On Fri, 16 Feb 1996, Ramakrishna S. Pillalamarri wrote:
> Jampala sagte (idi SrInivAsa dOshamu) - "My,my! Sreenivas did indeed succeed
> in starting a flame war, right here" in River City, that starts with a
> P, that rhymes with T, which stands for Trouble - I mean Telusa. (Confused
> souls are referred to rent/borrow the video "Music Man").
>
> People used to refer to impossible events with the twin refrains, "when it
> is a cold day in hell", or "when Sreenivas starts a flame war", ...
>
It has been pointed out to me that my previous remarks could be
intepreted to mean that I suggested that Sreenivas threw the first flame
here. No I didn't mean that at all. I was kind of following up on
Srinivas's pun in his original post. Neither do I think we have a full
fledged flame war either, though we may be seeing the beginings of one.
What Srinivas did was to ask a question (though he was questioning a
figure revered by some) that is bound to be controversial. He did not say
anything denigrative of anybody. I do not consider his post a flame.
Veluri's response is also bound to be controversial, for he also
showed the same irreverence to a revered figure. NO doubt that them were
fighting words. But, here again it is a statement highly relevant to the
thread, and no personalities were involved.
I would have been pleased to see a vigorous response that argued why
chinnaya soori's contributions to Telugu be revered. In stead, what I saw
was a post that impugned the Telugu knowledge of Veluri and Srinivas,
likened them to brats questioning the natural order of things, and
admonished them for being involved in 'nirupayOgamaina' vivaadamulu, as if
all the other things that we are involved in this forum were more
beneficial than engaging in that particular thread. That seemed to me to be
outside of the rules of engagement for this group.
Enough of an explanation of a previous post!
Now let me turn to the protruding cheek of my prastuta mitra:
> Yet, strong words beseech a strong response! As in when he says "a strong
> herbicide sometimes helps with the weeds)." Tut, tut, that is neither PC,
> nor "green"! Strong herbicides eventually leach into our lakes, streams, and
> assorted waterways. And into our food chain. And lead to gene and behavior
> mutations; don't they?
>
> That too is outside the purview of this group. Somehow I am not able
> get on track.
>
> Let me try.
>
> "tAmu cEyagaligina" - indu "cE" "jE"-yagunA? yagadA? dOshAnvEshaNa
> kupakramincitini. intakanna nEmiyu kanupinca lEdu.
>
> aTnunci narukkoddAm. "samSayamu"lunDavaccunu. kAni vATini samasyalugA,
> bhAvimpaka, nija-pratibhA-pradarSanOddIpakArakamulugA mArcukoninacO
> bAgugA nunDunu. AnglEyulandurE, "when you are dealt lemons, make lemonade!"
>
(Let me borrow from another sacred cow.)
konni samSayamulunnavi. avi samSaymaulaa anna samSayamulE?
samSayamulu kaavaa anna samSayamulu kaavu. aTTi vicitra prakRuti yaa
samSayamulakEla vaccenu? samSayamanu pratyayamuku mooladhaatuvEmi anna
samSayamunu deercinagaani ee samSayamu deeradu. asalu pratyayamangaanEmi?
pratyayamunakoo samSayamunakoo kala sambandhamEmi. adaTlunDaninDu.
samSayamonDu kaliginadi. appuDaa samSayaatmakunDEmi jEyavalayunu?
samSayanivaaraNakai SaayaSaktulaa prayatnincavalayunu. panDitulavaddaku
bOyi vaarikaa samSayamu vellaDincavaccunu. asalu panDituDanagaanEmi?
panDitunakoo, pun`koo, panDukoo gala sambandhamEmi....
> renDu-mUDanguLamula mEra mancu kurisinadi. rAshTramantayu mUsivEyucunnAru.
> inkoka ghaDiyalO mA kAryAlayamu gUDa! mari selavu.
>
Now I know why these blizzards are coming back. This is because all
these Washingtonites have been praising them for giving them extra long
weekends ;-)
Regards. ---- V. Chowdary Jampala