Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
Clarification to
“Bharati’s Kuyil Song: An Assessment�
Dear Sir,
I am constrained to bring to your notice certain facts regarding the article �Bharati’s Kuyil Song: An Assessment� by R. Subramanian published in the April-June 1980 issue of Triveni.
The bulk of the article is made up of a summary of Bharati’s poem. This long summary which is found on pages, 60-62 has been taken bodily from my book Bharati in English Verse (Higginbothams, 1958), pages 34-37. There is but a solitary ambiguous reference to my book on page 62 of Triveni which, however, does not indicate that the preceding eleven paragraphs some of them quite long) are from it, as there are no quotation marks or any other frames of reference. Nor has Mr. Subramanian mentioned anywhere that the English versions of Bharati’s poems used by him are by me.
I am pained that a journal of such fine reputation has been taken for a ride by the author of the article. The whole thing raises the suspicion that the rest of the essay might also not be quite authentic, I hope you will kindly publish this clarification to highlight the need for literary integrity and authorial honesty in works of criticism.
Visakhapatnam
1-8-1980