kancE cEnu mEstE?
Prasad Chodavarapu (prasad@acm6.me.uiuc.edu)
Sun, 17 Nov 1996 12:53:03 -0600 (CST)
mundoka vinnapam:
i wrote this piece after watching this week's ABC nightline
and 20/20 which focussed on the shocking revealations of the culture
of sexual harassment in the military here. it is sad that even in a
land where women have broken all barriers, their basic rights are
violated so flagrantly.
this piece is not about the brave soldiers of one country or other
who sacrifice their lives for the protection of the freedom of their
countrymen. it is about the culture of abuse by the powerful and the wealthy
of those who r less fortunate or less powerful. it is about the culture of
bullying by powerful groups, companies and nations of less powerful
ones. if this piece says anything otherwise, it should only be taken
as my failure to put thoughts in words.
kancE cEnu mEstE
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bhaTulam
rakshaka bhaTulam
bhUgOLamlO E mUlainA, bhakshincEdE mA kulam
mEm jaripEdE prajAsvAmyam
mEmiccinadE svAtantryam
kAdannArA! niramkuSam, aunamTEnE manam manam
mI prajalA, vArevvaru
mI vibhulam mEmunDaga
mI dhanamE mAku priyam, kAdEdI mA kanarham
mEm jaripE yuddha kAnDalO
mA vaipunTE jayam jayam
mA vaipunnA paDatulu mAtram, mA cEtullO haram haram
tolinADEmO aadimavAsi
marunADEmO telupavvani jAtulu
InATiki mahiLalu, rEpavarainA lEdAScaryam
sabalainA mA munGiTa abalE
viTulainA mA bhaTulandaru vibhulE
nyAyam lEdu, dharmam lEdu, mA guppiTa bigisindantA haramE
-- Nov 16, 1996
regards
prasad