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A garhwali (Indian) Poem Kathga Khailya Re  Narendra Singh Negi  Against Corruption and Poems against Corruption from over 120 Countries  Part 17                                              
                                               Bhishma Kukreti

(Abstract: In this write up the author analyze the poem of Narendra Singh Negi and briefs about anti corruption poems or poets wrote poetry of anti corruption subject over 120countries. The author also discusses various vital issues related to corruption. This is in continuation of the series Kathga Khailyau Re.In this section, author discusses about poems on corruption by various poets of various languages of India)
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  Corruption at high places has become a cancer worldwide specially in undeveloped and developing countries. The poets are most sensitive intellectuals and they are not silent over the corruption in all agencies.
             One of the famous most Indian singers Narendra Singh Negi wrote a poetry against corruption in Garhwali (Indian) language ‘Kathga Khailya”  . The sensitive poet Negi brought an musical album on this lyric too.
 The poem is as 
 कथगा खैल्या (How Much Will You Eat (Take Bribe) ?
कवि :नरेन्द्र सिंह नेगी (पौड़ी गाँव, पौड़ी )
1- Stanza
कमीशन  कि मीट भात, रिश्वत को रेलों
कमीशन  कि शिकार  भात, रिश्वत को रेलों
रिश्वत को रैलो रे ...
बस कर बै ! बिंडी ना सपोड़ अब कथगा खैल्यौ ..
कथगा जि खैलो रे ...
यनि घुळणु  रैल्यो , कनकै पचैल्यो
दुख्यारो ह्व़े जैल्यो  रे
कमीशन  कि मीट भात, रिश्वत को रेलों
रिश्वत को रैलो  रे
बस कर बै ! बिंडी ना सपोड़ अब कथगा खैल्यौ
Stanza -2
घुण्ड -घुन्ड़ो शिकार -सुरवा कमर-कमर भात रे 
भात रे भात बासमती भात
घुण्ड -घुन्ड़ो शिकार -सुरवा कमर-कमर भात रे 
इथगा खाण -पचाण तेरे बसै बात रे ..
मैगे की मरीं जनता ..हे  जनता ..
कनक्वे बुथैल्यो रे...
बस कर बै ! बिंडी ना सपोड़ अब कथगा खैल्यौ
Stanza -3
नयो नयो राज उत्तराखंड आसमा छन लोग
लोग जी  लोग आसमा लोग
नयो नयो राज उत्तराखंड आसमा छन लोग
बियाणा छन डाम यख लैन्दो को छ जोग
कुम्भ न्हेगे भूलू ..हे भूलू ...
अब आपदा नहेल्यो रे
बस कर बै ! बिंडी ना सपोड़ अब कथगा खैल्यौ

Stanza -4

नियुक्त्युं की रस मलाई , ट्रांसफ़रों को हलवा
हलवा रे हलवा सोहन हलवा
नियुक्त्युं की रस मलाई , ट्रांसफ़रों को हलवा
माना कि भागमा तेरा , चेलों को जलवा
चेलों को जलवा , चेलों को जलवा
बिंडी मिट्ठो नि खलौवु त्यूँ सूगर बढी जालो रे
बस कर बै ! बिंडी ना सपोड़ अब कथगा खैल्यौ
Stanza - ५
छप्पन डामों की डड्वार  कै कैन बांटी
बांटी रे बांटी कै कैन बांटी
छप्पन डामों की डड्वार  कै कैन बांटी
स्टरडिया  की रबडी कथगौन्न चाटी
 कथगौन्न चाटी कथगौन्न चाटी
बारम चुनौ छ भूलू हे भूलू ..
हंसल्यो  कि रोल्यो रे
बस कर बै ! बिंडी ना सपोड़ अब कथगा खैल्यौ
Stanza- 6
कमीशन को डेंगू रोग . सर्यीं दिल्ली मा फैल्युं
फैल्युं रे फैल्युं रे दिल्ली  मा फैल्युं रे
कमीशन को डेंगू रोग . सर्यीं दिल्ली मा फैल्युं
नेता अफसर लीगेनी भोरी भोरी थैल्युं  रे
भोरी भोरी थैल्युं, भोरी भोरी थैल्युं
भोरे गेन बिदेसी बैंक ..हे बैंक
भोरे गेन बिदेसी बैंक .अब कख कुचोल्यो रे
बस कर बै ! बिंडी ना सपोड़ अब कथगा खैल्यौ
Stanza -7
रास्ट्रमंडल  खेल टू जी घोटाला
घोटाला रे घोटाला टू जी घोटाला
रास्ट्रमंडल  खेल टू जी घोटाला
अरबों .खरबों को माल लगेयाली  छाला
लगेयाली  छाला , लगेयाली  छाला
ये देस की लाज प्रभो कनक्वे बच्योले रे ....
बस कर बै ! बिंडी ना सपोड़ अब कथगा खैल्यौ
(The poem is symbolic and humorous.  In Hindi or Indian language, taking bribe is called bribe eating (Ghoos Khana ) and Narendra Singh Negi used the meaning of bribe taking in that sense to make poem humorous and satirical
the literal meaning of poem is
You are eating the commission as goat meat
You are eating the commission as Basmati rice
How much will you eat bribe?
How will you digest the commission?
You only can digest this much huge commission!
The people are dying because of inflation
There was hope from new province Uttarakhand
The government is building 56 dams but there is scarcity of  milk
there is corruption in appointment, transfer.
Officers, politicians all are busy in taking bribe
Bribe takers depositing money in foreign banks
there was huge corruption in commonwealth game too)

   Anti Corruption Poems from India
Garhwali poems on Corruption:
                Sadanand Kukreti, Abodh Bandhu Bahuguna, Prem Lal Bhatt, Lalit Keshwan, Kanhaya lal Dandriyal, Puran pant, Baulya, Netra Singh Aswal, Jaipal Singh Rawat, Geetesh Negi, Parashar Gaur, Harish Juyal, Veerenedra Panwar , J Jagyara, Hemu Bhatt, Girish Sundariyal, Narendra Singh are famous poets wrote on the subject of corruption
 Kumauni Poems on Corruption
   Sherdaa  Anpadh, Sher Singh Bisht, Pooran Kandpal. Girida wrote poems on corruption.
 
