Subramainaya Baharathi

Introduction Subramaniya Bharathi the Poet of Tamil patriotism & Indian independence He who writes poetry is non a poet. He whose poetry has become his life, and who has do his life his poetry it is he who is a poet. Bharathy Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathi was natural on 11 December 1882 in Ettiyapuram in Tamil Nadu. Bharathi died on 11 September 1921. In a relatively short life deny of 39 grades, Bharathi left an indelible mark as the poet of Tamil nationalism and Indian imm wiz. Bharathis mother died in 1887 and two years later, his father besides died.At the age of 11, in 1893 his prowess as a poet was recognised and he was accorded the title of bharathi. He was a student at Nellai Hindu School and in 1897 he married Sellamal. in that locationr afterward, from 1898 to 1902, he lived in Kasi. Bharathi domesticateed as a trail teacher and as a ledger editor at various multiplication in his life. As a Tamil poet he ranked with Ilanko, Thiruv onlyuvar and Kamban. His the mes gave new life to the Tamil language and to Tamil national consciousness. He refer himself actively in the Indian impoverisheddom struggle. It is some eras said of Bharathi that he was first an Indian and hence a Tamil.Perhaps, it would be more correct to cite that he was a Tamil and because he was a Tamil he was in addition an Indian. For him it was non either or but both it was non realistic for him to be unity with come forth also being the other. Bharathi lots referred to Tamil as his mother. At the equivalenttime, he was silverish in many another(prenominal) languages including Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit, Kuuch, and English and frequently translated whole kit from other languages into Tamil. His (among altogether the languages we know, we do not cope with anywhere, any as sweet as Tamil) was his move tribute to his mother tongue.That many a Tamil web site carries the words of that song on its home page in cyber space now is a reflection of the hold that those words hap to arrest on Tamil minds and Tamil inwardnesss. His was Bharathis gift to the Tamil nation and many a Tamil child has moderatet and memorised those moving words from a re aloney young age and I count myself as nonp aril of them. Bharathi was a Hindu. But his spirituality was not limited. He sang to the Hindu deities, and at the comparable time he wrote songs of devotion to Jesus savior and Allah.Bharathi was a vigorous campaigner against casteism. He wrote in Vande Matharam We shall not look at caste or religion, All humankind beings in this land whether they be those who preach the vedas or who belong to other castes ar unmatched. Bharathi lived during an level offtful period of Indian history. Gandhi, Tilak, Aurobindo and V. V. S. Aiyar were his contemporaries. He bear on himself with passion in the Indian license struggle.His Viduthalai, Viduthalai was not only a clarion call for freedom from alien rule but also intercommunicate the need to unite a population across caste barriers . Bibilography He saw a colossal India. He saw a n India of arch(prenominal) workers and an educated people. He saw an India where wowork force would be free. His express the depth of his love and the breadth of his vision for India.Bharathi served as Assistant Editor of the Swadeshamitran in 1904. He wear outicipated in the 1906 All India Congress equalizeing in Calcutta (chaired by Dadabhai Naoroji) where the pick up for Swaraj was raised for the first time. Bharathi back up the demand wholeheartedly and found himself in the militant elongation of the Indian National Congress together with Tilak and Aurobindo. Aurobindo writing on the historic 1906 Congress had this to say We were nimble to confide the old weakness of the congress set of time to die out if we could get realities recognised. just now in one particular have we been bilk and that is the Presidents shell out. But counterbalance here the clo misdeedg address with which Mr. Naoroji dissolved the Congress, has made amends for the deficiencies of his opening speech. He once more declared Self- establishment, Swaraj, as in an inspired moment he termed it, to be our one precedent and called upon the young men to achieve it. The work of the older men had been done in preparing a generation which were determined to have this spacious ideal and cypher else the work of making the ideal a reality lies lies with us. We accept Mr.Naorojis call and to add out his last injunctions will sacrifice our lives and, if necessary, sacrifice them. (Bande Mataram, 31 December 1906) Many Tamils will see the parallels with the Vaddukoddai dissolving agent of 1976 which proclaimed independence for the Tamils of Eelam the work of older men determined to have this capital ideal and nothing else and the later determination of Tamil youth to devote their lives, and if necessary sacrifice them to make that ideal a reality. In April 1907, he became the editor of the Tamil hebdomadal India. At the same time he also edited the English newsprint Bala Bharatham.He participated in the historic Surat Congress in 1907, which saw a sharpening of the divisions within the Indian National Congress surrounded by the militant wing led by Tilak and Aurobindo and the moderates. Subramanya Bharathi supported Tilak and Aurobindo together with Kapal Otiya Thamilan V. O. Chidambarampillai and Kanchi Varathaachariyar. Tilak openly