వర్గం: కథలు
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Sanjeevarayudu… Dr. Mythili Abbaraju, Telugu, Indian
I had just returned from attending job counselling interview. I knew that there was a vacancy in that village before. When I mentioned my choice without a second thought, there was a shade of surprise on the face of the officials for my choice of that remote village. “Is it where you hail from, Doctor?”…
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A Letter To Mother… Manasa Yendluri, Telugu, Indian
Manasa Yendluri “Dearest Mother, I am doing fine here. Wish you, father, brother and sissy are doing fine there. I am sending only eight thousand this month. I will try to send ten to fifteen thousand next month. Vasantha Akka helps me a lot here. It is from her that I occasionally take hand…
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The Arm Stump… Vempalle Sheriff, Telugu, Indian
Reciting ‘Duva’ and rubbing my face in the cup of my hands first thing in the morning when I get up from bed was my habit. But today, I could not feel my right hand. And, when I looked for it, it was lying cold and lifeless cut off from me in one corner of…
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Ajeya … Kuppili Padma, Telugu, Indian
“All the Rajani fans Don’t miss the chance Lungi dance, Lungi dance, Lungi dance…” I was about to enter the Land Mark Bookshop when the song reverberated in high pitch. I reached for the railing and peeped down. Many people like me were looking down from all floors. On the ground floor, more than hundred…
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Ruba… KN Malleswari, Telugu, Indian
While coming home from office I stopped at the turn of the street and looked apprehensively at the sky as a swarm of menacing black clouds from north-east started sieging it… Damn the rain! It won’t just pour down for some time and clear. It would settle into a mizzle. Nobody knows how long would…
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Half Brother … Munipalle Raju, Telugu Indian
(There are very few short story writers in Telugu that can match international writers of repute and Sri Munipalle Raju is one of them. He has extraordinary memory and refined taste for excellence in literature. He has fine sensibilities and could capture his real life experiences and the anecdotes he heard during his military service into…
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Demise of Mustafa … Afsar, Telugu, Indian
Demise of Mustafa “Son! Don’t peep into that room,” the warning of Aunt Fatima was ringing in my ears from the past. Ever since I received the message over phone from Munir Bhai that “We are performing the tenth day obsequies,” this warning rang in my ears repeatedly. If I could take the first…
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Death Sentence … Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian
Telugu Original: Uri (Published in Anandavani) “You have sentenced me to death; and now ask me to say whatever I want to say. There would be some meaning if you had asked me before passing the sentence. Now, it makes no difference whether or not I say what I wanted to say. But there is…
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కిటికీ… సాకీ
[సుమారు పది పదిహేను సంవత్సరాల క్రిందట అనుకుంటాను, “Readers Digest” ప్రత్యేక కథల సంపుటిలో ఈ Open Window కథ మొదటి సారి చదివాను. మనసుమీద చెరగని ముద్ర వేసింది. ఈ కథకి ఆయువుపట్టు చివరి వాక్యమే. ఎక్కడా అసంబద్ధత లేకుండా, ఏ చిన్న విషయాన్నీ వదిలిపెట్టకుండా, ఎంత నిశితంగా పరీక్షించినా (నా మట్టుకు) తప్పుదొరక్కుండా పకడ్బందీగా కనిపించింది దీని అల్లిక. Short Story(చిన్న కథ) అన్నపదానికి అక్షరాలా నిర్వచనంగా చూపించొచ్చు దీన్ని. ఇంగ్లీషు అచ్చులో 2,…
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Son of Yasoda… Munipalle Raju, Telugu, Indian
1 I was under the wrong impression that I acquired the trait of “listening with utmost attention” from my childhood. That was not my nature. It was a trait I acquired from the compulsions of my profession. In the legal profession, particularly when you handle a major chunk of the criminal cases at district level,…
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