Sri Madhav Kumar Turemella (Mon, 25 Mar 1996 06:03:10 -0600) writes:
"--- Yesterday I had a discussion with Sri Potukuci Sambasiva Rao
about SriSri's poetry. For my wonder he made very denouncing
statements regarding SriSri. ...(deleted)...
START :
SriSri did not understand Marxism fully. What ever he has
written he neither understood nor followed. To say a Hypocrite.
When I conducted World Telugu Conference (prapaMca telugu mahAsabhalu)
for the first time SriSri came and agitated against conducting
conferences. We met many times during literary sessions at
various places. ...(deleted)...
END ---"
My my! A bunch of my good friends who have a decent reputation as
writers, still vividly remember Sri Sri and the 'agitation' against
the World Telugu Conference. They have the foggiest idea about Sri
Potukuci Sambasiva Rao and his WTC saaradhyaM.
BTW, is this the same Sambasiva Rao, who wrote tons and tons of
'short stories' on the same theme, - boy meets the girl,...
they say yes and dads say no ...tra laa laa..tra laa laa... and they
all meet for the group photo in the end?-
And, a lot of others, still remember one vacana kavita that was
written on bill boards and walls! How lucky we are! Here it is!
Apaswaraalu
--naaraa
aakalEstOMdaa neeku?
aandhra saMskruti mahOjwala mainadi
tinaDaaniki tiMDilEdaa neeku?
telugu Basha 'italian of the east'
pOleesulu ninnu citaggoDutunnaraa?
manaki antarjaateeya khyaati avasaraM
nannayya goppavaaDu
naaku aakalEstOMdi
krishnadEvaraayala rOjullO --
orEy! naaku aakalEstOMdi
EdEsamEginaa eMdukaaliDinaa....
neeyamma! naakaakalestOMdiraa!
Best Regards.
-- Venkateswara Rao Veluri