In 1919, when Bharathiyar came to Madras to meet Gandhiji, he was promptly arrested. He was relocated to Pondicherry to escape the ire of the British government. His writings for the newspaper, ‘India,’ blazed a new trial in Tamil journalism with its motto, ‘Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.’ Since his writings inspired and fueled the freedom movement, a warrant was issued by the British government to arrest him. ‘Penmai Vaazhagavendru,’ ‘Kummiyadi,’ ‘Om Shakthi,’ ‘Nenjukku Needhiyum,’ are a few of his compositions which cascade with themes such as, women empowerment, woman’s rights, liberation and leadership qualities.īharathiyar is glorified as a ‘National Poet,’ as he had composed several poems over-brimming with patriotism through which he infused nationalism in people and motivated them to join in the freedom struggle. Thus, he strongly believed that ‘the hands that rock the cradle should rule the world.’īharathi opposed child marriage, dowry system and other social evils and supported, widow remarriage.

He also felt that women must write the laws and lead the society. He declared women as the preservers and propagators of culture. Bharathi was a champion of women’s rights and his writings also emphasized the same. He was a prolific writer and the myriad of themes covered in his poetry were nature, religion, politics, freedom struggle, social, spiritual and woman’s rights. Although this was a traumatic period in his life, Bharathi pursued his education in Tirunelveli and Varanasi and worked as a journalist with many newspapers. At the age of fifteen, he married Chellamma. He was a proficient linguist and was fluent in Tamil, Sanskrit, Hindi, Telugu, English and also dabbled with Arabic.Īt the age of eleven, he was conferred the title of Bharathi, the one blessed by Saraswathi (the Goddess of knowledge), by the Raja of Ettayapuram, in appreciation of his adroitness in poetry. Poetry was innate in him, and he could write songs, just as a duck takes to water. He was nurtured by his father, who wanted Subramania to articulate in English, excel in Arithmetic, and also had aspirations for him to be an Engineer.įrom his early years Subramania was poetically and musically inclined. He lost his mother at the tender age of five. Bharathiyar was born on 1882 in a hamlet in Ettayapuram to Chinnaswamy Subramania Iyer and Lakshmi Ammal. ‘Vellai Thamarai Poovil Iruppaal’ is a winsome song composed by the Maha Kavi Bharathi.

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