E - T a m i l : ஈ - தமிழ்

அதைவிடுங்க பாலாஜி.

இணையத்தில் இலக்கியம் இருக்கா இல்லையா? நீங்க என்ன நினைக்கிறீங்க?

இருக்கு/இல்லை என்பதோடு குறைந்தது ஒரு பத்தியாவது எழுதுங்கள். வழக்கம்போல விளக்கெண்ணையில் வெண்டக்காய் பொரிக்காம எழுதுங்க. ;)

அதுக்கப்புறம், மேல குடுத்திருக்கிற வார்த்தைகளைக் கோர்க்கிற விளையாட்டுக்கு வர்ரதைப்பத்தி யோசிப்பம்.

என்ன சொல்றீங்க பாலாஜி?

-மதி

>>இணையத்தில் இலக்கியம் இருக்கா இல்லையா?--

நானறிந்த இணையத்தில்/வலைப்பதிவுகளில் இருப்பதாகத்தான் தோன்றுகிறது.

>>குறைந்தது ஒரு பத்தியாவது எழுதுங்கள்.--

எங்க மாத்ஸ் மிஸ் ஞாபகத்துக்கு வருகிறார்கள். 'LHS <==> RHS என்று கொண்டு வருவதற்கு முன் நாலைந்து ஸ்டெப் போடுப்பா' என்பார்கள். எப்படியோ கொண்டு வந்துவிடுவோம் என்றாலும், நடுநடுவே சில தியரிகளைக் கொடுக்க வேண்டும். அந்த மாதிரி கேட்டிருக்கிறீர்கள்.

அதற்கு முன் 'விளக்கெண்ணையில் வெண்டக்காய் பொரிக்க' கேள்விகள்: (எது இலக்கியம், எப்படி இலக்கியம் என்று ட்ரில்லியன் தினார் கேள்வி இல்லை ;-)

* எவ்வளவு குப்பை தோன்றினாலும், நடுநடுவே 'இலக்கியம்' வலையில் முத்தாகத் இருந்தால், மொத்த இணையமும் 'கடலாகுமா'?

* அவை 'எங்கே' கிடைக்கவேண்டும்? ஒரே பகுதியிலா, பல்வேறு துறைகளிலா, அனைத்து நாடுகளிலும் இருந்தா, பல வலைத்தளங்களிலா?

* குறைந்தபட்ச எண்ணிக்கை எவ்வளவு?

என்னுடைய பதிலுக்கு செல்வதற்கு முன் இந்தப் பதிவை எழுதத் தூண்டிய மின் மடலைக் கொடுத்து விடுகிறேன்:

Do you want to impress or confuse clients or Vice versa?.........use Techno vocabulary..

It can be called the "Buzzword" writing method. It is simple. There are three columns of words involved, as follows:

0. Balanced 0. Management 0. contingency
1. total 1. Organization 1. Hardware (orsoftware)
2. integrated 2. reciprocal 2. projection
3. compatible 3. monitored 3. time-frame
4. synchronized 4. digital 4. concept
5. optimal 5. modular 5. programming
6. responsive 6. transitional 6. mobility
7. functional 7. Incremental 7. capability
8. parallel 8. third-generation 8. flexibility
9. systemized 9. policy 9. options

Just select any three-digit number; then use the corresponding Buzzwords from the above grid, e.g., 257: "integrated modular capability". Don't worry if it doesn't make sense to you; it won't mean anything to anyone else either, but they'll think you're just smarter than they are so they won't say anything!! ..

You can propose "systemized reciprocal options" (929) to achieve "optimal transitional flexibility" (568), so that we can think of an "integrated monitored projection" ..............and your boss will probably promote you!
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சரி....

எவ்வளவுதான் குப்பை டாகுமண்டேஷன்களைப் பார்த்தாலும், ஆங்காங்கே அருமையான requirements doc-உம் எனக்குக் கிடைத்தே வருகிறது.

மூன்றாவது கேள்விக்கு மட்டும் எனக்கு விடை தெரியும்: ஒரு உருப்படியான ஆக்கம் இருந்தால் கூட போதும்.

வரிசை 4 (இணைய எக்ஸ்டென்ஷன்)

அவதானிப்பு
உரல்
இற்றைப்படுத்தல்
மடலாடல்
...
...

உடனடியாய் நினைவுக்கு வராத மற்றும் பல !

Balaji

A similar matrix was developed by mahadevan long back to ridicule Vairamuthu's poems. That matrix would have 'megam', 'vervai', 'mazai', 'thamizh' 'mann' like that. Search for that excellent satire also and post it.

