Jandhyala Papayya Sastry is an eminent Telugu Writer and Lyrist. He was popularly known as Karunasri. He is a famous Poet and very good speaker. His popular writings “Pushpavilapam”, Udayasree, Karuna sree and Vijaya sree.
He was born in Kopparru village of Pedanandipadu Mandal in Guntur District on 4th August 1912.After primary and middle school education, he has learnt Sanskrit kavyas from Bhamidipati Subramanya Sharma and Kuppa Anjaneya Sastry. After completing Ubhaya Bhasha Praveena he has worked in Ramakrishna Vidyapeetham, Amaravathi, Stall Girls High School, Guntur. He has worked as Telugu lecturer for 20 years in Andhra Christian College, Guntur. He used to recite poems so expressively.
He wrote about 76 works. He saw the plight of a scavenger girl and wrote Paaki Pilla (1928) at the age of 16 years. His other works are Omar Khayyam, Aruna Kiranalu, Telugu Baala and Kalyana Kalpavalli. Karunasri was born out of his stream of his thoughts when he visited rare Buddhist sculpture, Maha Chaitya and pillars at Amaravati. His Pushpavilapam was born out of his anger towards a visitor, who began eating the petals of a rose from the flower vase on the table, while the poet had been in his prayer room. His compositions are timeless, they move the soul. The language is very simple and any common man with basic understanding of the Telugu language can easily understand the depth of his expression. Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao rendered his Pushpa Vilapam and Kunti Kumari. The lyrics and Ghantasala's voice really makes one cry with pity.
He has acted as Mukku Timmana without make-up in Bhuvana Vijayam during Ugadi celebrations. He is married to Anasuyamma. They had two sons and a daughter.
He has acted as Mukku Timmana without make-up in Bhuvana Vijayam during Ugadi celebrations. He is married to Anasuyamma. They had two sons and a daughter.
His literary works
1. Paakee Pilla (1928) 2. Pushpa Vilapam
3. Kunthi Kumari 4. Karunasri
5. Karunamayi 6. Guru Dakshina
7. Chandamamalo Kundelu (children stories) 8. Mahathi
9. Adikavi Valmiki (children stories) 10. Bhageerathudu (novel)
11. Udayasri 12. Vijayasri
13. Naluguru Mitrulu (novel) 14. Vasantha Sena (novel)
15. Omar Khayyam 16. Prema Moorti
17. Aruna Kiranalu 18. Indra Dhanussu (children stories)
19. Bangaru Padmam (drama) 20. Mandiram
21. Swapna Vasava Datta 22. Telugu Baala (Neeti Satakam)
23. Tenugu Sethu 24. Kalyana Dampatulu (children stories)
25. Kalyana Kadambari 26. Kalyana Kalpavalli
27. Veera Bharati 28. Udaya Bharati
29. Sai Sudha Lahari (kavyam) 30. Charumitra
31. Bala Bharati (children stories) 32. Akashavani Lyrical dramas
Awards
He was awarded Honorary Doctorate from Sri Venkateswara University [Tirupati, Kakinada].
External links
Listen to Pushpavilapam by Ghantasala in Youtube.com
Information Source from :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jandhyala_Papayya_Sastry
http://guntur.ap.nic.in/statistics/eminents.pdf
Jandhyala Papayya Sastry - An eminent Telugu Writer
Happy Birday Vikram (actor)
Vikram is an Indian film actor, voice actor and a playback singer. He made his debut in the 1990 film En Kadhal Kanmani, which was followed by a series of low-budget Tamil and Telugu films and supporting roles in some high budget Malayalam films throughout the early decade. After the critical and commercial success of Sethu (1999) he has been part of numerous other commercially successful films and has earned major critical acclaim for many of his performances. During his years in the Indian film industry, he has won three Filmfare Awards as well as India's most prestigious National Film Award for Best Actor once. He is called popularly as "Chiyaan" Vikram by his fans.
While some of Vikram's best-known films, Dhill (2001), Gemini (2002), Dhool (2003), Saamy (2003), Anniyan (2005) and Kanthaswamy (2009)[1] remain some of Tamil cinema's biggest hits, performances in films like Sethu (1999), Kasi (2002), Pithamagan (2003), Anniyan (2005) and Raavanan (2010) have won him critical acclaims and awards, making Vikram one of the more successful actors of Tamil cinema, both critically and commercially. He established himself as one of leading contemporary actor in the film industry. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by a foreign university recently.
National Film Awards:
• National Film Award for Best Actor for Pithamagan (2004)
Filmfare Awards South:
• Filmfare Special Jury Award - Sethu (1999)
• Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Kaasi (2001)
• Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Pithamagan (2003)
• Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Anniyan (2005)
Raavan World Premiere - Vikram Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF-gC1EUV4&feature=related
Source from following link, more info available at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_(actor)
Lokpal vs Jan Lokpal
As noted social activist Anna Hazare started his fast-unto-death in the national capital, there is a need to take a look at his draft Jan Lokpal bill and the government's Lokpal Bill.
The government proposes to set up Lokpal to check corruption at high places and salvage its image.
But there are stark differences between the government's version of the Lokpal Bill and the civil society's. The government Bill, actually, seems to be toothless.
Government's Lokpal will not have any power to either initiate action suo motu in any case or even receive complaints of corruption from public.
The Jan Lokpal proposes full powers to initiate investigations suo motu in any case and also to directly entertain complaints from the public.
The government wants Lokpal to be an advisory body, which will only forward its enquiry report to the competent authority for action.
The Jan Lokpal Bill proposes powers to initiate prosecution after completion of investigations.
The government's Lokpal will not have any police powers and it will not be able to register an FIR. The Jan Lokpal proposes police powers and would be able to register FIR, proceed with criminal investigations and launch prosecution.
The government's Lokpal won't have powers to investigate any case against PM, which deals with foreign affairs, security and defence. But the Jan Lokpal Bill proposes no such bar on Lokpal's powers.
The government's Lokpal will not have jurisdiction over bureaucrats and government officers. The Jan Lokpal will have jurisdiction over politicians, officials and even judges. It also proposes merging the entire vigilance machinery into Lokpal.
