on rangArawu

Ramakrishna S. Pillalamarri (pkrishna@ARL.MIL)
Mon, 30 Oct 95 11:30:02 EST

The little exchange between pAlana (is this word - sarwa-capitals?) and
Ari sItArAmayya, prompts (no, implores me ) to recall one of the 'bApu
car-tunes' that he used to come up with on movie-people, back in 60's.
The one he penned on rangArAwu is quite memorable. But before that,
"hisTariilu ra'vu, siviksulu ra'vu,..." reminded me a joke I heard wher
the officer says, (must be in Calcutta) "The office is full of Chatterjees,
Mukherjees, and Benarjees, but nobody has any energy!"

When I recounted this to a Pillalamarri Benarjee whom I met at TANA,
he related another one,

Mukherjee, CHantterjee and Nenarjee are short forms for Mukhopadhyaya,
Chattopadhyaya, and Bandopadhyaya. And these mean, repectively, the
principal (mukhya-), the teacher (chOTa upAdhyAya), and the guy who
locks up the school at the end of the day (band- close).

Back to the ditty on rangArAwu

klishTa pAtrallO catu-rangA rAwu
dushTa pAtrallO krU-rangA rAwu
haDala goTTE bhayanka-rangA rAwu
hAyi golipE Tingu-rangA rAwu
alarincE vilAsa-rangA rAwu
romAnsulO pUla-rangA rAwu
manishi madhu-madhu-rangA rAwu
mATallO maha camatkA-rangA rAwu
katha nirbalam ayitE hAvabhAvAlu pAtra pa-rangA rAwu
kaLLakkaTTinaTTu kanabaDEdi utti yaSvI-rangA rAwu
Ayana SailI, ThIvI anyulaka sulabhangA rAwu
okkokka sAri DailAgullO mAtram yama kangA-rangA rAwu

Ramakrishna