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Literature is his first love Born in a lower middle class family in Gudivada he rose to the heights that only a few could dream. After his post-graduation in Hindi he went on to complete his Ph.Ds in Hindi and Telugu from Andhra University. So far Mr. Lakshmi Prasad has written over 32 books in Telugu and Hindi and over 100 articles in various newspapers. In Hindi his books comprise biographies of noted poets like Bhairagi, C.Narayana Reddy and Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary and translation of works of Bezwada Gopala Reddy and C.Narasimha Rao. In Telugu he penned the biography of Jayaprakash Narayan and translated the biography of Harivanshrai Bachchan and works of many other authors. But the highlight was the Telugu translation of Bisham Sahani's novel 'Tamas' - and he did it in 22 days! A recipient of Padmasri and Central Sahitya Akademi award, Mr. Lakshmi Prasad says that the appreciation he got from people like Amitabh Bachchan and P.V. Narasimha Rao is much more than the awards. "I could see tears welling up the eyes of Mr. Bachchan when I presented him a copy of his father's biography, and Narasimha Rao wrote a preface comprising 29 pages appreciating my Telugu book on Hindi Sahitya Charitra. What else could one ask for?" Into politics He later took active part in JP's movement for purity in public life and was the district unit president of the Chhatra Sangarsh Committee. "Immediately after the Emergency I found myself at the crossroads. I had to decide whether to continue my academic goals or plunge into full-time politics. Being the eldest son of a large middle class family I decided to put politics in the backseat and joined as lecturer in Nandigama. The political phase resurfaced when I came in touch with the Telugu Desam Party founder, N.T. Rama Rao. I became his Hindi instructor, and NTR's eldest son Harikrishna catapulted me to the Rajya Sabha in 1996." It was Hindi that got him a job and, it was Hindi that put him in close contact with NTR and it was again that language that earned him a good name in Parliament. He earned the appreciation of scholarly political leaders like Narashimha Rao, Atal Behari Vajpayee, Karan Singh and L.K. Advani for his command over the language. Parliament tenure On many an occasion, he raised the issues related to Hindustan Shipyard, Alamatti, cotton growers' plight and capital restructuring for Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. He received accolades from all quarters when he brought to light the plight of the family members of Defence personnel, especially the womenfolk who were being harassed by goondas in New Delhi, as their husbands were busy serving on the borders. |
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