nEnu vizag veLLina pratee saaree, AnjanEyulu gaaranE paatrikEyuDu
friend_nu kalavaDam aanavaayitee. alaa kalisinappuDallaa nEnu aayannO, aayana
nannO bar_ki teesukeLLaDam kooDaa aanavaayiteenE. pOyinasaari alaanE bar_ki
veLLEm. aa rOju tanu hOsToo nEnu gesToo avvaDam valla aayanE waiter_ni
vediki kEkEsEru.
waiter vaccintarvaata tana drink ceppi, naa vaipu coostoo,
"neevE mandu"vannaaraayana naaTakeeyangaa.
nEnu venTanE taDumkOkunDaa,
"adEnTanDee, alaa aDigEru! manadi okE mandani marcipOyaaraa?" annaanu.
daanikaayana,
"howrah! nuvvu gorrevavvaDamE kaaka nannu kooDaa andulO kalipEvE!" ani
baadhagaa moham peTTi, "nuvvu foreign brands_ki alavaaTu paDDaavEmOnani.." ani
sanjaayishee kooDaa iccukunnaaru.
ee saari india keLLinappuDu, ilaanTi camatkaaraalu kudaravanukunTE
kooDaa naaku baadhagaa unTundi.
maa soorya-naaraayaNa kaasta modern kaabaTTi maree anta baadha
paDutunnaaDu gaanee, migataa evarikee pedda ibbandEm unDakapOvaccu
anukunnaanu modaTa. ee madhya naa kavi mitruDokaDu vraasina uttaram
coosintarvaata aa abhipraayam maarindi.
ee liquor ban amallOki vaccindaggarnuncee AP lO kavula output
vipareetangaa paDipOyindaTa. deentO jeevanOpaadhi kOlpOyina caalaa mandi
kavulu aalkahaalikulam elaanoo kaalEmu, kaneesam haalikulamannaa avudaamani
palle paTTu cErutunnaaraTa. of course, dESavaaLee saruku dorakkapOdaa anE
aaSa kooDaa kontunDavaccanukOnDi. (aitE, ilaa bottigaa anubhavam lEni
kavulaki kavulukistE polaalu paaDavutaayani, kaa'mandu'lu venukaaDutunnaaraTa!)
with hind-sight, i think this plight (flight?) was only to be expected.
allasaani peddana gaaru kavulakkaavaalsina saamaagri O lisTu vraaSaaraTa.
kaakapOtE peddana gaaru maree "paatakaalam manishi" kaabaTTi maanchi bhojanam,
miThaayi kiLLeeloo unTEcaalu, vraasEyagala mannaaruTa. ( "ramaNee priya
dootika"ni manam coosee-cooDanaTTu oorukOvaali. entainaa prabandha-kaalam,
prabandhapu buddhuloonoo! ) nEnanukOvaDam SrInaathuDi kaalaaniki aa
kavi-saamaagri lO lanka-pogaaku cuTTalu cEripOyE unTaayani. ika SrISrI gaari
gurinci ceppEdEmundi. vaari jagannaatha-rathaaniki aalkahaaloo, mElirakam
tobacco indhanaalani telisinavaaru "vadanti".
(konta kaalam kritam, evarO sinee-kavi "ganjaayi dammu biginci
koDitE.." ani paaDinaTTunnaaDu kaanee, that's an entirely different class
of burning desires. adi ee vyaasam paridhulni daaTutundi.)
madras lO irukkupOyina telugu cine-industry_ni telugu
naaTiki laakku raavaDaaniki manam cEstunna prayatnaalaki ee nishEdham goDDali
peTTanee, antE kaakunDaa cine-bhaayillaagaanE, mana kavulu (siTeellO
migilinavaaLLu) kooDaa E Bombay lOnO Bangalore lOno settle ayyE
pramaadamundanee vaartalostunnaayaTa.
(guDDilO mellani, ee prohibition mana "ugaadi kavula"ni E maatram
affect cEyalEdaTa. ugaadiki O vaaram rOjula kritamE, vEpa cigurlu tini, kOkila
koojitaalu vini nootana samvatsarapu utsaaham teccukuni kavitalu vraasEvaarni
ugaadi kavulanTarani kadaa Sriramana gaaru ceppindi.)
- rao
(still going.. going.. )