Brown revived Telugu literary heritage

Rajamahendravaram: CP Brown was a great literary patron who breathed new life into Telugu literary heritage at a time when it was facing the threat of extinction, said Dr PVB Sanjeeva Rao, Head of the Telugu Department at SKVT Government College. He spoke as the chief speaker at a programme organised by the Telugu Department and Kala Gowthami at SKVT Government College to mark the birth anniversary of CP Brown.

Sanjeeva Rao said Brown made remarkable efforts to trace, collect, edit and publish several invaluable literary works and classical texts that had remained obscure in the form of palm-leaf manuscripts. IQAC Coordinator Dr DV Nageswara Rao, who attended as the chief guest, said Brown’s dedication to the Telugu language, despite being a foreigner, was an inspiration to everyone.

Faculty member Gaddam Venkata Rao said Telugu people would always remember Brown’s contributions, including the preparation of bilingual dictionaries and the collection, editing and preservation of folk songs. SKVT College Principal Dr BV Tirupanyam, faculty members S Raj Kumar, Palli Sudha and J Suguna, students CH Ganesh Reddy, G Sandhya Ramani, Deepika and others participated.

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Deekshitula Subrahmanyam

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Deekshitula RV Subrahmanyam is a Staff Reporter with The Hans India, covering the erstwhile East and West Godavari districts, along with Alluri Sitarama Raju and Polavaram districts. A journalist with experience of over three decades, he began his career as a Telugu mofussil reporter in 1991. He writes extensively on politics, tribal affairs, rural development, tourism, development, and human-interest stories He is the author of the six-part Telugu prose Ramayana Sitarama Kathasudha and has received several literary and journalistic honours, including the JCI Young Writer Award, Vadlamudi Rammohan Rao Memorial Award and Madduri Annapurnayya Memorial Award.

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