Come back every Tuesday for a new set of five! This week we have Balivada Kantha Rao Kadhalu by Balivada Kantha Rao and Nirjana Vaaradhi by Kondapalli Koteswaramma among others.
Mareechika by Vasireddy Seetha Devi
Mareechika, translatable as mirage, deals with two young lives, that of a drug addict and a Naxalite. The ban by the state government led to a surge in its sales.
Balivada Kantha Rao Kadhalu by Balivada Kantha Rao
A collection of short stories, some of which narrate the lives of extraordinarily resilient women, many of whom are drawn from Rao's own village.
Ampasayya by Ampasayya Naveen
Naveen's debut novel recounts his experiences at his alma mater, Osmania University, through a socio-political lens.
Nirjana Vaaradhi by Kondapalli Koteswaramma
Translated as The Sharp Knife of Memory by V. B. Sowmya
An autobiography that chronicles Koteswaramma's struggle against widow remarriage, her undeterred determination to secure an education and promote the cause for the benefit of women, and her experiences within the communist and Naxalite movements.
Molakala Punnami by Vempalli Gangadhar
A timely collection of 13 short stories that depict the suffering of the farmers. It was awarded Sahitya Akademi's Yuva Puraskar.
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