This post is about two very different things, one sad and another interesting.
The sad part: the passing away this week of the legendary
Dr. Rajkumar - without doubt, the greatest, universally loved and almost worshipped, Kannada actor and singer. The greatness attributed to him and the people's love for him did not stem from the fact that he was a hugely popular actor. Rather, it was because he was a great human being with a flawless character. He epitomised simplicity and humility.
The interesting part: the "Fib" invitation extended by Gregory K. Picnus on his blog
gottabook.blogspot.com. It is about writing 6-line poems, with the number of syllables in each line following the Fibonacci sequence. This is slowly turning into an Internet phenomenon (read the New York Times article
Fibonacci Poems Multiply on the Web After Blog's Invitation - subscription required).
The connection: Here is a 8-line Fib in Kannada, dedicated to the memory of Dr. Rajkumar.
ಮತ್ತೆ ಹುಟ್ಟಿ ಬಾ
[೧] ಬಾ
[೧] ಬಾ
[೨] ಮ-ತ್ತೆ
[೩] ಹು-ಟ್ಟಿ ಬಾ
[೫] ರಾ-ಜ-ಕು-ಮಾ-ರ
[೮] ಕ-ವಿ-ದಿ-ದೆ ಅಂ-ಧ-ಕಾ-ರ
[೧೩] ಹೆ-ಚ್ಚಿ-ದೆ ಅ-ನೀ-ತಿ-ಯ ಅ-ಧ-ರ್ಮ-ದ ಭಾ-ರ
[೨೧] ಕ-ಲಿ-ಸು ಬಾ ನೀ-ತಿ-ಯ ಶಾಂ-ತಿ-ಯ ಸ-ಹ-ನೆ-ಯ
ಸ-ರ-ಳ-ತೆ-ಯ ಮಂ-ತ್ರ
- ನಾಗೇಶ್
೨೦೦೬-೪-೧೬
An english Fib:
[1] hey,
[1] hey!
[2] yes, you!
[3] are you a
[5] mathematician?
[8] then tell me if this is a fib.
