Re: jayaprabha's poem on suicides of cotton farmers in 1988

Prasad Chodavarapu (prasad@acm6.me.uiuc.edu)
Sat, 15 Jun 1996 12:02:54 -0500 (CDT)

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: Should the poet react to such disturbing incidents and write? Or, should
: the poet stay in his/her cocoon and use the noble art of crafty
: versification, on 'prEyasi kannula varNana,' or on extolling the
: philosophy of fatalism, or some such thing in some off-beat meter? I hope
: these are not forbidden subjects to discuss on telusa.

karuNaSrI EnADo ceppAru

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prEyasi prEmalOna ganipimceDi tIyani swargamokkaTe
dhyEyamugAdu-hInulatidInulu mlAnatanul daridra nA
rAyaNulEDcucumDiri; tadaSruvulan tuDuvangabommu nI
prEyasitODa nIkaTa labhincunu kOTlakoladi swargamul.
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jamdhyAla pApayya SAstri "udayaSrI" numci

aadhunikAmdhra telugu kavitvam eppuDU kArmika karshaka
caitanyAnikE kRshi cEsindi. idi manamantA garvincadagga vishayam.
although its almost true that "marO prapancam lEdu, mahA prasthAnam lEdu",
iinATikI telugu kavita reflects the kannILLu of the lowest rungs
of the society, always expressing the wish that

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ODipOvAli svArdham ila maracipOvAli yuddham
maraNamE lEni mAnavuDE ii mahini nilavAli kalakAlam
AkalE samasipOnI, amRtam pomgipOnI
SAnti SAnti anu samgItam imTimTa pADanI prati nityam

vEdanE ika tolaganI vEDukE ika velaganI
ellalA pOrATamE ika tIranI
ellarU sukha SAmtitO ika bratakanI
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oka sinimA pATa numci

may we all have an opportunity to realise those dreams.

regards
prasad

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