 Hindi Poems on Corruption in India:
                     Tens of Hindi satirical Hindi poets wrote hundred of poems on corruption as Ashok Chakradhar, Shail Pandey, Shailesh  Lodha, kak Hathrasi, Hari mridul, Deepika Joshi, Deepak Bhardeeo, Jugal Milan, Deepa Joshi  (Uttrakhand E- Patrika),
  The poems of Uday Bhanu Hans is till relevant, says a critic. The Hindi poem ‘Bhediyon ke Sang’ or’ Living With Wolves’  is marvelous poem depicting corruption, selfishness of leadership and poverty in India . The translator translates this inspiring , symbolic and attractive poem of Uday Bhanu Hans as
……Water fills the boat that tosses the rolls
Mod storm in all its might unfolds
Inebriated boatmen brawl over right of control……
  (Reference: http://www.geeta-kavita.com/hindi_sahitya.asp?id=422)
 One the great lyrists and poets of India Gopal Das ‘Neeraj’ wrote many poems against corruption in India.
 One of the leading poets of India , Hindi poet Srveshwar Dayal Sharma (1927-1983) wrote many verses against meaningless life, political hypocrisy, poverty, carnivorous animal  like behaviour  by human being and corruption in India.
 Dushyant Kumar also wrote symbolic Hindi Gazals  about corruption and frustration due to lacking morality in politics
         Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit and English poet Madan lal verma wrote acouple of poems on corruption in his poetry collection ‘Vedna ke deep’.
 There are tens of  Poems in Dalit Sahity of Indian which deal with corruption in India.
Poems about Corruption in English from India:



Indians are worried more for corruption in the country than the worsening education system in the country. That the reason a X class student of St Gregarious School, Delhi- Sagar writes affine poetry on corruption
India is good republic
With a billion corrupted
You make any crime
Just be cool while giving bribe
No matter whether it is officers or ministers
Money is important to all our
Brother and sisters ………
     Sunil Uniyal one the sensitive, great and  prolific English poets of India wrote many poems and Haiku verses against corruption and greed.
                     Poetry attracts all Indian citizens. That is why while Anna Hazare a veteran anti-corruption activist sat on fast against corruption for getting  Jan Lokpal bill passed, many poets read their poems at the same stage and people appreciated the poems by clapping.
 There is a poem of Siva Gopal which suggests that if you want to change society first you should change
Change the country
Change the society
Chang your way of thinking …..
Dr Ram Sharma writes
CORRUPTION
CORRUTION
Man is the only social animal
Greed is its root
Narrow thing is its branches,,,,,,,,
Hiral writes
Come on tell me…
We  say corruption chokes
Then why we breath it ?
We say corruptions kills
Then why we breed it?..................
          In one poem, ‘A Tribute to Indian Corruption’ Dr Mustafa Kamal writes a satirical poem:
Oh! My land of Krishna and Ram
Oh! M country of boundless fame
Where from you have born these sons
Leaders, called but no shame ……
   K B Rai who is modern Indo-English poet and famous for his social consciousness in English poetry. This is fine example of Rai’s commitment for society.

Oh, Mother earth
This world has gone crazy
There is more pain than solace
The body , the heart and the soul
        Have become corrupt
Please send somebody in the world
Who would be incarnation of God
To rid the world from its ill
                 Nissim Ezekiel a famous post independent Indian English poet also attacked on corruption through  a couple of poetries
Famous Indo-English poet  Jayant Mahpatra wrote a couple of very sensitive an dsymbolic poems on corruption. A critic writes,” In his poetry, the present persistently appears shoddy , grey, barren and morally corrupt. ”
O.P  Bhatnagar another notable Indo-English poet is very mch critical about corruption and he sees the electoral methodology the mother of corruption:
The ignorant voters in their routine
Queue up day dreaming and in passion of second
Get rids of their oscitant in decision
Stamping symbols man…….
  Another famous  Indo-English poet  Bibhu Padhi  also created poems related to corrupting Indian society and political world
Notable Indo-English R.K Singh wrote a couple of poems on corruption. Kanwar dinesh singh also wrote poems on corruption in country.
                 P Gopichand and Mrs P Naga Suseela wrote many poems on corruption and the following stanza  of their poem  ‘RThe World is no Longer at Ease’ is very touchy
When greed for oil grows
World culture and relationship are marred
World peace is dead for good
The world is no longer at ease
  Famous Indo-English poet who is famous for haiku and translating Sufi poems, translating Kabir’s verses also wrote poems on anti corruption subject







Poems in Hindi language ..
     Raje Kushvaha wrote a poem in Hindi ‘What time has come…”


