Historical fiction at the core of the discussion

Hyderabad | Thursday | 9th January, 2020

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Sumit Kumar Jha ByExpress News ServiceHYDERABAD: Hussain Sagar lake turned into a temporary literary platform on Saturday, thanks to a discussion titled ‘Historical fiction: Need for a modern approach’ which took place one boat that sailed through the waters for three hours. The discussion was organised by writer Sai Papineni, in the context of his recently launched his book Amaravathi: Through Ages published by Sahithi Prachuranalu. The book, a collection of short stories, captures the historical fiction of the capital city of Andhra Pradesh. “I am a history buff and I used to read lots of historical fiction as well as the historical texts. He is writing a Telugu biographical novel and a book about various stages of cooking..