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C. Subramania Bharati

Subramania Bharati, the great Tamil poet, can be rightfully regarded as the first nationalist poet of India. His poems, with almost visionary quality, pleaded for an integrated India, exhorting Indians to ignore regional and other rivalries and think in terms of'India'. Mahakavi Bharatiyar is also regarded as a pioneer of modern Tamil poetry. Through his lyrics in Swadesa Gitangal (1908) and Janma Bhoomi (1909), he popularized the concept of nationalism. His songs and poems are popular even today. This book gives an insight into the life and times of this great son of India.
A fine scholar and literary critic, S. Vijaya Bharati is the grand-daughter of the poet. A graduate of the Madras and Annamalai Universities, she earned her doctorate in 1967 on A Critical Study of Bharati's Works. She has numerous articles and two books on Bharati to her credit.

பட்டினில் உடையும் பஞ்சினில் ஆடையும் 
பண்ணி மலைகளென வீதி குவிப்போம் 
கட்டித் திரவியங்கள் கொண்டு வருவார் 
காசினி வணிகருக்கு அவை கொடுப்போம்

[English Translation]
We make dresses from Silk and Cotton in quantities as large as mountains
They bring lot of wealth
The traders around the world,
to whom we give it (dresses)

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