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"For
the English, after all, the best literature is the English,"
said Walter Bagehot. And the reasons are obvious: the language is
easy to understand, manners and mannerisms are familiar, the
associations depicted are akin to one's own, and above all one
is quite at home with the scenes. The net result is: delight in
reading. An extension of this analogy would mean: for the Telugu,
after all, the best literature is the Telugu. |
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Anything
new is, of course, equally enticing, if not delightful. For, it could
display unknown riches. Looking at the vast canvas of a Steinbeck, a
Hemingway, or a Miller we may pause and draw our breath. We may even get
wonder-struck at the grandeur of this new world. Yet we can at the most
dwell on its shore, for the associations therein are unknown, men and
mannerisms are strange, and all this calls for a strong imagination to
enjoy its strangeness. Yet, we fancy new things. However, be it
literature, or in the real world, we being 'ourselves' often tend to
fail in discerning the smell of native soil......
Click
here to download the 'Sumati Satakamu' (.pdf file).
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