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The Touch by Abburi Chayadevi - Summary and Annotations

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Satavahana University Degree English sem 3-year 2018,2019-20,2020-21 (old syllabus). SRR Govt.Arts& Science College Karimnagar The Touch    స్పర్శ                                     Abburi Chayadevi englishlanguage-lit.blogspot.com The Touch (Sparsha) short story is originally written in Telugu by  Abburi  Chayadevi , a well known Telugu fiction writer. It is translated into English by Jayasree Mohanraj. She worked as a Librarian at JNU, New Delhi. She was born in Rajamundry, A.P. She was awarded Sahitya Akademi award in 2005 for her collection of short stories  Tana Magam   Her stories have been translated into English and Spanish besides many Indian languages. Her stories mainly deal with the women issues, family bonding and gender discrimination.P The Touch – Analysis This is the story about an octogenarian father and his married daughter. It ma...