tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437011500634873112012-02-25T22:20:08.787-08:00ASTROLOGY,Devotional,Carnaticvenkatakailasamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967158777392294107noreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-543701150063487311.post-84152256985210274702011-09-27T08:19:00.000-07:002011-12-02T15:30:10.237-08:00Thirumala Hills-Straight view<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1gk_wxu6rgU/TpNLG141vAI/AAAAAAAAAzw/F8TRIVSTFzE/s1600/view%2Bthe%2B7%2Bhills%2B3-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1gk_wxu6rgU/TpNLG141vAI/AAAAAAAAAzw/F8TRIVSTFzE/s400/view%2Bthe%2B7%2Bhills%2B3-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661951737451625474" /></a><br />Image courtesy : <br />http://www.mirapa.com/<br /><br />Thirumalla Hills-Tilted View<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--7FLnDoRhog/TpNLoJm5nuI/AAAAAAAAAz4/DKau9oW4CyQ/s1600/view%2Bthe%2B7%2Bhills%2B3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--7FLnDoRhog/TpNLoJm5nuI/AAAAAAAAAz4/DKau9oW4CyQ/s400/view%2Bthe%2B7%2Bhills%2B3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661952309680774882" /></a><br /><br />Are you able to see Balaji in the tilted view??<br />Image Courtesy: http://www.mirapa.com/<br /><br />Om Sahana Bhavatu, Sahanao Bhunaktu<br />Sahaveeryam Karvaa vahai<br />Tejaswee Naava Dheeta Mastu Ma Vidvishaa vahai<br />Om Shanti Shanti Shanti!!!<br />Meaning:<br />May He protect both of us. May He nourish both of us. May we both acquire the capacity<br />(to study and understand the scriptures). May our study be brilliant. May we not argue<br />with each other. Om peace, peace, peace<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TJH4V_jjWfQ/TjaIjCCzaLI/AAAAAAAAAus/m-t4KpjVaO8/s1600/Thank%2Byou%2Bfor%2Bvisiting.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TJH4V_jjWfQ/TjaIjCCzaLI/AAAAAAAAAus/m-t4KpjVaO8/s400/Thank%2Byou%2Bfor%2Bvisiting.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635842119126182066" /></a><br /><br /> WHAT YOU HAVE ON THIS SITE ??<br />Please listen to exhilarating music HERE at THIS SITE<br /><br /><div>Songs on SAI</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Ashtapathi</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Abhang</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Ambhujamkrishna Compositions</div><div><br /></div><div><br /> <br /></div><div>Gopalakrishna Barathiar Composition</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Sadashiva Brhmendra</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>MuthuThandavar/Lalitha dasar Compositions</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Subramania Barathi compositions</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Lengthy RTPs of various Artists and krities( 30 to 75 mts)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Compositions of Venkata Kavi</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Narayaneeyam</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Songs of Purandaradasa</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Songs of Narayana Teerthar</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Jayachama wodayar’s compositions</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>SURDAS / Kanaka Dasa/ Thulasidas</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Swathi Thirunal compositions</div><div><br /> <br /></div><div>Varnams</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Venkatakavi Nava Avaranam</div><div>Swathi Thirunal Navarathri Krithis</div><div>Meenakshi Navaratnamala:</div><div>Kamamalamba Nava AVaranam-Dikshadar:</div><div> THYAGARAJA ASHTAKAM of</div><div>MUTHUSWAMY DIKSHADAR:</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Plenty of songs available for listening</div><div><br /></div><br /><br />Sant Sakhu was a great devotee of Panduranga Vittala and Mata Rukmini. Though suffering hardships from a cruel mother- in- law and a foolish husband, She bore it and reponded with pure 'Bhakti'(devotion) towards Lord Vittala whom, for her sake, served her people and transformed them<br /><br /><iframe width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/q88dp9u9uSE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/543701150063487311-8415225698521027470?l=e-swari.