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From: pvr@argo.rice.edu (PVR Narasimha Rao)
Subject: A very short parody of Parody Shastry
Organization: Rice University
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 04:13:41 GMT


Just like there are some parodies of film songs (some of which have been
posted), there are parodies of famous poems of some modern Telugu poets.
For example, there are a lot of well-knpown parodies of "e desa charitra
chusina emunnadi garva kaaranam" (e.g. e roddu charitra chusina).

Most parodies retain the syntactic structure of the original and many a time
retain some words/word-endings (so that you can easily identify the original
given the parody). But there are parodies which are not like that. You may
not be able to identify the original given the parody, but, if you are told
that it is a parody of so and so original, comparison with the original
enhances the funniness of the parody. Here is an example.

Parody Shastry is famous for his parodies of the works of Sri Sri, Krishna
Shastry, Karuna Sri etc. His parodies are marked by very subtle (but, at the
same time, very scathing and uninhibited) humor. Here is one of his gems that
I heard on Hyderabad TV (in a literary program titled "telugu saahityamloe
pEradeelu").

Though it's a parody of a poem by Sri Sri, its aim is to make fun of Gurram
Jashuva. Jashuva, in case you don't know, is a famous Telugu poet who wrote
the famous khanDa kaavyam "firadausee".

Phew, that was a very long intro to a very very short parody!

Original (Sri Sri):

	taaj mahal nirmaaNaaniki
	raaLlettina kooleelevvaru?

Parody (Parody Shastry):

	firadausee raasETappuDu
	tagalEsina beedeelennoe!


PVR
From: lokes@selway.umt.edu (Lokeswara Rao)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
Subject: Re: ..... BeeBatsam....
Date: 15 Oct 92 21:28:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: selway.1992Oct15.212853.11817
Organization: University of Montana

In article <Bw4xAo.IwD@rice.edu> kishore@argo.rice.edu (Ananda Kishore) writes:
>
>First, the rit program is developed by Kanneganti Rama Rao and me;

Hi, I just started accessing this telugu group. Come u update me on 
what configuration, pgm, vdu etc. u need to execute the rit pgm ?

Does it convert the roman telugu to actual telugu script?


Thanx in advance.

Best wishes.

Lokes.
From: brama@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Bhyravabho Rama)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
Subject: Telugu Movies
Date: 16 Oct 92 18:30:46 GMT
Organization: NCR Engineering and Manufacturing Atlanta -- Atlanta, GA
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Could someboy please mail me a list of good telugu movies, past and present.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
From: ravi@cs.wpi.edu (Ravi Narayan - Mick)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
Subject: Re: Some info and meaning please!!! Re: Doki, u mother fucker
Date: 7 Oct 92 14:44:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: bigboote.1aut4uINNq86
Reply-To: ravi@cs.wpi.edu (Ravi Narayan - Mick)
Distribution: world
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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In article <ck.718463361@reading>, ck@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk (Chandrasekhar Kambhampati) writes:
|> 
|> >	Nuvvu pellanni paduko pedathavara nee yamma?
|> This I didn't - could some kind soul pease translate it!
|> 
|> >	Koothurini kooda pandabette naa koduka, gudha moosukora pookeshwar!
|> Please , please would the kind person who posted this piece, or some
|> kind soul translate this for me - I seem to be missing out the fun
|> somewhere. 
|> 


	you might as well give up hope. i posted a few articles from
	sci that were in telugu here, asking for translations. i am
	still waiting for a response!

	hey maybe that wasn't telugu but just plain old rot-13!
	or maybe it was telugu that had been rot-13'ed!
	hmm... thats a thought!

	peace,

	- ravi

	p.s: .sig follows


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From: slgxy@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
Subject: Re: riddle
Date: 11 Oct 92 02:21:04 MDT
Organization: Utah State University


>>>	I want to remove one of my files whose name starts with a '-'.
                        ^^^^^
>> prompt> find $HOME -name "\-*" -exec /bin/rm {} \;
   
   What this command does is remove all the files whose file names start 
with "-" (it doesn't matter even if one changes /bin/rm to rm, having 
rm aliased to rm  -i; because exec takes rm out of /bin !!!) 
For the proper execution, change it to 

  prompt> find $HOME -name "-*" -exec rm -i {} \;
           or
  prompt> find $HOME -name "-*" -ok rm {} \;
These atleast prompts you before the deletion of every file (!) starting 
with "-".

