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Varavara Rao | Different shades of a poet
2 years, 4 months ago

Varavara Rao | Different shades of a poet

The Hindu  

Even at the ripe age of 82 and in fragile condition of health, his day starts with a brief morning walk. After completing MA from Osmania University, Mr. Rao taught at a couple private colleges before joining the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India as a publication assistant. Mr. Rao penned over 17 books of poems …

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How Varavara Rao and Telugu revolutionary poetry influenced each other over six decades: A historical overview
4 years, 5 months ago

How Varavara Rao and Telugu revolutionary poetry influenced each other over six decades: A historical overview

Firstpost  

Varavara Rao’s poetry, which evolved over six decades, reflects and critiques modern social history, balancing it with a consistent and hopeful quest for freedom. By then, in Warangal, poet and Telugu lecturer Varavara Rao established Srjana, a literary and cultural magazine and Tiragabadu Kavulu, a collective of poets inspired by peasant struggles in Telangana. When forces opposing the people’s movements …

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Varavara Rao is an anti-national and possibly a terrorist
4 years, 5 months ago

Varavara Rao is an anti-national and possibly a terrorist

Op India  

Don’t let liberal media tell you otherwise. This past week you might have seen a clutch of news articles, tweets, reports, etc, crying over some “revolutionary poet” named Varavara Rao. Okay, but if they do take this principled stand, why do their articles and tweets and open letters try to hide who Varavara Rao really is? Varavara Rao taken into …

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'For Varavara Rao, hospital has proved as hellish as jail': Writers, politicians seek poet's release from custody
4 years, 5 months ago

'For Varavara Rao, hospital has proved as hellish as jail': Writers, politicians seek poet's release from custody

Firstpost  

Writers, activists as well as politicians took to Twitter to express their dismay over the conditions in which jailed poet and activist Varavara Rao is kept at a government hospital in Mumbai Writers, activists as well as Opposition leaders took to Twitter to express their dismay over the conditions in which jailed poet and activist Varavara Rao is being held …

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Jailed poet Varavara Rao isn't a mercenary; he should receive justice, not just sympathy, writes Padmaja Shaw
4 years, 5 months ago

Jailed poet Varavara Rao isn't a mercenary; he should receive justice, not just sympathy, writes Padmaja Shaw

Firstpost  

The truth is, time and again, Indian Republic that guarantees free speech and calls itself a socialist and secular democracy incarcerated Varavara Rao for his political beliefs. The last week saw frantic efforts to somehow reach medical assistance to the Telugu revolutionary poet Varavara Rao who is currently being held in Taloja jail in Maharashtra. In his poem Reflection, written …

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'Don't kill Varavara Rao in jail': Health of 80-yr-old accused in Elgar Parishad case deteriorating, authorities negligent, says family
4 years, 5 months ago

'Don't kill Varavara Rao in jail': Health of 80-yr-old accused in Elgar Parishad case deteriorating, authorities negligent, says family

Firstpost  

Rao has been in jail for over 22 months. His bail pleas, including those filed for relief on the ground of his age, ill-health and risk of COVID-19, have been rejected on multiple occasion The family of Telugu poet Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad case, on Sunday claimed that his health is deteriorating in jail and that …

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