Sitaramayya.
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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 96 12:09:03 EDT
From: K. Sadananda <sada@anvil.nrl.navy.mil>
To: ari@Oakland.edu
Subject: Re: Chalam's heroines
In message <Pine.OSF.3.91.960621104449.19988A-100000@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
Sitaramayya Ari writes:
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> On Fri, 21 Jun 1996, K. Sadananda wrote:
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> > feminine grace that even in the blinking light she prefers to go behind the
> > staMbham to tie her self together. (She is not like the heroines of chalam)
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> This is an obvious bait, so let me bite it! Please tell us a little bit
> about Chalam's heroines. How are they like? Or, how are they not like? Did
> you read Chalam's novels yourself or hear about the corrupting stories
> from somebody else?
>
> regards,
> Sitaramayya Ari.
Sitaramayya Ari gaaru
Namaste.
Looks like the bite is too hard to swallow.
I have protected my self by paraphrasing my posting as what I read in the poem.
No basis for any bites!
Since you asked About chalam:
I have read when I was teenager chalam stories many of them left strong
impressions. He was greate in trying to protray the sufferings of the weaker
society. I found there was a strong message in each one of the stories that
goes beyond just the heroin. My reference to chalam in my article is only
becasue of Sri Veluri's reference to it. I have nothing against Chalam heroins
for you to bite! In each of the stories or novels I read -( the names escapes
my mind), I had the impression there was some sort of supression or repression
or some inadequacy in the hero-heroin relationships which chalam was trying to
bringout as the realistic aspect of the society. I have no quarrels or
complaints and as I said each one of them left a strong impression on the state
of the society we are in.
With refrence to the current poem, I was only pointing that by the choice of the
words the author is taking us beyond the physical movements of the kanyaaratnam
to her mental state.
At least that is what I see.
That one has to swallow! And of course it does not matter if one cannot!
Regards,
Sadananda