a few

sentences on it when my memories

and views are fresh.

How can we describe or

understand a person, whose

writings spanning for a period of

12 years are presented before you.

These are short 2-4 page essays on

topics of contemporary relevance

written during the period 1999 to

2012. They appeared as

syndicated columns in various

Copies available at: Dr.P.Vijaya sree, 96, Novodaya Colony, Mehidipatnam HYDERABAD- 500 528

The writer of the article, Choragudi opines that he felt

it is important to share his appreciation and critical appraisal

of a Literary Traveler, or a Nomad, who chronicled the discourses

on Telugu Literature, Art Forms, People and the Society with a wider non-telugu speaking audience, especially for those who

have transcended from Telugu lands and became global citizens

Special Article on the celerity and the celebrity-writer Sri Vadrevu China Veerabhadrudu


Telugu magazines like India

Today (Telugu) weekly, Navya

Weekly and several other reputed

Journals from Telugu. Few essays

are forewords written for books on

diverse subjects by other authors.

Beautifully arranged into seven

sections these essays touch

different dimensions of human life

and existence. My eyes moved

over those printed words rapidly

so also my thoughts and

interpretations of each word,

phrase and paragraph. Sometimes,

I felt the meaning is simple, yet it

is complex in its interpretation.

Such was the use of language and

expression of thought. I marveled

at the economy of words and space

(of course often it may have

constrained the author of

expansive thought process), and

the writing style and use of

medium demonstrates as if one

were witnessing a work of art on a

canvas!

In fact I told my wife as I was

reading these essays that through

these I may attempt to understand

the person, the author.

Is he an idealist, romanticist, or a

philosopher? Critical or social

commentator? Can we capture him

or bracket him into any one such

characterization?

To me Veerabhadrudu garu

represents a sort of stream of consciousness which unfolds, responds and reflects through past,

present and the future. When we

read each essay, they compel us to

reflect on the deep sense of

idealism through the words of the

author; they compel the reader to

ignite those forgotten senses of

aesthetics, reminds of hopelessly

romantic younger days that most

of us cherished. They enable us to

build perspective on life, nature

and people around us.

These essays are diverse in terms

of topics that touch human life. It

is compilation of celebration of

human life and humanity. It can

be a simple event like a visit to a

tribal hamlet, on a contemporary

development discourse, on

classical music and musicians or a

tribute to post-modernist like

Derrida, or commentary on

Advaitha philosophy of Adi-

Shankara or a foreword to a book

on Veerashaiva (sharana) literature

- all these writings reflect the quest

for realization of inner meaning

for life. Looking through these

essays I could find a personality

that reflects, reads, and re-reads

and questions the self and its

relationship with the other.

In my view, at one level,

Veerabhadrudu garu is an essential

idealist and romanticist. But is that

all?

Glimpses of frustration, anxiety

and dissatisfaction over the

contemporary developments, be it

on the current development

paradigm, education of tribal

children, rat-race to achieve

success, meritocracy, all these

brings out the other side of the

person that is deeply political. But do we see him taking sides?

Well, his position as I can decipher

is that arts, literature and aesthetics

(and those who produce it) need to

transcend beyond divides and

demonstrate their supreme

qualities of disbursing happiness,

peace and tranquility. Does it

mean, is he a status-quoist? No.

His progressive thinking and

outlook is reflected in those essays

that deal with globalization,

secularism (Gujarat), issues related

to language, art, culture and

contemporary arts. Do we get to

understand the person and his

politics? Unfortunately that was

not to be. Why? To answer this,

we have to look into his exposition

on the Indian philosophical

traditions. To me he appears to be

taking the role of an enabler and

interpreter (of ancient philosophy

as well as contemporary

developments), leaving it to the

reader to make his or her own

judgment. Of course it does not

mean he has not expressed his

political views, they are in a way

mild criticism of neo-liberal

policies, but more interestingly he

has expressed his almost

contemptuous views on isms of any kind in some of the essays,

which perhaps sums up his role.

At the same time, role of

intellectuals comes for sharp

criticism as he feels they are not

doing sufficiently as change

agents.


If one were to introduce the book,

it is a mammoth task. Nevertheless

I made an attempt, which may

satisfy the reader. Essays in the

section titled Jeevitanandam bring the conflux of life that

balances itself experiencing

simultaneously sense of happiness

and anxiety. Exposition on

personalities like Sant

Gnaneshwar, Ramana Maharshi,

Sufi Saints, Sri Aurobindo, brings

us simple truths about life and

their relevance to contemporary

living. Selection of essays in this

section brings out the dilemmas

and conflicts that the human being

encounters and where perhaps one

gets solace. They indeed ignite

deeper reflections on ideas of

cohabitation, conservation, notions

of justice and balance in human

existence.

Moving on, the section Jeevitha Margadarsakulu brings us to a kaleidoscopic narrative of people

that impact our humanity. They are

famous and also not so famous.

But what they bring to us - through

the author - are immense lessons

on human values, quest for peace,

love and humanity. The subjects

range from Telugu literary figures,

artists and others that he

encountered during the past ten

years. Moving and emotional

articulation of such encounters,

their discussions all of that makes

the reader envious of the great

fortunes that the almighty bestow

on such wonderful personalities.

