kshudhArtuDu: oka kavita
Subbarao Varigonda (varigond@cems.umn.edu)
Fri, 30 May 1997 00:18:03 -0500 (CDT)
kshudhArtuDu
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kanDa galigina kAlamantA
kAyakashTam cEsi unnA
karra cEtiki vaccinappuDu
kUDu karuvagunE!
gaDapagaDapana talanu vAlcuku
bhavati bhikshAm dEhi yannA
paTTeDannam dorakanappUDu
pastulunTAvE!
sAyi calavana saggu jAvayu (*)
aDapadaDapA annadAnamu
jIvi dEhamu vIDakunDA
pOru salpamanun.
velugu jilugula manTapammuna
peLLi vEDuka jarugu nappuDu
vindubhOjanamaina pimmaTa
vistarulu migulun.
gODa cATuna kaDupu paTTuku
ganTalunDina bakkapraaNiki
cettakunDI ninDinappuDu
pEgu kadalADun.
konni Avuku, konni kukkaku
kindu mIduga kalasi vATito
tannu lADaga tanaku dakkunu
ciriginariTAkE!
kaDupu ninDina atithulantA
tirigipOtU dAriprakkana
SavAkRti idi Emi jIvani
kasari ChIkoTTun.
anni Akulu nIvi anduru
nIku aruvadi kUralanduru
ammukonduvu biyyamanduru
I dayALuvulE!
lAbhamou vyApAramanduru
paTTabhadrulu pOTi vatturu (**)
siggu mAlina sOmarulu nI
nOti kaDDagunE!
mEmu tini I metuku landuna
nIdurUpame gAnavaccunu
mEmu ganu prati svapnamuna nI
kEka vinipincun!
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Notes:
(*) I remember the activists of Bhagavan Satya Sai Seva Samiti providing
saggu jAva and majjiga to the beggars a few years ago in the streets of
Eluru. I think that was a statewide activity. I saw hundreds of destitute
men and women queued up for that little food.
(**) There was an article (unsure where I read it. perhaps India Today)
about the efforts by Punjab state police to rehabilitate the beggars
in Amritsar city by providing them some employment. Reportedly, there
was an M.Sc candidate from Andhra who claimed that that "business" was
quite profitable and he didn't wan't to be rehabilitated. What a shame!
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regards,
-subbarao
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