Turning to poetry to express pain of losing his home
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65-year-old farmer misplaced his five-acre land in Etigaddakishtapur due to Mallannasagar reservoir
“Ooru kanneru pedutunnadi. Vagulu cheruvulu sariponundaga, pantalu pande panta bhoomulani neetana munche Mallannaagarani ooranta kaneeru pedutunnadi (The entire village is weeping as our lands are being submerged with water which are cultivable and there are tanks and streams which can provide us irrigation)”.
S. Yadaiah is not any poet, however life’s sudden twists and turns have definitely turned him into one. The 65-year-old farmer owned about 5 acres in his village, Etigaddakishtapur, in Toguta mandal, however misplaced his valuable land to the State authorities’s bold Mallannasagar reservoir mission.
It was in 2016 that the residents of Kondapaka and Toguta mandals, the place the reservoir is developing, had been knowledgeable that their villages could be submerged by the redesigned Mallannasagar and that they’ve to vacate what that they had all the time recognized to be ‘home’. That got here as a extreme jolt to Yadaiah, who has since then been penning songs on the plight of the land oustees. Forget studying literature, he isn’t even educated, however the strains come naturally to him.
“Mullelu moottalu nettinettukuni, chanti pilallu chankanettukuni illu idichi bayalellabattiri – Maa Kishtapuram, Maa Lakshmipuramu (with their belongings on their heads and children in their arms, the women of our Kishtapuram and Lakshmipuram are leaving their homes and embarking on a new journey)”…
…“Ooru poye ellannaro maa palle poye mallannaro. Illu talambulistamnannru. Ellu ellumani police bhatulu ellagodithe ellu ledue ellamante lathi debba tappadayye. Ooru poye ellannaro maa palle poye mallannaro (Our village was lost. They have promised us houses with handing over the lock of the new houses. Even police forced us to leave the village. When we said that the houses were not ready, we were caned)”.
The magnificence of Yadaiah’s poems are that they’re easy but highly effective. Asked to elaborate on his poetry prowess, he hesitated to communicate with this reporter, fearing that his poems may invite issues for him.
“Yadaiah has been writing and singing songs since 2016 when there was news about the submergence of his village in Mallannsagar. They are just an outlet for his emotions and that of every oustee who has been forced to leave the village. He represents the entire community of oustees and his songs our true feelings,” stated S. Ashok, an oustee of Etigaddakishtapur.
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