So personal are those narrations,

one feels so humble and marvel at

the simplicity of such people who

touched our literary and social life

of Telugu lands.

The section titled Jeevana Vidya

brings out views of the author

expressed over a decade, on

contemporary development issues

like education, schooling,

teaching, teachers, our quest for

careerism, meritocracy,

knowledge, youth, intellectual

capital and globalization and its

impact etc. They are incisive

observations that reflect an

idealism that quests for change.

Further, few essays in the part

titled Jeevita Mukha Chitram attempts to analyse the role of

literature the simultaneity of its power to liberate as well as a unifying force. Taking a swipe at the contemporary literary

exercises (poetry especially and

short story to some extent) the

author advocates for modesty and

intensity in place of arrogance of

being and divisive. Unifying elements of literature are also

invoked while discussing

Indianness (Bharateeyata) in our

literature. Is there an Indian

Literature? He sees a crisis in this

respect (with Indian English

writers gaining currency often at

the expense of other language

writers), and his position on this is

to resort to post modernist

formulations drawn from

comparative literature and he

introduces to us literariness as a concept. For him, Indian

Literariness is one, but it can be expressed in different forms.

These should include codified and

un-codified words and songs of

indigenous people, works from

marginalized groups, from

locations and perspectives that

reflect the diversity of the country

from economic, social and cultural

spheres.

His adoration for poets and

writers, literary critics flow from a

deep sense of introspection on

their role in society and how they

shaped minds and hearts of

millions. Lamentations on recent

trends in poetry and literary

criticism in some of the essays

reflect his sense of frustration in

declining standards of

craftsmanship.


Reviewing works of great

personalities like Rumi, NamDev,

Tukaram, Avvayyar and Tagore,

the author brings quintessential

quest for truth, happiness and

freedom that all these great

masters strived through their

works. They represent celebration

of human consciousness all the

time.

Talking about Eastern forms of

literary practice viz., Haiku and their influence on Telugu litera-

ture, he identifies them as counter culture and a human perspective. They reflect a zen-buddhist

philosophical approach to life.

They ask the reader to reflect

deeply; reach to a space of

uncontaminated human existence.

One interesting essay in this

section, a must read is to

understand Gandhi as a writer as a creator of literature and even as a

literary critic. How many of us

knew that Gandhi chaired Hindi

Literary Festival and Gujarati

Literary festival? Gandhi

visualized democratization of

literature and identifies its role as a

liberator.

The authors position on works of feminist literature to me appeared

to be very balanced. He

demonstrates curiosity and

genuine commitment to learn and

understand. While acknow-

ledging the potential of feminist

literature to meet the demands of

grassroots liberation, he identifies

the paucity (of literature) in

building feminist perspective.

Most of the writings hitherto are

confined to addressing oppression

and seeking liberation. The

reason for this situation is the

domination of patriarchal

perspective and structures in

methodologies and analysis

especially in the knowledge,

theories and research methods

which according to him hindered

progress towards feminist literary

perspective.

Commenting on the limitations of

literary criticism (as a discipline)

to accommodate the new forms of

expressions from feminist

literature, he identifies the need to

build a new idiom and even

vocabulary to eulogize literature

that celebrates womens liberation and feminist perspective. He

raises few interesting questions,

like as liberated women (out of the

clutches of patriarchy), how would

these women build perspective on

notions of truth, beauty, humanity

and language (that is not

oppressive!), sexuality and human

relations? What kind of

experiences that such women

encounter?

He opines that these are some of

the areas that need creative

exploration especially from

feminist literature.

Role of literature, writers and

artists in society comes under

sharp analysis in some of the

essays. While poverty and

deprivation formed subjects of

literary creations for long, how one

visualizes constructive role of

writers and poets in fostering unity

and sense of purpose for the

country becomes an agenda in

some of the essays. The context

is contemporary developments in

Indian society. For him,

upholding secular values, or

acknowledging identity politics

and moving beyond, building a

perspective on the other; sense of resignation and dissolution

towards political systems all these

become mandate of writers and

poets to encounter. Bemoaning

the post-modernist trends, the

author identifies the need for using

creative expressions (poetry, story,

art forms) to build a sense of

purpose and perspective in human

existence. We do need to accept

diversity, but that should not put

breaks on progress and

development. Such formulation

brings to the fore the romantic and

idealist confronting the complex

21st century reality.

As I am half-way through the

volume (p.201 - 215), I questioned

myself, are we afraid of ideology?

Or more precisely, are people of

letters detest political or liberation

project? Or is it that their canvas is

so wide and large that they do not

like to be tied to a particular pathway? Some of these dilemmas

remain unsolved. I suppose the

quest continues as we move on.

Veerabhadru garu celebrates

humanity and its reflection in a

collection of essays on theater,

painting dance and music and on

luminaries of these crafts. Aptly

titled as Jeevana Prathibimbam this section brings out his incisive

observations on contemporary

developments in painting as an art

One interesting essay in this book, a must read is to understand Gandhi as a writer as a creator of Literature and even as a Literary Critic. How many of us know that Gandhi chaired Hindi Literary Festival and Gujarati Literary Festival? Gandhi visualized the Democratization of Lite- rature and identifies its role as a liberator.


form, future of theater, status of

peoples art forms, the song (of Lata Mangeshkar), beauty of Taj

Mahal, contemporary trends in

classical music (and its

appreciation) and philosophical

enquiry into classical music etc.