Thanks
S.Thirumalai

Dear Balaji

Long time back Mahadevan has published a similar matrix to satire Vairamuthu's poems. If you catch hold of it, post that also.

Thanks
S.Thirumalai

Have a look at this too.

இணையத்தில் எங்காவது பத்திரமாக இருக்கும். இருந்தாலும் என்னுடைய லோக்கல் கடுவறையில் இருந்து....
-பாலாஜி

An Algorithmic Approach To Modern Tamil Verse
by Ramesh Mahadevan (Please note: This post is written in jest. So, if you have a fragile personality or if you are a habitual flame-thrower, skip this post. However, responses, especially those espousing opposing viewpoints, are most welcome)
I was sitting down with a bottle of booze, with my good friend Chiddy and we decided to 'test drive' the latest craze from Madras, Raghuman's latest musical hits from the movie 'Pudhiya mugam' (?). There was a very catchy song that went 'Kannukku mai azhagu, kavidhaikku poi azhagu'. The words sounded very interesting and so we tuned to the words more than the tune itself, as we listened on.


As the song progressed into very pedestrian extension of the first line, I was shocked to find a line that went 'Avvaikku goon azhagu'. (Stoop beautifies Avvaiyar, the ancient tamil poetess) I wonder if Avvaiyar should have a say in the matter or would find her osteoporosis cute. Then there were more inane lines like 'Thayukku sey azhagu'. (Kid beautifies a mother) The bottomline is, the whole thing was very predictable and quite
algorithmic ! So, if anyone out there is desperate to make verses, here are some simple algorithms, based on the Vairamuthu formulae.


Algorithm number 1 is very simple. Just take any object. Think for a second and discover one of its attributes. It doesn't matter if there is anything creative or poetic about the attribute and the object. You simply say 'Object-kku attribute azhagu'. For example,


Rasathukku uppazhagu, vishathukku warning azhagu
pazhathukku juice azhagu, kizhathukku thadi azhagu

(Salt beautifies rasam; 'warning' beautifies poison; juice beautifies a fruit and a walking stick beautifies an old person)


You can carry this one step further and compose the next stanza,


Wire-kku current azhagu Vaigaikku karai azhagu
Vayatrukku thoppul azhagu, vairathukku muthazhagu

(current is cute for the wire bank is cute for Vaigai river
bellybutton is cute for the belly and diamond is cute for pearl)


Here, the 'Vaigai' line is important - so that old fashioned, conventional guys are satisfied that you are not Picasso-like modernist when it comes to crafting verses. And 'vairathukku muthazhagu' is one of those phrases you quietly slip in, hoping that no one would analyze it, because it sounds 'meaningful' and cute itself, even though it doesn't mean a damn thing.


Even the name 'Vairamuthu' (the name of the poet who came up with 'kannukku mai azhagu' and thousands of other songs) seems extremely phony and nonsensical. It probably sounds very poetic and senthamizhish. It is highly likely that the poet stumbled on this one fine day and decided it was better than his mom-pop-given name of perhaps Ananthagopalasanthanasubramanian, especially if he were to make his bucks in the film world. 'Vairam' is diamond and 'Muthu' is pearl. And I can't see anything common between them, except that both are used in jewelry and that too, perhaps not in the same jewel. I can't see any material parameters common to both of them. And here, the poet uses Vairam as an adjective to Muthu, that is, he is looking for Vairam like qualities in Muthu (could it be hardness or surface electrical conductivity ?) and for the world of me, I
can't decipher this name. I am sure, Vairamuthu can quickly cook up some etymology for this name. If there is actually a kind of pearl called Vairamuthu, I will eat my words and take all these back.


In creating nonsense phrases, Vairamuthu is probably a man without rivals. Its almost like the Japanese car companies coming up with meaningless names like Altra or Sentra for their cars, which somehow sound genuine. For example, during one period, he was using 'Paadhame Suprabaatham'. ('Your feet are Suprabaatham') It sounds very nice and rhythmic, except, when you try to figure it out, you go nowhere. Again, I am sure, the poet has a long winded explanation for such usage. But then, if it is so tough for us people to dig his poetry and we always have to
rush to him, what is the point writing something like this ?


I know 'movie songs' are not exactly vehicles for writing creative poetry. Even Bharatiyar might compose songs like 'Lovunna lovuu, man ennai stovuu' if twenty five film producers were chasing him with money. But, lets quickly take a look at Vairamuthu's magnum opus, 'Ilaya nila pozhigirathu'.


