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The STANDARD EDITION of Bharati’s poems includes: Volume 1: Desiyam (National) Volume 2: Deivam-Thathuvam (Devotional and Philosophical) Volume 3: Kannan Pattu, Panchali Sabatham , Kuyil Pattu. Volume 4: Bharati’s Autobiographical and Other Poems including Katchi (Vision)
- Dr. S. Vijaya Bharati
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- Annotated Biography
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- About The Author
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- Dr. S. Vijaya Bharati
Songs and poems composed by Bharthi are used in Tamil literature, music and daily life. His works include Panjali Sabatham , Kannan Paatu , Kuyil Paatu , Paapa Paatu , Chinnanchriu Kiliye , Vinayagar Nanmanimalai and Tamil translations of Patanjali 's Yoga Sutra and Bhagavat Gita .
- Summary of Wind
- Theme of The Poem: Wind
- Analysis of Wind
- About The Author, Subramania Bharati
- About The Translator, A. K. Ramanujan
The poem, ‘Wind’ presents the poet’s wish to become friends with the natural element, wind. The wind is powerful and destructive, so one is unable to make friends with it. First, the poet asks the wind to be soft, but the wind does not change its nature. It is strong and it destroys all that is weak in its path. Then, the poet asks it not to damage...
‘Wind’ is a poem that wonders at the power of nature. Like Shelley’s ‘Ode to the West Wind’, this poem also describes the destructive nature of wind. Firstly, the poem describes the nature and strength of the wind. Secondly, the poem urges human beings to become strong and become one with nature. The poet opines that being one with nature is good a...
Lines 1 – 5
The first five lines of the poem highlight the poet’s question of how to make friends with the wind. Bharati says that the wind blows strongly and it is violent in tearing apart things. He considers the task of being close to it as a challenging one. The poet requests the wind to blow gently. First, he asks it not to split the shutters. Second, he asks it not to fling the papers. Third, he wants it not to push the books down from the shelves.
Lines 6 – 9
In these lines of the poem, the poet expresses his dismay over the wind’s action. It does not listen to his requests and throws the books down and tears the pages from them. The poet wonders at the power of the wind to bring rain again and again. At the same time, he observes that the force of nature is very intelligent in playing with the weaklings of the earth. The poet says that the wind does not listen to weak people, and it mocks their inability.
Lines 10 – 13
In these lines of the poem, Bharati describes the frail nature of human existence. Human beings are weak, and their possessions are also weak. Firstly, what people have built for them is weak. Secondly, what people have in them is also weak. The poet remarks that the houses, doors, roofs, and wood are all weak. Besides this, the poet expresses his disappointment over the weak nature of human beings. Their bodies are weak and their lives are also weak. He says that the hearts of human beings a...
Subramania Bharati is a national poet of India. He wrote in Tamil, one of the ancient languages of the world. He had made an invaluable contribution to the freedom struggle of his nation. His poems inspired thousands and thousands of Tamilians to fight against colonialism. Bharati is noted for his contribution to women empowerment. In spirit and in...
The translator, A. K. Ramanujan is also a famous poet who hails from Tamil Nadu, India. He had written poems in English. ‘A River’, ‘Obituary‘, and ‘A Prayer to Lord Murugan’are some of his well-known works. In translating this poem, Ramanujan has truly done justice. He has captured the essence and the spirit of the poet and his words.
Aug 5, 2015 · These four Volumes of Bharati’s poetry, edited and published by the Mahakavi’s granddaughter, fill a vacuum in Bharati studies by providing the first-ever Standard Edition of C. Subramania Bharati’s Works. It is a primary work of its kind, and supercedes all publication of the poet’s works to-date.
Sep 11, 2021 · Celebrated lines of Tamil poetry, written by Pattinathu Pillai and quoted by Bharati at the head of his own (incomplete) autobiography, which he entitled Dream. Perhaps naturally and...
Apr 15, 2022 · Bharati championed women’s upliftment tirelessly. His “ pudumai peN,” or modern woman, retains the best of our culture while discarding her shackles. In his “ peNgaL viDudalai kummi ,” or, a dandiya raas dance celebrating women’s liberation, the women sing:
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Subramanya Bharathi (December 11, 1882 - September 11, 1921) was a Tamil poet from Tamil Nadu, India, an independence fighter and iconoclastic reformer. Known as Mahakavi Bharathi (the laudatory epithet Maha Kavi meaning Great Poet in many Indian languages), he is celebrated as one of India's greatest poets. Bharathi was prolific and adept in ...
