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Krishnamoorthy Ll.B., D.J. D.B.1926 Place: Bezwada
KRISHNAMOORTY, last member of the Dasu generation headed by Dasu
Kesava Rao, was born to Varalakshamma and TriviKrama Rao, on 1 July,
1926 in Bezwada on the banks of the sacred Krishna River at the foot
of the Indrakiladri hill from the height of which Swayambhu Kanaka
Durga extends a protective arm to its population. He was an
indifferent student but when he finished his college education in
journalism he was declared first in Osmania University. Earlier he
graduated in law from the University of Bombay. He was teaching at
Osmania University when he married Madhura Bharati (d/o P Krishnamurthy born on 21-12-1937) on 2-2-1957 at Bapatla. She died on 5th Dec 2001 at Hyderabad.

He began his career working for city dailies like The Hyderabad
Bulletin, The Deccan Chronicle, The Sentinel and The Daily News. He
joined The Indian Express in 1959 when it opened an edition at
Vizayawada. After nine years he left the Madras newspaper and joined
the Times of India at Ahmedabad which he left after seven months to
join a leftist newspaper at Delhi, where he retired as Assistant
Editor after 15 years in1984. In the same year he took up a five-year
assignment as an Associate Professor at Indian Institute of Mass
Communication, New Delhi. Then he moved to Hyderabad where he became a
member of the visiting faculty at the University of Hyderabad. He left
it after ten years when he lost his wife and had to migrate to the
United States. He visited Americas, Britain, the Soviet Union and
Iraq. He is the editor of three collections of Telugu short stories
translated into English.
Retired Asst.Editor Patriot, Associate Professor IIMC. Krishnamoorty retired as assitant editor of Patriot and associate professor of journalism at Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi where he was also a senior political commentator with All India Radio.