Saturday, June 30, 2007

Gabbilam - Joshua

కసరి బుసకొట్టు నాతని గాలిసోక (kasari busa-kottu naatani gaali soka)
నాల్గు పడగల హైందవ నాగరాజు (nalgu padagala haindawa naagaraaju)

In his magnum opus Gabbilam (bat), Joshua lyrically portrays the state of the casteless of his times. Apparently, the four-headed Indian caste-cobra spat venom on the fifth casteless group for its mere presence.

2 Comments:

Blogger obc voice said...

gabbilam is telugu for 'bat' not owl. gudla gooba is telugu for owl.. but the quote was nice - is the poem on the net?

12:03 AM  
Blogger Anand said...

Thanks for pointing out, it stands corrected now.

I found a few verses in a book. I didn't look online..

2:14 PM  

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