Re: chaMdassu avasaramA!

V. Chowdary Jampala (cjampala@dayton.net)
Sat, 27 Jan 1996 23:14:37 -0500 (EST)

On Fri, 26 Jan 1996, Madhava Kumar Turumella wrote:

> prastutaM Andhra pradesh lO oka udyamaM naDustOMdi. meeku telusO teliyadO!
> Some people who can not write in chandas and who have been recognised
> by the so-called literary critics (can you geuss whom do I mean!) started
> this movement. Their slogan :
>
> "chaMdassu naDDi viragagoTTaMDi"

Didn't paTTaabhi (fiDElu raagaala dajen) declare more than 40 years
ago: 'vacana kavita anE duDDukarratO (chandObaddha) padyaala naDum
viragagoTtutaanu' (not an exact quote)?

I was under the impression until recently that he, his associates,
their followers, and general public succeeded in doing exactly that.

Regards --- V. Chowdary Jampala