Bharathi, the Great Poet Beyond His Time, the Poet of Liberation!

December 11, the remembrance day of Mahakavi Bharathiyar's birthday!

"I have completely realized that illusion is false;
Yet, I have not received the grace to understand
The nature of this Brahman. I also do not possess
The evil nature of devotion that accepts as truth
Whatever others say on this earth, without it being
Clear to my own intellect." - Bharathiyar -

Mahakavi Bharathiyar captivated and influenced me deeply. In his short life, he achieved a great deal. It is astonishing. There is no subject he did not contemplate: about his own existence, his birthplace, his country, the social environment he lived in, its shortcomings, women's liberation, national, class, and social liberation, human liberation, and Marxist political philosophies.

A keen reader. A writer. He was also a man of action who didn't stop at just thinking. I consider the contradictions in his thought as stepping stones in the evolution of his intellectual quest. The depth and clarity of his writing greatly appealed to me.

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