Satish Chandar is a known Dalit poet, a TV Host and an editor. As a poet, he has published four anthologies of poetry namely Panchama Vedam, Nanna Cycle, Pasupu Jabilli and Adiparvam. Satish Chandar’s ‘Panchama Vedam’ was the first anthology of Dalit Poetry exclusively of one poet in Modern Telugu literature as critics like K.Srinivas have rightly observed. Research was done on his book by the University of Hyderabad on his books of poetry ‘Panchama Vedam’ and ‘Aadiparvam’ for both M.Phil and Ph.D. His book, ‘PANCHAMA VEDAM’ was Prescribed for M.A (Telugu Literature) by Andhra University, Vishakapatnam and the poems in the book always figure in the Curricula of Telugu Literature in most of the universities in Andhra Pradesh. The English Version of ‘PANCHAMA VEDAM’ (The fifth Veda) is part of syllabus for English Literature students in St. Berchmans College, Kerala. It was adjudged as one of the hundred best Telugu writers in the last century by TANA. Other works too drew the attention of poetry lovers and critics received laurels.
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