From: nlp54@cas.org ()
Subject: Re: "EE DESAMEEGINAA ....POETRY - PATRIOTISM/CHAUVINISM/ETHNOCENTRISM"
Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 00:17:42 GMT

In article <Jan.22.19.11.38.1993.7669@paul.rutgers.edu> kumarv@paul.rutgers.edu (kumar vadaparty) writes:
>In article <1993Jan22.135349.21659@cas.org>, nlp54@cas.org writes:
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>>                         by ra'yaprOlu subba'ra'u
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>That's an excellent poem. I sometimes wonder, if such poems support
>"chauvanism(sp?)" and blindfaith in our greatness. But, I dont think
>it was the intention of Rayaprolu, anyway.
>
>Kumar.
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		       The famous poets (freedom fighters/intellectual freedom
		       thinkers) of those days were the awakening forces to
		       energize the dormant intelligentia.  Sure, they
		       (including Rayaprolu) had included in sufficient doses
		       the elements of chauvinism/blindfaith and above all the
		       essence of ethnocentrism in their poetry to pinch the
		       emotional souls of the public, especially the educated
		       masses.  Go back to Frenc revolution and examine what
		       Russou (sp) had written to shake the academia and the
		       intellectual masses.  Poetry like the one above cited is
		       to awaken the educated humans only.  The ordinary man is
		       not in the reach of this type of poetry (a bit high
		       class).  Without chauvinism, one can never achieve the
		       goals like being liberated from a foreign ruler as in the
		       case of India under British rule.  Chuvinism was the only
		       force, probably, united all Indians, especially those
		       educated.  Could dESaBakti be called a form of
		       chauvanism?  Then where does ethnocentrism fit?  Is
		       patriotism a fruit of
		       chavinism/blindfaith/ethnocentrism?  These are all
		       sociopsychological patterns of behaviours in the human
		       society exhibited from time to time depending upon the
		       factors.  The purpose here was to achieve independence.
		       There were two sections of people in India (apart from
		       religions and castes): intellectual (eduacated) and
		       illiterate.  The is another class division in Indian
		       society which had a strong influence on the
		       sociobiological behavior of Indians.  One way to reach
		       the intellectuals was through literary (prose & poetry)
		       media.  There was no time for rational thinking.  Freedom
		       was a relegion those days.  One should fight for it.
		       Chavanism was a tool to group all the individuals who
		       could understand the message - meaning of being a hindu,
		       being an Indian, and above all to become independent.
		       Blindfaith makes you assume that an Indian is the most
		       fortunate one to be born on the soils of mother India and
		       mother India is the greatest nation existing on the face
		       of this planet.  This is a prophecy.  Bharatamata, a
		       Godess created especially for this purpose!  Freedom was
		       the religion encircling Bharatamata's kids, Indians.
		       Mission accomplished!

		       Kumar!  You are correct.  But whether Rayaprolu wrote
		       this with an intention to iclude chauvanism/blindfaith to
		       awaken the weak-minded Indians is not certain but the
		       fruit of chavinism/blindfaith/ethnocentrism i.e.
		       PATRIOTISM is  clearly visible and perceivable in his
		       poetry.

		       ---PALANA

 An excellent comment by Kumar Vadaparty.  Keep this sort of debates alive.

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