supported armed shield and the Swadeshi movement. These were the years when Bharathi immersed himself in writing and in policy-making activity. In Madras, in 1908, he organised a mammoth public meeting to celebrate Swaraj Day.His verses Vanthe Matharam, Enthayum Thayum, Jaya Bharath were printed and distributed free to the Tamil people. In 1908, he gave evidence in the case which had been instituted by the British against Kappal Otiya Thamizhan, V. O. Chidambara mpillai. In the same year, the proprietor of the India was arrested in Madras. Faced with the prospect of arrest, Bharathi take flight to Pondicherry which was under French rule. From at that place Bharathi edited and publish the India periodic. He also edited and published Vijaya, a Tamil daily, Bala Bharatha, an English monthly, and Suryothayam a local hebdomadal of Pondicherry.Under his leadership the Bala Bharatha Sangam was also started. The British waylaid and halt remittances and letters to the papers. Both India and Vijaya were banned in British India in 1909. The British suppression of the militancy was imperious and thorough. Tilak was exiled to Burma. Aurobindo escaped to Pondicherry in 1910. Bharathi met with Aurobindo in Pondicherry and the discussions often moody to religion and philosophy. He assisted Aurobindo in the Arya journal and later Karma Yogi in Pondicherry. In November 1910, Bharathi released an Anthology of Poems which included Kanavu. V. V. S.Aiyar also arrived in Pondicherry in 1910 and the British Indian patriots, who were called Swadeshis would meet often. They included Bharathi, Aurobindo and V. V. S. Aiyar. R. S. Padmanabhan in his Biography of V. V. S. Aiyar writes All of them, whether there was any warrant against them or not, were constantly being watched by British agents in Pondicherry. Bharathi was a positive(p) believer in constitutional agitation. Aurobindo had given up politics altogether and Aiyar had arrived in their midst with all the halo of a dedicated revolutionary who believed in the cult of the bomb and in individual terrorism. In 1912, Bharathy published his Commentaries on the Bhavad Gita in Tamil as well as Kannan Paatu, Kuyil Paatu and Panjali Sabatham. After the end of valet War I, Bharathi entered British India near Cuddalore in November 1918. He was arrested and imprisoned in the Central prison in Cuddalore in custody for three weeks from 20 November 20 to 14 December. He was released after he was prevailed upon to give an undertaking to the British India government that he would avoid all political activities. These were years of hardship and poverty. Eventually, the commonplace Amnesty Order of 1920 removed all restrictions on his movement. Bharathy met with Mahatma Gandhi in 1919 and in 1920, Bharathy resumed editorship of the Swadeshamitran in Madras. That was one year before his death in 1921. To twenty-four hours, more than 80 years later, Subaramanya Bharathy stands as an undying symbol of Indian freedom and a vibrant Tamil nationalism. P. S. Sundaram in his biographical sketch of Subramania Bharathy concludes Though Bharathi died so young, he cannot be reckoned with Chatterton and Keats among the inheritors of unfulfilled renown.His was a name to refer with, at any rate in southbound India, while he was still alive. But his fame was not so much as a poet as of a patriot and a writer of superpatriotic songs. His loudly expressed admiration for Tilak, his fiery denunciations in the Swadeshamitran, and the fact that he had to search refuge in French territory to escape the probing attentions of the Government of Madras, made him a hero and a freedom fighter. His lilting songs were on numerous lips, and no wage increase or public meeting in a Tamil district in the days of non-cooperation could begin, carry on or end without singing a few of themBharathis love of Tamil, both the language as it was in his own day and the rich literary works left as a heritage, was no slight than his love of India When he claims for Valluvan, Ilango and Kamban, Bharathy does so not as an ignorant chauvinist but as one who has savoured both the sweetness of these writers and the strength and richness of others in Sanskrit and English (in Poems of Subramania Bharathy A Selection Translated by P. S. Sundaram, Vikas produce House Pvt. Ltd, 1982)Mahakavi Subramania Bharathiar was one of the greatest Tamil poets, a prolific writer, philosopher and a great visi onary of vast genius. He was also one of the most expectant leaders of the Indian independence movement. His national desegregation songs earned him the title Desiya Kavi (National Poet). His patriotic songs emphasize nationalism, unity of India, equality of men and the greatness of Tamil language. Bharathiar was innate(p) on December 11, 1882 in Ettayapuram, which is now part of Thoothukudi District. Bharathiar was educated at a local mel impoverished school where his talents as a poet were recognized even at the age of 11.He had voracious zest for learning old-fashioned and contemporary Tamil literature and had gifted intellect to derive astonishing truths from ancient poems. At the age of 22, he became a Tamil teacher at Setupati High School in Madurai and the same year he was appointed as Assistant Editor of a daily newspaper called Swadesamitran. In 1906, he was editor of a weekly magazine called India. By 1912, Bharathiar was al define a novel in South India and his pol itical meetings were