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Thiruvananthapuram
P. Venugopal
Cooperation Minister G. Sudhakaran and Forest Minister Benoy Viswom
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Cooperation Minister G. Sudhakaran and Forests Minister Benoy Viswom have started lifting politics to the lofty heights of poetry here. The Kerala Kaumudi newspaper carried Mr. Sudhakaran’s poem Aranu Bhrandan (Who is the deranged) on Friday, while Mr. Viswom had his 20-line verse Nila Niranjappol (When the Nila filled up) published in the magazine section of the Mathrubhumi daily last Sunday. Mr. Viswom’s poem, not surprisingly, brings out the environmentalist and romantic in him as he describes his emotions on seeing the Nila from the bridge spanning it at Kuttippuram in Malappuram district. The river was flowing resplendent after the rains, a rare sight these days. The experience reassures the poet that [despite the talks about the “death of Nila” owing to forest denudation in the upper reaches] the river will continue to shine like a beacon of hope for generations to come. Mr. Sudhakaran’s poem, as can be expected, is not in the romantic mould. His poem shows that he is more in agreement with Walt Whitman in his convictions about what the poet’s duty should be. In the 1855 introduction to his L eaves of Grass, Whitman had said that the duty of the poet is “to cheer up slaves and horrify despots.” Mr. Sudhakaran achieves this with telling effect in his poem, especially in the matter of “horrifying the despots.” His lengthy piece, in free verse peppered with brilliant imageries, is a crushing poetical statement against his political detractors who have been drawing uncalled for conclusions about him from his choice of adjectives at public meetings. The poet does not name names. But he describes them in full measure so that the reader is not left guessing who they are. And he gives them a good piece of his mind.
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