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Punjabi Poems on Corruption
 The world famous poets as Bhai Veer Sing, Amrita Preetam, Harbhajan Singh wrote  poems on corruption.
Punjabi language   Poets as Feroz Din Saraf, Mohan Singh, Dhaniram Chatrik, Ahmed Rahi, Shiv Kumar Batlvi also wrote poems on corruption and those poetries are translated in English by Randi Clary, Gibb Schreffler, and Ami P Shah titled Punjabi poetry (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Gujrati poems against corruption:
Sursh Vyas, Sahil Parmar , Narsimh Mehta  wrote a. inspiring poem on Internet medium. Hemang A Desai who wrote poems and translated a couple of poems of corruption related poems of Gujrati and Marathi poets . 
  Bhojpuri Poems on Corruption
 Recently Ashok Kumar released a Bhojpuri poem collection ‘Babu Je ke Kanh Asman se Uncha’ and readers may find Bhojpuri poems regarding corruption
Kannada Pomes on Corruption:
Kannada poets as Rashtrakavi D R Bender, Gopal Krishna Adiga,  K V Putappa , B R laxman Rao, U .R Anantha Murthy (stories about against Brahmnical corruption), contributed their rolesLagainst corruption through poetry creation.
  Telugu Poems on Corruption
One of the famous most poets of India , Telugu poet Kovela Suprasanna Charya wrote many sensitive poems on social evils, social causes, corruption,
 Satish Chander wrote  poems if not directly hitting corruption but hitting the wrong happenings in India as
..
My body’s not mine, they said,
I became a feminist….
My region is not mine, they said,
It became a separatist….

 Many  poems selected in ‘Modern Poetry in Telugu’ edited by Vadali Mandeshwara Rao, ‘Twentieth century Telugu Poetry ‘edited by Velcheru Narayan Rao hit on corruption and the consequences of corruption.
Guram Joshua (1893-1971) wrote many verses against untouchability, corruption, poverty.
Malayalam Poems against Corruption
Most of the leftist poets of Malayalam language wrote one or many poems against corruption as O>N V Kurup ,  Sugatha Kumari wrote many poems on corruption, and hoplessness situation of poverty in India. Changampuzha wrote poems on corruption and tragedy of Indian farmers.
 The well read, controversial writer Kamla Das also penned down poems on corruption

Sanjayan (M.R Nair) wrote many satirical articles on corruption and nepotism,
    Shankar Pillai the father of Indian cartoons was famous cartoonist who published his many cartoons corrupt methods in government offices.
  Marathi Poems on Corruption:
 Marathi is rich language in terms of poems on corruption and social injustice too. The Dalit Poetry Movement inspired many poets to write on corruption.
Govind Vinayak Karandikar , Jyoti Lanjewar wrote poems on corruption. Dalit Sahity is full of subject of corruption and exploitation in society
 Oriya Poems on Corruption
Sachi Rautray, Godvarisa Mahapatra, Mayadhar, Nityanand Mahapatra, Kunjbihari Dasa  are prominent poets wrote against corruption or social injustice in Oriya
Oriya Poets as  Manua Dash, Bharat Majhi, Pritidhara, Chirasari Indrasingh, Durga Prasad Panda, Akhil Nayak, Sibabrat, Saroj, Biraj Bal, Swapna Misra, Gaytri Bala Panda , Ravi Satpathi directly or indirectly criticized the corruption in their poetries.
Assamese Poems on Corruption:
Prior to independence, poets as  Ambikagiri  Roychoudhary, Prassanla Choudhary wrote poems anti Imperialism and patriotic poems wherein poets criticized corrupt methods of British authorities.
Hem Barua, Keshav Mahanta , Hari Barkakati, Abdul malik, Nabakant Barua also criticized nepotism, social injustice  their poems
Assamese poet Bireswar Barua uses symbolism and many times mild methodology in criticizing corruption as
We do not know where this act
of travelling end
in the meadows, green and lush
or in some remote dock of settled river
where bones of dead animals lie
together with the human remains
and burned charcoal. …….
 Nalinidhar Bhattachary , Rabindra Bose, rabindra sarkar, Samir Tanti, Sananta Tanti, Juan Pujari, Jitendra Kumar Borghain, Amlendu guaha and many poets wrote poems against corruption and poems of social commitment.
Manipuri Poems against Corruption:
Saratchandra Theyam wrote many poems against diminishing social values, weakening of care for environment in the world. The sensitivity of the poet about social and political injustice could be felt in his poem Africa.
E Nilkanta’s poem ‘Manipur! I can’t help being worried about you’ is a symbolic poem about corruption in the region. Robin S Ngangom, L Samrendra wrote satirical poems to expose wrongs of corruption.  Barkanya, Chetan Thongam,directly or indirectly criticized corrupt methodologies by all sects of society or government agencies.
 Everywhere the original land owners are feeling cheated in the name of development as the Manipuri rebellion poet Thangjam Ibopishak states
Manipur,
People call you ‘Mother’
Let me also call you ‘Mother’, please
But I can not die for you
……
If anyone has to die, let those die
Who suck your resources dry
Deceiving stealing intimidating
Amassing riches for seven generations
Let them die for you
Why should I die ?
(translated)
 Narendra Singh Negi in his Garhwali poetry also cautions about exploitation and filling the packet of riches. Narendra Singh Negi asks the corrupt people “How much do you want to suck this motherland by corrupt methods?”
 Tamil Poems about Corruption
              Tamil is very rich language from all literature points of view. Saint Tillu Valluvar (around 2nd AD) depicted the subjects of universal ethical  in his poetry. At one side Tillu showed the importance of wealth for living and other side the saint tells that wealth earned by corrupt methods is sin as
Rage , envy , greed and harsh words
Avoided is virtue (Kural-35
How can one kindly?
If it fattens on other’s fat? (Kural-251)
(Reference: Manoj Sadasivan, Tirukkural: Book of Wisdom)
                    Same way, In modern time, Garhwali poet Narendra Singh Negi cautions the bribe takers not to take bribe (bindi na sapod…) in his lyrical poem “Kthga Khailya Re”
Poems against corruption in Rajasthani languages:
 Arjun Dev Charan wrote a couple of poems about corruption in Rajashthani langue.
Indianetzone states in an article “Lyrical Modern Poetry” that after independence, modern Rajasthani languages poets wrote poems about exposing nepotism, mad race for wealth injustice, anomalies etc
Poems on Corruption in Awadhi Language
 ,  Shambhu Nath, Ram Shankar Yadav ‘Bidrohi’ , Pankaj Shulka raise voices against corruption their fine poems and articles .
Kashmiri Poems on Corruption
 Dina Nath ‘Nadim’ Mohamed Amin Kamal, Noor Mohmmed Roshan, Moti Lal , Ghulam Navi Firaq wrote poems about exploitation, hypocrisy, falsehood and corruption in Kashmiri language
Poems on Corruption in Dogri Language
The Mother of modern Dogri poetry  Achla Sachdev wrote poems on corruption and exploitation.
Praduman Singh Jhindrahiya and Khajoor Singh Also wrote poems against corruption in Dogri language
 There are many Dogri poems about corruption and its dangers in the poetry collection book “Selection of Contemporary Dogri Poetry’ edited and translated by Shivnath.
  Folk literature about corruption in Gondi language
              There are stories and songs about exploitation and corruption in the folk literature of Gondi language
 Literature of Khasi Language
Meghalaya Times (21st September 2010) reports that the modern literature of Khasi language contains the discussion about corruption, unemployment and collateral maladies.
 Poems on Corruption in Bodo Language
              Modern poets of Bodo language as Prasanjit Brahma, Jagdish Brahma, S Brahma, Brajendra Kumar Brahma Surat Narzery touched corruption and exploitation in their poems directly or in symbolic ways.
     Poems on Corruption in Kurukh Language (Jharkhand)
               In an article ‘Adivasi Gotras And its Meaning’, N Ekka indicates that there are folk songs related to corruption and exploitation in Kuruk Language
Copyright @ Bhishma Kukreti

