Hyderabad :

Woman poets and litterateurs have urged chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to institute awards in the names of women who dedicated their lives for Telugu literature. Speaking at ‘Telangana Mahila Sahityam: Sadassu’ held on the occasion of ‘World Telugu Conference’ (WTC) at Ravindra Bharati (Yashoda Reddy Pranganam-Bandaru Achamb Vedika) on Monday, renowned poet Acharya Sarathjyosna Rani said many changes took place in women’s literature, especially poetry and song and other fields.

“Women need equal rights as Ivanka Trump highlighted in her speech at recent Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES)-2017. Though women are contributing their bit for Telugu literature in Telangana, they need good exposure in the literary field,” she said in her inaugural speech.

Another poet, Kondapally Niharini, has suggested to the government to protect Telugu language for posterity by publishing novels, poetry and other literaruy pieces of woman writers.

Telugu poet Jupaka Subhadra suggested to the government to bring out ‘Maukika Sahityam’ (oral tradition of literature) in the form of book for future generations. She also urged the government to institute awards in the name of woman poets and award them to women exhibiting outstanding performance in the field of literature.

Several literary personalities, including Acharya Surya Dhanunjay, Tula Uma, poet and also chairperson of Karimnagar Zilla Parishad, also advocated protection of Telugu language and remembered the women who rendered their yeomen services to Telugu literature.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City / by Sunil Mungara / TNN / December 19th, 2017