From: potturi@cs.uh.edu (Rahi Prakash Potturi)
Subject: puNya bhoomi kaadhu kaadhu paNya bhoomi
Originator: potturi@rodin
Organization: Computer Science dept.,  Univ. of Houston (Main Campus)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 05:20:47 GMT


Thanks to the recent (indecent) impetus(!) given by Suresh Doki, A.R. Bontu,
Mohan Kakulavarapu, Srihari Nimmala etc. here I takeoff tangentially.


                puNyaa bhoomi kaadhu kaadhu paNya bhoomi
                -----------------------------------------

        thelugu naata bhakthi rasam theppalugaa paaruthondhi
        drianagee schemu leka dangeru gaa maaruthondhi

kavi, paathrikeyulu gajjela mallareddy gaari palukulavi. saamaajika spruha
galgina pedhdha manishi kaavadam chetha, unassuming and (more or less)
harmless bhakthi rasam thaalooku "athi"ni saitham bharincha leka pai kavitha
vraasukunnaru. aayanake ganaka s.c.i.t sandharSanaabhaagyam galigithe,
ukkiribikkirayyi, kavi hrudhayam vilavila laadi, thana kavithanilaa thiraga
raasuko valasosthundhemo:

        thelugu vaari naatuthanam theppalugaa paaruthondhi
        dheSadheSaalakoo paaki dangeru gaa maaruthondhi

ee "naatuthanam, motuthanam, hadhdheragani lekithanam" oka isolated instance O
leka kevalam s.c.i.t ki maathrame parimithamaina rugmathO kaadhu; maathrudheSam
"galli gallilo, nara naraallo" vyaapinchina jaadyam. konni udhaaharaNalu
choodhdhaam:

Hyderabad city bussullo, porapaatuno grahapaatuno saraina chillara lekundaa
bussekkE saahasam chesina prathi okarikee anubhavamayye vishayam -
thama ninchi, thama thaatha muththaathala varakoo okkokkaroo etuvanti
"kodukulo" conductor mahaaSayudu "chakkagaa siggulekundaa", thagu bhaashalo
viSleshinchi, vivarinsthe vinavalasiraavadam!
siggupadi, chinnabuchchukuni, thala ekkada pettukovaalo theleeka gilagilalaadi,
endhuku puttaama anukuni vaapoye pedhdha manushu lendharo?!

sare, sadharu conductur, badugu jeevi kaabatti, "chaalee chaalani jeetham,
chaakiriki naligipoye jeevitham" avvadam chEsi, thana frustrations ni
ee viDhangaa ventilate chesthunnaadanukundhaam. entha frustration ayithe
maathram, intha dhurusuthanamaa?! antha parusha padhajaalamaa?!

norunnavaadidhi raajyam
nayameriginavaarikadhi poojyam

oka sthree (aame naalugeLLa paape avvochchu, nalabhayeLLa mahiLe avvochchu,
leka teens lo unna ammaaye avvochchu) inti ninchi bayaldheri naalugadugulu
bayatakesi, intiki thirigochche lopu, vina valasina maataloo, bharincha
valasina leki chesthaloo enni?! mana janaabhaalo sexual frustration antha
mOthaadhu minchina sDhaayilo unnadhaa?! oka veLa adhe nijamanukunnaa,
lekithanaaniki resort avvadamaa dhaaniki maargam?!

thiragabadaleni lEga dhoodante thOdheliki alusu
neethi, niyam lEni vaadiki avi vunna nissahaayulu alusu


aanDhra dheSamlo kurrakaaru maatlaadukune bhaasha choodaali. sabhyatha,
samskaaram unnavaaru vinte urgentgaa dettol tho chevulu Subhram chesuko-
valasosthundhi - atuvanti chavakabaaru bhaasha. anthakante ghoram - the
casualness with which they resort to such a language.

"bhagavadhgeethakee, agni puneetha seethakee" nelavaina Dharma bhoomani
beeraalu pothaam manam. pragalbhaalu palakadaaniki, aithe manam aathma
vanchakulamanna ayyundaali, ledhaa "isukalona thala dhoorchina ushtra
pakshi" baapathu baDhiraanDhulamannaa ayyundaali.

dhigajaaruduthanam niravaDhikangaa peruguthondhi
dhiga dhudupai sanaathana samskruthi moolguthondhi
dheSoDhaarakule chesthunte nee pathaaka avanatham
dhikkevarammaa bharathi, nee ghanatha, gatham hatham

ani anipisthundhi. I earnestly wish I am wrong. May be I've exaggarated
things a bit, but soothrapraayangaa nenu prasthaavinchina vishayaalu
nijamani nammuthunnanu. Selavu.


Rahi Prakash Potturi
(potturi@cs.uh.edu)