A Garhwali (Indian) Poem Kathga Khailya Re  by Narendra Singh Negi  Against Corruption and Poems against Corruption from over 120 Countries  Part 19                                                
                         Bhishma Kukreti

(Abstract: In this write up the author analyze the poem of Narendra Singh Negi and briefs about anti corruption poems or poets wrote poetry of anti corruption subject over 120countries. The author also discusses various vital issues related to corruption. This is in continuation of the series Kathga Khailyau Re.)
.
  Corruption at high places has become a cancer worldwide specially in undeveloped and developing countries. The poets are most sensitive intellectuals and they are not silent over the corruption in all agencies.
             One of the famous most Indian singers Narendra Singh Negi wrote a poetry against corruption in Garhwali (Indian) language ‘Kathga Khailya”  . The sensitive poet Negi brought an musical album on this lyric too.
 The poem is as 
 कथगा खैल्या (How Much Will You Eat (Take Bribe) ?
कवि :नरेन्द्र सिंह नेगी (पौड़ी गाँव, पौड़ी )
1- Stanza
कमीशन  कि मीट भात, रिश्वत को रेलों
कमीशन  कि शिकार  भात, रिश्वत को रेलों
रिश्वत को रैलो रे ...
बस कर बै ! बिंडी ना सपोड़ अब कथगा खैल्यौ ..
कथगा जि खैलो रे ...
यनि घुळणु  रैल्यो , कनकै पचैल्यो
दुख्यारो ह्व़े जैल्यो  रे
कमीशन  कि मीट भात, रिश्वत को रेलों
रिश्वत को रैलो  रे
बस कर बै ! बिंडी ना सपोड़ अब कथगा खैल्यौ
Stanza -2
घुण्ड -घुन्ड़ो शिकार -सुरवा कमर-कमर भात रे 
भात रे भात बासमती भात
घुण्ड -घुन्ड़ो शिकार -सुरवा कमर-कमर भात रे 
इथगा खाण -पचाण तेरे बसै बात रे ..
मैगे की मरीं जनता ..हे  जनता ..
कनक्वे बुथैल्यो रे...
बस कर बै ! बिंडी ना सपोड़ अब कथगा खैल्यौ
Stanza -3
नयो नयो राज उत्तराखंड आसमा छन लोग
लोग जी  लोग आसमा लोग
नयो नयो राज उत्तराखंड आसमा छन लोग
बियाणा छन डाम यख लैन्दो को छ जोग
कुम्भ न्हेगे भूलू ..हे भूलू ...
अब आपदा नहेल्यो रे
बस कर बै ! बिंडी ना सपोड़ अब कथगा खैल्यौ