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>venkatakailasamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967158777392294107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-543701150063487311.post-13196936422828926512011-09-10T10:19:00.000-07:002012-01-27T23:43:54.585-08:00Your wonderful sites and uploads<br />Chitravina N Ravikiran ravikiranmusic@yahoo.com<br /> <br />5:59 AM (20 hours ago)<br /> <br />to me<br />Dear Mr Venkata Kailasam,<br /> <br />I saw with interest several of your uploads in YouTube as well as your blog/sites. It is indeed very commendable work that you have been carrying out to bring in new audiences to Carnatic music.<br /> <br />I will be happy to add to some of your content, esp. from non-commercial recordings of Venkata Kavi's compositions that I may possess that maybe otherwise scarce to obtain.<br /> <br />I just had a couple of requests:<br /> <br />It may be a good idea to call him Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi - since it will be easier for people to identify him with that kind of image.<br /> <br />On a personal note, my name is one word and it is now consistently being printed more like Chitravina N Ravikiran (since a few other Ravikirans have also emerged in the field in recent times). <br /> <br />If you need any clarification on any song/composer that I have played on your uploads, please feel free to email me...<br /> <br />With sincere regards,<br /> <br />Chitravina N Ravikiran<br /> <br />Welcome to my Website<br /> and Blog<br /><br />Sashi kulkarni<br />lovely .<br />you are miles ahead of all our work .<br />Thanks for making such lovely products for posterity .<br />I can only collect and sort .But dont have the knowledge to see it in its full perspective .<br />Thanks you so much again <br /><br />you are always inspiring.Happy new year sir. Sai Ram.<br /><br />thank you . Its a treasure that you hold on this channel....<br /><br />Am glad you visited my Music Home (as I call my YT channel :), & that you enjoyed my humble Music selections reflecting my passion for fine Music. Am here to in fact express my appreciation for your wonderful Carnatic Classical Music uploads am really thankful to have found, (in particular, Gayatri & Rajani's Tukaram Abhang I stumbled upon :), & look forward to browsing through more from your superb repository of fine Music here. :)<br />Due Regards, & Best always.<br /><br /><br />VKailasam Sir,<br /><br />I had a chance to sample some of your wonderful uploads. What a collection! Once can spend hours just enjoying these. My mind boggles the effort that must have gone into selection and mixing. Thank you so much for sharing such wonderful music with all of us in such an innovative way. <br /><br />Warm regards <br /><br /><br />Vijayalakshmi Kailasam Iyer mentioned you in a comment.<br /><br />Vijayalakshmi wrote: "That was very nice of u Venkata Kailasam Sir to do the mixing and upload songs in Youtube and in ur blogs easwara and easwari enabling all music lovers to hear them.Thank you very much Sir."<br /><br />Sir, <br />I went into the Media Fire link for Audio and Video files and I am unable to come out !<br /><br />Niranjana Satish<br /><br />WOW!!..........................<br /><br /><br />She has left a new comment on your post " I am in you, with you, above you, around you, be...": - she <noreply-comment@blogger.com><br /><br />感謝分享--每天都要快樂喔................................