Tamils all over the world celebrate mattu pongal today remembering the contribution of cows and bulls to the farmers and all the elements of nature.Kural glorifies farmers by saying that only those who go behind the ploughs and cultivate crops actually live and the rest only follow the farmers for their existence.The earth is rotating non -stop but it is always marching towards the plough of the farming community and so on ...
It is unfortunate that agriculture as the way of life is bristling with a variety of problems and the collaborative effort of nature is vitiated by man made barriers, fertilizers and stupid policies and regulations in the name of globalisation.The native indigeneous seeds and plants have been disappearing and the cor prates of the west have taken firm hold over this activity. Machines and MNCs have distanced the farmer away from his land and made him a pauper and dependent,powerless and penniless
Coming to translation of a few kurals from Kamathupal let me say:
The lover is so scared of her eye, which penetrates like an arrow into his eye for the simple reason that the brows could not stay firm and thus prevent her entry.(1086)
She has wonderful eyes.her look/stare has dual components;her seductive look makes me sick and nervous.To cure the resulting sickness she has a wonderful medicine yes she gently smiles upone me and the disease caused by her first look viz the love sickness melts away.
It is unfortunate that agriculture as the way of life is bristling with a variety of problems and the collaborative effort of nature is vitiated by man made barriers, fertilizers and stupid policies and regulations in the name of globalisation.The native indigeneous seeds and plants have been disappearing and the cor prates of the west have taken firm hold over this activity. Machines and MNCs have distanced the farmer away from his land and made him a pauper and dependent,powerless and penniless
Coming to translation of a few kurals from Kamathupal let me say:
The lover is so scared of her eye, which penetrates like an arrow into his eye for the simple reason that the brows could not stay firm and thus prevent her entry.(1086)
She has wonderful eyes.her look/stare has dual components;her seductive look makes me sick and nervous.To cure the resulting sickness she has a wonderful medicine yes she gently smiles upone me and the disease caused by her first look viz the love sickness melts away.
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