Stanza -4

नियुक्त्युं की रस मलाई , ट्रांसफ़रों को हलवा
हलवा रे हलवा सोहन हलवा
नियुक्त्युं की रस मलाई , ट्रांसफ़रों को हलवा
माना कि भागमा तेरा , चेलों को जलवा
चेलों को जलवा , चेलों को जलवा
बिंडी मिट्ठो नि खलौवु त्यूँ सूगर बढी जालो रे
बस कर बै ! बिंडी ना सपोड़ अब कथगा खैल्यौ
Stanza - ५
छप्पन डामों की डड्वार  कै कैन बांटी
बांटी रे बांटी कै कैन बांटी
छप्पन डामों की डड्वार  कै कैन बांटी
स्टरडिया  की रबडी कथगौन्न चाटी
 कथगौन्न चाटी कथगौन्न चाटी
बारम चुनौ छ भूलू हे भूलू ..
हंसल्यो  कि रोल्यो रे
बस कर बै ! बिंडी ना सपोड़ अब कथगा खैल्यौ
Stanza- 6
कमीशन को डेंगू रोग . सर्यीं दिल्ली मा फैल्युं
फैल्युं रे फैल्युं रे दिल्ली  मा फैल्युं रे
कमीशन को डेंगू रोग . सर्यीं दिल्ली मा फैल्युं
नेता अफसर लीगेनी भोरी भोरी थैल्युं  रे
भोरी भोरी थैल्युं, भोरी भोरी थैल्युं
भोरे गेन बिदेसी बैंक ..हे बैंक
भोरे गेन बिदेसी बैंक .अब कख कुचोल्यो रे
बस कर बै ! बिंडी ना सपोड़ अब कथगा खैल्यौ
Stanza -7
रास्ट्रमंडल  खेल टू जी घोटाला
घोटाला रे घोटाला टू जी घोटाला
रास्ट्रमंडल  खेल टू जी घोटाला
अरबों .खरबों को माल लगेयाली  छाला
लगेयाली  छाला , लगेयाली  छाला
ये देस की लाज प्रभो कनक्वे बच्योले रे ....
बस कर बै ! बिंडी ना सपोड़ अब कथगा खैल्यौ
(The poem is symbolic and humorous.  In Hindi or Indian language, taking bribe is called bribe eating (Ghoos Khana ) and Narendra Singh Negi used the meaning of bribe taking in that sense to make poem humorous and satirical
the literal meaning of poem is
You are eating the commission as goat meat
You are eating the commission as Basmati rice
How much will you eat bribe?
How will you digest the commission?
You only can digest this much huge commission!
The people are dying because of inflation
There was hope from new province Uttarakhand
The government is building 56 dams but there is scarcity of  milk
there is corruption in appointment, transfer.
Officers, politicians all are busy in taking bribe
Bribe takers depositing money in foreign banks
there was huge corruption in commonwealth game too)

          Literature on corruption in Latvia
 James Anderson (1998) prepared a lengthy  report ‘ Corruption in Latvia : Survey Evidence”on corruption in Latvia and he also suggested corrective measures to curb corruption in Latvia.
               Literature on corruption in Turkey
  Turkey has tradition that poets do motivate people. The seventeenth century Sufi poet Niyazi Misri wrote many poems against political corruption which are still relevant in modern contexts
           Literature on corruption in Namibia
 There have been releases of music albums against corruption in Namibia as already cited above.
 Patema Naem Haihambo wrote a stunning and horrwful poem against violence and corruption.
Who to Blame
By: Patema  Naem Haihombo   
A permanent stain
Reminds me of who  I am supposed to be ..
There is blood on THEIR hands too….
They are born with blades as teeth
to bite the nipple they feeds them
… there is blood in my hands too
(from : voicenert.org.com)
         Modern Namibian English language poet Sheende Williums wrote many poems against corruption and effect of past colonization
Namibia is independent but yet not free
Colonialism chopped down but not rooted out…….
Laziness and carelessness are also crimes
Corruption and nepotism are our new oppressors …..
Kavevengua Kathengua (born -1958) also wrote poems on corruption and social inequalities in English.
  Helen Vale (2008) detailed the modern Namibian English language poets who wrote about corruption in Namibia in her research paper ‘Namibian Poetry in English (1976-2006)’Nava Journal of language and Communication, vol.2, no-2.
                          Malaysian Anti Corruption Poems
            Mohammad Haji Salleh touched corruption in his poems. Baharuddin Zainal wrote poems against corruption
                Thyagrajan M Theywar (2000) states in his brilliant book,”A Comparative Study of Tamil new Poetry in Singapore, Malaysia and India (1965-1990) that there are poems in new Tamil language poems  on corruption and deception in Malaysia and India but not in Singapore.
  Muhamad Zainal Zakaria wrote poems on corruption and exploitation.
Cecil Ranjendra the  lawyer is famous  poet for anti corruption subject.
    A novelist, journalist and poet Samad wrote poems on the subject of corruption as
Deep is our worry as democracy’s wound
Long is our sadness as democracy’s woes
At arrogant democracy we scorn
For a strong voice we dream
(Translated from Malay)
Oo Bpp Eng provide the detail of English literature creators who wrote about corruption in his research  paper ‘Malaysia and Singapore’
Grace V Chin a migrated Malaysian wrote poems on corruption in Asia.
      Poems on Corruption in South Africa
  Kgafila oa Magogodi wrote a very striking poem ‘Outspoken’ wherein he narrates various social and political issues including to be solved. One of the parts of symbolic long poem of Magogodi is as
 the carrot dance is national sport
see how they run like judas iscariot (betrayal)
      to grab all the mighty carrot
liars raise the flag of the carrot
  even in the toilet
to excrete more rot
you are a true patriot
even if you are caught
stealing the carrot
you buy  court
change the law to suit your rot
  This author wants to praise the reverent poet of South Africa Kgafila oa Magogodi for writing such a marvelous piece of poetry on the greed of human beings. Magogodi is parallel to great Indian singer and poet Narendra Singh Negi in depicting, expressing the frustration of people through poetry. Great Indian poet Narendra Singh Negi and Great Asouth African poet Kgafila oa Magogodi wrote harsh poems on wrong happenings in the government and society in their respective regions.
 Sitlhamo Motsapi also wrote poems on corruption and other issues with vigor language and local strong phrases.
 Dr S Raditlhalo (1998) provides details of  many south African poets wrote about corruption and other social issues in his brilliant article “ ‘mo faya’On Recent south African poetry”
 Allan Kolski Horwitz also provides the details of South African poets writing about issues as HIV?AIDS and corruption in his research article “ is there ‘new poetry’ in post-apartheid South Africa?’.
There is one article available on the sahistory.org website , “ Timeline: A History of South African literature’ wherein the readers may find the year wise publication of poems related to corruption and other issues from 1825-2005.
  Wayen Visser (2010) details many poems related to corruption in his book ‘”Selected Africa Poem”.
  Zimbabwean poet Julius Chingono (1946-2010) had been publishing his shone and English languages poems in various newspaper and journals of South Africa. Julius published many poems on corruption in Africa.
                           Poetry in Kuwait about Corruption
               Moroccan poet Ekram Abdi appreciated modern Kuwaiti poetry that expresses human issues.   
                                     Poetry on Corruption in Czech Republic
              Lucinda Mallows and Lucy Mallows brief about poets and poems of Hungarian and Czech languages regarding corruption of aristocracy as the poem of Pavol Orszagh Hveizdoslav (1849-1921) in their travel guide book. The modern poets Petr  Kabes and Petr Borkovec touched corruption in their daily life oriented poems. Katrina Rudcenkove, Viola Fischerova, Zbynek Hejda,  Pavel Kolmacka , Petr Halmway also touched corruption directly or indirectly in their couple of poems.
                 Poems on Corruption in Saudi Arabia
 Poet Mohsen mosalam was arrested on the charges of publishing a poem  ‘The Corrupt on  earth’ in Al-Madina newspaper in march 2002. Mohsen criticized the judges for the corrupt dealings in this poem.
Mohsen Moslam wrote about corrupt judges as
Your beards are smeared with blood
You indulge in thousand tyrants and only the tyrant you obey.
Hissa Hilal formar Saudi Arabic journalists wrote poems to fight for improvement of women’s status, ending corruption and religious oppression.
                      Poems regarding Corruption in Jordan
   Haider Mohmoud wrote a poem and sent it to his king as warning about corruption in kingdom . Haider got criticism from press.
                        Poetry about Corruption in Hungary
            The reverend Hungarian poet Sandor Petofi (1801 -1849) wrote poems against slavery and verses against corruption too . Janos Arany , Ferenc Kolecsey (1790-1938) also touched corruption while writing national poems.
Endre Ady (1877-1919) wrote revolutionary poems as
Oh I lived a disgusting life…
I shall be such a corpse …
  Christina Peter provides briefs of poets who wrote about corruption in Hungary in the article,”Hungarian poetry in English Translation: 1989 to present day)
             Poet Sent to jail for her Poem in jail in Bahrain
                    The poet Ayat al-Gormezi was sent jail in Bahrain for writing against corruption in Bahrain . The poem is a dialogue between Hamad  the ruler and Devil 
“I still haven’t exploited all the riches of this land to benefit myself and my companions
“I still haven’t tortured every youngster, every child, every old man” …….
“They mean nothing to me, they are worthless to me, they are worthless to me .”…….
“Take my advice Hamad; gather the garbage of your unsuccessful, failed regime and depart
you never lived up to our expectations or the high standards of the good heroic people of this land. “ 
                             Poems of Macau on corruption
              Christopher Kelen provides the names and poems of poets who wrote about corruption in his researched article “ Macau Poetry Today’. Poets as Agnes Vong Hilda Tam. Sidney Ung,  Carlos Marreiros,  Che Sio Peng ,Fong Keng Seng touched corruption through unusual  symbols and images.

