Gogu Shyamala
Gogu Shyamala is a well-known Telugu language writer and poet whose critically acclaimed works—Nene Balaanni, a biography of T.N. Sadalakshmi the first Dalit woman legislator from Hyderabad and Nallapoddu: Dalitha Sthreela Sahithyam 1921-2002 (Black Dawn: Dalit Women’s Writings) are widely known. English readers know her through the Navayana book, Father Maybe an Elephant and Mother Only a Small Basket but…” (2012). Two of her stories have been translated into English, Hindi and Urdu as part of the Different Tales Series published by Anveshi Hyderabad and Ekalavya Publishers.
