Re: Hello after long + avI
Pamidighantam V. Sudhakar (spamidig@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
Sun, 31 Mar 1996 00:02:40 -0600
It seems several people think, although naively, that the poetry,
particularly, pancha mahaa kaavyaalu, should have been written for
sagaTu telugu manishi. I think that poetry was not at all intended
for sagaTu telugu manishi of that time, forget about later generations.
It was written for the elite (other poets and kings etc...). The pleasure
derived after some thinking (madhana) is much greater than when
something is karatalaaamalakam. I think the number of people interested
in poetry probably always is very small and those that are interested
do try a little harder to appreciate (not just understand) before trashiing
something for whatever reason. vyaakhyalu like hridayOllasamu (by taapee)
help a lot in the appreciation of poetry.
sudhaakaru pamiDighanTam