Ongole Memorial Honors Dalit Poet Paidi Teresh Babu’s Defiance

A memorial meeting was held for the poet Paidi Teresh Babu, who was also called Paidisree.

The meeting took place in Ongole, where he was born.

Prof Dr Pradeep Aglawe said Babu encouraged people to speak against unfair treatment based on caste.

He also said Babu’s writing influenced many other writers.

The speakers discussed how Dalit poetry became stronger in Andhra Pradesh.

They especially mentioned the period after the Karamchedu massacre.

Neelam Nagendra Rao also remembered other important Dalit writers.

Statues of Paidi Teresh Babu and Kalekuri Prasad were noted as important to the Dalit community.