<br />(Thanks for sharing - happy every day Oh .............)- A Viewer from China !<br /><br /><br />Respected sir, I am very much impressed by your webpage and the service rendered by you. I came to know about your webpage while searching for carnatic idol, Jaya tv. When I opened it, I could view lots of informations, songs etc. I need one help. I need a good song for my daughter( not bajan) on Srisathya sai or shirdi sai to sing on Eswaramba day . Kindly help me.<br />with regards,<br />savithriramesh<br /><br /><br />Thanks for the great vids! Really appreciate it :)<br />Any tm krishna vidoes on tv coming up?<br /><br />-nottellingu0<br /><br /><br />'E'-SWARA-01-E Gayathri-Veena-Srasiruhasanapriye-Naata-Feb21.:<br />so sweet to listen to:<br />lathayalam. 11-03-2010<br /><br /><br />Mr. Kailasam.. Really appreciate your posting this series. We are in the US and dont have Jaya TV and we are thoroughly enjoying this.<br /><br />Thanks again<br /><br />Shanthi and Ramesh <br /><br /><br /><br />Thanks a lot Kailasam sir for posting this beautiful concert....... Amazing blend of sashtriya sangeetham and hindustani music!!!!-(Kazkastan)<br /><br /><br />awesome website.<br />just a request though, i'd like to download the <br />- Seethapathe- Kamas-Ganesh -Kumaresh-Violin track..( Australia)<br /><br /><br />Dear Shri Ananthanarayanan, I have been thinking of you everyday as I almost everyday enjoy the fruits of your efforts sitting in the armchair, by making best use of E SWARA, a veritable gold mine.<br />I am also a retired official, settled at Bangalore, presently at Seattle, USA, with my daughter and son-in-law, wife and grand children to give company, ample time to enjoy nature and music and all the good things of life, by the Grace of God.<br />The least I can do in return is to simply acknowledge the bounty around and say thanks to people like you who have made it easy for us to know so much about so many things.<br />Regards and let you be bestowed by Almighty with the Best of His Wishes is our prayer.<br />Balasubramanian T.K. ( Seattle)<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymous said... <br />myblogkumara.blogspot.com is very informative. The article is very professionally written. I enjoy reading myblogkumara.blogspot.com every day.<br /><br /><br /><br />Sir,<br /><br />I simply wish to salute you with folded hands for the great<br />service you are rendering to the music hungry people<br />like us.May Sri Satya Sai Baba bless you.I live in switzerland<br />for the last 31 years, cut of culturally.Your E-swara<br />is reviving our old joy and bliss of listening to carnatic music<br />even from far off continents.Thank you again,Sir.-( Swisterland)<br /><br /><br /><br />Browsed your blog here:<br />http://myblogkumara.blogspot.com/<br />Very comprehensive collection of Carnatic music and songs which is delight for all music lovers.<br /><br /><br /><br />Iniya Manithar Avargallukku,<br /> <br />I came across your musical web Eswara by chance in an attempt to refine myself on Music. Its really fruitful. Best things in our Lives ie most In-valuables are available at free of cost. Your web too... My sincere heartful thanks for your kind works for it may reach & help someone even beyond our generation. I liked everything in your web. Particulalry your grand kids drawing about the zebra..Zoo. God should give you everything in life. I pray for all your family members.<br /> <br />I have no music background or knowledge but i have now passed half of my life with a guiltiness that i did not try to learn it. Though my schooling was in a village near neyveli, i started my 6th std in TTV school in chennai in 74. There the Asst Head Master cum PT master daily used to torture me. He used to command me onething to do, a dirty job daily which I hated. He dont know me. He never took any subject in our class. I was not also in NCC where he was the master. But still today I wonder why he chose to torcher me. <br /> <br />You know what he asked me to do?