Tribute to T-struggle in poemsBook consists of 83 poems by 60 poets
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It was quite a coincidence. As the book ‘Scent of the Soil: Selections from Telangana Kavitha 2006-2010' was being released on Saturday in the auditorium of Vaagdevi College in Hanamkonda, outside the first drizzle brought respite from the long spell of scorching heat and exuded the smell of the mud. As Naleshwaram Shankaram, one of the guests at the book release, pointed this out, he was greeted with applause.
The book, edited by K. Damodar Rao of Kakatiya University, consists of 83 poems by 60 poets, both by renowned and fresh voices. The book is a collective effort by eight translators. Sri Chukka Ramaiah, MLC was the Chief guest, Prof. Laxmana Murthy, Prof. Katyayani Vidmahe, and KSP Roy were among the other guests. Prof. Banna Ailaiah presided over the meeting.
There are a number of poems in the anthology that deal with culture, customs, festivals and historical places of the region, and their glorification as it happens in the first stage of liberation struggle. There are also poems wherein the poets express their empathy, anguish at the untimely death of so many youths. They also urge the youth to desist from such self-inflicted violence. Sitaram expresses his awe at the ultimate sacrifices people are making for a cherished goal : “What kind of sacrifice!/What death! What nobility!” (“The Broken Marigold Garland”). “You should surge ahead becoming/Jingling anklets to our feet/How can you be splintered tiles?” asks Sunkireddy with anguish in ‘The Difference'. The book is dedicated to the memory of the people who made the ultimate sacrifice for the cause of their cherished goal.
“Glocal Apology” by Mamidi Harikrishna reminds us of our roots and how we have forgotten them in the shadow of a “broad” ideology and stresses the need for an immediate need to apologise to all the subalterns and marginalised people in the world:
“This is the historic occasion when
…those who created conflicts, alienated us
express apology, in retrospective introspection,
with bowed heads,
to Africa, Red Indians, to women,
to Andaman, Aborigines
to small republics, Gonds
to Madigas, and to Nature.
That's why, dear parents,
please forgive me
for rejecting my plough legacy.
…My village, situated along a tank, amid hillocks,
please excuse me-for wearing the city attire
looking down your naturalness-”
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It was quite a coincidence. As the book ‘Scent of the Soil: Selections from Telangana Kavitha 2006-2010' was being released on Saturday in the auditorium of Vaagdevi College in Hanamkonda, outside the first drizzle brought respite from the long spell of scorching heat and exuded the smell of the mud. As Naleshwaram Shankaram, one of the guests at the book release, pointed this out, he was greeted with applause.
The book, edited by K. Damodar Rao of Kakatiya University, consists of 83 poems by 60 poets, both by renowned and fresh voices. The book is a collective effort by eight translators. Sri Chukka Ramaiah, MLC was the Chief guest, Prof. Laxmana Murthy, Prof. Katyayani Vidmahe, and KSP Roy were among the other guests. Prof. Banna Ailaiah presided over the meeting.
There are a number of poems in the anthology that deal with culture, customs, festivals and historical places of the region, and their glorification as it happens in the first stage of liberation struggle. There are also poems wherein the poets express their empathy, anguish at the untimely death of so many youths. They also urge the youth to desist from such self-inflicted violence. Sitaram expresses his awe at the ultimate sacrifices people are making for a cherished goal : “What kind of sacrifice!/What death! What nobility!” (“The Broken Marigold Garland”). “You should surge ahead becoming/Jingling anklets to our feet/How can you be splintered tiles?” asks Sunkireddy with anguish in ‘The Difference'. The book is dedicated to the memory of the people who made the ultimate sacrifice for the cause of their cherished goal.
“Glocal Apology” by Mamidi Harikrishna reminds us of our roots and how we have forgotten them in the shadow of a “broad” ideology and stresses the need for an immediate need to apologise to all the subalterns and marginalised people in the world:
“This is the historic occasion when
…those who created conflicts, alienated us
express apology, in retrospective introspection,
with bowed heads,
to Africa, Red Indians, to women,
to Andaman, Aborigines
to small republics, Gonds
to Madigas, and to Nature.
That's why, dear parents,
please forgive me
for rejecting my plough legacy.
…My village, situated along a tank, amid hillocks,
please excuse me-for wearing the city attire
looking down your naturalness-”
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