RE: Who's a Poet?

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Pillalamarri gAri long post chAlA vishayAlanu charchinchindi. And 
somewhere
someone again said that there is too much of discusiion about 
chandas.
But Ramakrishna gAru rightly asked "But, are we really discussing 
chandas
here?". Yes, the discussion is basically about poetry. Thanks for all 
the
discussion about good poetry and posts from palana garu but the
point to start with was not about good poetry but about bad poetry or 
about what is NOT good poetry. In spite of the million things that can 
make
poetry bad, the first in line to be constantly made fun of or "hated" 
(I think
the word is not an understatement considering the extraordinary 
oppositiion
and words used on this forum) is chandas. And so the discussion on
chandas takes off again.

Many posts that expressed dissatisfaction about never-ending 
discussions
on chandas also contained one or more provocative statements about
chandas, thus inviting more discussion. If what those posts intend is, 
"I have every right to say whatever I want. My opinion and what I say 
is the
ultimate truth that can go into a time capsule. So you guys had 
better
keep quiiet.", I am sorry. They are asking for too much. There are so 
many
respectable, knowledgeable, and logically thinking people on the forum 
(at least to listen to and appreciate your point). So, please let 
everybody
have a right to their own opinion, to read or write what they want.

Ramakrishna garu said:

IF "grammatical correctness also was ridiculed by some modern poets", 
then
it is best to terminate any and all discussion. It is as if a cook is
saying "why follow the 'rules' of a recipe, or 'good taste'? I'll put 
red
chillies in jilEbee, and call it 'chilEbee'. If you can't stand the 
heat,
get out of the restaurant".

I like your 'chilEbee' example very much (only the example but not the 
dish).
Yes, there is a poet who recently published a collection of his works 
in which
he wrote something like "chEtan chEn thODan tOn lanu chenDADutAnu" or 
something like that. Anybody who saw the collectionmay post the 
correct verse.
chenDaDutAnu may not be correct but it is about chEtan chEn thODan 
tOn.

The other point is about vidvat, pAnDitee prakarsha etc. But what is 
the
definition of pAnDiti now-a-days? I know about real pAshANa pAka stuff 
but If an average TG/G thinks vAyuvu is too much but gAli will do (or 
accheruvu is too much AScharyam will do), are you going to dump the 
words
vAyuvu and accheruvu and make them extinct or tell them that they may 
know
these words too? What do you do if you are passing through an age of
literary decadence? Uplift the unknowing or part with all the 
treasures of
knowledge?

I think the question about the chando work that made impact in the 
recent past
should not have been asked because it is just one aspect of 
literature.
Also, the implicit assumption wouldbe that the popularity of a work 
would
be an automatic yardstick of its quality. Poetry or literature itself 
is as
diverse as diversity can be. There are many styles of writing and many 
subject matters. We can enjoy anything we like but we have no reason
to suppress what we don't like. Actually a lot of us like both forms. 
But
if you say you like chando poetry but keep on ridiculing it and 
insisting
that no one should write it, I am at a loss.


Regards,

Bachoti Sridhara Rao

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