<br /> <br />To sing daily the school prayer in HM room in Mic. There were many students interested in doing the job but he picked only me. The reason he loved my voice. But i disliked the job due to my orientation (that time) towards Dravidian movement. I have recommended many of my brahmin friends to the Asst HM for the prayer duty. But he insisted only me. Though I did without any interest, God gifted me something in return. If you go now to the TTV school, you can find a big board. In that my name will be there as the best out going student for the year 1979. It was the gods gift in return for me ( though i did not ask him). But now I realise I have failed something in what God asked me for Him. I should have developed my vocal skill. Under social circumstances, I could not do it then. Its my guilt. I am always sorry about this…. Switzerland<br /><br />A neat carnatic Music Site.<br />Thanks,<br /><br />The song, the lyrics with meaning and a video of the artist-all add luster to the site.<br /><br />Continue to provide, thank you,<br /><br /><br />Dear Sir,<br /><br /><br />I am one of the regular viewers of your blog 'E'swara'. Your new blog 'E-swari' also is interesting. I down loaded songs of sudha's songs from this blog and observe that these down loads are supported by 'Real Audio' only and not wmp or nero or other players. Can you<br />please convert these into ordinary mp3 and make it available / playable in normal players?<br /><br /><br /><br />Sir, Namaskarams. Im an ardent fan of MSS Amma renderings. I have seen the videos uploaded by you.Im very very thankful for your wonderful work. The videos uploaded by you are very good but they are of a very low resolution.<br /><br />I wish to take your blessings...<br /> <br />Thanking you,<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I feel I do not know you well enough to address you as Vkailasam !)<br />Though I have been wanting to see your website (or blog) for many days , I got round to it only today. I was astounded at the scholarship and effort the blog showed !<br /><br />Sir,<br />T H A N K Y O U……………So much.<br /><br /><br />You are doing a grt job to spread awareness about india's great cultural heritage .........<br />all d best for your future work !!!<br /><br />My mother listens to devotional music through your channel.. Hope you don't mind.<br /><br />Dear sir, Thank you for uploading so many songs which are indeed a treat for music lovers, especially those who can't easily access them... Please continue this wonderful service for many many more years...May God shower his choicest blessings on you!!<br /><br />hello Sir,<br />I am great admirer of your Marvellous service to Music Lovers..I am a Carnatic Music Student from Trichy learning under Vidhwan Trichy Sri K Ramesh.:…<br /><br />a request: can you kindly help me to get thyagaraja's Kalgada krithi "samayamu emarake", for listening on net -- audio, or, video. most grateful, thank you!<br /><br />Dear Brother,<br />Thank you so much for your uploads of India's Divine sounds of Music….<br /><br />This is just a general comment, hope you like it. Do not fear the winds of adversity. Remember: A kite rises against the wind rather than with it. When in a tight corner I usually find that difficult moment has the potential to open my eyes and open my heart. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. <br />Thank you my friend. Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success…<br /><br /> love the music ! Blessings to you <br /><br />Yours is a wonderful Channel, holding the Indian Cultures and values very high, <br />What is your name Sir.