సాహిత్యం · Works of Literature

Poetry, the magazine, and the Friday messages.

Sreenivasa Ainapurapu writes Telugu poetry, edited the Sanghamitra magazine for twelve years, and once sent his colleagues a short message every Friday. One house, three rooms.

Poetry

A Satakam, and the ones still being written.

A Satakam is a Telugu form: a hundred or more verses, each one closing on the same refrain. Sreenivasa has published one and is writing others. Write to him if you would like to read a poem he has already shared, or to arrange a time to hear one read aloud.

శ్రీ వేంకటేశ శతకము · Sri Venkatesa Satakam

Sreenivasa's published Satakam, written on Lord Sri Venkateswara. The book was released at an event on 9 August 2025, and the whole release is on the Sanghamitra YouTube channel.

The verses themselves are not on this site yet. Use the form below and Sreenivasa will send you what he has.

Sreenivasa Ainapurapu speaking during an online event on the Sanghamitra channel
Sreenivasa during an event on the Sanghamitra channel.

A literary talk you can watch today

Sreenivasa on the writing of Viswanatha Satyanarayana, the Telugu novelist and poet given the title Kavisamrat, emperor among poets, and the first Telugu winner of the Jnanpith, India’s highest literary award. It is on the Sanghamitra YouTube channel.

The magazine

The Sanghamitra quarterly, 2004 to 2016.

సంఘమిత్ర, the magazine’s title as he set it విజ్ఞాన, వినోద, వికాస త్రైమాసిక పత్రిక — a quarterly for knowledge, entertainment and progress

An online magazine for knowledge, entertainment and progress, published four times a year in Telugu and in English. Vemana's verses, the songs of Annamayya, the stories behind everyday proverbs, a page from his own diary.

Cover of the first Sanghamitra issue, October 2004
October 2004 — the first issue.
Cover of the Vijaya Dasami 2006 issue
Vijaya Dasami 2006 — 21 pieces online.
Cover of the Sankranti 2007 issue
Sankranti 2007.
Cover of the Ugadi 2009 issue
Ugadi 2009 — 6 pieces online.
Cover of the July 2011 issue
July 2011 — 6 pieces online.
Cover of the Ugadi 2016 issue, the last one
Ugadi 2016 — the last issue.

Seventy-five pieces from eleven issues can be read now. The rest of the magazine is still being put online. Some titles below repeat because they were regular columns, running issue after issue.

  1. Te Our Vemana's poems · July 2011 PDF
  2. Te People's path and word · Vijaya Dasami (October) 2006 PDF
  3. Te The stories behind proverbs · Vijaya Dasami (October) 2006 PDF
  4. Te A page in my diary · Vijaya Dasami (October) 2006 PDF
  5. Te Our Vemana's poems · Vijaya Dasami (October) 2006 PDF
  6. Te People's path and word · July 2006 PDF
  7. Te The stories behind proverbs · July 2006 PDF
  8. Te Our Vemana's poems · July 2006 PDF
  9. Te Tyagayya · Ugadi (spring) 2006 PDF
  10. Te Annamayya · Sankranti (January) 2006 PDF

Friend Messages

A message to colleagues, every Friday.

For two and a half years, while Sreenivasa was working at a large company, he sent his colleagues a short message every Friday: an ethical thought, a small story from life, a lesson worth carrying into the weekend.

It began as the Friday weekend message. Take FRI from Friday and END from weekend, and you have Friend. Word spread, and senior people asked to be put on the list. He wrote them in Telugu and in English, and he still means to gather them into a booklet.

None of them are on this site yet. They will appear here in the order he sent them.

Ask for something to read.

Your note is saved on this site, so it reaches Sreenivasa even when an email to him runs late. It is used only to answer you.