News item from DC: Prominent Telugu novelist Koduri no more Rajahmundry: Noted Telugu novelist Koduri (Arikepudi) Kowsalya Devi (61) died of a heart attack here on Thursday while she was watching a movie in a theatre. She is survived by two sons and a daughter. She wrote 60 bestselling novels in Telugu, the most popular being Premanagar, Chakra Bramanam, Santi Niketanam, Chakra Vyuham and Sankuteertham. May her soul RIP! - J. K. Mohana Rao