Re: Explanation from an Expatriate (RE: Ekalavya)
Madhava Kumar Turumella (madhava@emirates.net.ae)
Mon, 18 Nov 1996 18:37:59 +0400
At 11:25 PM 11/17/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Madhava Kumar Turumella wrote:
>
>> Explanation from an Expatriate :-( (RE: Ekalavya)
>
>> This has the reference to my earlier message forwarded to you
>> by my friend Ramu Dokka regarding Ekalavya's character
>> portrayal in Mahabharata.
>
>---cut---
>
>> In that letter, I have mentioned that "Ekalavya has
>> participated in mahabharata war".
>
>Since I have initiated Ekalavya as a transformed symbol in daLit
>poetry, I feel obligated to respond. (I wouldn't be able to reply
>to any rejoinders to this post until December 20, 1996. But, some
>other nettors, with similar sympathies, I hope, will be able
>to do it better!)
>
>In the MB there are two Ekalavyas. One is a 'minor' king, but of course
>a kshtriya king. The other is our nishaada putra, Ekalavya.
Dear Raogaru;
Honest... I did not know this point. Please accept my regards for getting
up some references and clearing some issues. By the way, where did you
get these books from! I am curious enough to know, whether there is any
virtual libraries available on Internet.
>Finally, I believe this whole discussion on satish chander's poem
>went in a direction it was never meant to go. Ekalavya, and his severed
>thumb were merely used as powerful symbols by satish chander.
Did I contribute to the above issue? I am not aware. My sincere apologies
to all, if you think that I comitted any mistake by getting mahabharata
into picture and dragged away the discussion.
>
>It should not matter whether it is the right thumb or left thumb; or
>whether the nail on the said thumb was in tact; or whether Ekalavya
>had bitten it and ate it for break fast!
>
>We seem to successfully lose the wholesomeness of a forest while
>(nit) picking on a couple of particula trees!
>
Accepted...
-Madhava
Dear Ramana, I have seen your reply, but, thought no answer is an
answer to it. Because, I have no books with me. I am in my own world :-)
Trust me, I debate depending on what ever I read. Yes, I accept your word
"sprdhayA vardhatE vidyA" that too, when Sri veluri Raogaru kind of people
are ready to provide the references and can clear the issues.
>>Madhava Kumar Turumella
>
>Regards,
>
>--Venkateswara Rao Veluri
>
>
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