>try 
>  prompt> rm - -filename

  Still this is an efficient one if one wants to remove single file. 

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
From: kishore@argo.rice.edu (Ananda Kishore)
Subject: Re: ..... BeeBatsam....
Organization: Rice University
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 23:30:24 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.021919.8402@cs.wayne.edu>, uds@parvathi.cs.wayne.edu (Seetamraju) writes:
|> 
|> ayyaa baabullaara !!Please use the rit alphabet when posting
|> your articles.  I use kishore's rit program that lets me see
|> every article in TELUGU (Yes I work on a sun workstation, and
|> open 2 windows to that purpose !!).
|> 

First, the rit program is developed by Kanneganti Rama Rao and me;
in fact, he is the principal developer who wrote smart unix programs
that made automated recognition of Telugu/English words a reality. 
And the key feature of rit is this ability to determine automatically
whether a word is English or Telugu. Once we do this, we can do several
things - like context-sensitive translation/transliteration of English
words, or plain printing of English words in English and the rest in 
Telugu.

[call to use rit standard for transliteration deleted, thanks.]

|> kishore, is there way to force rit program to NOT convert words into
|> telugu.  For example, the emphasise word in capitals gets transliterated into
|> telugu !!! I think we should have a override macro like \en to start
|> plain english mode, which will be ended by \tel (as an example).

There is. But the idea is that one normally does not need it, since
rit can tell whether a word is English or Telugu. But if the English
words are mispelled, then rit treats them as Telugu. So, if one is
not sure of English spellings, one can enclose the English text
between #s (or look up Webster's :-). Everything between #s is 
treated as English. However, I want to emphasize that we normally
don't need to use such delimiters (which you called `override macros').
For instance, we don't need to write (although we could):

ivaaLa maaku # holiday #. 

We simply write

ivaaLa maaku holiday. 


|> 
|> I cannot use short forms like d.e.f.n. (it gets translated to telugu as dhEfna) !
|> 

By # defn #, rit treats non-English words as Telugu. So, for the
services we provide, it is fair to ask the users to stick to a
transliteration standard. We have decided upon a transliteration
standard, the Rice Transliteration Standard, which we arrived at
after careful consideration. (Remember those long unreadable 
articles of mine on Roman transliteration of Telugu? :-) We believe
it is very flexible, and very easy to type in. If someone uses all
capital (uppercase) letters to type Telugu, it is her/his problem -
not ours :-)

Anyway, we will make it public soon. (Waiting for the results of
beta-testing. )

kishore




|> 
|> Seetamraju Udaya Bhaskar Sarma
|> (email : seetam @ ece7 . eng . wayne . edu)
|>
From: chemsn@emory.edu (Sreehari Nimmala)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
Subject: Re: A Song from ANR's Film.
Date: 10 Oct 92 20:22:01 GMT
Organization: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

sista@engr.latech.edu (Ravi K. Sista) writes:
: 
: 	I really liked this posting from the great film of the ANR and
: D.Ramanayudu combination in the film "Prema Nagar". But there is a mistake
: in the last stanza.  It should go like this.
: 
: 	"MANISHIKI MANASE TEERANI SIKSHA .....
: 	DEVUDILA TEERCHUKUNTADU KAKSHA"

I am very sure('cze I was touched by the melody and the
philosophy of this song) that its not "theErchukuntAdu", but
"theErchukuntunnAdu". However, you are correct in saying
"manishiki manasE teerani sikshA". It was my mistake.

--Hari
: 
: Comments welcome,
: 
: With regards,
: 
: Ravi Kumar Sista
: 
: 	"MAA TELUGU TALLIKI MALLE POODANDA
: 	MAA KANNA TALLIKI MANGALARATHULU"
: 
:
From: uds@parvathi.cs.wayne.edu (Seetamraju)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
Subject: ..... BeeBatsam....
Date: 14 Oct 92 02:19:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Oct14.021919.8402
Organization: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI


ayyaa baabullaara !!Please use the rit alphabet when posting
your articles.  I use kishore's rit program that lets me see
every article in TELUGU (Yes I work on a sun workstation, and
open 2 windows to that purpose !!).

