Career
A political activist of India"s freedom movement, she was imprisoned during the Quit India movement. She went to jail carrying her two-and-half-year old son, Niyanta. Together, they had nine children: Manorama, Lavanam, Mythri, Vidya, Vijayam, Doctor.Samaram, Niyanta, Doctor.Maru and Nauv.
Her autobiography My Life With Gora was published (in Telugu) in 2012.
She died of lung infection on 19 August 2006 at Vijayawada.