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Telugu
Vocabulary
Test
TAMA will conduct vocabulary contest for our Telugu children and finalists will compete at National level at the TANA Conference in Detroit on
07/02/2005
Date and venue for ATLANTA CONTEST will be announced
shortly
TAMA WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH PARENTS OF THE FINALISTS TO MEET PART OF THEIR EXPENSES TO DETROIT
1. There are 4 categories for the competition. 3-4 Years (children living in the US for three or more years) 5-10 Years (children living in the US for three or more years) 11-17 Years (children living in the US for three or more years) Experts - (under 17 years of age children who immigrated fromAndhara Pradesh within the last 3 years - all one
category)
2. There is no specific list of words for any
category.
3. The following dictionaries are considered as standards for the competition - Telugu to English Dictionary by C. P. Brown - English to Telugu Dictionary by C. P. Brown - vyaavahaarika bhaashaa
padakOSamu# by Budaraju
Radhakrishna.
Those are interested in participating vocabulary contest may please contact:
Sreedevi Dothithota @
d_sreedevi@gmail.com
or 770-645-3983
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May
2005 sAhiti
sadassu
- A Successful event -
Image
Gallery
 TAMA
conducted sAhiti
sadassu
on May 15th, 2005. About 30
members participated in this
event. It is very
encouraging fact that kids
also are participating in
these events.
The sadassu
started with the
a song from "AMdhra
kAhaLi"
CD released by "Silicon
Andhra" organization.
It is a collection of songs
by SrI
devulapalli
kRshNa
sAstri
gAru.
Everyone just loved the
songs.
Some of the members even
requested for the CD copies.
Complete Report of
this event can be found on Literary
Section of this website.
The
next
item
was
chi.Aravind's
naration
of
famous
"Avu
puli"
katha.
It
was
well
received
and
it
reflects
the
hard
work
of
his
parents
in
passing
on
the
telugu
language
and
culture
to
the
next
generation.
Aravind
also
rendered
some
poems
from
"KrishNa
SatakaM".
Kudos
to
Aravind
and
his
parents.
Sri
Turaga
Gopal
presented
the
ever
green
"SrI
nagajA
tanayaM"
hari
katha
from
the
movie
"vAgdAnaM".
It
is
very
difficult
to
even
pronounce
some
of
the
lines
in
that
song.
Gopal
did
a
great
Job.
It
was
nice
of
him
to
have
selected
a
different
and
off
beat
item,
which
was
apt
for
the
occassion.
SrI
kAsyapa
and
Smt.
AruNa
presented
few
poems
written
by
kasyapa's
grand
father,
who
is
also
a
freedom
fighter.
The
subject
was
about
"palanATi
paurushaM".
The
poems
are
true
gems
and
the
tune
given
by
kAsyapa
and
AruNa
enhanced
to
beauty
of
the
poems.
Smt.
Aruna,
who
is
a
classical
singer,
also
presented
"muddugArE
yasOda"
annamAcArya
song.
It
was
simply
great.
Sri
OlETi
rAvu
gAru
brought
the
humor
angle
to
the
event
with
his
story
kAru
kashTAlu.
It
evoked
instant
humor
and
everone
enjoyed
it.
Sri
ramesh
duvvUri
read
an
article
written
by
"SrI
koDavaTigaMTi
rOhiNI
prasAd"
(son
of
famous
telugu
writer
SrI
koDavaTigaMTi
kuTuMbarAvu
gAru).
It
is
about
how
to
conduct
successful
telugu
cultural
programs.
It
is
very
interesting
and
has
great
guidelines
for
all
pravAsa
aMdhrulu.
Thanks
to
ramesh
for
bringing
this
article.
Sri
ramEsh
duvvUri
and
Smt.
SEshu
kumAri
also
presneted
few
private
songs
which
were
well
received.
Their
son
SrikrishNa
renedered
a
poem
that
was
also
well
received.
Phani
presented
Dr.vENu
Dasigi's
kavita
(written
30
years
ago
by
vENu).
It
was
very
interesting.
Phani
also
read
SrI
dEvulapalli
kRshNa
sAstri
gAri
"mA
vUru
pOyiMdi"
katha
/
vyAsaM.
Later
on
PhaNi
read
his
own
story
"kAsipilli
mAmma".
All
items
were
well
received.
Miss.
SridEvi
presented
a
song
written
and
composed
by
her
mother.
It
was
very
nice.
Mementos
were
presented
to
the
previous
"padabaMdhaM"
winners
Sri
Turaga
Gopal
&
AparNa
and
to
chi.Aravind.
The
program
ended
with
another
song
from
"Amdhra
kAhaLi"
CD.
The
feedback
received
for
this
event
was
excellent.
Thanks
to
Krishna
Mohan
Pinnamaneni
and
Bala
Indurti
for
preparations.
Thanks
to
Adi
Chinnathimma
and
Sridevi
Dadithota
for
taking
the
event
photos.
