Unnamed Memoir

Namburi Paripurna was born before India attained independence and witnessed every change that the country went through. Her personal, political and social life are inexorably intertwined. Born a dalit, she married a savarna in the Left movement, was abandoned by him, and raised her three children by herself. She wrote and published her autobiography Velugu daarulu in Telugu in 2017, reflecting the journey of both the Telugu states, Andhra Pradesh and Telengana, their music, literature, cinema and their peoples’ struggle to achieve equality.