<br />DK Sharma…<br /><br />thanks. lovely uploads.<br /><br />Thanks for the great uploads. Living far away from India I feel I dont miss the music only because of the technology and tech savvy enthusiasts like you. Best Wishes.<br /><br />Thanks a lot. All the very best !<br /><br />Thank u very much.......Great information i fallow your blog….<br /><br />உங்கள் இணையதளம் இசைக்கடலாக உள்ளது, அருமையான இசையைப் பகிர்ந்து தருகிறீர்கள், என் மனம் நிறைந்த பாராட்டுகள்<br /><br /> I appreciate your interest to help, guide others by mailing useful links. Once again thank you very much<br /><br />It is very very kind of you.can't imagine for a moment that GOD has been benevolent to me in the roopam of venakatakailasam. you have taken so much of interestin my case. my wife, who teaches ashtapathis to many friends in groups and myself are forever grateful to you, My wife who hails from Gobichettipalayam named lalitha was taught the ashtapatis with the slokas by poojyasri Ramakrishnan while she was just 12 along with a group of girls of her age . pasumarathani pola avrgaludaya manangalil padindhu vittadhu . regards cordially yours .S.K.Balasubramanian <br /><br /><br /> Sri VK- THANK YOU VERY MUCH. KVN's music is just superb!!! The song on lalitha had never heard before. A new addition to my database.<br /><br /><br /> the other day i visited your blog and enjoyed Mysore JCW's compositions.<br /><br />You are doing a wonderful work , please keep it up !!!<br /><br />U decided to quit the rasikas.org, what a loss to every one.<br /><br />Pl do send me as attachments mp3 files of Palghat KVN's Mysore Maharaja's compositions available in your blog.<br /><br />mAnayatha manjula in Kokilapriya I love this song esp sung by KVN<br /><br />few more songs sung by KVN of Mysore JCW<br /><br />I want tp practise these songs by listening to them quite often and try to master and sing for my own pleasure.<br /><br />I am sure you can send me the mp3 files.<br /><br />SIR,I am delighted to find your instructions on rasikas for fb friendship. I m a great fan of yours . i like your posts , rather admire. Even though i like carnatic music very much,I am not aware of the intricacies of talam, raga development in stages, swara singing etc.Iam a layman. best wishes to you and family members. wish you all a very happy new year ….<br /><br /><br />Happy New Year vkailasam! I wish you a year filled with joy, peac<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/543701150063487311-1319693642282892651?l=e-swari.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>venkatakailasamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967158777392294107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-543701150063487311.post-65302036319307153502011-08-27T09:38:00.000-07:002012-02-15T05:38:08.999-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tSlS1ZE-lYE/TiJCDm7YwSI/AAAAAAAAAt4/2JfuZCtNQNI/s1600/manathil-uruthi-bharathiar.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 375px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tSlS1ZE-lYE/TiJCDm7YwSI/AAAAAAAAAt4/2JfuZCtNQNI/s400/manathil-uruthi-bharathiar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630135113923215650" /></a><br /><br />Barathi-001-Neyveli shri Santhanagopalan-gaNapati tALai rAgam nATTa<br 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Subramania Bharati By DR. (MS.) MIRA T. SUNDARA RAJAN, D.Phil. (Oxon.) LL.M. (UBC), J.D. (Osgoode), B.A. Hons. (McGill &amp; Paris)</div><div> ( Great grand daughter of C Subramania Barathi)</div><div>Thangammal Barathi’s Grand daughter</div><div>C. Subramania Bharati was born in Ettayapuram, South India, in 1882, and died in Madras, in 1921. Deceased at the early age of thirty-nine, Bharati left behind a remarkable