There are some habituated readers of dictionaries. Every one needs an addiction, and I think it is a very good one.
Awhile ago, I was looking up andhrabharathi dictionaries, to use a word close to the one I had in mind to describe a particular ‘lighting’ and was thrilled to see so many synonyms under the word ‘luminous’ which are brilliantly matched up with their Telugu counterparts.
Recently saw a movie called “Professor and the madman,” wherein the humongous task of compiling first Oxford dictionary is shown. Same thrill went thru me, in the scenes the discussion is about words. I more or less ignored the sections about men and women troubles, morals and madness. Just not in the mood to do rotten tomatoes kind of movie viewing and focus if Mel Gibson and Sean Penn did good job as actors. Who cares?
Understanding the phrase “Going viral” lot better now,
-Lyla
Thank you very much for your affectionate introduction of KD. At the ‘vEdika’ meet in Hyderbad, you have heard me enumerate the reasons for publishing KD after 60 years. I do not want to repeat. But one thing, I must emphasize. I still believe that we don’t have a good grasp on writing literary history.
No. I haven’t read Borges’ critical expose’ on Text and Context. I read a couple of his short stories long time ago. And, some of his poetry translated into Telugu. Frankly, I did not like the translations.
If you are referring to his work related to Quixote, I have heard about it in the 90s from one of my friends, but never tried to go for it. Now that I want to revisit Text and Context problem from several more angles (with additional references from Thomas Kuhn’s ideas on the Structure of Scientific Revolutions), I will certainly get a copy and read it.
Thanks again for your introduction of KD on eemaata, and kind words at the Hyderbad meet.
To those who could not obtain a copy of the book:
If you are in Hyderabad, you can still get it from Navodaya.
If you are in the USA, email me or send a message via messenger on FB and I will mail you a copy.
In the mean time I will find out why it wasn’t listed in kingie.
Thanks for your interest.
First my apologies. I am a slow reader; worse than that slower writer. I just finished reading Nagaraju’s excellent story. Story – it might not be for the standard picky traditional editors in the Bharat – Hell with it. I call it a narration. The technique made me read it in one fell swoop.
There were over a dozen New Yorker magazines on the table staring at me. January 2020 to March 2020. I started going over each one, as usual, very slowly. The issue of January 20, 2020 caught my attention. There is a story by Bryan Washington. It’s titled Visitor. I want eemaata readers to read it. I find a distant, very distant, yet far removed parallel to Nagaraju’s story. It might be due to my loss of ‘sense’ of taste to appreciate, or I might be having a sudden ‘senior’ moment.
Don’t get me wrong and attach any labels too quickly. No. I ain’t suggesting anything stupid. What we might still consider as taboo even today wasn’t a taboo in the west. That’s as far as the subject matter is concerned. On the otherhand, I found the narration in the New Yorker convoluted and clumsier. I wish Nagaraju has written his story in English.
ఇంటర్నెట్లో డిక్షనరీ అందుబాటులో ఉంచడానికి చేసిన ప్రయత్నం అభినందించదగిన గొప్ప కార్యం. ఇట్టి కార్యక్రమంలో భాగస్వామ్యులవుతున్న దాతలకు పాలుపంచుకుంటున్న బాషాభిమానులకు నాహృదయపూర్వక వందనములు. ఇదిఎందరికో ఉపయుక్తమైన కార్యక్రమం. ఈ ప్రాజెక్టు సుసాధ్యం చేయడానికి సాయపడ్డ అందరికీ ధన్యవాదాలు. నమస్కారాలు.
పెద్దవయసులో బిడ్డను కనడం ఏదో వైపరీత్యం అనుకునే సమాజానికి మంచి సందేశంలా ఉంది. కధనం హృదయాన్ని ద్రవింపచేసింది, పలు సందర్భాల్లో.
ఈ మధ్య హిందీలో వచ్చిన ‘బదాయిహో’ సినిమా గుర్తుకు వచ్చింది.
దేశభక్తి గేయాలు గురించి రాధ మండువ అభిప్రాయం:
03/30/2020 10:47 pm
జోహారులే తల్లి – గానం మల్లిక్ గారు & శ్రీరంగం గోపాలరత్నం గారు. రచన . మధురాంతకం రాజారాం గారు
ఇంటర్నెట్లో తెలుగు డిక్షనరీలు గురించి Lyla Yerneni అభిప్రాయం:
03/30/2020 2:54 pm
There are some habituated readers of dictionaries. Every one needs an addiction, and I think it is a very good one.
Awhile ago, I was looking up andhrabharathi dictionaries, to use a word close to the one I had in mind to describe a particular ‘lighting’ and was thrilled to see so many synonyms under the word ‘luminous’ which are brilliantly matched up with their Telugu counterparts.
