Thursday, January 19, 2012

Mittoorodi Pusthakam – Naamini Subramanyam Naidu




Naamini – Writer of the Masses…this’s how I feel when I read his books…I’ve read this mittoorodi pusthakam long back, but missed to post the review here…Recently re-read it and hence thought of posting..

This book is a collection of 6 of Naamini’s books published earlier,

Pacchanaaku Saakshiga – I guess this one is the writer’s first work…This’s a collection of short stories narrating his childhood spent in a remote village in Chittoor dt. He belongs to a very poor peasant family. I loved the character of his mother Sinakka.She is an Icon of present day rural women…Hardworking, courageous and also helplessly cunning at times to feed her children.

Sinabba Kathalu – This one again is a collection of short stories…All the stories revolve around his high school life, friends and teachers.

Mittoorodi Kathalu – This is also a collection of stories written after his marriage. So most of them revolve around the couple, their fights, family issues etc

Munikannadi Sedyam – This is a short novel which reminded me of Chandralatha’s ‘Regadi Vitthulu’ (my all time favourite novel based on agricultural revolution). Farming issues in rural areas of Chittoor dt, problems faced by lease farmers(koulu raithulu) etc are narrated in a heart-touching manner.

Pala podugu – This is a short novel describing the life of a very poor family who earns livelihood by selling milk.
Sundaramma kodukulu – This is also a short novel depicting the joint family issues in a poor peasant family, their struggle for existence, fights among the co-sisters and all.

All in all, this total book describes the life style of rural Chittoor dt. Written in the most raw slang of rayalaseema area (including some naatu pacchi boothulu :P ). I’m used to hear this kind of slang in our villages. So it was an easy read for me. But for those who are not familiar with the slang might find it difficult to understand some words.

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