About this blog

 I would like to give a little background to this blog. I have maintained this blog single-handedly for over more than ten years now, for two reasons.The main reason being, to collect and share the word-word meanings, something I am already working on for personal happiness, and secondly, to get feedback and correct, if I misinterpreted anything. So as long as these two purposes are served, it does not matter who I am.
This blog's main intention is to help non-Telugu speaking/understanding, non-Indians who are not familiarised with Telugu culture. I have huge regards for non-Indians trying to understand the meaning of Indian poetry that is centuries old! Indians and Telugu people might find some descriptions redundant and irrelevant.

Originally from India, living in the West has helped me not only in discovering my love for Indian literature and arts, but also given me confidence to blog about it with a unique objectivity.

Even after taking care not to make mistakes, Mistakes Happen,:) . I am proud to accept my mistakes, because I intend to correct them. 

In the past, I gave in to the time-crunch pressure, and in the process failed to do a good research. There is no excuse for it to be repeated again.

I would also like to clarify, I am no Telugu-expert. I hold a doctorate degree in a completely different field(engineering!!) , and have been trying to combine my analytical capabilities, enthusiasm for Telugu language and a personal past-time into something others can also use, refer and benefit through this blog.

What does not matter for this blog: 

It does not matter who I am, for my purpose is not fame or recognition.

It does not matter 

if I am a male or female, for intellect/ understanding is genderless

if I hold a degree, for enthusiasm cannot be verified by certificates

if I got the meaning and gist correct the first time, for I am a learner myself and thriving to improve

if the reader gets the meaning and gist intended right,  for we are all at different levels of spiritual understanding.

What matters to this blog:

I treasure your comments, even if it is something simple, or constructively critical or harsh, for it has helped me
a) boost my enthusiasm to keep going,
b) correct my Telugu,
c) better understand songs and
d) grow as a person.
So thank you all for your time and consideration. Your comments are the ones keeping this blog going.
Of late, due to time constraints I have decided to comment on clarifications/ corrections on translations only. But with full modesty, I treasure "thank you" comments equally, :).

Request for Translations:
 I have tried to keep up with all most all requests for any translations, and luckily, the requests have not gotten too overwhelming, so far.
So please feel free to let me know if you have any particular song that you want translated. I prefer that you mention the song, and provide a link to the lyrics/song, if available. Annamayya has written so many songs that sometimes, two different songs have the same first few words. Hence the request to refer lyrics or a song link.

I must confess that I cannot promise to get it done in less than a month's time, and sometimes even more. I want the requestor to understand this, :).

Copyright Infringement

Just because I have decided to be anonymous does not mean that I don't care how the content I created is used. I have learnt to appreciate and give credit to all that contribute to my content creation, during my graduate studies here in the USA. 

While personally, I request that the content in this blog be not copied or plagiarized without consent and due reference. 

All infringement and plagiarism acts would be treated illegal.

Contact:
I prefer comments, since it is less time consuming, direct and easy for me to respond quickly. But in any case, if anybody wants to contact to clarify, longer comments, please email at annamayya.sankeerthana@gmail.com. Strictly, no spam please.

Enjoy and delve into Annamayya's poetic world of Sankeerthanas!