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Madan Mohan Parigi <parigim@STATE.MI.US>
Sreenivas Paruchuri <sreeni@ktp.uni-paderborn.de>
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1. Encouraged by veerESalingam's activities to
promote education among women, some journals were
started by women for women. What was the first
such journal, mainly for the uplift of women, and
who were the people behind it?
A: "hindoo sundari" baalaantrapu SEshamma,
mosalikanTi raamaabaayamma
2. Who was the first to publish "peda
baalaSiksha", a concise book of general knowledge
for children of the age group of 8-10?
A: panDita seetaaraama Saastri, 1846
3. Juvenile literature was ignored for long and
until early decades of this century kids were
basically taught some "Satakaalu", poems from
pOtana's bhaagavatam, etc. Who was the first to
start the juvenile literature of modern type?
A: giDugu venkaTa seetaapati, 1909-1910. His
cilakamma peLLi, railu banDi published in
"vivEkavati".
4. Later, the same author, when he was in charge
of renowned Telugu journal, he set apart two pages
for childrens' songs and literature. What was the
journal and caption of this section, which has
become so popular, to be imitated by many others?
bhaarati, 1940s, baalaanandam
5. What was the first Telugu journal exclusively
for children?
baala, 1945.
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