Poromboke / Bharatanatyam

#poromobokebharatanatyam #poromboke #tmk #TMkrishna #Suhasinikoulagi #bharatanatyambysuhasinikoulagi #bharatanatyamforcommons #activismthroughbharatanatyam #danceasasocialtool #outofthebox Poromboke is an old Tamil word meaning shared-use community resources like water bodies, seashore and grazing lands that are not assessed for tax purposes. Today, it has become a bad word used to describe worthless people or places. Chennai Poromboke Paadal is part of a campaign to reclaim the word and restore its worth. Places shot Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Mavalli Garbage Dump Mavalli Mining Vrishabhavathi River (Kengeri Drainage) Cantonment slum Utharahalli Hulimavu Lake Video subtitle text: Poromboke (n.) /por-um-pokku/ 1. places reserved for shared communal uses (water bodies, grazing lands . . . ) 2. a pejorative intended to demean and devalue a person or place How did the meaning change from the first to the second? Poromboke is not for you, nor for me It is for the community, it is for the earth (* 4) Poromboke is in your care, it is in mine (*2) It is our common responsibility towards nature, towards the earth Poromboke is in your care, it is in mine It is our common responsibility towards nature, towards the earth The flood has come and gone, what have we learnt from that? (*2) To construct buildings inside waterbodies, what wisdom is that? The flood has come and gone, what have we learnt from that? To construct buildings inside waterbodies, what wisdom is that? On the path that rainwater takes to the sea What need have we of concrete buildings? (*2) It was not the rivers that chose to flow through cities (*2) Rather, it was around rivers that the cities chose to grow It was not the rivers that chose to flow through cities Rather, it was around rivers that the cities chose to grow And lakes that rainwater awaited Poromboke – they were reverently labeled (*2) After Ennore got its power plant (*2) Acres of ash, but river scant After Ennore got its power plant, Acres of ash, but river scant The sea and the river, he has kept apart (*2) The white sky, he blackened The sea and the river, he has kept apart The white sky, he blacked (*2) Once he gets done with Ennore, he will come for your place too (*3) If you stop, challenge or dare to resist, ‘MAKE IN INDIA’ he will lie and insist (*3) Growth, jobs, opportunities; these are just flimsy excuses (*2) For one who sold the waterbodies, the lake is mere poromoboke Growth, jobs, opportunities; these are just flimsy excuses For one who sold the waterbodies, the lake is mere poromoboke (*2) You and I, then; what are we to him? (*2) We are poromboke too (*2) I certainly am poromboke! (*2) How about you? Are you poromboke too? I certainly am poromboke! How about you? Are you poromboke too? I certainly am poromboke! Credits: Featuring, Dance Concept and Direction: Suhasini Koulagi Vocal: T M Krishna Lyrics: Kaber Vasuki Concept: Nityanand Jayaraman Cinematographer & Editor: Sumukha Mysuru Production assistant: Suresh Melkote Music: RK Shriramkumar Musicians: Violin - HN Bhaskar Mrdangam - Praveen Sparsh Kanjira - BS Purushotham Recording Engineer: Biju James