Thanks and Regards,
PhaNi
DokkA
Literary Coordinator - TAMA
2005
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Dear Telugu lovers of Atlanta,
Thank you for attending our first sAhitI sadassu of 2005. See Image Gallery
About 25 people attended the sadassu. SrI nEmAni sOmayAjulu and SrI vENu dasigi presented their poems.
 Smt.
Laksmi
vEdala,
Smt.
aruNa,
sumIr
nEmAni,
SrI.
RamEsh
DuvvUri,
SrI
SudhAkar
VallUripalli
and
SrI
GOpal
Turaga
presented
a
few
good
songs.
Sri
rAo
OlETi
and
PhaNi
Dokka
read
their
stories.
"sIsa
padyAM"
of
SrI.nEmAni
sOmayAjulu
is
really
superb.
SrI
vENu
daSigi's
effort
in
translating
vEmana
padyAlu
to
English
is
commendable.
It
is
very
difficult
to
get
to
the
heart
of
the
poem's
meaning
(especially
in
vEmana
padyAM,
which
speaks
universal
truth
in
a
short
poem),
in
only
few
lines.
But
SrI
vEnu's
translation
is
very
good
and
caught
the
pulse
of
the
original
poem.
SrI
OlETi
rAvu's
short
story
"dalInder"
is
hilarious.
SrI.
ramesh
duvvUri
read
an
interesting
article
by
SrI.koDavaTigaMTi
kuTuMba
rAvu
gAru,
written
in
the
40's.
It
is
regarding
the
"Future
Course
of
Indian
Languages".
The
content
is
valid,
even
today.
PhaNi
DokkA
read
a
story
by
the
same
author
(SrI.koDavaTigaMTi
kuTuMba
rAvu
gAru)
written
in
the
30's.
The
story
was
about
how
to
get
a
template
for
a
story,
titled
"sample
story".
It
was
well
received
by
the
audience.
Andy's
Indian
Grill
has
provided
snacks
&
tea,
which
were
equally
good.
We
thank
SrI
guruvA
reddy
gAru
for
hosting
this
literary
meet.
We
thank
Viju
Chiluveru
for
covering
the
event.
Thanks
to
Vice
President
SrI.Bala
Indurti
and
President
SrI
PinnamanEni
krishNamOhan
for
arranging
this
event
and
for
their
continued
support
for
literary
events.
Sri
Turaga
Gopal
&
AparNa
and
Sri
Cherukumilli
Srinivas
&
SyAmala
have
won
the
saMkrAMti
"padabaMdhaM"
contest.
Congratulations
to
them.
TAMA
will
mail
their
gifts
soon.
See
you
all
in
the
next
meeting.
Thanks,
PhaNi
DokkA,
TAMA
Literary
Coordinator
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2005
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Telugu heritage and literature are given extreme
importance by TAMA. Several activities are organized to relive
our great culture and traditions. TAMA quarterly
magazine
TAMA publishes a
magazine to encourage the community members to keep in touch Telugu
Language and literature in general. Short stories, poems, jokes,
drawings, facts, etc are published catering to all age groups
and interests. Efforts are being made to encourage youth to
reader this regularly and contribute to it. Facilities are
available to translate from English (if necessary) and compose
in Telugu. Send you work of literature to the Coordinator. If
you are sending drawings, please note that they should be in
black and white drawn with thin marker or dark pencil. If you
are sending images with your article or poem, send the original
and not a photocopy.
Please click here to get the PDF version of the Magazine
TAMA
Directory
Published annually
this directory contains names and addresses of most of the Atlanta Telugu community
members. You may send your name, address, names of family
members, etc., if you have not submitted earlier. Members can
pick up a free copy of the directory at the next event. Please
note that these directory can not be mailed due to high postage.
Sahithi Sadassu (Literary Meet)
Poetry (Kavithalu) and Literature Work is presented by writers
and lovers of literature who meet at least once in a quarter.
Everybody is welcome present their work or simple to join in and
enjoy it. It is a great source of keeping your hobby alive or to
get inspired and write a piece of poem or a short story. Send an
email to literary coordinator to know more about this activity.
TAMA Telugu Calendar
TAMA publishes a calendar in Telugu and distributes it to paid members and non-members. TAMA calendar has list of festivals, almanac, etc. like any
other Telugu calendar available in India. Vishwanath Dasari attended VIP fund raising lunch arranged by TAMA executive committee and expressed interest in sponsoring Calendar. Vishwanath Dasari & Bala Indurti
were involved in Calendar design and provided required information to
TeluguOne. Vishwanath Dasari coordinated with TeluguOne to print and ship the calendars for TAMA Sankranthi function. First time we are able to distribute multicolor 2005 TAMA Calendars for free.
TAMA thanks Vishwanath Dasari (ObjectNet) and Vijay Mallampati (TeluguOne) for their contribution for this major event.
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