కాలరేఖలు

The first part of a long trilogy about Telangana, the novel opens with the festive procession of an Andhra Mahasabha in 1944 and follows the region through the following years: the armed peasant struggle against the landlords, the violence of the Razakars under the Nizam, the police action, the 1952 elections, the Mulki agitation and the push towards a Telugu-speaking state. Seen through the eyes of a guileless boy, the story sets these upheavals beside the daily struggle of ordinary villagers to make a living, the customs of rural Telangana, and the communists, Congressmen and returning landlords who compete for power over them.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

605 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

India, 1940s–1950s

First published

2002 by Pratyusha Pracuranalu

Author's age

61 when first published

ISBN

9788187353065 (original)