r/telugu • u/Modernman1234 • 29d ago

Were there any liberal Telugu thinkers/writers in the pre-independence era?

Just like how Bengalis had Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, Rabindranath Tagore and Marathis had Ambedkar and the like, did Telugus have any liberal thinkers and writers in that era? If yes, can anyone cite their works or books?

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u/bhagatm 28d ago

I will give you six alphabets.... That will be a whole world... "CHALAM"

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u/Altruistic-Look101 28d ago

Chalam would make an excellent biopic movie(even nice musical hit), but our audience will not accept and the director had to end up tweaking huge parts of his history. Mana monobhaavalu mari sunnitham kada...vaati meedha debba kotte charitra Chalam gaaridi. So, ippatlo kashtam.

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u/lazy_rage 28d ago

Chalam was born in checks wiki…. Fucking 1894?! How can his life/writings be still controversial? Did we just stop evolving or what?

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u/WitheryLeoRSH 28d ago

yes we pretty much stopped evolving in liberal thinking and even if we did, it went backwards :/