Draft:V Raja Ram Mohan Rao

V Raja Ram Mohan Rao
V Raja Ram Mohan Rao.. (born 1946) is an Indian author who predominantly works in Telugu. Currently living in Hyderabad, he has penned 23 novels and more than 330 short stories. He had written and dedicated a few works to his pen name "Aarthi". Some of his works have been translated into other Indian languages like Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi.

Early life & Education
He was born in Rajahmundry at an American hospital in 1946. He grew up in a traditional Hindu family; his father is a teacher, and his mother is a classical singer. His formative years happened in Eluru, and Tadepalligudem grew up under the guidance of his grandparents. He completed his primary education in Eluru and later joined to pursue AMI in Bandar.

Personal life and Academic career
After receiving a job in the Indian railways, he shifted to Hyderabad in 1965 at the age of 19 and worked in Kacheguda, Secunderabad, and Hyderabad railway stations. In 1969, he was married in Hyderabad, and the couple has three children. After reaching retirement age, he retired from his service.

Out of personal interest, he has participated in the Goa International Film Festival for the last 40 years.

Author
His love for writing began during his school years; during higher schooling, he and his friend Kumaraswamy collaborated on a detective novel, which was shelved later.

After shifting to Hyderabad in 1965, at the age of 19, he wrote his first story, "Oka Kshanam", which got published in Krishna Patrika, as mentioned in a media interaction. He then started writing seriously and got his works published in Krishna Patrika, Andraprabha, Swathi, and other prime-time news editions over the past decades .Recevied Many literary awards

He draws his major influences from Gudipati Venkata Chalam, Malladi Ramakrishna Shastry, and Palamuri Padmaraju.

His subject themes are poverty, sex, relationships, social stigma, metropolitan nature, and human behaviour. few of his real-time incident inspirations are "Varadha" over floods in Machilipatnam, "Maro Pravaham" over homless roadside people at Hyderabad Railway Station, and "Anukshanam" over slum life in towns like Eluru.

Novels
He had written over 23 novels till 2023 as furbished below

Short Stories
more than 300 short stories as listed