If the spelling is correct, then I  get excited to read telugu in telugu lipi.
But given the plethora of self-declared alphabets, (especially the use of
capital letters to EMPHASISE TELUGU words (!!) [[for example , in the panDukOnDi
joke, that word came out as PHaaanDHUKHHoooNNDHeee -- anni vOttulE !!)
english kanna bhayankaramu gaa vunnadi.

jaraa jaali dalcanDI baabu...!   rit script use caeyyanDi.  rit lo caala
flexibility vunnadi.  SO you will be quite satisfied with the script defn.

Try this article of mine for example and see how correctly the words come out.

kishore, is there way to force rit program to NOT convert words into
telugu.  For example, the emphasise word in capitals gets transliterated into
telugu !!! I think we should have a override macro like \en to start
plain english mode, which will be ended by \tel (as an example).

I cannot use short forms like d.e.f.n. (it gets translated to telugu as dhEfna) !


Seetamraju Udaya Bhaskar Sarma
(email : seetam @ ece7 . eng . wayne . edu)
From: juvvadi@csgrad.cs.vt.edu (Ramana R. Juvvadi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
Subject: Re: Caste Wars
Date: 8 Oct 92 01:59:00 GMT
Organization: VPI&SU Computer Science Department, Blacksburg, VA

In article <Oct.7.10.41.58.1992.469@blaze.rutgers.edu> kumarv@blaze.rutgers.edu (kumar vadaparty) writes:

>I commented (with a lot of "nispruha") that the issue is so charged
>with emotions that it is not easy to discuss about it here on any
>meaningful grounds for any length of time. I just thought I would
>emphasize it. That's all. I would not discuss about it. I reccommended
>(and still do) that you not. But, you are free to do so, if you feel
>like it. Goodluck.

What is more sickening -- the fact that Suresh Doki posted racist jokes
on the net -- or the fact that even they exist in his mind or the fact that
they are even enjoyed in some living rooms. Is it not very depressing that
every time a chief minister chooses his cabinet every caste has to be
represented? Is it not very depressing that when idols are erected on
Tank Bund to proclaim Telugu glory they have to be balanced by caste?

There used to be a time when a person used to be excommunicated from
the civilized world for marrying someone outside the caste. We have come a 
long way from that (I hope). Yet we continue to be a highly segregated
society. Each generation continues to pass its prejudices and stereotyping
about others to next generation.

It is the duty of our generation to destroy these prejudices and destroy
any identity that one derives of belonging to a caste. Unfortunately
attitudes and prejudices are far more difficult to influence than a
person's actions.

Is silence the best way to deal with the prejudices? I think not. Having said 
that I confess I have no clue how to approach it. However, in the long term 
interest of another Vijayawada riot not repeating, I can not stress the urgency
of it more. Worn out slogans like 'Kula Mata Bhedalu Nashinchali' have not
achieved much.


>kumar.
>-- 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
From: tadikond@spot.Colorado.EDU (TADIKONDA KALYAN)
Subject: Re: Doki, u mother fucker
Followup-To: tadikond@spot.colorado.edu
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 16:29:24 GMT

Certainly the most disgusting posting I have ever read on scit.  If
Suresh is offensive, you are just incredibly indecent.  There are several
people who read the net and your language certainly does not reflect
any good about telugu people.  Grow up.
From: sdoki@maxine.wpi.edu (Suresh Doki)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
Subject: Re: Harshavardhan
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:18:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: bigboote.1b1qghINN1qs
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: maxine.wpi.edu


>y
>Hello, \

yeah hello who is speaking please?

suresh
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
From: sista@engr.latech.edu (Ravi K. Sista)
Subject: DwandhArthalu..one more
Organization: Louisiana Tech University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 20:29:10 GMT

      Here is a Double meaning joke which I have read in some novel.  I don't
exactly remember the name of it but I think it is written by Malladi Venkata
Krishna Murthy.

	Athadu:  Chaala mandhi magavallaki mundu bhagamlo okati velladuthu
                 vuntundi, emithadhi?

	Aame:    Chee paadu, meeru eppudu ilanti maatale matladatharu.

	Athadu:  Nee bondha.  Adhi "tie".  Nuvvu anukunnadi chaala mandi ki
                 kaadu, andariki velladuthu vuntundi.

      One more of the same type

	Athadu:  Aadavallaki ekkada juttu ringulu ringulu ga untundi?

        Aame:    {Kopam ga choosthundi}

        Athadu:  Africa lo aadavallaki juttu ringulu ringulu ga untundhi.

Hope you enjoyed these two jokes.

