BIO-NOTE Dr.Darla Venkateswara Rao, a Madiga by sub-caste from Dalit community, is a Lecturer, Department of Telugu, University of Hyderabad (Central University). He has published dalitatatwikudu (2003), collection of his own poetry. He was one of the editors for Madigacaitanyam (the Madiga Consciousness -1997). It is the first anthology about Madigas written by the Madiga poets themselves. His M.Phil research is on Dr. S.T. Gnananandakavi, a Madiga poet and Padmasree award winner, the prestigious award conferred by the Government of India. He has his Ph.D on Arudra, an eminent progressive writer who brought out Telugu Literary History into 13 volumes. Venkateswara Rao became a Lecturer in the University of Hyderabad where he studied from P.G. to Ph.D. His articles on Dalit issues have been published in various literary journals. He also participated in national seminars and presented papers on different issues of Dalits. Now he is planning to publish the Literary History of Madigas. His poems have been published in many Dalit anthologies. He is running a blog exclusively for Madigas i.e. http://madigakavulu.blogspot.com/ He was honoured with Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Fellowship Award-2007 by Bharatiya Dalita Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.