The Purpose - T.P. Kailasam

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            Welcome to my blog. Here is my answer on ' The Purpose' by T.P. Kailasam task given by Vaidehi ma'am Haryani. T.P. Kailasam, is a short play dramatizig events that occurred in the Mahabharata involving Drona, Arjuna, and Eklavya. Drona is a skilled teacher, renown throughout the land for his wisdom  and skill.  The Purpose play in main hero of Eklavya.

#  T.P. Kailasam:
             
             

               Thanjavur Parmasiva Kailasam (1884 -1946), was a playwright and prominent writer of Kannada literature. His contribution to Kannada theatrical comedy earned him the title Prahasana Prapitamaha, " the father of humorous plays " and later he was also called " Kannadakke Obbane Kailasam " meaning " One and only Kailasam for Kannada ".


            - His full name is Thyagara.

               - Paramasiva Kailasam.

                - Born in 29 July 1884

                -  at Bangalore, India.


                                                                 
      #   His Famous Work:

           ° " Fulfillment "

      

           °  " The Purpose "

    

          ° " The Brahmin's Curse "

           ° " The Burden "

Que :- 1  Compare and contrast Arjuna and Eklavya's character.

      Here we can see the purposr of both the students of learning archery. Arjuna's purpose is to become greatest archer of the world,  while Eklavya's purpose is to save animals of the jungle.

                                           

                                     



                                     

         #   As a Archer

             

         [Arjuna]     • Arjuna's desire of being great archer of the world.

                           • Arjuna says to his Taataaji  Bheeshma : it is my personal  ambition to be the most famous  archer of all time

                           • Arjuna has proved in the Kurukshetra.

         [Eklavya ]  • Eklavya came into the ashram of guru Drona to learn an art of archery and wish to become a great archer.

                           • He save the animal with this art of archery.

  # As a Learner

[Arjuna]   •  Arjuna faced such kind of problems in his training of archery.

                  • Arjuna gives his best in learning.

                  • But though he seems very dull student.

                  •  Guru Drona has very disappointed with his way of learning.

[Eklavya ] • He made a statue of Guru Drona.

                    •  He practice his own way.

                     • The statue of Drona constantly reminded him of the heights he wished to achieve and propelled him to work hard.

# As a Person

[ Arjuna ] • He is a anti - hero.

• He has depicted as selfish, aggressive, not so good student, and not follows the instructions of his guru.

[ Eklavya ] • He is a hero.

                   •His hunger for learning and think foe animles.

                  • He follows his dreams.

# Personal Purpose

 [Arjuna ]  •He has not interestef to save the life of others and help people by his archery but he wants to won every battle.

                      • He wanted to known as the greatest archer in the world.

[Eklavya]  Eklavya's Purpose is to save other life's.


                                       

Que :-2   What is subaltern ? who do you think is the subaltern in this play ? Explain with Examples.

# Meaning of Subaltern

Subaltern means :

   • effeminate

    • desultory

     •junior

     • celibate

  A subaltern is someone with a low ranking in a social, political, or other hierarchy. It can also mean someone who has been marginalized or oppressed.
                                                   

       

           

             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 power of a colony, and of the empire's metropolitan homeland.

  Eklavya is the subaltern of  this play.Who had marginalized by upper calss, prince Arjuna. This thing we find Arjuna's dailogue:

Arjuna disgust in his face and voice:

"Like you ? I do not like you ! I dislike you ! very much !"

(Leering at Eklavya) : " Gurujee...To take you !  A nishaada!!...As fellow pupil of us royal princes ! You must to think of it! ".

Que:-3  Write your views about education system in India with reference to past and present time

 # Past VS present education

The education in the past and present is different in subjects, schools, transportation, and financial support. The education in the paat differs from the education in the present in many aspects. In the past, the education was very simple. There were no universities, schools and teachers.

In the vaedika age thete was no educational system in particular.Generally students would go to the guru's house, at the age of five, and completing their studies by the age of twenty- four, would return home. The reason for not having a solid educational system in the Vaedika age was the incomplete establishment of even monarchism at that time. The gurus would maintain their catuspathiis by begging from the public.The students were in turn maintained by the catuspathiis.
                             

Competition teaches students to unleash their full potential. Indian schools teach basic knowledge in all subjects.The annual system in school years helps slow learners. These days a lot of positive changes are happening in the education system of India.








Que:-4  Is Dronachary an ideal teacher ? If yes, then how ? If No, then why ? Explain with example.
     According to my opinion Dronacharya is a teacher in the play Purpose.The true Guru is beyond words.There is no definition for Guru.Dronacharya not an ideal teacher because all students are equal for teacher.

No, Dronacharya is not as an ideal Guru because Guru is a reflective personality and for guru there is no differences between students. And here Dronachary makes the differences so he is not an ideal guru. Eklavya is lower class person and he wants to learning to dronacharya. But Dronacharya teaching only great king and his son.