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Tag: Kannada Poetry

  • Why Kankadasa will always remain relevant.

    Why Kankadasa will always remain relevant.

    “How can we let a lowly Kurba in/” the Brahmins of the Mutta hurled at the man, Vadiraja Teertha decided it was time to humble the arrogant Brahmins. He had immense faith in the devotion of the man, so he kept quiet. The Man stood out and sang the praise of the Lord … Lo…

  • Two Sides Of the Same Moon

    Tetisa kopi devargala oda goodi hattavataarava nettidanamma. Is a verse from the famous purandaradasa’s poetry. Well, this translates to along with thirty three crores of gods he (Vishnu) took ten avatars. This has been a bone of contention, and even ridicule. But we never put it to context. When we say gods, we are talking about…

  • Manku Thimma –DVG

    Lyrics by poet DVGundappa,uses the pen name mankuthimma that is equivalent to Simple simon to reflect on everyday wisdom.   My mother tongue Kannada is spoken in the state of Karnataka in the southern peninsular India. Bangalore is its capital city. One of my favourite lyrics is in this language, written by a poet called…

  • Kannadati– the soul of Karnataka.

    a geographic journey from my maternal home to my married home

  • the cattle fair.

    Nimmoora bandiyali nammoora bittaga sagidudu dari begaa Is part of the Mysore mallige poem.  Yesterday as we travelled by road  from goa to dharwad it was a pleasure. It was the first time that my husband was driving this distance. On our way at Kalgatgi we saw the cattle fair (unfortunately  my husband did not…