Popuri lalitha kumari biography

Popuri Lalita Kumari, popularly known by her pen name Volga, is Telugu poet and writer well known for her feminist perspective.
Popuri Lalita Kumari, popularly known by her pen name Volga, is Telugu poet and writer well known for her feminist perspective.
Popuri Lalita Kumari, widely known by her pen name "Volga," is a feminist, Telugu poet, writer, and social activist with an impressive journey.

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Lalitha Kumari

Indian actress

This article is about the actress. For the Indian Baptist missionary, see Lalitha Kumari (pastor). For the writer, see P. Lalita Kumari.

Lalitha Kumari (born 18 May 1967) is an Indian actress who worked in Tamil films. She is the daughter of Tamil actor C. L. Anandan and the younger sister of actress Disco Shanti.

Personal life

Lalitha Kumari married actor Prakash Raj in 1994 and the couple has two daughters and a son (who died in 2004^{[citation needed]}). The couple have got divorced in 2009.

Career life

Lalitha Kumari starred in many movies, alongside the likes of Goundamani, Senthil and other senior actors. She has also played major roles in films such as Manadhil Urudhi Vendum, Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal, Pulan Visaranai and Sigaram.^[3] Lalitha Kumari has performed around 30 films and has made her mark in the Tamil film industry. In 1995, after her marriage to actor Prakash Raj, Kumari left the film industry.

She made her re-entry into Kollywood and South Indian cinema in the Tamil movie Muriy

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Popuri Lalita Kumari, widely known by her pen name "Volga," is a feminist, Telugu poet, writer, and social activist with an impressive journey filled with remarkable achievements. Born in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, Volga followed her passion for literature, earning a Master of Arts in Telugu Literature from Andhra University. After a long teaching stint at Tenali, she worked as the head of the scripting division in Usha Kiran Movies, underscoring her versatility in creative fields. In 1991, she became an integral part of Asmita Resource Centre for Women, an NGO dedicated to addressing women's issues. Volga's literary contributions are celebrated for their profound feminist themes, shedding light on the challenges women, particularly in India, face. Throughout her career, she has authored, co-authored, and translated numerous novels and plays, each a testament to her literary prowess. Among her works are the novels Sweccha (1994), Sahaja (1995), Manavi (1998), Kanniti keratala vennela (1999), Gulabilu (2000), and Rajakiya Kathalu (1993), Prayogam (1995). Her writings

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‘Till you take decisions for Rama’s sake and not yours, it will continue to pursue you, Sita. Look at yourself. You are enduring great pain. You think you are enduring for the sake of someone else. You think that you have performed your duty for the sake of someone else. Your courage, your self-confidence …you have surrendered everything to others. What have you saved for yourself?’

‘What is “I”, sister? Who am I?’

Ahalya smiled.

‘The greatest of sages and philosophers have spent their lifetimes in search of an answer to this question. You means you, nothing else. You are not just the wife of Rama. There is something more in you, something that is your own. No one counsels women to find out what that something more is. If men’s pride is in wealth, or valour, or education, or caste-sect, for women it lies in fidelity, motherhood. No one advises women to transcend that pride. Most often, women don’t realize that they are part of the wider world. They limit themselves to an individual, to a household, to a f