Mercy Margaret Boda is an assistant professor at Bharat College, Hyderabad. A jury member for Telangana State Cultural Department Poetry Programs (2017), Mercy’s first published book of poetry anthology was – Matala Madugu. She won the Chamspandana Sahithya Award (2016), Penna Sahithya Award(2016) & Kendra Sahithya Akademi Yuva Puraskar( 2017). Her works in Telugu have been translated into Hindi, English, Kannada, Malayalam , Tamil & Odia.