This post is part of the Chennai Bloggers Club(CBC)’s Flower Friday series initiated to keep the spirit of blogging alive and challenging.
In my third standard,I learned few lines of an epoch-making poem written by Mahakavi Kumaran Asan for the recitation competition for that year’s school cultural festival. The poem won no prize as I forgot most of what I had mugged up. The poem’s name was “Veena Poovu“.Veena,the musical instrument and Poovu,the Malayalam translation for flower.One of my classmates asked me whether I have seen this flower.My ego didn’t allow me to accept my ignorance.As she belonged to my rival gang,she forced me to bring the flower to the class next day.I told my parents to get me Veenapoovu to save my pride and status in the class.
Sadly,I came to know that there is no flower named Veena Poovu.The meaning of the title of the poem is “The Fallen Flower” because in Malayalam veena/veenathu means fallen/dead.
Nobody understood the tensions of an eight year old and still no one knows the brunt of losing a challenge;problems when we learn to recite poems without knowing its meaning.
Explanations of the poem in English could be found here.
Same thing happened to me for “Senthoora poove”.Lot of people still think that such flower exists. But its only in myth. I was not 8 yr old then. I was good 14 years old when I got that bulb.
Same blood.LOL!!
lol… sema innocence both of you
yes,the so called “innocent” kids of CBC 😛
Really 😦 Doesnt senthoora poove exist 😦
Sadly no 😦
Innocent minds like flowers being portrayed by Bhavia and Bragadeesh. No bulb and all, just the innocent age.
Lovely.
Joy always,
Susan
ah Thank you so much Suasan for those words.
Prasanna,didn’t you hear that? 😀 happy?
I am happy!! Nobody is giving bulb now. i am happy for that
🙂
Sweet post.. 🙂
Thanks Aarti 🙂
I was 15 when I understood this. That too, after listening to Vayalar’s veenapoove song.
Oh yeah..I know that song
I am 22 when I get to know that both veena poo and senthoora poo doesn’t exist!
Lolzzz
Kamakshi
LOL… so if senthoora poove doesn’t exist, then what about the velli malargal tamil songs refer to?! 🙂
Oops!! I have not heard that song
lol!! we all do this!!restoring pride with a made up lie!!
Oh yeah..good old school days
Haha! Now only I knew Senthoora poo is not real….sema picture by the way! 🙂
Thank you Akash 🙂
I would like to know a 8 year old’s plight on losing a challenge 😉
let me see will do a post on it 😀
I remember, in my school days I peeled one rose flower and sow the petals in sand to get rose saplings. Still my sister used to quote my intelligence!!