Balivada Kantha Rao

The origins of this website can be traced back to Sunday, the 9th of January, 2000. The events that unfolded that day are best summarized by Balivada’s handwritten note from a few days later, in Telugu, a departure from his normal habit of writing notes in English. “It was a day of great misfortune in my literary life. When I opened the bookshelf in my living room this morning, I noticed termites. On detailed inspection of my treasure inside the…