Re: reference to caste in tyAgAraja kIrtanalu
Nyayapathi Srinivasa Rao (vasu@india.hp.com)
Thu, 16 Apr 98 11:34:42 IST
Sree Sarma gaaru says:
> This discussion about Tyagaraja is similar to the 3 volume (or 4)
> book written by a famous authoress about Ramayana, judging Rama
> in light of Karl Marx's writings (As though Karl Marx is infallible).
Comparing this thread with rangaajee's vishavRksham is an overestimate
of facts! vishavRksham (despite a million other demerits)
has humorous comments at least one per line.
raamaayaNa vishavRksham is definitely enjoyable!
> There is nothing wrong in such a discussion but I do not think that
> it will serve any useful purpose. Both Rama and Tyagaraja are
> beyond the reach of our discussion to mend their ways. If one
> wants carry on a proxy war using them as a pretext, one can do so.A
No other contemporary society finds its present so much tied to its
past as much as ours' does! We will probabbly never be
able to come out of the long shadow cast by casteism.
> regards,
> sarma.
>
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Regards & Thanks
Vasu.