Author’s note: In this story, I have tried to combine the functional genre of ‘Telugu Sameta’ or the Telugu proverb (e.g. koti vidyalu kuti korake )with the folk literary genre of ‘Vachana Sakha’ or Prose Sakha (e.g. Pedaraasi Peddamma Kathalu) to retell the story of Tenali Ramakrishna, a Telugu legacy. Read on to know more... Parvatamma or Pedaraasi Peddamma as she was fondly called in Devarapalle Seri, a small village at a short distance from Tenali, a bustling commercial district in Andhra, hurried to rustle up a frugal but scrumptious dinner consisting of Pappu Charu (lentils gravy), Kobbari Pacchadi...