legacy of poetry and prose writings whose importance for the Tamils today can only be compared to the status of Shakespeare in the English-speaking world. Bharati’s writings sparked a Renaissance in Tamil literature. While Bharati drew his inspiration from ancient sources of Indian culture, his works were truly innovative in both form and expression. His granddaughter, Dr. S. Vijaya Bharati, an eminent Tamil scholar, writes:</div><div>Though Bharati belongs to the age-long tradition of Tamil literature, and limits himself in some places to [its] conventional banks, his poetry flows with [the] racing vigour of contemporaneity, gushing with new ideas and emotions. The course of its flow, its speed and manner, its transgressions and its light are totally new, and original in the finest sense of the word. Its impact on modern Tamil literature has been tremendous … [I]t has given life and form to present-day writing in Tamil.</div><div>Bharati was not only the greatest of modern Tamil poets; he was also an ardent Indian nationalist and an impassioned advocate of social reform. Through the power of his ideals, he was able to envision freedom and independence for the three hundred million Indians dominated by British Imperial force. In Bharati’s imagination, the imminent liberation of Indians would free them both from imperial rule by the British – at a time when Britain was the most powerful nation on earth – and from oppressive social customs which had been practised in India for thousands of years.</div><div>Unfortunately, Bharati was persecuted for his convictions by both the British and the orthodox elements of his own, Brahmin society, who treated him as an outcast. He was exiled from British India in 1908 and went to live in Pondicherry, a French colony in South India. He spent ten years in exile there and eventually returned to Madras, where he died.</div><div> </div><div>Indian postage stamp in Bharati's honour.</div><div>After Indian independence, Bharati’s contribution to Indian culture was widely recognized. There is no major city in India that does not have a street named after him, or a statue erected in his honour. Bharati’s works have been translated into every major Indian language, as well as a number of European languages, including English, French, German, Russian, and Czech. The government of India has issued a postage stamp in his honour.</div><div> </div><div>In recognition of Bharati’s exceptional contribution to Indian culture, as a poet, nationalist, and social reformer, the government of India ultimately conferred upon him the title of Indian “National Poet.” </div><div>-Mira sounderrajan</div><div><br /></div> <br /><br /><br /> About Isaikavi Ramanan:<br /><br />பிறந்தது நெல்லையில். வளர்ந்தது சென்னையில். கவிதையோடும், நண்பர்களோடும் மரத்தடியில் பொழுதைக் கழித்து மதிப்பெண்களைக் கோட்டை விட்டது ஜெயின் கல்லூரியில். வேலையின்றித் திண்டாடி, ‘தி ஹிந்து’ பத்திரிகையில் (சென்னை-பெங்களூரு-மதுரை-பெங்களூரு-சென்னை-விசாகப்பட்டினம்) என்று 28 ஆண்டுகள் நிறைய உற்சாகமாய் ஊர்சுற்றி, போதுமடா இந்த உப்பு, புளி, மிளகாய்ப் பொல்லாப்பு என்று மார்ச் 2005ல், ஒரெயடியாய் உத்தியோகத்தை உதறினேன். அன்பான மனைவி அனுராதா. இரட்டை மகன்கள் ஆனந்த், விக்ரம். இருவரும் தாத்தாவைப்போல ஜர்னலிஸ்டுகள். நொய்டா சி என் என் – ஐ பி என்னில் பணிபுரிகிறார்கள். மருமகள்கள் ப்ரியா, தீப்தி மகள்களாகவே நேசமாய் இருக்கிறார்கள்.<br /><br />கொஞ்சம் வெளிநாடுகள் பார்த்தேன். இந்தியாவில் எத்தனை பார்த்தாலும் கொஞ்சமே பார்த்ததுபோல் தோன்றுகிறது. 22 முறை இமயப் பயணம் மேற்கொண்டும், அடுத்த பயணத்திற்கு ஆவலாக உள்ளேன். சுமாராய்ப் புகைப்படம் பிடிப்பேன்.<br /><br />ஆன்மிகப் பயணம். முறையற்ற முகவரிகள். அகமெல்லாம் காயம். இற்று விழுந்த நிலையில், சற்குரு ஸ்ரீ சிவானந்த மூர்த்தி (பீமுனிப்பட்டினம்) அவர்களின் திருவடியில் புகலெய்தினேன்.