It was only after he shifted from the extremism of Tilak to the soft views of Gandhi that he was again offered assistant editorship of Swadesamitran. His call for the emancipation of lower castes and women brought him disgrace. People in his own community disliked him for his unconservative dress and views. Aurobindo was the only source of inspiration and help to him.Īfter a decade in exile when Bharathi was back he was arrested, but was released with orders not to move out of the locality he stayed in. The Britishers would confiscate everything sent to him. He was not a welcome visitor because of his extremist views. But his ten years stay, away from home, was full of tortuous experiences. They insisted upon him to leave British territory and stay in Pondicherry, a French settlement. But his friends could not see his talents disappear. This the British government could not digest. Even Swadesamitran could not digest them. Fascinated with the personalities like Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal he became an extremist.

He became assistant editor of a Tamil daily Swadesamitran.īharathi’s visit to Surat session of the Congress made him a firebrand. His poems touched the hearts of the people. The seeds of patriotism were sowed deep in his mind. He was a turbaned man with moustache when he came back to Tamil Nadu – a scholar in Hindi, Sanskrit and English. His four years stay brought a great change in his personality.

When he was sixteen he left for Banaras (now Varanasi). But the matrimonial tie did not extinguish his hunger for knowledge. Seven year old Chellammal became his wife when he was just fourteen. He would satisfy his hunger for the beauty of nature at the cost of his fascination and his devotion to the Motherland. He would just not worship the beauty of nature but would many a time throw the last stock of grain to the enchanting birds – the grain that would have been served to him in the evening. He was above the material outlook of life and never earned more than what could sustain him and his family. But the leanings of subbiah were towards literature and language. His father Chiroiaswami Iyer who had a fancy for Visveswaraya wanted his son to be a great Mathematician. Tamil Nadu even today ‘Odi Vilaiyadu pappa…’9 was born in a middle class family in Ettayapuram on December 11, 1882. The writer and singer of the famous song sung by the children of Some noted poets who had gathered at the court of the rajah of Ettayapuram awarded the title to the boy who was destined to be the guiding star for millions of people of Tamil Nadu and other parts of the South to fight against the British rule. goddess of learning was added to the name of Subbramanya when he was just eleven.

Bharatha Samudayam Vazhgave Song