THE Purpose -T.P.KAILASAM

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Purpose-T.P. kailasam



Introduction of T.P.Kailasam:-

            

         Full name of T.P.Kailasm is Thanjavur Paramasiva Kailasam. He was born on 29 July 1886 in Mysore, India and died on 1946 in Bangalore, India. He was Tamil. He had a good education, he studied geology in London. Then he joined government geology service, he also wrote play and also worked in local theater. He spent 10 years in place he called ' Nook' it was dirty place, but Kailasam wrote many plays in there. He wrote plays like

1) The Burden (1933)

2) Fulfillment (1933)

3) The Purpose (1944)

4)Karna : The Brahmin's Curse (1940)

5) Keechak(1949)

                        

        He wrote in English also. He was considered as “The father of modern kannada drama”, he also known as “The father of humorous plays” and known as “One and only Kailasam for Kannda”. Although all his theme and characters are mythological yet their treatment and delineation are strictly according to his vision, mission and imagination.

          

Eklavya's story in Mahabharata :-

                    

      This Eklavya's story based on Adiparva from Mahabharata. Mahabharata is Indian Epic and Eklavya was a Nishada boy. He was a poor hunter; belong to tribal community in the forest near Hastinapur. He wanted to learn archery for save deer in the forest. So, he went to Dronacharaya and requested him to teach archery. Drona was the teacher of the royal family. Arjun was disciple of Drona in Gurukul. At that time as a rule that only King's son and Brahmins were study in Gurukul not any common people like Eklavya. But Eklavya wanted to learn archary very deeply so on the other side Drona could not accepted but he made a statue of his Guru Drona and start his practice and after many years he became a good archer and one day guru Drona and Arjuna find Eklavya, they know that he became good archer at that time Arjuna became very angry and asked guru What is this? And then Guru asked Gurudakshina at that time Eklavya gave his thumb without any hesitation. So it is very simple story of Mahabharata. People know only story of greet archer Arjuna, but what about Eklavya?

  

Eklavya's story in Purpose by T.P. Kailasam

                          

           Eklavya was  Nishaada boy. Ha wanted to learn good archery because he tries to save deer in forest. His mother subjected that you go with Guruji Dronacharya. He thought and he came near Guruji and first he saw the Ashram and Arjun and Guruji. At that time Drona teach archery to Arjuna, the aim of Arjuna to learn archery is,

“To ATTAIN FAME AS AN ARCHER!  NO MORE!”

                         

           So his aim is wrong on the other side Eklavya

's aim is very pure and right. Guruji told Arjuna that,

“IT IS NO LESS A THING THAN CONCENTRATION! AN ABSOLUTELYTRA NECESSARY ELEMENT TO ONE'S PROGRESS IN ANY STUDY”.

                           

        At that time Eklavya listens and try to understand this word and try to speak,

“CON.....CEN.....TRA.....TION”

                         

        And then he said Drona that Guruji I wanted to learn archery,

“I HAVE TRIED HARD EVER SO HAED, SIR, TO LEREN BY MYSELF....BUT IT DOES SEEM NOT POSSIBLE, SIR TO LEARN ALL BY ONE'S OUR SELF.”

                             

         Drona always used word for Eklavya that

 “MY LITTLE MAN”

                              

          Drona asked Eklavya, who are you? And he said that I am Nishaada boy, at that time Guruji said that

“I LOVE ALL LITTLE MEN OF ALL CASTES ALIKE”

        But I gave promised to Arjuna that he would make him the greatest archer in the world and we find some dialogue between Arjuna and Eklavya,

Arjuna: - “AN ARYA IS AN ARYA! AND A NISHAADA IS ONLY A LOW- BORN NISHAADA!”

Eklavya: - “PRIDE IN ONE'S CASTE MORE THAN IN ONE'S POWER TO DO GOOD.”

Arjuna: - “I DO NOT LIKE YOU! I DISLIKE YOU! VERY MUCH!

Eklavya: - “HATE IS ONLY ANOTHER NAME FOR FEAR”

         So, we find hear that how beautifully T.P.Kailasam's show that class and class conflict, in more deeply because of Eklavya was a Nishaada boy and that's why Drona can't accept Eklavya as a pupil.

                 

         In the second Act Drona and Arjuna one day see that Eklavya became a good archer because,

                                                            

“PRACTICE MAKES MAN PERFECT”

                

        He made a statue of Drona and starts his practice. In the second act Drona and Arjuna meet Eklavya and knows that he became a good archer. At that time Arjuna blame on Drona that you are liar and suddenly Eklavya gave his thumb as a Gurudakshina. At that time Drona said that

“ Little man! What have you done?”

Eklavya: - “GURUJEE! YOU WILL KEEP YOUR PROMISE AND I WILL STOP HIS MOUTH FOR EVER!

                 

         So, we find many differences in Mahabharta's story and Kailasam's Purpose. Eklavya's purpose is vet clear, very loyal and humble towards Gurujee and how Kailasm portrayed selfish character of Arjuna. Mahabharta's Eklavya is voiceless and Kailasam gave voice. We can see the how beautifully deconstructed the character of Arjuna and the myth.

 Critical aspects in Purpose: -

         Many critical things we find in Kailasm's Purpose because with the help of work Kailasam try to rays many questions like,

1) Class and class conflict

2) Subaltern

3) What is the purpose of our life? And question on our Existentialism.

4) Philosophical ideas

5) Nietzsche's concept of Truth.

             

          So, all aspects we find in Kailasam's work hear we talked about what is Subaltern and how we apply in The Purpose and in our society also.

