Sphoorthi Theatre

Why are Women  continuously raped in India? What is happening in India? India is no more a safe place for daughters, wives, mothers and women. I am surprised when Parliamentarian speaks about no more skirts for girls as a remedy for gang rape. Why say no to girls or draw a dress code for girls alone, why not talk about attitude change and emphasis on “Women and girls to be treated with respect”. Rape in India is a common crime committed that goes unheard and unnoticed. The huge haul cry slowly wanes down with no justice made to the victim. The offenders freely move on. In most cases, the victim either commits suicide or dies due to serious injuries in an abdomen, intestines, and genitals due to the assault. Is this something new in India? No, not at all….. Similar crimes like Segregation against women as well as Eve teasing and rape in India are known issues. When it is reported, the local police give less importance or neglect or pressurize victims of rape to withdraw the ca

 The World Telugu Conference - WTC is a conference organized in Tirupati - the Temple town for continuance of Telugu language in the world. Literary achievers and Scholars across the globe attended to share their viewpoint and notions about Telugu language and its present state.  The first of its kind was held in 1975 in Hyderabad under the instrumentation of   the then Minister of Education, Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao. This is the fourth conference organized. Nevertheless, this conference viewed by many native Telugu speakers as gala get-together party among native and NRIs.  T elugu literary figures and cultural organisations from Telangana in Andhra Pradesh boycotted the fourth World Telugu Conference, which got underway at Tirupati on Thursday. Poets, writers, artists, academicians and other noted personalities from the Telangana region stayed away from the three-day event, terming it as an attempt to suppress the movement for a separate Telangana state. T elugu liter

Last January, my post on "Boom Boom Mattukarans-Gangireddu" received good viewers all through the world going through and is placed as one of the popular posts. “Boom Boom Mattukaran or Gangireddu” as they are popularly known in South India, especially in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. Boom Boom Mattukaran or Gangireddu- “the bull’s play” is a very popular form of dance. Quite common to watch in rural areas and of course in nowadays in urban areas like Hyderabad (question of survival) it is a common site in every village. This is perhaps one of the very few rural entertainments that have survived through times. A bull, that is decorated with multicoloured cloths and ornaments moves from one house to the other led by its master who plays the 'Nadaswaram' or the “Sahanayi” during Pongal-Sankranti festival to Dusshera festival for a period of 6-8 months in a year. Bulls are trained to dance or perform acrobatics to entertain the crow