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- Kakinada District Representative, September 28 (Punnami News): The Telugu Department of Government Degree College organized a grand celebration of the birth anniversary of the famous Telugu poet and social activist Gurram Joshua.
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Kakinada District Representative, September 28 (Punnami News): The Telugu Department of Government Degree College organized a grand celebration of the birth anniversary of the famous Telugu poet and social activist Gurram Joshua. The college principal Dr. N. Manimala attended the program as the chief guest. On this occasion, the college principal and teachers garlanded the portrait of Gurram Joshua and paid tributes. Addressing the program, Principal Dr. N. Manimala said that Gurram Joshua created awareness among the people on issues like social inequalities, untouchability, and caste discrimination through his works. He said that his literature is inspiring to establish equality, humanity, and social justice in the society. College Vice Principal Mulli. Shekhar said that Joshua’s works have a special place in Telugu literature and suggested that students should know Joshua’s life story, literary work, and social perspective. Telugu teacher Kotla. Lakshmi Prasanna said that Gurram Joshua moved away from the emotional poetry style that is the trend of contemporary poetry and wrote with a social purpose in mind. He said that Gurram Joshua received honors where he faced criticism. Dr. Y. Padma, M. Rakesh Raj, Dr. J. Sivakrishna, K. Satya Ganesh, Dr. G. Jhansi, B. Srinivasa Rao, N. Anand, K. Kirti and faculty and non-teaching staff and students participated.