Recently saw a movie called “Professor and the madman,” wherein the humongous task of compiling first Oxford dictionary is shown. Same thrill went thru me, in the scenes the discussion is about words. I more or less ignored the sections about men and women troubles, morals and madness. Just not in the mood to do rotten tomatoes kind of movie viewing and focus if Mel Gibson and Sean Penn did good job as actors. Who cares?
Understanding the phrase “Going viral” lot better now,
-Lyla
కావ్యదహనోత్సవం గురించి Veluri Venkateswara Rao అభిప్రాయం:
03/29/2020 1:55 pm
Ramarao Kanneganti:
Thank you very much for your affectionate introduction of KD. At the ‘vEdika’ meet in Hyderbad, you have heard me enumerate the reasons for publishing KD after 60 years. I do not want to repeat. But one thing, I must emphasize. I still believe that we don’t have a good grasp on writing literary history.
No. I haven’t read Borges’ critical expose’ on Text and Context. I read a couple of his short stories long time ago. And, some of his poetry translated into Telugu. Frankly, I did not like the translations.
If you are referring to his work related to Quixote, I have heard about it in the 90s from one of my friends, but never tried to go for it. Now that I want to revisit Text and Context problem from several more angles (with additional references from Thomas Kuhn’s ideas on the Structure of Scientific Revolutions), I will certainly get a copy and read it.
Thanks again for your introduction of KD on eemaata, and kind words at the Hyderbad meet.
కావ్యదహనోత్సవం గురించి Veluri Venkateswara Rao అభిప్రాయం:
03/29/2020 1:33 pm
To those who could not obtain a copy of the book:
If you are in Hyderabad, you can still get it from Navodaya.
If you are in the USA, email me or send a message via messenger on FB and I will mail you a copy.
In the mean time I will find out why it wasn’t listed in kingie.
Thanks for your interest.
ఉయ్ టూ గురించి Veluri Venkateswara Rao అభిప్రాయం:
03/29/2020 12:03 pm
First my apologies. I am a slow reader; worse than that slower writer. I just finished reading Nagaraju’s excellent story. Story – it might not be for the standard picky traditional editors in the Bharat – Hell with it. I call it a narration. The technique made me read it in one fell swoop.
There were over a dozen New Yorker magazines on the table staring at me. January 2020 to March 2020. I started going over each one, as usual, very slowly. The issue of January 20, 2020 caught my attention. There is a story by Bryan Washington. It’s titled Visitor. I want eemaata readers to read it. I find a distant, very distant, yet far removed parallel to Nagaraju’s story. It might be due to my loss of ‘sense’ of taste to appreciate, or I might be having a sudden ‘senior’ moment.
Don’t get me wrong and attach any labels too quickly. No. I ain’t suggesting anything stupid. What we might still consider as taboo even today wasn’t a taboo in the west. That’s as far as the subject matter is concerned. On the otherhand, I found the narration in the New Yorker convoluted and clumsier. I wish Nagaraju has written his story in English.
Congratulations!
కావ్యదహనోత్సవం గురించి ranga అభిప్రాయం:
03/28/2020 9:19 pm
Couldn’t find the book at Kinige…
ఇంటర్నెట్లో తెలుగు డిక్షనరీలు గురించి తాళ్ల సత్యనారాయణ అభిప్రాయం:
03/22/2020 6:16 am
ఇంటర్నెట్లో డిక్షనరీ అందుబాటులో ఉంచడానికి చేసిన ప్రయత్నం అభినందించదగిన గొప్ప కార్యం. ఇట్టి కార్యక్రమంలో భాగస్వామ్యులవుతున్న దాతలకు పాలుపంచుకుంటున్న బాషాభిమానులకు నాహృదయపూర్వక వందనములు. ఇదిఎందరికో ఉపయుక్తమైన కార్యక్రమం. ఈ ప్రాజెక్టు సుసాధ్యం చేయడానికి సాయపడ్డ అందరికీ ధన్యవాదాలు. నమస్కారాలు.
ఐదు స్వాభిమాన కథలు గురించి సత్యవతి అభిప్రాయం:
03/22/2020 5:00 am
కథలు బాగున్నాయి.
ఒకనాటి యువ కథ: అమ్మ గురించి జి కె యస్ రాజా అభిప్రాయం:
03/18/2020 1:17 am
పెద్దవయసులో బిడ్డను కనడం ఏదో వైపరీత్యం అనుకునే సమాజానికి మంచి సందేశంలా ఉంది. కధనం హృదయాన్ని ద్రవింపచేసింది, పలు సందర్భాల్లో.
ఈ మధ్య హిందీలో వచ్చిన ‘బదాయిహో’ సినిమా గుర్తుకు వచ్చింది.
నాకు నచ్చిన పద్యం: హరిశ్చంద్ర కాటి సీను గురించి శేషశాయి అభిప్రాయం:
03/17/2020 12:30 am
‘ఇచ్చోటనే…’ అనే పద్యం ఎక్కడ దొరుకుతుంది?