Re: Answers to Quiz - 4

Bapa Rao (brao@platinum.com)
Fri, 28 Jun 1996 16:56:03 -0700 (PDT)

>From Chowdary Jampala garu:

> Correct again!
> The main character in maalapalli is 'sangadaasu'.
>
> Anybody wants to say more about this book?

I have read maalapalli quite a while back and liked it. It really
captured the social and political transformation taking place in
Guntur (?) district of that time. When reading it, I remember wondering
what ostensible reason was given by the (British?) authorities for
banning it off and on. Also, I wondered whether Sangadaasu's spirited
defense of Hinduism in a religious debate with the Christian missionary
was realistic or a product of the author's wishful thinking.

Bapa Rao