Each of these expositions brings

out intense emotional and creative

flow of appreciation that can only

come from an ideal romanticist.

Two essays in this section that

stopped me for a while to reflect

deeply (p.267 - 271) are, one,

review of the film Sacrifice by Andrie Tarkovsky and the other,

review of Bergmans film Wild Strawberries. Both of these essays sum up in a way the

perspective of the author towards

humanity and ultimate liberation.

It is interesting aside to note; these

two essays were written in two

different time periods in history.

While the review of sacrifice was

written in 1996; essay on wild

strawberries belongs to 2009! He

sums up like this; Misfortune in

our life is not in our difficulties or

in pains; its just that difficulties or happiness have not sunk into our

life! Unless experience is intense

and deep, we will not be able to

appreciate the inner meanings of

life.

Few essays on contemporary

social and political developments

move in a predictable way.

Titled as jeevana Sandharbham (life context), they encompass multi faceted

implications of globalization,

contemporary dilemmas on

knowledge and intelligence,

lamentations on democratic

practice and governance, HIV and

AIDS (a response to a critique!),

cricket as a symbol of nationhood,

cultural hegemony of western

powers, on violence, change

management, creativity in the era

of globalization, pluralistic society

and the need for globalization.

In this section, all of these writings

attempt to introduce to the reader

the need for a multi-faceted

analysis of issues that enables an

informed and balanced position.

To me these reflect the

contradictions and confluence of

philosophical approach to life and

the real politic. Underlying

universal theme and appeal of the

author is to engage with the

contemporary issues through an

approach of humanity and with

supreme human value viz,.

empathy.

What impressed me most is the

last section, which has been aptly

titled as Jeevitha Paramartham

(Bliss). It transcends from essay on

interpretation of Vedas ( Vedic

Hermeneutics), Adi Shankaras Advaitha, Buddhist philosophy,

Jainism in Telugu lands,

Christianity, roots of Hindu and

Muslim religious teachings,

egalitarianism advocated by the

Shaivism and Sharana literature,

comparative perspectives from

Buddha, Gandhi and Tagore,

socialist perspective of Acharya

Narendra Dev, contemporary

practice of Marxism, works of

Erich Fromm and Levi Strauss.

What amazed me while reading

these essays is that the author has

the ability to simplify the complex

formulations and democratize the

discourse which hitherto remained

in the realms of intellectuals and

scholars. To that extent, the author

has done a yeomen service to the

readers of Telugu magazines

where these essays appeared first

and of course those readers who

could lay their hands on this

volume. The prose is simple, yet

the content is dense. I think that

reflects the philosophical approach

that Shri Veerabhadrudu garu

takes in his life to lead on.

I feel it is a treat to read this

volume which gives everyone

what they want!

The author of this article Sri Choragudi Upendranadh has vindicated the place and position of a versatile and genius philosophizing writer of Telugu Literature of Present Times, Sri Vadrevu China Veerabhadrudu by analyzing his magnum opus Somayyaku Natchina Vyaasaalu (The Articles Liked by Somayya), with an authentic study and sincere approach, for which the CALL appreciate and thank him for his co-operation. Reference must be made of Sri Somayya garu for his extended hand by sending the article for publication.

Sri Choragudi Upendranadh is a development professional working with INGOs for the past 20 years focusing on the areas of Policy Advocacy, Project Management and Technical Support to Development Programs. As a trained Economist, he has contributed to the development policy debates and his areas of interest include Education Policy Reforms. Social Policy and Macro-economic Alternatives. Currently, he is associated with Action Aid International and works out from Bangalore, India. As an admirer and enthusiasy of Telugu Literature, he follows the writings of several progressive writers. Upendranadh Choragudi is the Coordinator for Improving Public Services for Action Aid International.

Unless experience is intense and deep, we will not be able to appreciate the inner meanings of life.

KRIYA A FLYING TOGETHER KRIYA is a non government, nonprofit organization working in the field of school education in Andhra Pradesh,

INDIA. Kriya conducts children festivals (Pillala Panduga) to encourage joyful and activity based learning in

government schools. Kriya organizes free coaching canters for polytechnic entrance and provides scholarships for

needy students to continue their education.

KRIYA: Genesis Some of us formed a group and used to render small services to the needy. When we mentioned this to other

friends, they showed interest and offered to participate in those activities. This show of encouragement inspired us.

To streamline our activities as individuals, and to invite more like-minded people, we felt the need of an

organization and a good plan of action for it. This resulted in the formation of "KRIYA".

KRIYA Activities Kriya conducts Children Festivals, provids necessary financial support to encourage poor and meritorous students

from govt. schools to continue their higher education, Individual School Program in which many activities are

conducted continuously in one school, and organizing Free Coaching Camps for CEEP (Polytechnic Entrance) to

the meritorious students of government high schools ... and many more!