                      Literature on Corruption in Cape Verde
            There are many articles on corruption in Cape Verde in the book ‘Study of Crime and Corruption in Cape Verde’ edited by Anna Alvazzi del Frate
   Cape Verde is supposed to be least corrupt country in Africa as compared with other African countries.
  A beloved revolutionary leader of African continent, military strategist and poet late Amilcar Cabret wrote poems on revolution and corruption too.
 The first president late Augostinhi Neto wrote poems on corruption and nepotism around fifties.
           Peptela (1995) also published book ‘The return of Water Spirit’ criticizing corruption at high places.
  Carmen Lucia Tindo, and Hamilton Russell (2007) provide the poets who wrote poems against corruption in Cape Verde, Angola and Mozambique In ‘Research in African literature, ‘vol.38, No.1
                                Poems on Corruption in Poland
          Jullian Tuwim (1894- 1953) wrote poems on corruption.   Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998) wrote poems on corruption and need of moral values.
                   Poems on corruption in Costa Rica
 Ruben Dario (1867-1914) wrote poems on corruption/
                         Poems on corruption in South Korea
         Kim Chi Ha (1941-) wrote poems on corruption in the country. Yun jung –hee also wrote poems on corruption. Lee Chang dong  touched corruption in his literary works.
                   Poems on corruption in Malta
              Karl Schembri(1978-) wrote about poets writing about corruption and also he wrote about corruption in his various writings.
              Poems on corruption by Bhutanese Poets
  Bhakti Raj Giri published very powerful poem on corruption in the world on  poemhunter website as.
CORRUPTION
By Bhakti Raj Giri
Law falls
 injustice rules
Fools rejoice
 wise suffers
Bhakti raj shows many negative points for the society because of corruption and shows that citizens don’t do anything
Nation cries
But citizens never think
                   Verses on Corruption in Taiwan
  Qu Yuan (475-221 BC) ‘s poems on anti corruption are still sung in Dragon Boat festival.
Victoria Wang briefs about poets writing poems on corruption and moral values in his long write up “Poetic Taiwan: Islands of Dream, Doubt and Hope’
Famous poet Lee Min-yung wrote against corruption
                               Corruption in Puerto Rico
  Principle feminine voice of Latin America and Caribbean region, versatile literature creative Rosario Ferre wrote against corruption.
 Martin Espada (1957 born, a Puerto Rico-American poet) wrote against corruption and bribery.
                      Poems on Corruption in Spain
         Robert Browning poem ‘Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister’ is a poem on moral hypocrisy. 
 Elizabeth D Davis provides poems on corruption epics of Spain in the book ,’Myth and Identity in the Epic of Imperial Spain’
 Mostly, the poems in Spanish about corruption are from Spanish ruled countries.
                   Poems on Corruption in Israel
  Vincent de Paul wrote a nice poem ‘Corruption of the soul’ .
              Poems on corruption in Slovenia
                Ivan Canker (1876-1918) wrote poems on corruption
 Bates Bridgette  (2004) provides the poems on corruption in the article ‘ New Slovenian Women’s Poetry: Introduction’.
   Poems on Corruption in France
 Eustache Deschamps (1346-1406) wrote poems on corruption in symbolic methods
Poets of France of every age wrote about corruption as Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953 ‘  wrote poems on corruption or Voltaire (1694-1778) condemned injustice and corruption in his writings.
                     Poems on Corruption in United Kingdom
 The British literature is full of anti corruption subject. In each era poets of various classes touched corruption though differently than other era’s corruption methodology.
 Thomas Warton briefs about subject of corruption in the English poetry in his anthology ‘History of English Poetry”.
                          Poems on Corruption from Japan
  Kenneth Rexroth provides poems on corruption in Japanese poems in ‘One Hundred Poems from the Japanese’. 
                  Poems on corruption from Barbados
  Edward Kamau Braithwaite is famous for writing poems on corruption and moral values.
                       The countries as Germany, Ireland, Nordon countries, Austria, Australia, Holland, Hong Kong,  New Zealand , Canada are supposed to be least corrupt countries. Therefore, the poems on corruption in these countries are les sharp as compared to most corrupt countries.
  Conclusion is that in each country, the  poets wrote about corruption. However, sharpness against corruption depends upon era, class of ruling authorities and places. Today, the poems against corruption in developing countries or poor countries are very sharp and poets took many themes and styles to express their views against corruption.
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                       Comparative Study of Humorous Garhwali, Irish, English and Arabic Folk Songs                                                  
                                                     Bhishma Kukreti
   
