Here are two poems I found and liked in recent issuses of the
thamizh magazine subamaNGaLA.
The first one has relevance for the perennial topic of discord
in SCT. It is from page 72, of the August 94 issue and it is by
shaNmuka subbaiyA.
(in ROMAN transliteration)
puri_yAtha o_nRu e_n sAthipOl u_yarn^tha oru sAthi ippUthalaththilillai. e_n matham pOl makaththA_na oru matham issakaththi_nilillai. e_n mozhipol ezhilA_na orumozhi ivvUzhi_yilillai. A_nAl, en sAthi_yallAtha sAthi_yil en mathamallAtha mathaththil en mozhi_yallAtha mozhi_yl ennaivi_ta siRan^thavarkaL eppatiththA_n piRan^thArkaL lenpathuthAn puri_yavillai.
%(in Mylai font)
p<riyat o[fB '[f catiEpalf uyrfnft oR cati ;pfp>tltftililfAl. '[f mtmf Epalf mktfta[ oR mtmf ;cfcktfti[ililfAl. '[f emaziepalf 'zila[ oRemazi ;vfv>ziyililfAl. ~[alf, '[f catiylflat catiyilf '[f mtmlflat mttftilf '[f emaziylflat emaziyilf '[fA[vid cibnftvrfkqf 'pfpFtfta[f pibnftarfkqf el[fpTta[f p<riyvilfAl. The second one is from page 23 of the October 1994 issue. It is not a poem published in the magazine, but one quoted in a "vimarisanam" piece by bArathi while reviewing the collection "sAmbal vArththaikaL" by the poet indhiran. While commenting on this poem, the reviewer says: %(in ROMAN transliteration) n^am thamizh sOppu-pEs_t vi_yApirikaLi_n kaikaLil sikki, sOrappa_tuththuvathai, n^ammai 'usAla'viRku mARas solli n^assarikkum, avalaththai, n^am iruppaik kELvi kE_tkiRathu. kam muLaiththa n^avukaLO_tu peri_ya ma_nitharkaL' e_npathu visEsamA_na vari. lU_yi pu_nuvali_n surrealisap pa_timaNGaLaip pOl irukki_nRa_na, in^thira_ni_n pala varikaL. %(following in Mylai font)
nmf tmizf Ecapfp<-Epcfdf viyapirikqi[f Akkqilf cikfki, EcarpfpDtfTvAt, nmfAm ucal vibfK mabcf ecalfli ncfcrikfKmf, `vltfAt, nmf ;RpfApkf Ekqfvi EkdfkibT. nkmf MAqtft nv<kEqaD epriy m[itrfkqf '[fpT viEccma[ vri. L\yi p<{vli[f CrfErlicpf pFmgAqpf Epalf ;Rkfki[fb[, ;nftir[i[f pl vrikqf.
Now, here is the poem itself by indhiran.
%(in Roman transliteration) n^ammUril ka_N_Nai kUsavaikkum vI_ti_yO veLissaththil n^akam muLaiththa n^avukaLO_tu peri_ya ma_nitharkaL pasiththa mA_ni_taththukku vArththaikaL u_N_Nak ko_tukkiRarkaL viLamparaNGaLi_n isai vArththaikaLil (in^thi ussarippO_tu) po_y solkiRathu e_n thamizh.
%(in Mylai font)
nmfYMrilf k]fA] PcAvkfKmf vIFEya evqicfctftilf nkmf MAqtft nv<kEqaD epriy m[itrfkqf pcitft ma[idtfTkfK varftfAtkqf u]f]kf ekaDkfkibarfkqf viqmfprgqi[f ;Ac varftfAtkqilf (;nfti ucfcripfEpaD) epayf ecalfkibT '[f tmizf.
There is also a controversy involving karikAlan's
recent collection of poems, its review by NYAnakkUththan
in the August 94 issue, a severe rejoinder to the review
by a. mArkS in the September 94 issue and responses to
that rejoinder by U. kirushNasAmi and n^AgArjunan in the
October issue. Quite interesting and informative. And of
course some inevitable name calling.
Dr. S. SANKARAN
Faculty of Administration
University of Regina
REGINA, Saskatchewan
CANADA S4S 0A2.
Telephone: (306) 585-4988
FAX: (306) 585-4805
e-mail: SANKARAN@max.cc.uregina.ca