Re:(Long Post) Telusa Matters
Nyayapathi Srinivasa Rao (vasu@india.hp.com)
Fri, 23 May 97 18:04:53 IST
Parucoori Sreenivas says:
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> But all of us know what happened in the past 18 months of this list's
> existance. In first 6 months there were only 2 (!) brief threads that
> discussed non-prosodical matters. Then came the 'controversial' discussion
> on the modern langauge/poets and if they obey the rules defined in age old
> 'classics' or not. Atleast it was one of the very few occasions where some
> real discussion took place, followed by long silence in Fall, 96. excepting
> occasional postings, introducing modern poetry (thanks to: Vasu, Veluri,
> Ari and Chandrasekhar gaarlu and some reviews by Sri Jampala, Veluri and
> Kanaka Prasad) its again and again the same "Chandassu" that rule(d)s the
> list. What I wonder is if time were frozen for some people.
I don't think the chhandassu threads will stop.
I am not saying that that subject is bad.
I only think that there are people out-there who
joyously pursue chhandoe-issues.
They don't mind even if such discussions become
redunadant, repetetive and deja vu.
One effect of this continued dominanace of one issue is
that most members, silent or vocal, are lead to believe
that Telusa and Chhandassu are interchangeable names.
(Please don't misunderstand me. I like peddana et al
as much as any of you likes)
Even the discussions about rhyme and rhythm was NEVER separated
from chhandassu. As though that is the only tool to
achieve the end effect.
And, there were few, if any, that addressed the contents.
What i observed during the last six months is that
though some posts were potentially capable of evolving into
threads, they did not. Maybe they did not receive any
attention.
OTOH, some causal/off-the-cuff questions raised by
some posters spawned an inordinately large number of posts
and thus made me think that classical pajyaalu and
chhandoe-rules are the favourite pastime of our
intellignet fellow nettors.
An occasional post regarding good-old stuff is OK.
But the same thing everyday is something different.
It is possible that one argues that people are of
diverse tastes and interests and that interested people
like you should start therads - rather than meta-threads-
but the 'atmposphere' is not encouraging to do it.
> I can't help asking, whether we are afraid of criticism. A good interspersion
> of literature from modern and ancient times is what I wished, but never found
> here. Yes, every body does have his/her own tastes and inclinations but
> regardless of this we can do so much positive work instead of calling
> someone names.
The only way to achieve it is to encourage oneself
and start posting. I introduced quite a few poets with
representative pieces and they generated more response
on SCIT than on Telusa. I wonder why it was so.
If i get more time, i will introduce some others.
> P.S. I don't know how many have noticed. In the past 3 weeks 24 people; i.e.
> 25%, unsubscribed Telusa.
Actually, you cannot stop them.
If they quit on their will and volition,
what can you or anybody do? They didn't say
why they quit. Did they?
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> Die guten Leutchen wissen nicht, was es einem fuer Zeit und Muehe gekostet,
> um lesen zu lernen. Ich habe 80 Jahre dazu gebraucht und kann noch jetzt
> nicht sagen, dass ich am Ziel waere.
> --J. W. Goethe
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ACTHUNG gave me shivers.
What do you want to do to us, Sreenivaas?
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Regards & Thanks
Vasu.