C Nageswara Rao Passes Away

Senior journalist and writer Chandur Nageswara Rao, husband of popular writer and columnist Malathi Chandur, died on Tuesday morning at a private hospital in Chennai. He was 90 years old.

According to information reaching here, Nageshwara Rao had been suffering from various ailments since the past one month. As his condition had worsened, he was shifted to ICU and was put on ventilator.

His body will be kept at Kachery Road in Mylapur to enable his vast number of admirers pay homage. The last rites of Chandur Nageswara Rao will be performed today at 3 pm at Reginchi Beasant Nagar.

Dubbing artiste Ghantasala Ratnakumar, All India Telugu Association President CMK Reddy and popular writer Mullapudi Venkata Ramana visited his residence to pay tributes.

Hailing from Nuzivedu in Krishna district, Chandur Nageswara Rao shot into the limelight as a potential writer with his short stories and mini-novels published in various magazines when he was barely 20 years old. With his brilliant display of flair in creative writing, he translated many books from English to Telugu and vice-versa.

After settling down at Chennai (Madras), he published a quarterly Kathaaveedi and Mali, a monthly which was re-designated as Jagathi.

He has also been a frequent broadcaster of talks on topics of cultural and social relevance from the Akashvani Studios of Madras. He is credited with publishing about 30 volumes of original works and almost an equal number of translations.

The Lok Nayak Foundation, founded by noted writer Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad (Associate Professor, AU Department of Hindi, and former member of Rajya Sabha), presented an award and a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh to Malathi and her husband Chandur Nageswara Rao.

The award is given annually to eminent Telugu writers or poets, or persons credited with service for the cause of Telugu literature.

Courtesy: INN