KRIYA Team

Sarva Sri Ch. Srirama Chandra Murthy, Honorary President (Real Estate Business, Thimmapuram), Palika

Srinivasa Rao,M.C.A., President ( Construction Business, Gaigolupadu), K. Jayadeva Rajan ,Vice-president (Asst

Director of Agriculture, Ramachandrapuram), SSR Jagannadha Rao, Secretary,(Senior Asst, Zilla Parishad,

Kakinada), P. Jagannadha Raju, Joint Secretary (Professional Photographer), S. Venkata Narayana, Treasurer

(Accountant, Aditya Educational Group), TV. Rama Krishna Raju, Member (Travel Industry), BVVS Peddiraju,

Member (Aqua Industry, Kakinada), N. Thrimurthulu, Member (an LIC Agent), V. Srinivasa Rao, Member,

(Professional Photographer), P. Appanna, (formerly Engineer in NFCL, present in Quatar), B. Bharadwaja (an

NFCL Engineer), B. Ganesh (Civil Contractor and a Stage n TV Artist), Smt B. Gouri Parvathi Devi, (Accountant,

Qatar), M. Govindaraju (Teacher, Somavaram), P. Jagadeeswara Rao (an MRP, Pithapuram), N. Jagannadham

(Teacher, Geddanapalli), Ch. Janakiram Prasad (Industrialist, Kakinada), Jan Aren Neels (Teacher, Netherlands),

PV Kalyan Chakravarthi (Manager NFCL), V. Krishna Kumar (an SPGL Engineer), U. Machi Raju, (Teacher,

PRG High School, Kakinada), M. Nooka Raj (an NFCL Engineer), Dr. Ch. Praveen (Rangaraya Medical College,

Kakinada), T. Rajesh Ramdas (Photographer), T. Rambabu (Former Engineer, NFCL), A. Ravi Sankar (Faculty,

ETC, Kakinada), NVV Satyanarayana, (Builder), P. Siva (an NFCL Engineer), P. Sri Hari Subbarao (Sr.Web

Designer, InfoMile Technologies, Hyderabad), K. Srinivas Rao (Project Lead, Padala Charitable Trust, Kakinada),

K. Suresh (Assistant Manager, TATA Chemicals, Babarala, Delhi), P. Surya Prasad (Founder & President, Padala

Charitable Trust, Kakinada), Uday Kiran (Jr. manager in Matix Fertilizers, Durgapur, West Bengal). Dr. Vadrevu

Veeralakshmi Devi (Writer and Columnist) and N. Yesudas (Monitoring Officer, Sarva Siksha Bhiyan, Kakinada)

CALL : Volume I, Issue 4 March, 2014

A team of like-minded people aspiring to construct the Future India is performing excellence

each year in the Fertilizer City of Kakinada. The Members comprises both the physical and

intellectual builders, from the professions of Building & Construction and Teaching & Molding.

Their presentation includes a number of pro-

grams in the field of School Education

encouraging the pupils of below +2 by giving

scholarships, providing Free Coaching and

conducting various socio, literary, cultural and

science competitions. Of all, the latter one is a

program that train up an ideal citizenship.

Altogether, about twenty five competitions are

conducted in the two-day program of 2nd District

Level Inter-School Cultural Competitions-2014 on 1,

2 March 2014 in a befitting manner in the Campus of

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University,

Kakinada- JNTU(K).Through these competitions, a

heartfelt attempt is made to foster the Creativity

among the school-going children of the district of

East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, South India.

*Short Play-let *Classical Dance *Songs

*FancyDress *Poem Recitation * Science

Project*ScienceExperimentation *Story

Telling* Debate *Quiz *Painting *Mono-

action*ClayModelling *Instru- mental

Music*Numismatics&PPhilately*Elocution *

Talking in Telugu *Poetry-Writing *Spell

Bee*EssayWriting* Story-Writing * Story-

Analysis and *Map Pointing.

CALL:VolumeI,Issue March,2014

1, 2 March 2014 (Saturday & Sunday)


Foes of the Plough are the Demons

people deprived of a bolus!

famine throughout the State drying up is the heart-tree of Rama.

the scientist, Janaka invented

the plough that alter the clay as rice

the plough loved those who loved the

people the demophile must be a warrior!

Janaka kept a test of strength to the

kings

Rama won the plough

by winning the kings

and brought along with him

Rama who won her heart

had also won her,

the Plough felt happy

and she grew wealth throughout the

State Ramas heart became a green granary.

days elapsed and eyes sored to

Ravana

taken the Plough to the Lanka.

the Angel of Peace, Rama fought for the Plough

enslained all the demons made the Plough his flag

and ruled the earth of four corners

frenzied with frenetic rage

as the plough was not gained the demons have born again

those are the politicians having revenge still

upon the poor peasants!

Native Land

before a face

you drop your bosom,

that is wed-lock

before a person

you drop your body,

that is the job

before your mother

before your country

you drop your entirety,

that is patriotism

that is the real life-force.

Tigers become Cows

while cutting down with an axe

the tree may revolt

with a raising tender sprouting leaf

silently purely ideally and practically

if he comes with a dagger

when you greet him laughing

the seeds of smiles

grow as new saplings

in the rocky bosom of the killer and a millions of flowers blossom

before the smiles of sprouts

even the swords or guns

must become the udders down pouring the rain of nectar.

The Human Bomb

the bomb

blasts at a place,

for one time but, he

can be blasted everywhere

and at any time.

the words

cant be stored in heart but in stomach

if become uneasy-

he instantly vomit them it may be a heap of stones

or may be a garden of flowers

in the presence of human bombs like

this,

only way to live two must be there in every persons mind,

one is garden of flowers

and the other is a grave

one for growing flowering plants

and the other for burning the

hearsays!

