Paatha Kaanikai (Humble Offering, Tamil; 1962) This YouTube snippet (see below) has been making its round amongst the Tamil speaking and Tamil song loving WhatsApp groups in Malaysia, after the recently concluded 14th General Elections. Netizens, after mumbling their grunt of discontent under their breaths all this while, suddenly have a breath of fresh air. With their newfound cyber freedom, they let their hair down; ridiculing the doyens who held the realm for more than half a century and making tongue-in-cheek one-liners at their expense. After suffering in silence the antics of tyrannic leaders and sycophants, people have come out in droves to voice their discontent. This song is a constant reminder that even the thickest of the hide of a mighty elephant would feel the pain of a whip. Mortal Man cannot be so haughty to think that he is unsinkable. This song, like the many, which were penned by Tamil movie song composers of the 1950s through to...
It is all Mimesis