Read the following passage carefully.
His dream and vision were of a new social system. His attitude towards women’s education, social equality, and widow re-marriages are all surprisingly modern.
The year 1911 is significant in the history of modern Telugu literature as the movement for spoken dialect was started by Gidugu and Gurajada.
They paved the path to the modernity of the Telugu language by introducing everyday used words, homely phrases, and commonplace idioms, expressions most familiar to all ears from peasant to the priest, from prince to the poor. The characters in his works are high-spirited and have a modern outlook. His style of writing is simple yet sublime in meaning.
In 1912, being inspired by the work done by Gurajada, the Bangeeya Sahithya Parishat (The Bengal Literary Association) which was run by the legends of Bengal like Rabindranath Tagore, Romesh Chander Dutt, and Syamendra Mohandas, invited Gurajada to attend a meeting at Calcutta now called Kolkata. (Gurajada – The Legend)
Now, answer the following questions.
1. What were his dream and vision?
2. Why was 1911 a significant year?
3. What was the nature of the characters in his works?
4. Who were the legends of Bengal as mentioned in this passage?
5. Why was Gurajada invited to Bengal?