The Suns Refinement

three children

to the Sun

the tree, the cloud and the river

the trees into the world

and the world into the trees

the clouds into the world

and the world into the clouds

the rivers into the world

and the world into the rivers

are being borne,

are being diffused,

and are being flown

about this world

the Suns refinement, about the nourishment of this world

hierarchy of those children.

TRANSLATIONS: MAKINEEDI

The Exponent of Min-poem

DrRaviRangaRao,professionna

- lly mold the teachers for

society. Hence, his poetry

bears the two ideals of teaching something in

a style of brevity and lucidity. His words are

but bullets that penetrate the rocky hearts

and make debut of germinating the saplings

of rectitude and quietude. He is known as a

Poet of Anti-corruption, Avyarasamon FB

Vijayawada Book Festival Society and National Book Trust have combinedly Kakinada Book Festival from 8-3 to 16-3, 2014. Designed as Late PithaRajaSuryarao Campus,discourses of eminent writersscheduled every day on the dais named after late Mokkapati Narasimha Sastry. The Fest was inauguby the famoustelugu novelist Sri Yendamuri Veerendranath. The folloing personnel delivered the daily speeches respectively on every day. Sri KoruproGourinaidu and Sri Dantu Suryarao on the literary services of late Rao Maheepathi Suryarao; Dr. M.V. Bharatha Laxmi and Sri Avadhanula Manibabu on the literary services of late Mokkapati Narasimha Sastrry; Dr Addepalli Ramamohan Rao on the Social RefRaghupathi Venkataratnam Naidu; Reporter, the Hindu

VBH Released Three Books in the FestThe Pioneer in the field, Visalandhra Book House, Hydera- bad released its recently published three books Apaatra Madhuram written by Dr. Muktevi Bharathi, AardhikaSamskaranaluEconomic Reforms by Prof. K.S. Chalam and Mahatmula Satyaagrahaalu by Sri Kodouri Srirama Murty on 13-3-2014 and are reviewed by Sri Makineedi Surya Bhaskar, Dr. Oruganti Satya Narayana and the

From L to R: Sri Koduru Srirama Murty, Dr. P.Satyanarayana, Sri Makineedi Surya Bhaskar and Sri P. Haranath Reddy

the author himself respectively. While the session was presided over by Dr. Oruganti,

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Vijayawada Book Festival Society and National Book Trust have combinedlyheld Kakinada Book Festival

signed as Late Pitha- puram discourses of eminent writers were on the dais named after late

The Fest was inaugurated telugu novelist Sri Yendamuri

Veerendranath. The folloing personnel delivered the daily speeches respectively on every day. Sri Koruprolu

on the literary services of late Rao Maheepathi Suryarao; Dr. M.V. Bharatha Laxmi and Sri Avadhanula Manibabu on the

Narasimha Sastrry; Dr an Rao on the Social Reforms of Sir

Raghupathi Venkataratnam Naidu; Reporter, the Hindu Sri

CKN. Sankar reviewed the novel Pakudu Rallu of Ravuri Bharadwaja; Dr. Vijayabhaksh reviewed Malati Chandurs novel Alochinchu; Sri Nanduri RajagopalEditor, Chinuku and Sri A. PrabhakarChandrasekhara Raos shortMiriyam Chettu; Sri K. Ramachandra Reddy and Dr. Dhulipala Annapurna reviewed Vibhuti Bhushan Bandhopadhyas novels Pather Panchali, Aparajito and Vanavasi; Dr Rentala Srivenkateswara Rao reviewed Kopparthys poetry anthology Yabhai Yella Vaana. These review sessions are presided over by Dr. I.V. Rao, former Vice Chancellor of Dr. N.T.R. Midical University, Dr. Gajaravu Sitarama Swamy, AIR ALalitha Devi, Dr P. Chiranjeevini Kumari, mantha Rao, Dr. Smt V. SandhyaRaju, Dr. Vadrevu Viralaxmi Devi and Dr L.K. Sudhakar, respectively. Delivered in a befitting manner.

VBH Released Three Books in the Fest

From L to R: Sri Koduru Srirama Murty, Dr. P. Chiranjeevini Kumari Dr. Oruganti Satyanarayana, Sri Makineedi Surya Bhaskar and Sri P. Haranath Reddy

the author himself respectively. While the session was presided over by Dr. Oruganti, Prof, Micro-

Biology, College, Kakinada, the booreleaseKumariColleges of CoursessSri P. Hara nadh Reddy, Visalandhra Vignaana Samithi, Hyderabad was the Chief Gust of the session.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

reviewed the novel Pakudu Rallu of Ravuri Bharadwaja; Dr. Vijayabhaksh reviewed Malati Chandurs novel Alochinchu; Sri Nanduri Rajagopal,

Chinuku and Sri A. Prabhakar reviewed Dr V. Chandrasekhara Raos short-story anthology Nalla Miriyam Chettu; Sri K. Ramachandra Reddy and Dr. Dhulipala Annapurna reviewed Vibhuti Bhushan Bandhopadhyas novels Pather Panchali, Aparajito and

entala Srivenkateswara Rao reviewed Kopparthys poetry anthology Yabhai Yella Vaana. These review sessions are presided over by Dr. I.V. Rao, former Vice Chancellor of Dr. N.T.R. Midical University, Dr. Gajaravu Sitarama Swamy, AIR A-1 artist Smt Addala Lalitha Devi, Dr P. Chiranjeevini Kumari, Dr. V.Hanu- mantha Rao, Dr. Smt V. Sandhya. Sri Datla Devadanam

Vadrevu Viralaxmi Devi and Dr L.K. Sudhakar, elivered in a befitting manner.

