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Canjeevi Parvathatthin Caral' (TheCanjeevi Range) is a satirical poem published in the year 1930. The poem opens with a picturesque description of the bill side. The story is about a love pair, Kuppan and Vanji belonging to tbehunting tribe and it is portrayed in the form of a dialogue between the lovers. The heroine Vanji insists her lover on taking her to the top of the mountain and giving her a little of a couple of herbs of magical properties. Understanding the craze of the girl for the herbs, Kuppan takes her atop the mountain and Vanji plucks the said herbs and both of them settle down under the shade of a tree. As soon as they put a bit of one of the herbs in their tongue they are able to hear in chaste Tamil all the human speeches as if they would hear in person. They hear the conversation between an Italian and a French man. They hear the speech of an American as well as of an Englishman. This part of the story is very important The Englishman ridicules the Indians in the most contemptuous terms. He scorns at the backwardness of the society.
He attacks the Puranas and theIthikasas of India, the priestly class,lack of confidence in hard labour, lack of rational thinking, pessimistic out look of life. differences,of caste and creed, and superstitious practices. He says that unless the people of Indiadrive these out they cannot drive the British rulers out also.- This part of the story shows how much interest the poet had in the freedom of India.
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The lovers are very much distressed on hearing these words of the English man and yet they feel happy for having been given a chance to know of the plight of their own country. They also feel that the herbs will yield good results. When they are in a happy mood, they hear a painful cry and their attention is diverted. It is nothing but the cry of a bagavatha who narrates the story of Ramayana to an audience. He narrates in the most sensasationalmanner the story of Hanuman carrying the Canjeevi Mountain through the air on the counsel of Jamb avan to rescue the army of monkeys in the services of Sri Rama and Lakshmana his brother who are under the spell of theBrahmasthra shot by Indirajit. theheroic son of Ravana, the lord of Lanka. He concludes the story for the day with Hanuman placing the mountain intact in the original place after the mission is over.
| On hearing the narration, the ignorantkuppan takes it to be true and begins to tremble in fear that he and his sweet heart will be in no time meeting their end. The wise girl takes much pains to explain that it is mere story told by abagavatha for earning his livelihood. They put a bit of the other herb in their tongue and attain a new vision. They are able to see every thing happening in the world. They see a bagavathatelling the story of Ramayana to an audience in a big mansion. A cenvincedKuppan then feels sorry for his ignorance and expresses his anxiety as to when India will awaken from the slumber and when she will be free from superstitious habits.
As a poet who advocates equality of sex, he has depicted Vanjias an intelligent and rational girl. She fights for the freedom of speech of her sex. She says that the men folk have brought disgrace to woman. She declares that India's freedom rests upon the freedom of Indian women. Shesa~s that there is not even an aota of truth in the story of Ramayana. She asks him to dispel the fear in his heart and enjoy her kiss to regain his will lost in fear She attacks the story of Ramayana and the bagavatha who thrives upon narrating it. She says that only to save her lover from the clutches of entangling superstition she askedhini to take her to the mountain and hopes that he will be free from all the superstitious practices and habits that lay crystalized at the bottom of hisheart.To put it in a nut shell, this poet is a crusade against superstition and the bondage of women. |
Canjeevi Parvathatthin Caral' (The Canjeevi Range) is a satirical poem published in the year 1930. The poem opens with a picturesque description of the bill side. The story is about a love pair, Kuppan and Vanji belonging to tbe hunting tribe and it is portrayed in the form of a dialogue between the lovers. The heroine Vanji insists her lover on taking her to the top of the mountain and giving her a little of a couple of herbs of magical properties. Understanding the craze of the girl for the herbs, Kuppantakes her atop the mountain and Vanji plucks the said herbs and both of them settle down under the shade of a tree. As soon as they put a bit of one of the herbs in their tongue they are able to hear in chaste Tamil all the human speeches as if they would hear in person. They hear the conversation between an Italian and a French man. They hear the speech of an American as well as of an Englishman. This part of the story is very important The Englishman ridicules the Indians in the most contemptuous terms. He scorns at the backwardness of the society.
He attacks the Puranas and the Ithikasas of India, the priestly class,lack of confidence in hard labour, lack of rational thinking, pessimistic out look of life. differences,of caste and creed, and superstitious practices. He says that unless the people of India drive these out they cannot drive the British rulers out also.- This part of the story shows how much interest the poet had in the freedom of India.
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The lovers are very much distressed on hearing these words of the English man and yet they feel happy for having been given a chance to know of the plight of their own country. They also feel that the herbs will yield good results. When they are in a happy mood, they hear a painful cry and their attention is diverted. It is nothing but the cry of abagavatha who narrates the story of Ramayana to an audience. He narrates in the most sensasational manner the story of Hanuman carrying the Canjeevi Mountain through the air on the counsel of Jamb avan to rescue the army of monkeys in the services of Sri Rama and Lakshmana his brother who are under the spell of the Brahmasthra shot by Indirajit. the heroic son of Ravana, the lord of Lanka. He concludes the story for the day with Hanuman placing the mountain intact in the original place after the mission is over.
On hearing the narration, the ignorant kuppan takes it to be true and begins to tremble in fear that he and his sweet heart will be in no time meeting their end. The wise girl takes much pains to explain that it is mere story told by a bagavatha for earning his livelihood. They put a bit of the other herb in their tongue and attain a new vision. They are able to see every thing happening in the world. They see a bagavathatelling the story of Ramayana to an audience in a big mansion. Acenvinced Kuppan then feels sorry for his ignorance and expresses his anxiety as to when India will awaken from the slumber and when she will be free from superstitious habits.
As a poet who advocates equality of sex, he has depicted Vanjias an intelligent and rational girl. She fights for the freedom of speech of her sex. She says that the men folk have brought disgrace to woman. She declares that India's freedom rests upon the freedom of Indian women. She sa~s that there is not even an aota of truth in the story of Ramayana. She asks him to dispel the fear in his heart and enjoy her kiss to regain his will lost in fear She attacks the story of Ramayana and the bagavatha who thrives upon narrating it. She says that only to save her lover from the clutches of entangling superstition she askedhini to take her to the mountain and hopes that he will be free from all the superstitious practices and habits that lay crystalized at the bottom of his heart.To put it in a nut shell, this poet is a crusade against superstition and the bondage of women.
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