First of all, what is 'ilaya nila' ? Is it the moon right after new moon, lets say the third or the fourth phase ? or is it moon at the beginning of the evening ? And what does it 'pozhinjify' ? Isn't pozhigirathu a transitive verb requiring a noun or a noun clause (direct object) ? If Vairamuthu had his way, the age old song which went 'Amudhai pozhiyum nilave' would be simply reduced to 'Pozhiyum nilave, nee arugil varaadhadhu eno ?'


The rest of the song meanders around disjointedly from one subject to another and at one place he writes, 'Mugilinangal alaigiraTHU, mugavarigal tholaindhanavo'. What exactly is 'Mugilinangal' ? 'Kinds of clouds' like Cumulonimbus and Cirrus ? All occurring simultaneously in the sky ? Or was he simply implying a 'lot of clouds' ? In which case, why is he mixing singular and plural ? Isn't it 'AlaiginDRANA', especially when the plural also goes with the tune ? Why didn't he mix singular and plural in the second part of the line ? If this can be accepted as simple 'poetic license', I guess, he will not get his poetic license in the state of Colorado.


Now lets go back to Ilayaraja-Vairamuthu era. Here is algorithm 2, to compose 'old' Vairamuthu songs. In the following section, just choose one word each from columns 1, 2 and 3 and bingo, you have an early Vairamuthu song.

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Raaja Mullai kaathirukku
Deva Idhazh poothirukku
Raathiri Roja paathirukku
Pesiya Maan vizhithirukku
Azhagu Jeevan sethirukku
Boogambam sirichirukku
minnal pozhinjirukku
verthirukku

For example,


Azhagu minnal kaathirukku
Deva mullai sirichirukku
Pesiya jeevan paathirukku
Raaja idhazh verthirukku
and so forth.



Remember, 'Vervai' is one of Vairamuthu's favorite words. One only presumes the poet does not refer to an athlete's post-marathon sweat, but something sexier.


I have read a lot of his prose and I found it to be excellent. He is certainly a talented person. So Vairamuthu fans, no personal insults, please ! But, like most of us, he too has sold his soul for money. He is just an emperor without clothes. But instead, we simply call him the greatest of modern day poets. At any rate, it is always easy to make fun of someone else.


This reminds me of that story (shall I say 'fictional story', just to invent a new phrase, a la Vairamuthu ?) about this old Pulavar whose name was Anonymous. He was probaby the first poet to use algorithmic approach to tamil poetry. He went to the Pallava king in Kanchipuram and sang 'Nagareshu Kaanchi'.

(Trans: 'Of all cities, Kanchipuram is IT !') The king was tickled to death and awarded the poet four hundred gold coins. After a few days of Pallava hospitality, the poet went to the Chola kingdom and had an audience with the king and sang 'Nagareshu Tanjai' (Trans: 'Of all cities, Thanjavur is IT') and the Chola king was very thrilled and gave the poet a lot of money and made him his Arasavai Pulavar for a whole month. After which, the Pulavar went to the Pandiya kingdom and sang 'Nagareshu Madurai' and later, went on to became very famous in history for having composed similar such poems about many other cities.


Copyright(R) Mahadevan Ramesh

சத்யராஜ்... இந்த வரிசை கூட நல்லா இருக்கே! 'குறுகிய காலத்தில் இலக்கியவாதியாவது எப்படி' என்று புத்தகம் எழுத ஐடியா கொடுக்கறீங்க :P ;-)

நன்றி சந்தோஷ் குரு. போட்டுத் தாக்கியிருக்கிறார்கள்!

மூர்த்தி... ஜெயமோகன் திண்ணையில் சமீப வாரங்களில் எழுதாதற்கும் நீங்கள்தான் காரணமா!?

ஜெயமோகன் திண்ணையில் எழுதுகிறாரா... இல்லை வீட்டு பின்பக்கம் எழுதுகிறாரா என்பது எனக்கு முக்கியமில்லை. ஞானி சிலேட்டில் எழுதுகிறாரா இல்லை கரும்பலகையில் எழுதுகிறாரா என்பதும் அவ்வாறே! ஆனால் ஜெயமோகனை கலைஞர் இலக்கியவாதி இல்லை என்றதற்காகக் கண்டித்திருக்கிறேன். கலைஞர் நல்ல அரசியல்வாதியா என்பதில் பதில் சொல்ல நான் விரும்பவில்லை. ஆனால் நல்ல இலக்கியவாதிதான் என்பதில் உறுதியாக இருக்கிறேன்!

அன்புடன்,
மூர்த்தி.

No matter what others say, I think it is still interesting and useful maybe necessary to improve some minor things