Alladi Uma and M Sridhar were professors, Department of English, University of Hyderabad when they took early retirement. They have been translating from Telugu to English for over twenty-five years. Among their important translations are Ayoni and Other Stories, Katha, 2002, Untouchable Spring by G Kalyana Rao, Orient Blackswan, 2010, Mohana! Oh Mohana and Other Poems by K Siva Reddy, Sahitya Akademi, 2007 and Sorajjem by Akkineni Kutumbaran, Orient Blackswan, 2016. They are involved with the Alladi Memorial Trust that supports the education, health and legal needs of the underprivileged.
