Chiranjeevi
A Politician Champions the Poor
News sources in India reported last week that the famous actor who goes by the stage name Chiranjeevi has once again taken an interest in the Yanadi. When he temporarily gave up his acting and entered politics ten years ago, his political career became mixed in with the relatively obscure tribal group in Andhra Pradesh. […]
Yanadi Colony Troubles Former Film Star
Indian film superstar Chiranjeevi championed a Yanadi woman, Tupakula Munemma, over two years ago when he founded his Praja Rajyam party and ran, unsuccessfully, for Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He invited her to run for the state legislative assembly in his party, which she did. Last week, Chiranjeevi, the film star turned politician—he was […]
PRP Rallies for Andhra Pradesh Campaign
With the Andhra Pradesh state elections scheduled for mid-April, the Praja Rajyam Party, headed by Indian film star Chiranjeevi, is gearing up for the final days of the campaign. His Yanadi supporter, the outspoken Tupakula Munemma, is still a prominent figure in the party. A story on the party’s website last week described a rally […]
Yanadi Woman Achieves Star Billing
Tupakula Munemma, the Yanadi woman who garnered attention in the Indian press over a month ago when she made a rousing speech at a political convention, is still in the news. At a major convention of the Praja Rajyam Party in Vijayawada, a large city in Andhra Pradesh which is the headquarters of the new […]
Yanadi Woman Mesmerizes a Political Convention
A slight, unpretentious, 30-year old Yanadi woman gave a very effective speech at a political convention near Hyderabad last week and made an enormous impression. She will probably be nominated to be a candidate in upcoming state elections from the new political party that organized the meeting. Tupakula Munemma, a wage laborer from the village […]
