{"id":164,"date":"2022-02-02T11:09:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T11:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talscouts.org\/blog\/?p=164"},"modified":"2025-07-31T11:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:24:06","slug":"advocating-learning-in-the-regional-language-of-telugu-a-prominent-indian-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taltransformers.org\/blog\/advocating-learning-in-the-regional-language-of-telugu-a-prominent-indian-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocating learning in the regional language of Telugu (a prominent Indian language)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In conversation with Suresh Kosaraju of Manchi Pustakam, a non-profit promoting Telugu language reading<\/strong><\/h2>\n


\nDo good for society but don’t think of it as a service. Consider it your responsibility.<\/p>\n

That’s the golden advice Mr. Suresh Kosaraju, an advocate and promoter of Telugu literature among children, hands out to our young do-gooders.<\/p>\n

In our first episode of TALYouth Hour, which introduces leaders in social advocacy, social entrepreneurship, and philanthropy, we interviewed Mr. Suresh Kosaraju, co-founder, and trustee, Manchi Pustakam. He emphasized the need to bridge achievement gaps in education and the role of books in this conversation.<\/p>\n

A postgraduate in agricultural science, he is also associated with grassroots initiatives related to natural resources management and rural livelihoods.<\/p>\n

With a simple goal of improving children’s reading proficiency in Telugu, he, along with his team, founded Manchi Pustakam. It translates to a \u201cgood book\u201d in English.<\/p>\n

“Our objectives were only to promote books in Telugu [language] for children. That’s as simple as that,” he said unassumingly. “I must say and emphasize that we are not trying to change the entire world. In the sense that we do not have very big goals. We are also trying to help those who want to learn Telugu.”<\/p>\n