28-04-2025
Retired police officer launches collection of short stories
The launch of 'A', a collection of short stories by retired police officer and author Chilukuri Rama Umamaheshwara Sarma, was held on Sunday at the Jubilee Hills International Centre.
The event saw the presence of senior journalist K. Srinivas, Sahitya Akademi Award-winning children's writer Pattipaka Mohan, authors Mohammed Khadeer Babu and Unudurthi Sudhakar, as well as writers Manasa Edluri and Sujata Elpuri.
Speaking at the launch, the guests praised the diversity, realism, humanistic perspective, engaging narrative style, and subtle humour woven throughout the work. The speakers further pointed out that each story adopts a different style of narration, resisting any formulaic pattern, and offering sharp insights into human nature and hidden motives with apparent ease.
'A' is Sarma's second book following his retirement, after a policing career spanning over three and a half decades. His first work, 'Nenu Shaanta Kuda – O Jeevana Katha', was well received.
