Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
Book Reviews
ENGLISH
‘THE FINAL FALL’ by Rajendra Prasad Acharya
The book under review has been rewritten and rendered into English by Rajendra Prasad Acharya from the original Oriya work by Ranjit Singh. As far as the translation goes, it is a successful attempt. The story itself is the love life of a rich, educated and sophisticated young man Surya and his constant seeking of a pure and chaste girl who could become his wife. He fell in love with such a girl Sumitra but circumstances separated them. The young man loses himself in the pleasures of life but on suddenly meeting Sumitra again, realises that his love for her has not changed. Even after knowing that Sumitra, bowing to circumstances, had been living off her body, he decides to marry her.
The hero indeed comes out as a modern, cultured and humanistic young man with an open, analytical mind and in away it can be termed as a quest for ideal love and ideal partner. But towards the end, the attempt at achieving sublimity is unconvincing. The language is simple and expresses adequately the inner thoughts and feelings, but tends to be archaic at times.
TELUGU
NATIKA GUCHAMU (Radio plays) by Vemaraju Narasimha Rao, pp 166; Rs. 35/- (Published by Navya Sahiti Samiti, 1-8-522/12, Chikkadpalli, Hyderabad - 500 020)
This is a compilation of the captivating plays of Sri Vemaraju Narasimha Rao broadcast over the radio over a span of more than 25 years. He has to his credit published works like LIGHTER SIDE UP, (English), RATNAMALA, PREMOPAHARAMU, KATHAMALA, ANAMAKUDI DIARY already and created for himself a niche in the literary world and were also published in various journals.
Humour lies as an undercurrent in most of these plays and tickles the heart and makes one read till the end. This is the hallmark of the talent of the author. Dialogue is the most important factor for a play. The dialogues in these plays indicate his masterly grasp over enlivening situations. For example, “Srimati to mukhamukhi” is a typical piece, a satirical one on the men writing in the names of their wives, with a view to promting them. This is a rib tickling piece of humour.
Some of the plays written in 1961 have topics as fresh even today as they were then. A reader may be sure of lightening his mind and be assured of good reading material.
- Dr. Vasa Prabhavathi