not have money to light up little dish lamps for Deepavali celebrations and buy clothes. The crux of the plot was the husband's attempt to commit a crime and the wife curbing his ill-advised plan. In 1901, with the help of her brother, Acchamamba compiled several stories on Indian women and published them into the book Abaala Saccharitra Ratnamala. These inspirational stories depicted the beauty, bravery and conviction of 34 Indian women, belonging to a period of 1000 years, through their biographies. Excerpts of this book were published in Kandukuri Veeresalingam's socio-economic journal Chintamani. In her story Khana, Acchamamba retrieves the life of Khana, the wife of the famous Indian astronomer and mathematician Varaha Mihira, who acquired great proficiency in poetry, astrology and astronomy. She traveled extensively and spoke with several scholars. References Sources Satyavati, Kondaveeti. (Bhandaru Acchamamba. First Telugu Story writer. Article). Tharu,Susie and Lalita K. Eds. Women's Writing in India. Volume 2 The Twentieth Century.(1993). The Feminist Press. Malathi, Nidadavolu. (Bhandaru Acchamamba. Outstanding life and work of Bhandaru Acchamamba. 1874 births 1905 deaths Telugu women writers Telugu writers 19th-century Indian short story writers 19th-century Indian women writers 19th-century Indian historians Indian women essayists 19th-century Indian essayists People from Krishna district Scholars from Andhra Pradesh Feminist historians Women writers from Andhra Pradesh Women historians Writers in British India