Poet Munasa Venkata, associated with nature, water and the oppressed classes, while engaging in his caste-based profession (fishing), has started writing poems in the Telangana dialect on the river bank of the Panagal reservoir of Nalgonda. He made an international mark with his powerful, strong and thought provoking words. 

Venkat has been appreciated by famous Telugu poets including late Sri Sri , late Sri Narayana Reddy and was honoured with Sri Narayana Reddy award two years ago. His literary work "Meda" was translated into English by Manthena Damodara Chary in the name of "Harvest Sheaves"and noted Australian poet Vincent Stead wrote the foreword to it. As Vincent stead stated Munasa Venkat's book is based on the area of the state of Telangana and examines the landscape, society and people, from the viewpoint of someone who lives there. Personal, social, historical and poetic perspectives are utilised by the poet in this examination, so that the reader is gifted with a dynamic insight of Telangana and its interaction with the wider world that transcends the limitations of time and space. 

It may be noted that Venkat was honoured by State government by giving the opportunity of presiding over the first Kavi Sammelanam of Prapancha Telugu Maha Sabalu organised in Hyderabad , four years ago. one of his poems was selected as one of the top five best poems at the competition of International Standard Telugu poems -2021 organized by Calcutta-based Rabindranath Tagore Kavitha Ghar Which received 1292 poems from Telugu poets across the country. 

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