before anyone pounces upon some of your comments Krishna garu,
I would like you to kindly look over the Telusa archives at
http://smartcad.me.wisc.edu/~ratnakar/telusa/
There were some very heated and informative discussions in the
recent past about "having to use nighanTuvulu for comprehending
(in any measure) telugu poems" and "considering chandO poets and
poetry beyond criticism". May be by reading up on the views of
telusaers on these topics you can avoid repetition of some arguments.
Just a friendly suggestion please do not take it amiss.
I would like to thank you for answering to some extent my unasked
question, "what recent works have been in chandO telugu poetry ?
who are the new generation poets that produce worthwhile chandO
poetry ?"
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Ari garu, when you keep referring to chandO poetry as deserving
to be preserved in formaldehyde, do you not feel that the poetry
of Jashuva (in works like gabbilam, phiradausi) and Karunasree
(in works like pAkI pilla (I confess I haven't read it but have
heard much of its moving content) ) deserve better treatment ?!
I mean to say shouldn't they be emulated ? Or better still should
modern poets be stopped from emulating them ?
My point is : there can be relevant, understandable, good, poetry
in the chandO style TODAY. (do we disagree on this ?) and if a poet
can do it he should be allowed to and not looked down upon because
of his poetic structure.
But yes, it appears hard to find such poetry from modern poets.
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Jampala garu, you mentioned about the patronage each style of
poetry and poetry itself, enjoys among the telugu people today.
It appears sad but true. Who do you think reads any of the works
of the modern poets ? I would say those of the educated that are
aware of the movements these poetry/poets are associated with,
and those of the illiterate that enjoy gaddar-type songs.
I am beginning to wander now.
Sorry for the rambling....
Regards,
Sankaram
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