Re: Why Nalupu as God's image

Hari K Tadepalli (Hari_K_Tadepalli@ccm.co.intel.com)
Wed, 16 Jul 97 13:44:00 PDT 

     
     
     The following article is posted in SCIT by Sri Krishna Venuturimilli.
     I have reproduced it with his permission for the readership of the 
     Telusa members. 
     
     [I apologize for violating the trapdoor protocols of the Telusa 
      archives/mailing list]. 
     
     
     T. Hari Krishna
     
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     Subject:   Re: nalupu "sirivennela"
     Date:  Tue, 15 Jul 1997 18:47:28 -0500
     From: Krishna Venuturimilli <krish@iastate.edu>
     Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA 
     Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
     
     Well, as a human being he would certainly like something and
     dislike something. Apparantly (I am not sure) he doesnt like
     black on 'kokila'.  I dont think we should call it 'biased against 
     dark' colour.  We can say that, only if he does something that 
     deprives dark  people of what they rightfully deserve. I mean 
     as long as he does not allow his dislike for dark colour effect 
     his dealings with people of that colour, it is fine. 
     
     And as far as the interpretation of the song goes...this is what
     I felt...
     
     The hero is expressing his inability to understand the ways of the
     creator, at the same time acknowledging the creators supremacy 
     and  the correctness of lords decisions. the hero doesn't understand 
     the following:
     
         1. The lord himself is a beggar! 
         2. He has nothing to give except 'ashes' 
         3. He has given a beautiful voice to this bird but a black 
            color to it.
         etc..etc..
     
     But still, being the lord, whatever he does must be correct. He has 
     given me this wonderful talent of playing flute yet he has made me 
     blind. Now, what do I have to ask him, if whatever he does is 
     correct ??
     
     This only shows that either shastri gaaru doesnt like black color, or 
     he is conveying just the contrary - that black isnt a bad color. He 
     wants  people to look at nature and learn, even though the reasons 
     behind the  way things are in nature are beyond the comprehension of 
     the human  mind!
     
     Regards
     Krishna
     
     
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     Sahithi P.S. wrote:
     > 
     > > BTW, Sri Visvanathgaru shown munmunsen at this point of the song?
     > 
     > Saw long ago. To my memory, NO. It is a scene between suhaasini and
     > sarvadaman benerjee (the blind hero). suhaasini (dumb heroine) 
     > wishes
     > something.. or.. enquires hero's wishes.. something like that. Hero 
     > in
     > 'vEdaanta dhOraNi' sings this song.
     > 
     > Symbolisms here:
     > teepi raagaalu palikE kOkilammaku SivuDu nallani rangunicchaaDu
     > (Lord Siva made kOkila black)
     > teepi raagaalu palikinchE (Hero is a flute artist) kathaanaayakuniki
     > andhatwaanni icchaaDu
     > (Lord Siva made hero blind)
     > 
     > If we consider kOkila-kathaanaayakuDu, nalupu-andhatwam 
     > combinations,
     > hero character (or the poet himself) thinks black is not good! and
     > praises Siva in negative sense.
     > 
     > Regards
     > Sahithi