Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has conveyed his greetings to noted poet and Legislative Council Member Gorati Venkanna for getting the prestigious Central Sahitya Akademi Award for 2021. The CM said ‘Vallankitaalam’ a compilation of Sri Venkanna’s poetry winning the Central Sahitya Academy Award is worth hailing.
The Chief Minister said that the poetry of Gorati Venkanna which unveiled the day-to-day problems of daily life with a touch of social philosophy before everyone’s eyes has mirrored the universal man’s pain. The CM further hailed Gorati Venkanna for beautifully unveiling the umbilical relationship between human life and nature, the relationship between man and other animals and birds.
KCR said through his literature, Gorati Venkanna made the scent of Telangana soil get universal recognition. He said Gorati Venkanna during the separate Telangana Statehood movement had played a key role through his songs and literature. The CM said the Central Sahitya Akademi award to Gorati Venkanna’s literature is an award given to the living philosophy of a common Telangana man.
The Chief Minister also congratulated noted writer Devaraju Maharaju for getting the prestigious Central Sahitya Akademi Bala Sahitya Puraskar award for his play “Nenu Ante Evaru”. He also congratulated Tagulla Gopal for winning the Central Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar award for his ‘Danda Kadiyam’.CM KCR said he felt happy as three writers Gorati Venkanna, Devaraju Maharaju and Tagulla Gopal from Telangana State winning the prestigious awards. He said that the fact that in all the three categories, Telangana won the awards showed the literary caliber of Telangana. (INN)