                                Defining Humorous Rapture                                  
                          According to Bharat’s Natryashashtra (a Sanskrit Classic of 500 BC) ,  a drama (visual poetry) is not complete without rapture. During listening or reading a poetry or watching drama, Or the Rapture or ‘Ras’ are produced by a combination of ‘Susceptive sentiments ’, Imitating sentiments’ and ‘Mutable sentiments’.
 There are eight raptures or ‘Ras ‘ in poetic form or and in drama- Love, Humor, Pathos,  Wrath, Chivalry, Fear, Abhorrence and Wonder.
The rapture or ’Ras’ communicates a pleasurable joy with a combination of histrionic representation and permanent sentiment.
  Wikipedia defines humour as “Humour or humor (see  is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humoural medicine  of the ancient Greek, which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body, known as humors (Latin: humor, "body fluid"), control human health and emotion.”.
           Humor is conveyed in poetry or in drama by unusual happenings, uncouth behaviour, comparison of uncouth persons or goods, odd happenings, odd speeches, wearing odd dresses or ornaments.
        Humor rapture creates smile, gentle laughter, laughter, laughter of ridicules, harsh laughter and  or excessive laughter emotions
       Folk songs create all types of rapture depending upon the contents, symbols and images created by phrases. One of the fascinating rapture of folk songs is Humor. There is no language where we don’t find humorous folk verses.
                               Humorous Folk song because of age difference    

                    The folk songs related to age differences create laughter. There are many songs in most the the language wherein an old man desires marrying a cute young girl. The narration creates laughter. Here are three folk poems from Garhwal (india), Arabic region and Irish to compare their content and construction
                                         Garhwali (Indian) Humorous Folk Song

 मैं नि आन्दु त्वेकू , संगरामु बुड्या रम छम I
तेरी फूलीं च दाड़ी, संगरामु बुड्या रम छम I
तू बुड्या ह्व़े गे , संगरामु बुड्या रम छम I
मैं नि आन्दु त्वेकू , संगरामु बुड्या रम छम I
तेरी डूडी कमरी , संगरामु बुड्या रम छम I
तू खंकारा को भोगी , संगरामु बुड्या रम छम I
तू आँख को काणो , संगरामु बुड्या रम छम I
मैं नि आन्दु त्वेकू , संगरामु बुड्या रम छम I
तेरी फूलीं च दाड़ी, संगरामु बुड्या रम छम I
तेरी फूलीं च दाड़ी, संगरामु बुड्या रम छम I
A white bearded old aged person shows his keen desire to marry a beautiful girl in her teen and the girl replies in songs which is melodious and there is tremendous scope for delightful drama in the song
The girl says that she will not marry the old man who has white beard a bent back, , who ha asthma, who is half blind as his one ey is no where on the head. She bluntly refuse to marry with old man
The stage may be on a courtyard, filed, Bisaun (resting place) or in forest or anywhere. It is not necessary that the performers are male and female. In our student life, the child performer used to wear the beard of Syolu (a fiber of Bheemal/Bhyunl) or Fiber of Bhang (hemp)
The act is very laud and female performer may show arrogance of her beauty, tenderness and teen age; scorning or slandering old aged person, . The old performer may perform by showing old age and can bring pathos too by begging her as wife, and this pathos will be converted into ridicules by uncouth behaviour or strange body movements by old person performer which will bring smile, laughter and excessive laughter.
The folk drama clearly shows the sensitivity, social awareness , of folk song creator who are bent to provide realistic picture with a clear message of social reform
Dr Shiva Nand a learned expert of Garhwali folk Literature position this song in Hansodi Folk Song-Dance" or Humorous Folk Song-Dance
(Ref: Dr Shiva Nand Nautiyal, Shyam Chham Ghungaru Bajla, page 50 for folk song

