Nandini Sidda Reddy
Nandini Sidda Reddy | |
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.jpg) Nandini Sidda Reddy in Cinivaram, Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad on 24 June 2017 | |
| Born | 12 June 1955 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and social activist |
Nandini Sidda Reddy[1] (or Nandini Sidhareddy, Telugu: నందిని సిధారెడ్డి) (born 12 June 1955) is a writer and social activist from the state of Telangana, India. He was the first president of the Telangana Sahitya Akademi.[2]
Life and career
Nandini Sidda Reddy was born in 1955 in Bandaram village, Medak district, Telangana, India. His father, Narra Balasiddhareddy, was a communist who fought against the Razakars.[3] After completing his MA at Osmania University, Hyderabad, he did his M.Phil degree in "The Sun in Modern Telugu Poetry" (1981) and then graduated with his Ph.D. on "Modern Poetry – Reality – Surrealism" in 1986.[4]
After working in Medak for some time, he worked as a Telugu lecturer in Siddipet Government Degree College and retired in 2012. He wrote stories and poetry from his student days. He ran an organization called the Navasahiti and Medak Study Circle and a small magazine called Rose.[4] He founded the Manjeera Writers' Association and organized several literary events, editing the Manjeera bulletin and publishing seven collections of poetry. He edited a magazine called Soi. In 2001, he was the founding president of the Telangana Writers' Forum.[4]
In August 1997, written in just one hour, Siddhareddy's poem on the need for a special Telangana movement became known as "Nageti Challalla". In this poem, Sidhareddy describes the whole culture of Telangana. The same poem was used as a song in the movie Poru Telangana.[5] The song also received a Nandi Award. Sidhareddy wrote the poem on Telangana long before Ande Sri's Jaya Jaya He Telangana and Goreti Venkanna's Ganama Telanganama. There are ten verses in this poem, which is sung all over Telangana as a Batukamma song.
Nandini Sidda Reddy was appointed as the first Chairman of the Telangana Sahitya Akademi formed on 2 May 2017.[4][2]
Works
- Bhumisvapnam
- Conversation
- Modern Telugu Poetry - Reality - Surrealism (Theory)
- Torchlight
- Pranhita
- Not a suffering
- The origin of the river
- Iguram
- Avarthanam
- Nageti Challalla (songs)
- Here the trees are windblown
- Chitrakannu (story collection)
Songs
- Nageti Sallalla Naa Telangana (Poru Telangana- 2011)
- Chelia Chelia Separation Dream ( 2 Countries- 2017)
Awards
- 1986 Free Verse Front Award for Bhoomiswapnam poetry collection
- Indore Bharathi Vari Dasharathi Award for Bhoomiswapnam poetry collection in 1988
- Telugu University Award for Pranahita Poetry Collection in 2001
- Vishwakalapeetham Vari Snehanidhi Best Poetry Award for a collection of sad poems in 2009
- Nandi Award for Best Songwriter for the song 'Nageti Salallo Na Telangana' in 2010
- Distinguished Award in Literature from Telugu University in 2016[6][7]
Notes
- ^ 1
- ^ a b ఆంధ్రప్రభ. "సాహిత్య అకాడమీ అధ్యక్షుడిగా బాధ్యతలు స్వీకరించిన నందిని సిధారెడ్డి (Nandini Sidhareddy takes over as President of Sahitya Akademi)". Prabha News. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ http://www.prabhanews.com/medak/article-268306[permanent dead link]
- ^ కందుకూరి రమేష్బాబు (Kandukuri Rameshbabu) (16 March 2014), "బతుకమ్మ (Bathukamma)", నమస్తే తెలంగాణ దినపత్రిక ఆదివారం అనుబంధం (Namaste Telangana Daily: Sunday Supplement)
- ^ నమస్తే తెలంగాణతెలుగు (24 November 2016). "నందిని సిధారెడ్డికి తెలుగు వర్సిటీ విశిష్ట పురస్కారం (Telugu Varsity Distinguished Award to Nandini Sidhareddy)". Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ ఆంథ్రజ్యోతి, తెలంగాణ ముఖ్యాంశాలు (3 December 2016). "నందిని సిధారెడ్డికి తెలుగు వర్సిటీ పురస్కారం (Telugu Varsity Award for Nandini Sidhareddy)". Retrieved 4 May 2018.
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