Re: Usage of `boochi' by Soorakavi.

Bapa Rao (brao@pollux.usc.edu)
Fri, 3 Nov 1995 13:59:05 -0800 (PST)

> Kandam:
> boochaa? boochula lOpala
> baachannE pedda boochi, panDlun daanun;
> boochanina ratri veraturu
> baachannanu joochi pagalE veratur.
>
> Needless to say, this displeased the mother.

What a clever and witty poem. I just realized that there is even a
play on "bhaaskaruDu" in the last line.

I wonder if there is a sequel to the story--what became of poor little
baachaayi? Did he turn into a Freudian basket case? Or did he become
an overachieving, but tormented scholar who was forever trying to show
up his father?

Bapa Rao