With regards,

Ravi Kumar Sista


	"MAA TELUGU TALLIKI MALLE POODANDA
	MAA KANNA TALLIKI MANGALARATHULU"
From: n2skr@iastate.edu (Suresh K Reddy)
Subject: Dhvandhardha patalato First Night
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 23:10:56 GMT


 Memaa rojulalo srushtinchina dhvandhardha sequence..

 First night scene....

  'Emandi saaru, O batlaru doragaaru
   Yenno telusani annaru, yenno kotalu kosaaru
   Yintenaa mee panitanamintenaa'

  'Aadutu-padutu pani chestunte 
   alupu-solupemunnadi..
   yiddaru kalasi cheyi kalipite..'

  'Mella mella mellagaa, anuvanuvu needegaa
   mettagaa adigite ledanedi ledugaa...hai'

   'Challagaa Lesstondi, mellagaa rammandi
    ...(censored) ..(malli janaalu emaipotondi bharata-desam antaaru)'

   'Chinuku chinuku padutoo vunte,
   tadisi tadisi muddavutunte,

   yee hayi ledoi ye jantaku....'

 sury
 (cgsuryan@pyr.swan.ac.uk)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
From: janand@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Jayaraman Anand)
Subject: Re: Doki, u mother fucker
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:51:16 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.225916.8749@ra.msstate.edu> pkm1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Praveen Mereddy) writes:
>
>Are you feeling Mr. Bontu is TOO STRONG?
>That is how any body feels when it comes to them!!
>Why some body wants to make fun of others, when it is no fun for many
>of us, on the net.
>Most of the  times it is very difficult for me to receive a joke, cracked
>on me, even by my close friends.  I think it is same for most of you.     
>T
>The thing, CAST is so deeply mixed with our culture, that even in this
>20th ( almost 21st) no body(always there R some exceptions) dares to cross
>that BAR.
>Every one of us know how people have been getting divided on the basis of CAST.
>
>So, having such strong feelings towards the CAST how can you make fun of
>others  on the basis of CAST.
>
>If somebody on this net is so desparate to crack  jokes on cast, then
>try to crack jokes on your own CAST ( not on the NET please) and see 
>how fun it is!
>
>If there is one on the net who is sincerely trying to get rid of this
>CAST system from our society, I'll appreciate his effort.  He has to prove that
>the so called higher CASTs are NO great, and the cast system is nothing
>but  a  part in the process of evolution (??)  And  no cast is greater than the
>other, every CAST was assigned a particular job to do ( Centuries before) 
>and in  the long run some communities became powerful economically or
>politically.  But logically NO CAST is greater than others
>
>that's all
>Praveen

CASTE is what u R talking about.

J Anand.
From: ck@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk (Chandrasekhar Kambhampati)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
Subject: Some info and meaning please!!! Re: Doki, u mother fucker
Date: 7 Oct 92 13:09:21 GMT
Organization: University of Reading


Reading this post, amongst others, I had to dive for my dic -
unfortunately it doesnot seem to cover most of the stuff in this post.
So I was wondering if some kind sould would care to translate this to me
- either in telugu (transliterated in English) or in English! 

abontu@engr.latech.edu (Atchyuta R. Bontu) writes:
>	Oreyi Donga Lanja Koduka, Doki!

I understood this line.

>        You said that all Kammas are henpecked.
>	Memu pellam maata vintamaara Lanja koduka?  
I did understand the above also

>	Nuvvu pellanni paduko pedathavara nee yamma?

This I didn't - could some kind soul pease translate it!

>	Nee ammani denge naa koduka, nuvvu maaku neethulu chepthavura pooka!
I understood this!
But what about this line:
>	Koothurini kooda pandabette naa koduka, gudha moosukora pookeshwar!

Please , please would the kind person who posted this piece, or some
kind soul translate this for me - I seem to be missing out the fun
somewhere. 

Or is it the case that telugu (as a language) has moved so far ahead
that the language I know is pretty much far removed from the above!
>	Inko saari itlanti pitchi pitchi raathalu raasthe pooku patchadi
>	avuthundhi anna vishayam marichipoku.


>p.s. Offence intended.   Flames welcome please.

