to poets of all flavors
Sitaramayya Ari (ari@Oakland.edu)
Thu, 29 May 1997 13:16:13 -0400 (EDT)
Looks like we can never get over the debate over chandassu!
I personnaly believe that metered poems were fine to write prabandha
kavitvam and bhaava kavitvam, but they don't quite do for today's topics.
Instead of arguing about it, I would offer you an experiment to try.
Two days ago there was this news item:
A Telugu small farmer committed suicide because the cotton (I
don't remember the exact crop, but it is immaterial) he is growing is
selling at a third of the price he got last year. He put so much money
into his crop that he will go bankrupt if he sells his cotton at today's
prices. He is survived by his wife and two small children.
I would like to see chandobaddha poetry describing the agony of this wife
and her children.
regards,
Sitaramayya Ari.