It is very rare to find a lady writer in the world of Telugu literature, who writes a novel or a story that manifests the issues related to agriculture and ecological balance. It’s not that simple to maintain a taut script without disturbing the theme. For that, one has to study extensively about the issues relevant to story line and possess excellent command on cultures and colloquial languages used in different parts of Andhra Pradesh. Chandra Latha comes under this category. She is a specialist in choosing a dry topic or a burning issue and weaving a story to present the topic in a double-edged manner.

Telugu Association of North America (TANA) established in the year 1977, conducted a competition on Telugu novel, for the first time in the year 1997, with a prize money of Rs.1,20,000. Ms. Chandra Lata won the prize for her novel “Regadi Vittulu”.

This was the second novel written by 35-year-old Chandralatha from Nellore, whose previous writing efforts include a previous prize-winning story, an anthology of 25 short stories, "nenoo naannanavuthaa'and completion of Sri Naarla Venkateswara Raavu's 'puraana vairaagyam'. Since 1993 she has been writing stories and they have been published in Telugu periodicals. Her first novel was “Vardhani” (1996), a beautiful story based on Child Psychology. One expects great things to come from this writer in future. If you are a Telugu, then you must read one of her writings.

Address:
Paidi Chandra Latha
Sridhar Children Hospital,
Pogathota, Nellore-524 001,
Andhra Pradesh-INDIA.