says the foremost Telugu feminist poetess jayaprabha in her latest
(fifth) anthology, "yasOdharaa ee vagapendukE!".
In the title verse, she consoles yasOdhara (prince gowthama's wife) thus:
"yasOdharaa ee vagapendukE
vaaru bowddhulu taapasulu
chintalanTavu vaarini
jaraa_mRutyu bhyaalunDavu
sariggaa bOdhi_vRuksham kindE JnaanOdayam avutundani
vaariki mundE telusu!
aa artharaatri anantayaatraki aarambham
teliyanidi neekEnE
yasOdharaa ee vagapendkE
atukkuni gavaakshaaniki alaa digulu choopendukE
neeku sooryOdayamanTEnE asalu bhayamendukE...."
Veluri Venkateswara Rao gaaru has already introduced jayaprabha to the
net audience. I have about 15 copies of her latest volume, "yasOdharaa ee
vagapendukE", an anthology of 42 poems covering a wide variety of topics.
The books can be had for US $ 7. All the money collected minus postal
expenses will be sent to the author (she sent the books to me in hopes
some money can be raised to offset the huge loss she has taken by
publishing on her own). Please send a check written to V. Chowdary
Jampala and mail it to V. Chowdary Jampala, 664 Southern Belle Boulevard,
Beavercreek, OH 45434.
Regards. --- V. Chowdary Jampala