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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. 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 TM Krishna Concept: Nityanand Jayaraman Director: Rathindran R Prasad Lyrics: Kaber Vasuki Music: RK Shriramkumar Cinematographer: Karthick Nallamuthu Editor: Anand Geraldin Colorist: Balaji Gopal Costume Designer: Jayalakshmi Sundaresan Producer: Archanaa Seker Musicians: Violin - HN Bhaskar Mrdangam - Praveen Sparsh Kanjira - BS Purushotham Recored at VGP Studios Recording Engineer: Biju James Translation: Aniruddhan Vasudevan Karen Coelho Tamil Text: Gajendran Assistant Director: Gopalakrishnan Assistant Editor: Ajith Kumar Production Assistants: Akhil Al Hasan Pooja Kumar Pradeep K Veronica Angel Camera Assistants: S Stephen Balakumar Mathi Community Relations: K Saravanan, Urur Kuppam RL Srinivasan, Kattukuppam A Venkatesh, Mugathuwarakuppam R Santosh Kumar, Urur Kuppam Drivers: P Sentil Kumaar P Hemadri R Pradeep Kumar C Ganapathy Set Work: J Vasudevan and Team Camera Provided by: Sri Camera, Chennai A Justice Rocks initiative