Padippu enna kavithaykku Commentittathu mooshikastreeyano ato mooshikapurushano.
The usage of word Koshava speaks of the prejudice lingering in the minds of non-dalits.
A Potter is related to creativity and so nearer to God than a so called Brahmin.
Dear Cochin Aeli, the poem in question is born out of the frustration with our educational system, which is mainly a centre for intellectual training. Cause of all the present day maladies lies in the standard of our education which believes in mass imitation and reckless consumption that leads to alienation from nature and god.
We cannot afford intellectual training at the cost of intelligence. We should not lose our balance and become a prey to the mind-made and hand-made things of the world. This is what I wanted to portray in the above poem. Nevertheless, a poet is never perfect.
Each poem is an attempt from his side to seek perfection. Though he wrote more than 6000 poems during his life time, Rabindranath Tagore was weeping at the time of his death as he could not write the masterpiece despite 6000 attempts.
I respect T S Aeli�s remarks, but it stinks of ill will.
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-Venu Nambiar, Dehradun,
