Yes! These Jena's claim that they are descendents of
Kshatriya's - in fact they have that dynamism - they are
aggressive. Most of them have those leadership qualities of
the ra'ja's. They side with either Oriyas or Telugus.
A teacher of mine used to call them "gabbila'lu" (sorry to
bring that here). I asked that teacher why he called them
"gabbila'lu". Then he narrated the story and the story goes
like this:
Long long ago there was a war between the birds and
mammals. In this battle, the mammals won. Then the bats
joined the mammals saying that they belong to that group.
After some time, another war between the mammals and birds
(aves) broke out. This time, the aves won. Then the bats
joined the birds claiming that they can fly and so they
belong to the avian community. Surprisingly, in neither
wars the bats participated.
This duryOdhana jena character I brought out is real.
This gentleman was the sarpanch of a village and later
contested for the legislative assembly. He used to speak
fantastic Telugu and Oriya languages. I never bothered to
find out to which community he belonged. In fact, his sons
were my classmates. I asked one of his boys why his dad
was named after duryOdhana. Then he told me that his
ancestors faught in the Mahabharata war. A friend of mine,
Mr. Ippili Bhaskararao, overheard that and loudly said
"aitE mEmu ja'grattaga' umDa'lira' mii daggara." He got
very upset.
Any way - ra'ma'yaNamlO piDakala vETa la' ii kadhOkaTi.
--pa'lana
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