<br /><br />எந்தச் சிறப்பும் இல்லாமல், எந்தக் குறையும் இல்லாத வாழ்க்கை அமைந்த பாக்கியவானே நான்<br /><br />You can hear IASAI KAVI RAMANAN : Courtesy: telfercourt ( RS Ramani )<br /><br />PART I-Barathi-111-Isaikavi Ramanan Barathi yaar<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/798423958/13bd61f5" width="320" height="266" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />PART II-Barathi-112-Isaikavi Ramanan Barathi yaar<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/798462151/294e494c" width="320" height="266" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />PART III-Barathi-113-Isaikavi Ramanan Barathi yaar<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/798513058/9090f30f" width="320" height="266" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Barathi-114-Tamil Speech on Bharathi by S V Ramani<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/798593471/ec03ca34" width="320" height="266" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />arathi-115-Birth of the song Kambhan endruru manitar Vazthathuvum-Neethi arasar Ramasubramaniam<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/798626740/74f5a4b5" width="320" height="266" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br /><br />His wife Chellama Barathi on Barathi:<br /><br />என் கணவர் – திருமதி. செல்லம்மாள் பாரதி<br /><br />(1951ஆம் ஆண்டு திருச்சி வானொலியில் “என் கணவர்” என்ற தலைப்பில் திருமதி செல்லம்மாள் பாரதி ஆற்றிய உரை.)<br /><br /> வறுமை, கவிஞனின் தனி உடைமை. கவிஞனுக்கு இந்த மண்ணுலகில் இன்பம் அளிப்பது கவிதை; ஆனால் வயிற்றுக்குணவு தேடி வாழும் வகையை அவன் மனைவிதான் கண்டுபிடிக்க வேண்டி வருகிறது. காதல் ராணியாக மனைவியைப் போற்றும் கவிஞன் அவளுக்குச் சாதமும் போடவேண்டும் என்ற நினைவேயின்றிக் காலம் கழித்தானேயானால், என்ன செய்ய முடியும்?.<br /><br /> ஊருக்குப் பெருமை என் வாழ்வு. வையகத்தார் கொண்டாட வாழவேண்டும் என்ற என் கனவு ஓரளவு பலித்ததென்னவோ உண்மைதான். இன்று என் கணவரின் புகழ் விண்முட்டிச் செல்கிறது. இன்று மகாகவியின் மனைவியாகப் போற்றப்படும் நான் அன்று பைத்தியக்காரன் மனைவியென்று பலராலும் ஏசப்பட்டேன்… விநோதங்கள் என் வாழ்க்கையில் அதிகம்.<br /><br />உலகத்தோடொட்டி வாழ வகை அறியாத கணவருடன் அமர வாழ்வு வாழ்ந்தேன் என்றால் உங்களுக்குச் சிரிப்பாகத்தான் இருக்கும். யாருக்கு மனைவியாக வாழ்ந்தாலும் வாய்க்கலாம். ஆனால் கவிஞன் மனைவியாயிருப்பது கஷ்டம்.<br /><br /> கவிஞர்கள் போக்கே ஒரு தனி. உண்பதிலும் உறங்குவதிலும் வட சாதாரண மனிதரைப்போல் அவர்கள் இருப்பதில்லை. கற்பனைச் சிறகு விரித்துக் கவதை வானில் வட்டமிடும் பறவை, பூலோகத்திலே இருண்ட வீட்டிலே மனைவிக்கும் மற்றவருக்கும் சம்பாத்தியம் செய்துபோட்டு, சாதாரண வாழ்க்கை வாழ முடியுமா?<br /><br /> வறுமை, கவிஞனின் தனி உடைமை. கவிஞனுக்கு இந்த மண்ணுலகில் இன்பம் அளிப்பது கவிதை ஆனால் வயிற்றுக்குணவு தேடி வாழும் வகையை அவன் மனைவிதான் கண்டுபிடிக்க வேண்டி வருகிறது. காதல் ராணியாக மனைவியைப் போற்றும் கவிஞன் அவளுக்குச் சாதமும் போடவேண்டும் என்ற நினைவேயின்றிக் காலம் கழித்தானேயானால், என்ன செய்ய முடியும்?<br /><br /> கவிஞன் விசித்திரமான தன்மை நிறைந்தவன்; அவனுக்கு எதுவும் பெரிதில்லை. ஆனால் கவலை நிறைந்த வாழ்நாளைக் கழிக்க வேண்டும் என்று எந்தப் பெண்தான் நினைக்க முடியும்? சிறு வயதில் ஆசாபாசங்களும் அபிலாஷைகளும் ஒவ்வொரு பெண்ணின் மனத்திலும் நிறைந்திருப்பது இயற்கைதானே? சுகமாக வாழுவதற்கு சொர்க்கலோகம் சென்றால்தான் முடியும் என்ற நிலை கவிஞன் மனைவிக்கு ஏற்பட்டு விடுகிறது.<br /><br />அந்த நாளிலிருந்த சத்திமுத்தப் புலவரின் மனைவியிலிருந்து இன்று என்வரை சுகவாழ்வு ஒரே விதமாகத்தான் அமைந்திருக்கிறது. ஏகாந்தத்தில் அமர்ந்துவிட்டால் முனிவரும்கூட அவரிடம் பிச்சைதான் வாங்கவேண்டும். ஆனால் மனைத் தலைவியாகிய நான் அவ்வாறு நிஷ்டையிலிருக்க முடியுமா?<br /><br /> கவிஞர்களில் பலதரப்பட்டவர்கள் இருக்கிறார்கள். கடவுளைப் பக்தி செய்யும் கவிஞன், காவியம் எழுதும் கவிஞன், இவர்களைப் புற உலகத் தொல்லைகளை சூழ இடமில்லை. எனது கணவரோ கற்பனைக் கவியாக மட்டுமல்லாமல் தேசியக் கவியாகவும் விளங்கியவர். அதனால் நான் மிகவும் கஷ்டப்பட்டேன்.<br /><br />கவிதை வெள்ளைத்தை அணை போட்டுத் தடுத்தது அடக்கு முறை. குடும்பமே தொல்லைக்குள்ளாகியது. ஆனால் நுங்கும் நுரையுமாகப் பொங்கிவரும் புது வெள்ளம் போல அடக்குமுறையை உடைத்துக்கொணடு பாய்ந்து செல்லும் அவர் கவிதை.