Didnot know that this post was offensive...but then I seem to have lost
all my telugu!

regards
chandrasekhar kambhampati
>
From: bl294@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Anish Kumar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Info request: Divorce procedure in USA after unregistered HINDU 
         marriage in India
Date: 8 Oct 1992 23:42:46 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Reply-To: bl294@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Anish Kumar)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


A friend of mine got married in India about 4 years ago.  She had a "Hindu"
marriage and did not get it registered.  She does not have a marriage
certificate.  She is now in the US and wishes to divorce her husband who
still lives in India, but is currently travelling in America till the first
week of November.  Her lawyer in India has advised her that she would have
to file for divorce in India.........and would have to return after a few
months to obtain it.  This means 2 trips for her.  Does anyone know if
there is any way around this expensive method.........like getting a
divorce in an American court ?

Will greatly appreciate all advise.

Thanks...................Anish Kumar
E-mail:  bl294@Cleveland.freenet.edu
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From: prabhak@deci.cs.umn.edu (Satya Prabhakar)
Subject: Re: Respect for women in India (was Re: More about India)
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 19:03:24 GMT

(Shirdi R. Prem) writes:
>	than express their point of view, there have been repeated references 
>	to what they assume Indian men to be. I feel that is somewhat unfair,
>	and clouds the issues a bit. I don't have the articles at hand to
>	quote verbatim, but this is the general idea: Someone posted that
>		"men just want their wives to be at their beck
>		 and call, to do what their husbands want......"
>
>		Comments like these are really generalizations, extrapolated
>	from your own experience with the men you have happened to meet. It

Generalizations are not offensive by themselves. To some extent we all
generalize to convey a point. What comes across as irritating is the
claim that ALL men are like that. One effective way to counter this
tendency for universal qunatification is to ask, "So, does your father
treat your mother this way?" :-)

Prabhakar
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.bangladesh
From: naeem@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Naeem Mohaiemen)
Subject: Re: Natiowide Demo for Bosnia,Fri Oct16
Organization: Oberlin College Computer Science
	<dogar.718919439@opal4> <Bw4815.7nu@ucunix.san.uc.edu>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 00:43:19 GMT
X-Posted-From: occs.cs.oberlin.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

In article <Bw4815.7nu@ucunix.san.uc.edu> bhatnagr@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Raj Bhatnagar) writes:


   And hypocrites are crying that ethnic cleansing is being carried 
   out in Bosnia while supporting the similar thing being done in Kashmir
   in the name of Islam.

-----

Would be interested in viewing evidence that you have linking people 
concerned with Bosnia atrocities and those carrying out killing of
Hindus in Kashmir.

Naeem Mohaiemen
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: nish@cv4.chem.purdue.edu (Nishantha I.)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Re: Distortion in Meenan Vishnu Opposed
Date: 13 Oct 92 08:17:45 GMT
Organization: My own

In article <weqEN9m00iUxI4HYhr@andrew.cmu.edu> rs6x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ranjith Ravindiran Suresh) writes:
>Judging by the appearance, color and features of many Brahmins I have
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>seen, I'm confinced that their ancestry is not Tamil. 

	Hmm do I sense a bit of a prejudice here? I mean judging
        by the color , appearance etc !!!Looks like a bit of KKK philosophy
	involved here.
	
>I'm concerned, the Rig Vedic crap of the Aryans can be burned as a whole
							^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	Cough cough, but seems like some body is advocating the
	burning of books.Yeah right if you don't like it burn it
	as they did to the library in Jaffna.
> I didn't want to write this. But, I've finally had it!
	Not new news for us in the net.We all knew you "had it"
	a long time ago!! :-)
>Nobody is going to tell me what it really means to be a Tamil. 
		Yeah while I can tell you what you need to do!!
>Cowards betraying the Thamil Thai for the sake of personal 'fortunes,'
	 	While me the brave warrior has to sit here in Pittsburgh
	forgoing all personal comforts!! for the sake of my beloved
	comrades in Jaffna.
>looking upto Delhi for guidance
>exist in vast numbers among us.
	 Yes instead of looking up to me for guidance!!
> Its a curse on Tamils for we have to
>defend our Tamil identity among our own people.
	It is a curse on Tamils since most of you still retain the
	capability to THINK for yourselves rather than believing
	the Supreme truth and wisdom I have been genorous to share
	with you.
> No wander we have become
>a laughing stock for many.
	 Oh no question about that!!!
  A Dravidian party with a Brahaman as their
>chief in power..
	A dravidian nation with a murderer as their chief in the jungle!!
>thambi
		truely amused
		Nishantha
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