Re: Who is a Poet?
Venkateswara Rao Veluri (vrveluri@worldnet.att.net)
Wed, 04 Jun 1997 00:22:31 -0500
Ramakrishna S. Pillalamrri wrote:
> > Hmm! Just three days of absence from Telusa, and I was made to look
> > like a monster and an ardent hater of classical literature!
> I don't think many of the intervening posts mentioned vElUri. The
> discussion took on a life of its own. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Ah! Really? My sins are abated! Isn'nt it strange! Certain discussions on Telusa
are self-propelled and take a fast ride by themselves, unaided and un-abetted
by the mighty & almighty stalwarts that di-vert and di-versify!
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> While I referred to kOvela-cEkUri discussions, I have not read them, other
> than short summarizations in kOvela's book. BTW, there is no animosity ^^^^^^^^^
> between the gentlemen, even though their views are diametrically opposite ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> in some aspects. In fact, a recent book of KS, "telugu chandassupai konni
> velugulu" was dedicated to cErA.
I am relieved! I thought that they were such bitter enemies!
Good for cErA! Next time I see him, I 'll congratulate him. After he gave up
writing prefaces, he probably has opted to be a kRtibharta, for a change!
> > I believe that both the scholars have probably ignored the specific
> > societal reasons that inpacted literature ...
> I wouldn't jump to such characterization, as both the gentlemen are
> stalwarts in their field. They have spent far more of their intellectual
> capital in this endeavour than most in the field.
May be! I too admire their intellectual 'capital'; it's their 'labors'
that were diverted to 'chandasize' and to 'de-chandasize' vacana kavita! In
that great prosadaical "yes-no" adventure which was very interesting,
I still believe that they have probably ignored to address
the real reasons for the birth of vacana kavita! Once that process is
understood, the rest might have fallen in place where it should!
>.........My trivial, quick & dirty solution is:
[cut the pooraNa, No insult intended!]
Caring for the trivial and cutting the vital portions of any post
might not be, after all, so trivial a reason for the discussions
to take a "life of their own." But, what's vital to one's arguments
may be fatal to the others'! I would never know!
> Sree-vElUri-kula-abdhi-Seetakara-raaSee-bhoota-sauhaardamaa! ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^
BTW, thanks for both the corrections, however trivial they might be!
The dayaardrata was immensely appreciated!
Sincerely,
V R Veluri