                      Mining of subaltern

          

                        It refers to the populations that are socially, politically and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure of the colony and of the colonial homeland. As intellectual discourse the concept of the subaltern is problematic because it originated as a Eurocentric method of historical enquiry for Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The term “Subaltern” is used in the fields of history, anthropology, sociology, human geography and literary criticism.



                    

  

    In postcolonial theory the term Subaltern describes the lower class people and who are at the margins of a society. We find that many people are subaltern and many cast also in our India.

     Parihas and Tribal peopleare also marginalized or subaltern.

     Concept of Subaltern in Purpose:-

                              

           In the Purpose we find that Eklavya from low caste, he was Nishada boy and Arjuna was King's boy, prince and he was Arya. So Eklavya can't study Archery from Guru Dronacharya, because he was Nishada boy. At that time only high class or King's sons learn archery, and Drona was Guru only Arjuna not any other. So we can say that Nishada is Subaltern cast or group of people and Eklavya was as a Subaltern person. Even his purpose to learn archery is good and he was smart than Arjuna yet he cannot became great archer because of his caste. He learned archery by himself, yet he compromised with Arjuna as a cost of Gurudakshina and lost his thumb it's not only lost his thumb but lost his archery also.

        

Subaltern are in our contemporary society:-



        We think deeply on this topic at that time we find this type of problem in our society also, even in this 21^st century also. We find many people in village they don't use food and water of lower class people and even lower class people living out of villages they don't get proper education and also good job. Just because of their caste. Not only villages in city we see the problems of cast and class. Higher class and lower class. And many problems are create it's just because of rigid thought.

    

   Conclusion:-

                              

      So, at the end we can say that Kailasm's main purpose is to saw the burning issue of this subaltern kind of question in our society, because come characters who are ruling over the other, and that

's why this type of situations create. Because power is the center. We find in the Purpose also. We have one good think that “HUMAN” and “HUMANITY” is important than any other class, caste, name and religion. Start believes in humanity. Because humanity is our first identity and first religion.

Q1-Compare and Contrast Arjun and Eklavya's Character.
The similarity between both the characters is that both want to become the world’s best archer. Though the aim is same, the purpose for it is different. Arjuna has the personal purpose and Ekalavya’s purpose is to save the animals. So, we can say here that this all the things are about “The Purpose” or based on the “The Purpose” that how the purpose is differs from each other. So, here we can say that the title of this play is appropriate and well chosen by the playwright of this play.
Now let’s talk about contrast or difference between these two characters Eklavya and Arjuna.  That this both characters have his different aspects and different point of views about the purpose of learning archery. In their childhood, Ekalavya tells Arjuna face to face that Arjuna can not improve it will continue his archery like he is doing at that time. It shows that Eklavya is self learner and fast learner with the comparison of Arjuna. And Arjuna is slow learner then Eklavya.

Q2 What is Subaltern? Who do you think is the Subaltern in this play? 

In post-colonial studies and in critical theory, the term subaltern designates the colonial populations who are socially, politically, and geographically outside the hierarchy of powerof a colony, and of the empire's metropolitan homeland. In this we had seen above how subaltern play his role.

Q3Write your views about Education system in India with reference to Past and Present time.

The schooling system in the world’s second-most populated country is bit of an oddball, when compared to that of other countries. About 65% of the country’s population are youngsters, which is why we see a lot of Indians being selected for Multinational companies over their foreign compatriots. It can be said without doubt that though this system is what I consider to be robotic, it still delivers.
The Indian education system does not allow any room for innovative thoughts. The idea is basically forcing students to memorise tons of theories, most of them outdated. They want the students to be able to derive various equations that have already been solved (Seriously, what’s the point?).
The primitiveness of the system is quite baffling. We’re dealing with new scientific ideas everyday. The world has moved on. But well, the prioritisation of marks over practical knowledge is not the right way to choose people for organisations that strive to improve the condition of an average human being (If this isn’t fixed, world peace, which was always a bit of a long shot, will remain as such).
What more, the students have to commit themselves to rigorous study. Seriously. The Schools/Colleges/Universities recommend the students to follow a six-hour study schedule everyday, excluding the time they spend on campus. And any time they have left is spent in relaxation and recreation. As such, they do not possess the time to improve their other skills (Yeah, the skills one actually USES in their later life).
But still, many international companies seem to have an eye for Indian graduates. Although I do not know why, it seriously does not bode well for them because India is a developing country that is still following 19th century ideals. Like in all cases, there are exceptions.
Google CEO — Sundar Pichai
Most of the international corporate giants today are of Indian origin. Satya Nadella (CEO, Microsoft), Indra Nooyi (CEO, PepsiCo), and of course, the latest entry: Sundar Pichai, the newly appointed CEO of Google. These captains of the industry are a true inspiration to their fellow countrymen. However, it is worth noting that most, if not all of them, rose to greatness through hard work and commitment, not with their grades.

Q4. Is Dronacharya an ideal teacher?

yes , so many times i also thought about these things that  why dron was crual with eklaviya . infact he was the best shishaya . and why he didn't  give any messaga or methods of teaching . he was not needy after became the guru than why (as a guru) he was hungry for rajay ?he was revangeful natured . he was good teacher or not , but as a teacher i'll say only few lines of my poem in hindi:-

ગુરુ તો વહ દીપક હૈ , જો સ્વયમ ભસમ હો જાતા હૈ
મિતેટ-મિતેટ ભી ઓરન કો, જો પરકાશીત કર જાતા હૈ

guru to sadaiv hai poojniye, guru ki ninda hai nindiniye
jeevan ko jo raah dikhaata hai, vah guru to sadaiv hai vandiniye
maana jeevan-yaapan ke liye, paisa bhi bahut jaroori hai
par bhool jaaye guru ke niyam, aisi bhi kya majboori hai