Muppala Ranganayakamma

Muppala Ranganayakamma (Telugu: ముప్పల రంగనాయకమ్మ) mononymously known as Ranganayakamma (born 1939) is a leading Telugu Feminist-Marxist writer and critic.

Ranganayakamma was born in Bommidi village near Tadepalli in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.^[1]

To date, she has written about 15 novels, 70 short stories and many essays. The main theme in her works is gender equality and the depiction of women's family life in India.

She is best known for her work Ramayana Vishavrukshamu, published in 1974, criticizing the Hindu epic Ramayana. This book was a three volume series with each volume running up to 700 pages. ^[2]She won the Andhra Pradesh Government Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel 'Balipitham' in 1965.

Literary works

• Janaki Vimukti (జానకి విముక్తి)
• Rachayitri (రచయత్రి)
• Balipeetam (బలిపీఠం)
• Krishnaveni (క్రిష్ణవేణి)
• Pekamedalu (పేకమేడలు)
• Koolina Godalu (కూలిన గోడలు)
• Stree (స్త్రీ)
• Ide Naa Nyayam (ఇదే నా న్యాయం)
• Chaduvukunna Kamala (చదువుకున్న కమల)
• Kala Enduku (కల ఎందుకు)
• Sweet Home (స్వీట్ హోం)
• Andhkaramlo (అంధకారం)

Though she is very aggressive regarding Hindu mythological epics, she never dared to touch the mythological epics of other religions. She knows well the consequences if she does to other religions what she did to Hindu religion.

She also preached Coliving as she has been living with Mr Gandhi who is 12 years younger to her without marrying him and she does this under the same roof where her sons and daughter-in-laws live together. Thus she can be hailed as a great lady who turned down the male dominated social fabric

References

1. ^ Political Biography of Ranganayakamma
2. ^ About some books

External links

• Works by or about Muppala Ranganayakamma in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

Persondata
Name	Muppala, Ranganayakamma
Alternative names
Short description	Indian, Telugu language novelist
Date of birth	1939
Place of birth	India
Date of death
Place of death