VBH Released Three Books in the Fest Biology, Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, the books are released by Dr. P. Chiranjeevini Kumari, Correspondent, Ideal Colleges of Post-graduate Coursess. The General Manager, Sri P. Hara nadh Reddy, Visalandhra Vignaana Samithi, Hyderabad was the Chief Gust of the session.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. Mark Twain

A V A D H A N A M Avadhna is a literary performance popular from the very ancient days in Telugu Literature. Avadhna originated as a Sanskrit literary process and is revived by Telugu poets in modern times. It involves the partial improvisation of poems using specific themes, meters, forms, or words. The true purpose of an Avadhanam event thus is the showcasing, through entertainment, of superior mastery of cognitive capabilities - of observation, memory, multitasking, task switching, retrieval, reasoning and creativity in multiple modes of intelligence - literature, poetry, music, mathematical calculations, puzzle solving etc.

It requires immense memory power and tests a person's capability of performing multiple tasks simultaneously. All the tasks are memory intensive and demand an in-depth knowledge of literature, and prosody. The tasks vary from making up a poem spontaneously to keeping a count of a bell ringing at random. No external

memory aids are allowed while performing these tasks except the person's mind. Avadhna can be considered as the Attention Divided (clinical model of attention) as it is the highest level of attention and it refers to the ability to respond simultaneously to multiple tasks or multiple task demands

Avadhni refers to the individual who performs the Avadhna; one of the many individuals asking questions is a Pucchaka or a Prashnika (questioner). The first person to ask the question is called "Pradhna Pucchaka" (s)he is the same as any other Pcchaka, except that he asks There are some types of Avadhanas.

the first question. The questions asked are primarily literary in nature. The Pucchakas can optionally place additional constraints. Though it is not stated explicitly, conformation to Chandas (poetic meter) is mandatory. Avadhni should answer them in the form of a poem. The Questions generally consist of a

description given in prose and the avadhni has to express it as a poem. The additional restrictions placed by the Pucchakas can be anything like asking the avadhni not to use a given set of the alphabet in the entire poem or to construct only a particular type of poem etc.

There are many types of Avadhanas. The number of Pucchakas can be 8 (Atvadhna) or 100 (atvadhna) or even 1000 (sahasrvadhna). A person who has successfully performed an Ashtavadhana is called as Atvadhni, a atvadhna is called a atvadhni and a sahasrvadhna is called Sahasrvadhni. The other lesser known forms of Avadhana are Chitravadhanam (painting), Nrutyvadhna (Dancing) and Gaitvadhna (Mathematics). Netrvadhna (using the eyes) is another important form of avadhna

CALL 1.4, April 2014

A LITERARY FEAST UNIQUE FOR

TELUGU LANGUAGE

AVADHANAM IS GENERALLY CONDUCTED ON

ASTAVADHANAM BY SRI POCHINAPEDDI CONDUCTED

This is a picture of the crew of Avdhanam jointly conducted by Sri Venugopala Samskrutha Prachara Sabha and Sastreeya Vignana Samithi both located in Kakinada City on the auspicious eve of Ugadi (31-3-2014) and is performed by Sri Pochinapeddi Venkata Rama Subrahmanyam (Satavadhani) in the center. A scholar Sri Gottumukkula Venkata Satya Narasimha Sastry (Jeevan) on the left of the Avadhani acted as the Director for the smooth conduct of the Avadhanam. The remaining from the left to right are: Sri Neti Venkata Ramana Murty (Datta Padi, four words are given and the Avadhani has to compose a poem using those words with the meaning and the meter specified), Smt Kondepudi (Kovvali) Satya Sri (Samasya, a line of a poem with a

problematic concept is given and the Avadhani has to compose the remaining three lines in the specified meter solving the problematic concept into a meaningful one), Sri Kakaraparthi Durga Prasad (a process of condemning the letter probably used by the Avadhani while composing a poem), Sri Makineedi Surya Bhaskar (AashuvuAvadhani and he has to compose a metered poem extempore), Sri Punnamaraju Umamaheswara Rao (Aprastuta Prasangammeans

he tries to disturb the attention of the Avadhani while he is seriously cerebrating on composing the poems said above; this item of aprastuta is the key item which involves humorous questioning

CURRENT AVADHANIS

Dr. Garikapati Narasimha Rao - He is referred to as Maha Sahasraavadhani for having subjected himself to thousand Prucchakas. He is well known for amazingly fast recollection of hundreds of verses composed and

IS GENERALLY CONDUCTED ON UGADI, THE FIRST DAY OF TELUGU YEAR

ASTAVADHANAM BY SRI POCHINAPEDDI CONDUCTED ON UGADI (31

problematic concept is given and the Avadhani has to compose the remaining three lines in the specified meter solving the problematic concept into a meaningful one), Sri Kakaraparthi Durga Prasad (Nishedha Akshari, a process of condemning the letter probably used by the Avadhani while composing a poem), Sri Makineedi Surya Bhaskar Aashuvu, a concept is given to

