Karka..Nirka…Blog on Tamil Literature
In age of youtube reviews, a very relevant proverb. The proverb tells you the pit falls of theoretical knowledge against practical knowledge. Palamozhi nanooru is stuctured in such way that last line of the poem is Palamozhi (proverb) and the poet uses first two lines to describe a story or usage of the proverb. The proverbs were old sayings even 1300 years before.
This poem is dedicated to the women and children who bare the brunt heavy office workload of their husbands. The poem which pretty much says Men being men worry more about wealth/career than family. Poem emphasizes 'Men are like this' as a sort proverb 2000 years ago.
Sangam literature explores every facet of love. Poem here talks about love between couples at the time of their child birth.
This is an interesting poem from Palamozhi nanooru. Palamozhi nanooru is stuctured in such way that last line of the poem is Palamozhi (proverb) and the poet uses first two lines to describe a story or usage of the proverb. This proverb tells about protecting family and what Yudhishtra did to save his family.
Auvaiyar doesn't just advise here, she goes to the next step to pretty much troll people who cannot read and understand.
This poem is very interesting one. Hero loves the girl, but does not have guts to say it to the girl. Girl waits and loses her patience and decides to do something daring. At the end of the poem you would feel 'Rombha Nalavan Da neee' same as the heroine. This Kapilar poem can be easily tagged as a RomCom poem.
We would have had numerous chances to make fun of Ramarajan taming the wild bull in Jallikattu with Illayraja's pechi pechi song. It was a cult it. But even more surprising was a reference in Kalithokai of angry elephant (usually in rut - Madha yanai) which couldnt be controlled by its gad (pagan) getting mellow down and tamed with music of harp (yaazh).
This is excerpt from poem on Vaiyai (Vaigai) from Paripatal. This poem surely has adult content, so if you choose to skip, please do. Thalaivan comes to see his lady love (the colophon says it is a courtesan and not the heroine) , her friends try to fool him and turn him away. He catches their lie and goes ahead to enjoy with his lady lover.
Warning to Husbands from Auvaiyar and most of them would have experienced this poem in their life.
Vadivelu version of Inna Narpathu by Poet Kapilar
Here is history of Modhagam - true Tamil sweet delicacy. Which predates Pillayar in Tamil lit.
When you know 'Kannale valai veesura‘ , ‘ava veesuna valaila sikkittan’ were used 2000 years before your romantic heroes used it in films!!!!
Poem on wedded love or arranged marriage... where they fight as kids but are inseparable as wedded couple..
We have been introduced to boar hunting by the movie Bahubali 2. Here is one very interesting poem from Akananuru about a mother, daughter and lover with imagery of boar hunting..
You would have heard this very popular song from Katru Veliyidai - Nallai Allai nal irave. But did you know the lyrics of the song is inspired from a Sangam poem...
செய்வது துணிந்து செய் Be bold in your acts! - Barathiyar
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I was looking through Dravidian etymological dictionary to find some Dravidian root words and to my surprise there was no true root word for Lion (except for Yali,ali which I would discuss later in this post). Ok first what is root word? The root word is the primary lexical unit of a word, and of a word family (root is then called base word), which... Continue Reading →
This is again a new experimentation from my side. A lesson from 3rd standard Samacheer kalvi textbook in a easy to understand comic book format. Please pass this on to any kid who is studying in 3rd standard. If you are 3rd std kid pass it to your classmates and please give you feedback. based... Continue Reading →
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A love poem and Nocchi.
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Three Tamil cinema songs inspired one Tamil Sangam poem.One of the most famous Sangam poems - Red earth and pouring rain.
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99 Tamil flowers photos + scientific name
She is a different person in the night with her lover and total stranger in the morning when she is with her family!
This one of the master piece in Tamil Literature. A beautiful poem describing beauty of a women. Kovalan on his wedding night with Kannagi, describes her beauty. Must read for anyone whether you know Tamil or not.
Kamban's greatness in 60 second
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One more interesting proverb from Palamozhi Nanooru about how one should do extra thing when competing with equal. Palamozhi nanooru is stuctured in such way that last line of the poem is Palamozhi (proverb) and the poet uses first two lines to describe a story or usage of the proverb. Proverb in context (i.e. proverb 1300 years ago) is that Mother is partial to her favorite kid.
Analysis of Tamil words for ' wife '.