attracting multitudes of young patriots, ready to join the non-violent movement for attaining freedom from the British rule.Bharathiar died on September 11, 1921, at the young age of 39. The bequest of the poet however endures forever Literary Works The pursuance collections published by Bharathi piracuralayam, Triplicane, 1949 contains shorter pieces thEciya keethangal 57 poems thoththirap pAdalkal devotional songs, 66 pieces vinayakar nanmanimaalai, kannanpattu -23 pieces pirapadalkal 30 pieces auto history in verse crop svacarithai (49 st. ), bharathi arupathu (66 st), cinnacankaran kathai ratehiya aaththiccudi, paappapattu (1914, 16 quatrains) pancali capatham narrative poem in 1548 lines ruddiness gnana ratham, 1910 short narrative pieces aaril oru pangku,1911-12 Cheeezzzz The Tamil poet, Maha Kavi Subramaniam Bharathiar, familiarly referred to as Bharathi, has been a real life hero. His extraordinary causation was his poetry, his weapon of choice - his pen. He wrote at a time when his country was crying out for reform. Though many may remember him for inspiring his people to seek freedom from alien rule, he also talk out for the freedom and equality of the Indian cleaning lady his damsel in distress in a time when they were barely acknowledged for their existence.The mid nineteenth century was a time when the Indian womanhood had absolutely no rights and their relationship with their husbands were close to that of chieftain and Slave. Women were not thought important enough to wage studies, as their role was more as the duteous wife at home. Bharathi was first among the growing school of Renaissance poets during this period who insisted that the only way for a country to grow was through empowering its women. Aanum Pennum nigarrenak kolvathaalAriviloanki ivvagayakam thalaikumaam Taken from his poem Puthumai Penn (New Woman) the line evokes that When we realize that man and woman are equal, this world will flourish wit h knowledge. From ghostlike hymns to inspiring nationalist anthems and poems shattering without hesitation either social taboo that was held close by stodgy South Indians, Bharathi voiced his opinion without hesitation in a lyrical style that has not even been surpassed by literature that followed his period.Among his well-known poetry is Oadi vilayaadu paapaa. age a poem of instruction for children it also hints to all ages on accepting people as human beings and not on their caste or creed. Jaadhigal illaiyadi paaapaa, Kulath thaalchi uyarchi sollal paavam paapaa Neethi uyarntha mathi kalvi Anbu niraiya udayavargal meloar paapaa There is no caste little one. It is a sin to categorise people as high and low caste. Only those who possess justice, intelligence and education and great love are of a high casteThus he included the Tamil woman in his fight for freedom who, in one of his essays he called Slaves who remain conservative and orthodox as they were not permitted to make th eir own choices. Woman as a mother was Bharathis favourite theme and the appropriate Woman in Modern Tamil Literature by Loganayagy Nannithamby says that Bharati who envisages women as the incarnation of Sakti Parasakti the great Goddess or the Mother-Goddess says in one of his essays on philosophy As a man, all the female deities you pray to, represent the latent powers of Parasakti hidden in women like your mother, wife, sister and daughter. Bharatis dreamer views later turned to more down-to-earth, reformist views with the run in of Northern influences like the coming of the Brahmins and Puranas, which was tardily deteorating the status of the woman of the South. He argued that if womens freedom were to be deprived, man would perish along with it and that men were not to monopolize freedom. Aettayum pengal thoduvadhu theemaiyendren niyirunthavar Maaynthuvittar Veetukkullay pennaip pooti vaippoam endra vindai manithar thalai Kavilnthaaar Those who thought that women should not touch books and learn have diedThose surprising people who said that we have to lock women in homes to do their duties, have put their heads down in shame. His hope for women included a librated free woman who thought independently and utilise her knowledge, like men, for the betterment of the country. His wife Chellamal Bharati, in her biography of her husband related incidents when she says how her husband put all social barriers to the wind and clung to her arms while base on balls boldly next to her (Brahmin women were required to walk a few steps behind her husband). Nimirntha nannenjum naer konda paarvaiyum Nilathinil yaarukkum anjaatha nerigalum Thimirntha gnanach cherukkum iruppadhaal Semmai maadhargal thirambuvathillaiyaam With upright heart and steadfast look and ideas that are not claustrophobic of anyone in the world- the woman does not falter as she has the delight of wisdom. This great poet died on September 11, 1921 after being trampled by an Elephant when he wen t seeking blessings at the temple. He was thought of as such an castaway at the time that only seven people attended his funeral.But his poetry, which belied his time, caused the birth of new ideas and the emancipation of the status of the woman in India today and stay as inspiration to millions of people around the world. Cheeezzzz and This is the great Heros Photo. Subramanian T. R subbu Fantastic TRIBUTE to our GR8T Poet n Freedom Fighter Shri. 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