                                             Arabic Humorous Folk Song
I do not want an old man
 Even if he shaves his beard
 And he cuts his mustache....
 I wish to have a young one
 To squeeze all the bones in me.  (Caspi 1985:49)
 I wish not an old man, I wish not
 His beard like a horse’s tail
 I wish a young one
 His teeth like a file.  (Caspi 1985:155)
Reference: http://journal.oraltradition.org/files/articles/8ii/6_caspi_blessing.pdf
 
                  Never Wed an Old man ( A Irish, English and Scot Humrous Folk Song)
An old man came courtin' me, hey ding doo-rum-die
An old man came courtin' me, me being young
An old man came courtin' me saying would you marry me
Maids, when you're young, never wed an old man.
Because he's got no fal-do-rum, fal-diddle-die-ree-um
He's got no fal-do-rum, fal-diddle-fal-day
He's got no fal-do-rum, he's lost his ding-do-rum
Maids, when you're young, never wed an old man.
When we went to church, hey ding doo-rum-die
When we went to church, me being young
When we went to church, he left me in the lurch
Maids, when you're young, never wed an old man.
Because he's got no fal-do-rum, fal-diddle-die-ree-um
He's got no fal-do-rum, fal-diddle-fal-day
He's got no fal-do-rum, he's lost his ding-do-rum
Maids, when you're young, never wed an old man.
When we went to bed, hey ding doo-rum-die
When we went to bed, me being young
When we went to bed, he lay like he was dead
Maids, when you're young, never wed an old man.
Because he's got no fal-do-rum, fal-diddle-die-ree-um
He's got no fal-do-rum, fal-diddle-fal-day
He's got no fal-do-rum, he's lost his ding-do-rum
Maids, when you're young, never wed an old man.
 
                   There are many similarities in all the three songs
1- Tragedy is hidden in all three folk songs
2-if a young girl marries with old man the young girl has to suffer
3-The old man is shown in odd condition in all three folk songs
4-Humror is clearly visible and laughter depends on the time of dramatization of the song.
5- In Arabic and Garhwali folk songs, there are maximum similarities as there is similar culture from respect point of view before the society. The song does not contain *ual words but the strength of the old man is shown in symbolic phrases in both the languages

                                       Differences between European and Asiatic Humorous Folk Songs  
                Arabic and Garhwali (Indian) folk song has similarities of cultural taboos. However, the Irish folk song has bawdy nature. There is description of meeting for *ual acts. In Arab or Garhwal (India) to talk about *ual act or *ual pleasure openly is not allowed even today’s modern age.  .
 The English, Scot or Irish folk song shows openness in the society while Arabic and Garhwali (Indian) songs do not tell anything aout dissatisfaction or satisfaction of ant party in *ual acts. Conclusively, it could be said that the cultural differences are clear in all folk songs
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              Characteristics and Uniqueness of Garhwali (Indian) Lullabies                                                    
                                                     Bhishma Kukreti
                   (African lullabies, American Lullabies, Asian Lullabies, European Lullabies , Pacific Lullabies series)
 The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes defines Lullaby that  a Lullaby is a comforting and relaxing song or poetry , usually sung by elders before the children go to the sleep. The main purpose of a Lullaby is to speed up the process of child sleep. Lullabies are found in evy culture, in every civilization and found in in every era of human culture.
The characteristics of Garhwali Lullabies are
1- They are les in numbers as compared to other folk songs as the lullabies are very personal and every person  creates lullaby sings at the time of need and forgets later on what she or he created . or it may be said that Garhwali lullabies are mostly personal and very few songs are sung commonly all over Garhwal by all Garhwalis .
2- Since, the child does not understand much of the language or wordings of poem , Garhwali (Indian) lullabies are  simple and with less decoration. 
3- The lullaby singer pays more attention on rhythm than the wording. It is rhythm that makes soothing effect than the wordings.
4- The singer sings in very low voice  that only the singer and child can enjoy the song . 
5-If the lullaby singer crates her /his own lullaby; the process of creating is based on creating Bajuband poetry. That is the first stanza does not have any relation with next stanza but the last alphabet of last word of first stanza should be similar to last alphabet of word of second stanza. Though, the singer may not follow this fixed rule of Bajuband poetry as the intention of lullaby singer is to create soothing rhythm than creating poetry.
6-The subject of a lullaby may very as per the capability of singer, mood of singer, and the age of child. For example if the singer is singing lullaby at the time of raining outside, the singer may create lullaby poem related to rain. Usually, if the child’s age is from one to three years, the wordings may not have any meaning. However, for older children, the lullaby singer takes care that poetry has some meaning. In all the cases, words are very simple.
 If the child is well grown and understands the language, the lullaby singer would try to sing the song which is also a learning lesson to the child.
7- Mostly in night, the old female would sing the song which has some relation with protecting child from demon.
8- Many times, the lullaby singer does not utter any word but just sing AAAAAAaaaaaaAa….
9-While the lullaby singer  sings lullaby, the singer also try to sooth the child by action as gentle slap on the back of child, rubbing the head of child etc.
10- From rapture point of view, the love, dream, fear, pride, playfulness, bravery and  are main emotion in Garhwali lullabies. A few points also found in Greek lullabies.
 There are a few Garhwali lullaby songs sung in each regions of Garhwal and in every home as a ninda ja sunda, ghughoti Basoti etc 
11-Usually, the subject of Garhwali lullaby does not express feeling directly to the child as also found in Vietnamese culture. 
12-In lullaby song, there are no or least dialogue between lullaby singer and the child.

Source: Bhishma Kukreti, Garhwali Culture and Heritage

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