u/MonkUthimma

ಉತ್ತರ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಹಾಗೂ ಮಧ್ಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋಳಿ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಹಿಂದಿನ ದಿನ ಆಚರಿಸುವ ಕಾಮದಹನದ ಕಾಮಣ್ಣ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಈ ಸಾಲುಗಳನ್ನು ಕಿರಿಯರು ಮನೆಮನೆಗೂ ಹೋಗಿ ಚಂದ ಎತ್ತುವ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಈಗಲೂ ಈ ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯ ಇದೆಯೋ ಇಲ್ವೋ ಎಂದು ನನಗೆ ತಿಳಿದಿಲ್ಲ. ಕಿರಿಯರು ಹಿರಿಯರ ಮುಂದೆ ಭಯವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಅಶ್ಲೀಲ ಪದಗಳನ್ನು ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಒಂದೇ ಒಂದು ಸಂದರ್ಭ ಇದು. ಈ ಸಾಲುಗಳು ಅನೇಕ ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರಿಗೆ ತಿಳಿದಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂಬುದು ನನ್ನ ಊಹೆ.

ಹಾಡು:-

ಕಾಮಣ್ಣ ಮಕ್ಕಳೇ,

ಕಳ್ಳೆಸೂಳೇ ಮಕ್ಕಳೇ,

ಭೀಮಣ್ಣ ಮಕ್ಕಳೇ,

ಬಿಟ್ಟಿಸುಳೆ ಮಕ್ಕಳೇ,

ಐದೇ ಕೊಳ್ಳು ಆರೇ ಕಟ್ಟಿಗೆ,

20 ರೂಪಾಯಿ ರೊಕ್ಕ,

ಕೊಡ ತಂಕ ಬಿಡಲ್ಲಪ್ಪೋ (ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಬಾಯಿ ಬಾಯಿ ಬಡ್ಕೊಳ್ಬೇಕು) ×3

Firstly I want to say many many thanks to the people making Kannada audiobooks. Just finished Avarana audiobook on audible, the narration is incredible.

Also let me say that I love SLB, he is a marvelous writer and great thinker. His books take you to a completely different world and I highly recommend him.

But I hate the way he ends his books. I want proper conclusion for the characters. His first book that I read was Nayi Neralu long back and the ending left me unsatisfied and wanting more. Same with Grahana as well. Now I finished Avarana and I feel this very much. I was sooo so attached to that historic story about that prince. It had taken me to a completely different world like never before and I wanted a clear ending for his story. I wanted to know whether he was able to safely reach there and fight his battle or what happened but there was nothing after that ( I understand that what happens next in his story wasn't needed for the theme of the book but I did want a conclusive ending to the story).

Another gripe is the sudden change in personality of the characters. Like in Grahana, how did that great "swamy" act so deranged infront of villagers and why did the gutsy doctor suddenly became a coward ?. In Nayi Neralu also protagonist starts an affair which felt so opposite to his personality that I started going wtf.. In case of the prince from Avarana as well, after going through years of brainwashing, how did his opinion change after just one interaction with the monk?

Do his other books also suffer from the same issues? I'm planning to read(listen to audiobook) to his Gruhabhanga next.