Tarigonda Vengamamba’s constant state of yoga bhakti, especially as a widowed woman was a subject of belittlement, but her continuous engagement with the divine tattva in the yogic medium best known to her, transformed the saga of her devotion into a yogic sadhana
Prof. Sarada Thallam teaches in the department of English at Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. With more than 27 years of teaching experience, she has published research papers and books in the domains of contemporary literary studies and classical literature. She has presented research papers in many conferences within and outside India. Besides, she has given numerous talks on multiple aspects of literature and culture. She has authored books on African American Women Playwrights, Feminist Hermeneutics and also textbooks on language and literature. She has had her education at the Madras University and University of Hyderabad. A former Fulbright fellow at the University of Wisconsin,-Madison, she has visited the universities of Oxford, Georgia and Emory on academic schedules. Her interests include Gender Studies, Theatre, Performance, Postcolonial Studies, Literary Theory, Translation and Comparative studies. Bhakti literature, especially its women poets are especially closer to her heart!