Avadhani and he has to compose a metered poem extempore), Sri Punnamaraju Umamaheswara Rao Aprastuta Prasangam, which

means meaningless talk by which he tries to disturb the attention of the Avadhani while he is seriously cerebrating on composing the poems said above; this item of aprastuta is the key item which involves humorous questioning and

answering ), Sri Koruprolu Gourinaidu (recited by the prucchaka and the Avadhani has to tell the context and the meaning of it) and Smt Chikkala Ananta Laxmi (Vyastakshariletters sentence/line sloka/an adage are jumbled and haphazardly given to Avadhani and he has to tell the comple meaningful sentence at the last). There is another important item Varnanadiscription, in which a concept is given and asked Avadhani tocompose a poem using it with a specified meter. This item is up by Smt Vakkalanka (Yerramilli) Sarada, who is not covered in the picture. eyes and ears of the audience.

VADHANIS:

He is referred to as Maha Sahasraavadhani for having subjected himself to

. He is well known for amazingly fast recollection of hundreds of verses composed and

SANSKRIT AND TELUGU

recited earlier and has the title 'Dhaarana Brahma Raakshasa'. His 'Saagara Ghosha' is an acclaimed literary work.

, THE FIRST DAY OF TELUGU YEAR

ON UGADI (31-12-2014)

answering ), Sri Koruprolu Gourinaidu (Puranam, a poem is recited by the prucchaka and the Avadhani has to tell the context and the meaning of it) and Smt Chikkala Ananta Laxmi Vyastakshari, means scrambled

letters the letters in a sentence/line of a poem of a sloka/an adage are jumbled and haphazardly given to Avadhani and he has to tell the comple meaningful sentence at the last). There is another important item Varnana which means

discription, in which a concept is given and asked Avadhani to compose a poem using it with a specified meter. This item is taken up by Smt Vakkalanka (Yerramilli) Sarada, who is not covered in the picture. Really it is a FEAST to eyes and ears of the audience.

SANSKRIT AND TELUGU

recited earlier and has the title 'Dhaarana Brahma Raakshasa'. His 'Saagara Ghosha' is an acclaimed

Dr. Medasani Mohan - He performed many Ashtavadhanams, Satavadhanams, a Sahasravadhanam and a panchasaharsravadhanam i.e. answering five thousand Prucchakas. Besides being Avadhani he also heads the Annamacharya Project involved in uncovering, compiling, classifying and popularizing Annamayya works at Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam.

Dr. Nagaphani Sharma - He performed many Asthtavadhanams, Satavadhanams and also Sahasravadhanam. He performed avadhanams in both Telugu and Sanskrit languages. He also led the Telugu Adhikara Bhasha Sangham.

Kadimalla Varaprasad - He conducted many Ashtavadhanams, Satavadhanams and also a Sahasravadhanam. His students include Satavadhanis like Vaddiparti Padmakar and Kota Lakshminarasimham. In past, "Jamta kavulu" conducted Ashtavadhanams and Satavadhanams, but Kadimalla Varaprasad and Kota Laksminarasimham pioneered as "Jamta kavulu" in conducting Sahasravadhanam together.

Astakala Narasimha Rama Sharma - A teacher by profession, he has performed more than 150 Asthavadhanams, and built a unique temple for goddess Saraswati at Ananthasagar near Siddipet (22 km) in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh. His versatality includes, vastu, Jyothishya vignaanam, apart from temple vastu. He is also famous for his writings in Sanskrit mainly aiming praying Goddess saraswathi. He is on raw food (raw milk and fruits, food that is not heated) for past 23 years and dedicated himself to the development of skethram. Under his leadership, so far 275+ saraswathi Yagnams were performed by Saraswathi seva samithi.

SOME MODEL AVDHANAMS FOR YOU : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2yYqxr77Lk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvHjCrfi2T0

Dr. Rallabandi Kavita Prasad - (Director, Dept of Culture, Govt of Andhra Pradesh, presently posted as secretary, Dharma Prachara Parishad (DPP), in TTD, Tirupati) has performed more than 500 avadhanams, including satavadhanam and dvisatavadhanam. He also performed various avadhanas such as navarasavadhanam, and astadasavadhanam, etc. and introduced various new trends in avadhana vidya. Osmania University awarded him a Doctrate degree for his thesis on avadhanam vidya. He hails from Nemali Village, Gampalagudem Mandalam in Krishna District of Andhrapradesh. Recently he has published "ontari poola butta" an anthology of modern poetry. He is the author of several books such as Kadambini.

Amudala Murali: He entered into avadhanam on 2nd dec 2008. Till now(10-20-2011) he performed 37 astavadhanams and one Dwigunita astavadhanam(16 pruchakas) at Shad nagar and titled "Avadhana Kalanidhi". His avadhanams were performed in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu also. His earlier work was Pachani Telegu and the latest work is Swarna Thusharam (a golden snowfall of poetry).

Gandluri Dattatreya Sarma He is a leading Satavadhani from Dhone (Dronachalam) in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.

