Re:peddabAlaSiksha bashing...continued!
rveluri@smtpgate.anl.gov
Fri, 24 Apr 98 10:36:53 -0600
Prasad Chodavarapu on 4/24/98 6:03 AM asks:
"---read this section and tell me what you think. esp. those
marked with a *.
*ADuvAri* alavaraNalu
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*vIdhi vADalandu tirugarAdu
*adhikamugA navvuTa gantulu vaeyuTa tagadu
*KhALIgA kUrchoni kALLu Uparaadu
*Sukra, SanivAramulandu SudhdhigA nunDumu (!!aitE migatA rOjullO?)
*bharta tappuchaesinanU tallivale kshaminchumu
*bharta valadanna pani talapeTTarAdu
*puTTinillu enta goppadainanU adhikamuga nachaTikipoerAdu
*talavAkiTa nilabaDi tala duvvukonaraadu ---"
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In response, allow me to post (or repost?) a couple of poems by
Jayaprabha, the foremost feminist poet in Telugu. And, just for
being a feminst, and for publishing some excellent poetry in that
genre, she has been unduly and harshly criticized in the media
by several vRddha (vRdhaa would have been more apt!) kavijanaM!!
- nEnu eenaaTi daanni! -
naaku saugaMdhikaa pushpaM vaddu
nEnu draupadini kaanu
naaku satyavaMtuDi praaNaMoo vaddu
nEnu saavitrini kaanu
nEnu sairaMdhrinee kaanu
avakaaSaala baTTi marugujjulai pOyE
naluLLakOsaM
marOsaari varamaala paTTukonE
damayaMtinee kaanu
paavuraayi gooLLallO
paDikattugaa kukkEsina
raaNinee daasinee saaninee kaanu
nEnu rekkalu mukkalu cEsukoni
SramiMci batukutunna daanni
nEnoka kooleeni tallini
kaaMrEDnee mEdhhavini
iMTaa bayaTaa niraMtaraM
pOraaTaMlO nimagnamainadaanni
naligina daarilOnE naDicipOkuMDaa
talavaMci pOkuMDaa
kutaMtraalani gurtistoo heccaristoo
muMduku pOtunna daanni
nannu nEnu jayiMcukunna danni!
nEnu eenaaTi daanni!
[From the author's collection of poetry, entitled,
"ikkaDa kurisina varshaM ekkaDi mEghaanidi?" (1991)]
Have still some heart? Then read on....
- vaMTiMciniMci vallakaaTidaakaa -
haayigaa
idi kaavalani maaraaM cEsE
cinnatanaMlOMci
illaalinayyaakaa iMka
yuddham ceyyaDamE batuku!
paaSupataastraalu lEvu
paraSuraamuDini kaanu
baahyaaMta bhaavaala saMgharshaNa naadi
manassareeragnulatO maalimi naadi
vaalu kurceelO koorcuni
naa prateesamasyanee
'vyaktigatamE'naMTaaru vaaLLu!
nE vaMDina viMdaaragiMci raajakeeyaalu carcistoo
vakkapoDi namilinaMta tEliggaanE
vaLLayuddhaM vyavasthatOnanee
naayuddhaM neeDalatOnanee vyaakhyaanistaaru vaaLLu!
aMdukE
naa vishayaMlO
karNarjunuliddarikee vairaMlEdu
naamuMdu niMcunna
dharmaraajukee duSSaasanuDikee bhEdaM lEdu
illu saddukkunE pillalanettukunE
padmavyoohaMlO corabaDi
pOrulOMci poyyilOki
parugeDutuMTaanu!
niraMtaraM
naa SareeraMtO yuddhaM
ee samaajaMtO yuddhaM
kOTalO koorcuni
bOdhalE gaani yuddhamE ceyyani
ee krishNuLLa rasavadgeetalu
mottaMgaa mOsaM!
talavaakili kaastoonna naa muMdu
vaMTiMTiniMci vallakaaTidaakaa veMbaDiMcEdi
vEyipaDagala raajyaM!!
[From the author's collection of poems, entitled,
"YaSodharaa ee vagapeMdukE!" (1993)]
Posted without the author's permission.
Regards.
Venkateswara rao Veluri