Mahakavi Bharathi one of India’s greatest poets and iconoclastic reformers was born on this day, 11th December. The rousing compositions of Mahakavi Bharati  helped rally the masses to support the Indian independence movement in Tamilnadu.This great poet in whose “Kannamma & Kannan Poems” love oozes was equally vigorous  in his poems that had the theme of fearlessness.  

The poems of this vigorous man who lived during an eventful period of Indian history not only aroused the passions of Tamilians and gave them the momentum to participate in the national freedom struggle with enthusiasm but also motivated them to rebel against social evils. 

His poems stand out for beauty in both the form and content.

"அக்கினிக் குஞ்சொன்று கண்டேன் அதை அங்கொரு காட்டிடை பொந்தினில் வைத்தேன் வெந்து தணிந்தது காடு தழல் வீரத்தில் குஞ்சென்றும் மூப்பென்றும் உண்டோ?"

A Spark of Fire

 I found a tiny little flame 

and put that in a hole in a forest.

The forest was burnt down.

 Is there youth or age to valour?

Did You Think I Too Will

Did you think I too will

Spend my days in search of food,

Tell petty tales,

Worry myself with thoughts,

Hurt others by my acts,

Turn senile with grey hair

And end up as fodder to the

relentless march of time

As yet another faceless man? 

                  - Subramanya Bharathi