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Tripuraneni
Gopichand
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About
the author:
Tripuraneni
Gopichand (1910-1962), of Tenali, Andhra Pradesh,
India, is a Telugu short story writer, novelist,
editor, essayist, playwright and film director.
His writings exhibit an exceptional interplay of
values, ideas and ‘isms’—materialism,
rationalism, existentialism, realism and humanism.
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He
is well-known among Telugu literati for his psychological
novel—Asamardhuni Jeevayatra (The Incompetent’s
Life Journey). He was posthumously presented the
Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel, Panditha Parameshwara
Sastry Veelunama (Will of Panditha Parameshwara Sastry),
in 1963. Radical humanist, profound thinker, philosopher,
social reformer and an inveterate votary of truth,
Gopichand was a versatile genius, which reflects well in
his scintillating stories that are told in crisp language.
His stories pose many questions that challenge the wit of
readers. His birth centenary celebrations are set to
commence from September 2009.
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A
poet went to his wealthy friend and hesitantly asked him in
faltering voice, “No rice at home. It has caused an upheaval.
Lend me five rupees.”
“I
don’t have even a pie. From where would it come? Would it grow
in my backyard? Even otherwise, I cannot give so many times,”
said the wealthy man.
“When
did you give me?”
“Am
I not to give money for making your statue after you die? To give
it now and also later when you die—as though I have no other
work?” said the rich man.
That
night many images appeared in the poet’s dream. As his wife and
children were cribbing for food on the one side, on the other side
he saw his statue in the making. People were praising the
kind-heartedness and the literary connoisseurship of the wealthy
man who donated money for the making of the statue.
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