![]() Concurring, Volga rues, “Today caste and religion are the key issues for writers to tackle with. So I have no choice except to select from those themes,” she says.Įven with these themes, it wouldn’t be wrong to state that caste and religion were important tools that shaped society in a Telugu land. “The times, socio-political environment of our society, various discriminations operating ruthlessly, economic disparities, lack of equal opportunities, destruction of agriculture fields and rural life, writers had no choice but to write about these themes. And she wanted non-Telugu readers to connect to them. Though my personal feelings got in the way, I believe that personal is political.” Themes and writers were never a choice for Volga. ![]() I began looking into various identities of authors and stories. But for this book, I made a special effort of reading a few hundred stories and selected 60 authors. But to depict reality is their responsibility,” says Volga.Ĭalling the selection of 26 stories “the most difficult task for me” the septuagenarian says, “I read every Telugu story published in magazines and short story anthologies. So, the story written about bad days can easily connect with the story about the worst days continuity will be there. “Since three decades our society has been going from bad to worse. These characters become one with you as you turn the pages of Telugu - The Best Stories of our Times, edited by Volga and translated by Alladi Uma and M Sridhar.įrom farmer suicides and honour killings to caste and religious politics, the stories, despite not being explicit about the year or decade in which it is set in, resonate with the current climes. Gaviramma fights to not repay the loan for a benami land in her name, and an anonymous protagonist resorts to infidelity to bear the heir for her in-laws when they refuse to believe their son is impotent. ![]() Decades-long friendship of Jaffer and Ramarao is threatened because of the religious misgivings of their children. The lives of Shakeel and Attar Nayyab are entwined in communal politics. ![]()
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