Why are they targeting Vangapandu?
Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 9:50 AM
He reworked on his popular song – Em pillado veldamostava – praising Dr Rajasekhar Reddy’s welfare schemes like Arogya Sri, Housing, Pension and fee reimbursement.
TV9 Rajinikath was first to grill Vangapandu in his channel with his little knowledge about the legend and his contribution to the Communist movement. Interestingly, Rajinikanth had the support of a woman artist, Devi, who tried to project herself in much greater side than Vangapandu.
No need to talk about Rajinikanth. But, people should know Devi, who helped Rajanikanth in grilling Vangapandu is. This lady, originally from the CPI-M’s Praja Natya Mandali, provided training for artists to publicise Chandrababu Naidu’s Janma Bhoomi programme. She was paid several lakhs of rupees through the Andhra Pradesh Academy of Rural Development (APARD) and she lives in a posh apartment.
These people try to find fault with Vangapandu, who dedicated his life for the Communist movement and who penned several songs for the Communists and revolutionary martyrs. The movement had benefited a lot from his contribution, but nothing he gained from the movement.
A self-less peoples’ artist lives in the midst of the poor and does not have any TV anchoring or special programme to fetch him money. He never visited star hotels or attended parties in the star hotels. He never dined with the politicians or shared dais with political parties, unmindful of their ideology.
As an artist, he must have felt it justified to pen a song in praise of a leader for whom people around him were crying. He must have seen people benefited by the welfare schemes like Arogya Sri. He must have come across a couple of Communists and former naxalites who were benefited by these schemes and shared their feelings with him, which might have prompted him to write the song.
There is no rule that a writer who pens revolutionary songs should not pen other songs. There is no rule that a teacher should remain a teacher and should not become a singer or a painter. There is no rule that a bank employee should remain an employee and should not become a dancer or singer. There is no rule that a police officer should not become an artiest and a bureaucrat should not become a singer.
It is only this set of people (like Devi) who find fault with others in an attempt to cover up their blunders. Artists who live in the midst of people, the proletariat, are expected to reflect on the good and bad of the people, the proletariat. Vangapandu did the same. He responded to the agony of the people around him (proletariat – poor – lower classes) while persons like Devi are responding to the problems of the people (aristocrats – upper class – the lords and ladies) around them.
TV9 Rajinikath was first to grill Vangapandu in his channel with his little knowledge about the legend and his contribution to the Communist movement. Interestingly, Rajinikanth had the support of a woman artist, Devi, who tried to project herself in much greater side than Vangapandu.
No need to talk about Rajinikanth. But, people should know Devi, who helped Rajanikanth in grilling Vangapandu is. This lady, originally from the CPI-M’s Praja Natya Mandali, provided training for artists to publicise Chandrababu Naidu’s Janma Bhoomi programme. She was paid several lakhs of rupees through the Andhra Pradesh Academy of Rural Development (APARD) and she lives in a posh apartment.
These people try to find fault with Vangapandu, who dedicated his life for the Communist movement and who penned several songs for the Communists and revolutionary martyrs. The movement had benefited a lot from his contribution, but nothing he gained from the movement.
A self-less peoples’ artist lives in the midst of the poor and does not have any TV anchoring or special programme to fetch him money. He never visited star hotels or attended parties in the star hotels. He never dined with the politicians or shared dais with political parties, unmindful of their ideology.
As an artist, he must have felt it justified to pen a song in praise of a leader for whom people around him were crying. He must have seen people benefited by the welfare schemes like Arogya Sri. He must have come across a couple of Communists and former naxalites who were benefited by these schemes and shared their feelings with him, which might have prompted him to write the song.
There is no rule that a writer who pens revolutionary songs should not pen other songs. There is no rule that a teacher should remain a teacher and should not become a singer or a painter. There is no rule that a bank employee should remain an employee and should not become a dancer or singer. There is no rule that a police officer should not become an artiest and a bureaucrat should not become a singer.
It is only this set of people (like Devi) who find fault with others in an attempt to cover up their blunders. Artists who live in the midst of people, the proletariat, are expected to reflect on the good and bad of the people, the proletariat. Vangapandu did the same. He responded to the agony of the people around him (proletariat – poor – lower classes) while persons like Devi are responding to the problems of the people (aristocrats – upper class – the lords and ladies) around them.
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