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<BR>From: "Mani M. Manivannan" <manim@...>
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<BR>Subject: [agathiyar] Re: [webmasters] Ianesco again
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<BR>From: murug@... <murug@...>
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<BR>Date: Monday, September 13, 1999 5:02 AM
<BR>Subject: [webmasters] Ianesco again
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<BR>So these attempts at versification of Newton’s laws are just cerebral
<BR>exercises.. that is quite interesting. 
<BR>
<BR>Alright..let these be so. But let us refrain from calling these as poems. A
<BR>poem is definitely not a theory or formula set to yaappu. A century back the
<BR>elite made Marabu kavithai the vehicle of similar cerebral exercises and in
<BR>the process it got alienated from the masses and is dying as Manivannan has
<BR>observed. 
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<BR>It does not sound convincing, at least to me to argue that to appreciate
<BR>Sangam literature one has to learn and master versification (with Einstein or
<BR>Newton or Codd lending a helping hand). A genuine love of literature,
<BR>passion for things past and a well researched text (Urai) would be more than
<BR>adequate to enjoy any old Tamil kaaviyam, kalambagam or prabantham ..  
<BR>
<BR>It is needless to lament the death of Marabu Kavithai as a vibrant modern
<BR>Tamil poetry has since evolved and has taken its place, with the advent of
<BR>Bharathi. The tradition has been kept alive by Bharathi Dasan, Pichamurthy, 
<BR>Basuvaiyya (Sundara Ramasami), Jnanakoothan, Pazhamalai, Kanimozhi et al.  
<BR>
<BR>Let Newton be not disturbed from his eternal sleep to jack up Tamil
<BR>literature!
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<BR>Regards,
<BR>Achwin
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