A collection of poems from Indian literatures and mostly from Telugu. It carries 11 translations from Telugu literature also jointly done by Sri Appalaswamy and Tambimuttu.
Condemning bad taste
Nanne Chodadeva, one of the most original minds in Telugu poetry, whose date could not be settled with certainty, must have faced a problem from people with an inadequate sense of poetry..
One Mountain, Many Forms
I would argue that the protagonist of Panditaradhya Caritra is not Mallikarjuna Pamdita, but the sacred mountain of Sri Parvata . He found the sacred mountain as the only solace that could bring diverse people together and lead them to a life, single minded and purpose driven.