Re: Chando poetry

Sitaramayya Ari (ari@Oakland.edu)
Tue, 23 Jul 1996 17:17:44 -0400 (EDT)

On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Bachoti Rao wrote:

> I am wondering about a few things that are going on.
>
> Why is there so much outcry against chando poetry and chando poetry
> alone when there is so much mediocre poetry out there in non-chando
> style? Why there is such an unconditional support for one form of poetry?
> Is that not an argument about structure and not content?

If we talk to each other rather than past each other, we would not have
had such a long discussion.

The problem is not that I or folks like me are against chandobadha
poetry. The folks who believe that poetry can only be written a cerain
way are the problem.

regards,
Sitaramayya Ari.