Guest guest Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 Bharathiyar- Tamil poet - Death Anniversary- Sep 11- 2004============================================== Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathi was born on 11 December 1882. He died on 11 September 1921. In a relatively short life span of 39 years, Bharathi left an indelible mark as the poet of Tamil nationalism and Indian freedom. View more information about Bharathiya's life history from this link:http://www.neyveliweb.com/bharathy.htm Mahakkavi Subramanya Bharathiyar, one of the greatest tamil poets of this century, and a brave freedom fighter, need not to be introduced to tamils, and even to any Indian. Bharathi's literary works crossed the frontiers of writing conventional poems, by pioneering the new way of writing verses (puthukkavithai), writing meaningful short stories, and translating famous tamil literature into world languages, and from world literature into tamil. Baba often quotes Bharathiyar's words " Thedi Soaru Dhinam Thinru , Pala Chinnanj siru kadhaigal pesi, Manam Vaadi, Thunba miga Uzhanru, Pirar Vaada, Pala Seyalgal seydhu..................................." A typical song of Bharathiyar which is sung " "Odi Vilaiyaadhu Pappa, ..................... Kaalaiyil Ezhundavudan padippu,....................."( Sorry, I don't know the complete lyrics) One can realize simply by skimming his tamil poems, his interests had gone beyond his language, nation, and freedom movement. His imagination took him to a point, were space research could be possible, when even automobile was treated as a myth. His interests stretched beyond the boundaries of various engineering disciplines, who envisioned the necessity for road cleaning methods and at the same time wanted to build a bridge over Indian ocean. Most of his verses reveal his yogic way of thinking, which is very very rare characteristic for a revolutionist. From one of Bharathiyar's verses: "Indian Enru sollada, Thalai Nimirndhu Nillada" View Bharathiyar's Tamil poems from this link:http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/9687/ Songs of Bharathiyar: ( Tamil)http://members.tripod.com/~kkalyan/barathi1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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