Technology And Culture

Technology has become man’s second nature in the modern world. All the walks of life have come under the influence of technology accelerating explorations in human culture and existence. Developments in technology have become important elements in politics with widespread global, economic and socio-cultural implications. By positing technology in a broader cultural, political and socio-economic context, the real relationship between culture and technology can be established. Technology has become a new element in the cultures of the changing communities that have been exploited hitherto. Culture has its technology and it is this technology that enables man to transform his socio-physical environment and his future! In the words of Raymond Williams, ‘culture comprises the whole complex of

.’ is a collection of twelve short stories that portray the life of the writer Gogu Shyamala in Telugu. The innumerable characters: children, young, middle aged and the elders and their struggles entwine with the protagonist. The short stories are translated by individual translators and render universality to the socio-cultural life of the marginalized productive communities of Telangana region. Each of these stories contributes to the aesthetics of the subaltern writing and the author’s journey of self- discovery is refurbishing of a world and a community that has experienced agony, apathy, oppression and exploitation for thousands of years. The characters have an organic connection with the family, community and nature and culminate into the protagonist Ellamm, who is the alter ego of the writer. The texts employ the native idiom and bring out the agony, besides the mirth and joy of the unassumed characters of the productive communities. Gogu Shyamala having worked for about two decades with leftist organizations moves to Hyderabad for reconstructing her life and