By S Mithun Ganesh:
In this modern world everything seems easy. What people had to break their backs to get can be now achieved without a sweat. It is really good to work less and gain more but when it invades fields where it should not, we have to get to action.
A poem is a reference to us for our future. It has to transfer our values to the next generation. But meaningless poems could definitely lead to the destruction of this art. There is a recent Tamil movie where the period was set during the rule of Kings. The characters were speaking purest form of the language, Tamil. But the native Tamilans demanded subtitles for the pure form. This is not just a case for Tamil Nadu; it’s for the entire country. Our future would definitely consider the praised works of poets like Bharathiyar and Bharathidasan to have written poems in a language which is not Tamil.
One of the main reasons for the destruction of the art is modern cinema. When the lyricist cannot find words that fit into the scheme of things, they add rhyming creations. Such meaningless words are added for the purpose of completing the tune of music which was difficult to be filled by the language’s words! Such added words now inspire a whole new generation of people to write the so-called Modern Poetry.
Indians speak about 29 different languages while Tamilians speaks about 29 different Tamil resulting in a declination in our Tamil knowledge. My dad does not know all the words my grandpa uses and I am not aware of all the words my dad used. Soon we would have Tamil movies with Tamil subtitles. Let’s act before it happens.
Nationalization of birds and animals like Tiger has been announced only after they became extinct. Let’s act before our language becomes extinct. Let’s nationalize our language. All Tamilians should speak only one Tamil, all Malayalees should speak only one Malayalam and the case is similar for all other languages, maybe Hindi or Telugu anything for that matter.
Remember the words from Mr.Kamalhaasan:
“Culture is something which is changing every 5 – 10 years.
We have to save it”
Let’s record with a purpose before our culture evolves.