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The pioneer of this movement was , a towering figure whose 1910 story, "Diddubatu" (The Muddle), is widely considered the first modern Telugu short story. Gurajada championed the use of Vyavaharika Bhasha (colloquial language) over the rigid, scholarly Granthika (classical language). This shift democratized literature, making stories accessible to the common man.