Sri Narala Rama Reddy He is leading Astavadhani. He is from Proddatur, Kadapa district. He performed his 1st Avadhanam in 1965 at the age of 16 and also performed more than 1000 Avadhanams in prominent towns and cities of Andhra Pradesh and also in Madras, Bangalore, Delhi and Jamshedpur and many Cities in USA. His recent book Gatha Trisathi received many accolades. Govt of Andhra Pradesh announced Hamsa Puraskara (Kala Rathna Award) to him on the eve of Ugadi Puraskaralu 2013.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_l6fPCTbBQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0v6tkgKGr8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHjcHbD1Fb4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpL5Epe2AIM

CALL 1.4, April 2014

Blessings We know our Elders of bygone generations used to bless their progeny with a

specific blessing on a specific event and also in daily routine when their

children sneeze or yawn in anticipation of a happy and prosperous life to them.

This custom has gone. We are now unaware of those blessings and that practice.

THIS IS FOR REMEMBERING THOSE BLESSINGS ONCE

Abheeshta sidhdhirasthu.

Atyantha aanukoolya daampathya

sukhapraapthirasthu.

Chiranjeeva! Chiranjeeva! Sukheebhava!

Sukheebhava!

Deerghaayushmaan bhava.

Deergha sumangalee bhava.

Maangalya Gowree kataaksha praapthirasthu.

Madhura vaakyaani bhava.

Noothana gruha nirmaanaadhikaarasidhdhirasthu.

Noothana gruhapravaesa samayae, sarva graha

aanukoolyathaa phala sidhdhirasthu.

Noothana vyaapaaraabhivrudhdhirasthu.

Paramaeshwaraanugraha praapthirasthu.

Paramaeswaree anugrahaprasaadaena sukha

prasavathaa sidhdhirasthu.

Puthra santhaana praapthirasthu.

Sakala vidyaabhivrudhdhirasthu.

Sampoorna aayuraarogyaabhivrudhdhirasthu.

Sarvae graha aanukoolyathaa phala sidhdhirasthu.

Seeghramaeva dhana, kanaka, vasthu, vaahana

praapthirasthu.

Seeghramaeva kalyaanaadhikaara sidhdhirasthu.

Seeghramaeva paanigrahanaadhikara sidhdhirasthu.

Seeghramaeva vivaahaadhikaara sidhdhirasthu.

Shashtipoorthi samayae, aayushyaabhivrudhdhirasthu.

Shashtipoorthi samayae, sarvaegraha

Seeghramaeva vidaeseeyaana, vidaesee udyoga

praapthirasthu.

aanukoolyathaaphalasidhdhirasthu.

Sowbhaagyaabhivrudhdhirasthu.

Sraavana Sukravaara Mahaalakshmee kataaksha

sidhdhirasthu.

Sree gruhalakshmee kataaksha praapthirasthu.

Sree Guru krupaa praapthirasthu.

Sree Lakshmiaarayana kataaksha praapthirasthu.

Sree Lalithaa Devee anugraha kataaksha

sidhdhirasthu.

Sree Mahaa Ganaadhipathi kataaksha sidhdhirasthu.

Sree Mahaa Saraswathee kataaksha sidhdhirasthu.

Sree mahaalakshmee anugraha praapthirasthu.

Sree Umaamahaeshwara anugraha praapthirasthu.

Suputhra praapthirasthu.

Unnatha vidyaa praapthirasthu.

Unnathodyoga praapthirasthu.

Vaasthu purusha sampoorna anugraha praapthirasthu.

Vratam sankalpamasthu.Vyaapaaraeshu koti laabha

praapthirasthu.

CALL pays its gratitude to Sri Kalasagar, Editor, 64kalalu.com

and Sri Ventapalli Satryanarayana, the reviewer


Book Released by Dr. Addepalli Reviewed by Sri Makineedi Surya Bhaskar Dr. Lanka Felicitating Makineedi

Aadhunika Saahityamlo Vrutthi Chaitanyam (Professional Consciousness in Modern Literature)

A Ph.D Thesis done by Dr. Lanka

Venkateswarlu, belonging to Eluru City was

published and released on16-3-2014 by the

famous poet and critic Dr. Addepalli Rama

Mohana Rao. The Guide for the thesis execution, Dr.

Yendluri Sudhakar, Dean, Telugu University, Bommur

was the Chief Guest, presided over by famous poet

Kopparthi. Makineedi Surya Bhskar reviewed the book.

AKSHARA PUSHPAM (The Flower of Letters) A Short-story Anthology written by Smt Puppala Surya Kumari Released

Dr. Addepalli Rama Mohana Rao Releasing the Book Makinieedi Reviewing the Book

Smt Puppala Surya Kumari,

President Surya Sahitee Vedika, is a versatile writer. She writes poetry,

short story, novel and lyric.

Altogether she had above ten

anthologies to her credit. Moreover,

she is devotional- minded and

writes lyrics in praise of the

almighty and released three CDs so far. Her husband, Sri Puppala

Satyanarayana is a nice gentle man

encouraging his better-half in every

respect. He is acting as the

Honourary President for Surya Sahitee Vedika, which is encouraging the poets and writers

by giving away the

cash awards for their

books and engaging

them in Kavi Samme-

lans and other literary

activities. Friends call them as

Surya Satyanarayana and Satya Sury Kumari.

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