<br /><br /> காலையில் எழுந்ததும் கண்விழித்து, மேநிலை மேல், மேலைச்சுடர் வானை நோக்கி வீற்றிருப்பார். ஸ்நானம் ஒவ்வொரு நாள் ஒவ்வொரு விதத்தில் அமையும். ஸூரிய ஸ்நானம்தான் அவருக்குப் பிடித்தமானது. வெளியிலே நின்று நிமிர்ந்து ஸூரியனைப் பார்ப்பதுதான் வெய்யற் குளியல். ஸூரியகிரணம் கண்களிலேயுள்ள மாசுகளை நீக்கும் என்பது அவர் அபிப்பிராயம். காலைக் காப்பி, தோசை பிரதானமாயிருக்க வேண்டும் அவருக்கு. தயிர், நெய், புது ஊறுகாய் இவைகளைத் தோசையின் மேல் பெய்து தின்பார்.<br /><br /> அவருக்குப் பிரியமான பொருளைச் சேகரித்துக் கொடுத்தால், அவரது நண்பர்களான காக்கையும் குருவியும் அதில் முக்கால் பாகத்தைப் புசித்து விடுவார்கள். எதை வேண்டுமானாலும் பொறுக்க முடியும்; ஆனால் கொடுத்த உணவைத் தாம் உண்ணாமல் பறவைகளுக்குப் போட்டுவிட்டு நிற்கும் அவருடைய தார்மிக உணர்ச்சியை மட்டும் என்னால் சகிக்கவே முடிந்ததில்லை.<br /><br />சிஷ்யருக்குக் குறைவு இராது.செய்திகளுக்கும் குறைச்சல் இல்லை. கானாமுதமோ காதின் வழியே புகுந்து உடல் எங்கும் நிறைந்துவிடும். களிப்பை மட்டும் பூரணமாக அனுபவிக்க முடியாமல் உள்ளிருந்து ஒன்று வாட்டும். அதுதான் கவலை!<br /><br /> இச்சகம் பேசி வாழும் உலகத்தில் எப்பொழுதும் மெய்யே பேச வேண்டும் என்பது அவரது கட்டளை. எக்காரணத்தைக் கொண்டும் பொய் பேசக் கூடாது. இது எத்தனை சிரமமான காரியம் என்பது எல்லாருக்கும் தெரிந்த விஷயம்தான்.<br /><br /> புதுவை எனக்குச் சிறைச்சாலை ஆகியது. சிறைச்சாலை என்ன செய்யும்? ஞானிகளை அது ஒன்றும் செய்ய முடியாதுதான். எதையும் ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளும் மனத்திண்மை அவர்களுக்கு உண்டு. ஆனால் என்னைப்போன்ற சாதாரணப் பெண்ணுக்கு, இல்லறத்தை நல்லறமாக்க வேண்டும் என்ற ஒரே விஷயத்தை லட்சியமாகக் கொண்ட ஒருத்திக்குச் சிறைச்சாலை நவநவமான துன்பங்களை அள்ளித்தான் கொடுத்தது.<br /><br /> புதுவையில்தான் புதுமைகள் அதிகம் தோன்றின. புது முயற்சிகள், புதிய நாகரிகம், புதுமைப் பெண் எழுச்சி, புதுக் கவிதை இவை தோன்றின. இத்தனை புதுமைகளும் எழுவதற்கு நான்தான் ஆராய்ச்சிப் பொருளாக அமைந்தேன். பெண்களுக்குச் சம அந்தஸ்து வழங்க வேண்டுமா வேண்டாமா என்று வெகுகாலம் ஆராய்ந்த பின்னரே, பெண் விடுதலை அவசியம் என்ற முடிவு கண்டு, நடைமுறையில் நடத்துவதற்குத் துடிதுடித்தார் என் கணவர். இந்த முடிவை அவர் காண்பதற்குள் நான் பட்ட பாடு சொல்லுந்தரமன்று.<br /><br /> புதுவையில் அரசியலில் கலந்துகொள்ள ஒரு வசதியும் இல்லாதிருந்த போதிலும், தமிழ் இலக்கியத் தொண்டு செய்ததனால் ஒருவாறு மன அமைதி பெற்றிருந்தார். நமது பொக்கிஷங்கள் என்று கருதத் தகும்படியான அவரது கவிதைகள் எல்லாம் அங்குதான் தோன்றின.<br /><br />மனிதரை அமரராக்க வேண்டும் என்று தவித்த என் கணவர், எத்தனை இடையூறுகளுக்கும் எதிர்ப்புகளும் ஏற்பட்ட போதிலும், அவற்றையெல்லாம் மோதிமிதித்துவிட்டுத் தம் லட்சியத்தில் முன்னேறும் துணிவு கொண்டு செயலாற்றினார்.<br /><br /> மகாகவி நாட்டிற்காக, அதன் சுதந்திரத்திற்காக வாழ்ந்தார். தமிழ் பண்பாட்டில் சிறந்த அவர் ஈகை, அன்பு, சகிப்புத்தன்மை முதலான பண்புகளைக் கடைப்பிடித்து வாழ்ந்தது ஓர் அதிசயமன்று.<br /><br />தூங்கிக் கிடந்த தமிழரை விழிப்புறுத்தியதும் அதிசயமன்று; ஆனால் இன்று அவரது பூத உடல் மறைந்த பின்பும் தமிழ் பேசும் ஒவ்வோர் உயிரினிடத்தும் அவர் கலந்து நிற்பதுதான் அதிசயம் என்று எனக்குத் தோன்றுகிறது. “விண்டுரைக்க மாட்டாத விந்தையடா!” என்று அவரது கவிதை மொழியில்தான் இந்த மகிழ்ச்சியைத் தெரிவிக்க வேண்டியிருக்கிறது.<br /><br />Courtesy: Shri S Ramkrishnan permitting to post the above AIR speech of "Chellamma Barathi on Barathi<br /><br />Felt extremely sad after reading this <br />Extracts from 'BHARATHIYAI PATRI NANBARKAL' R.A. Padmanabhan, 1982:-<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gcUWZ1H2oTE/TmucRSj5SjI/AAAAAAAAAxI/m4oeFI4krtg/s1600/Shri%2BRA%2BPadmanaban.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 185px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gcUWZ1H2oTE/TmucRSj5SjI/AAAAAAAAAxI/m4oeFI4krtg/s400/Shri%2BRA%2BPadmanaban.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650781978320521778" /></a><br /> RA Padmanabhan<br /> <br /><br />(பாரதியாரின் அபிமானத்துக்கு உகந்தவரும், அவரால் அன்போடு 'தம்பீ' என்று அழைக்கப்பட்டவரும், புதுவையில் நீலகண்ட பிரம்மச்சாரி அழைக்க 'சூர்யோதயம்' வாரப் பதிப்பில் அவரிடம் உதவியாசிரியராக இருந்தவரும், 1917 -ல் 'நாட்டுப் பாட்டு', 'பாப்பாப் பாட்டு', முரசு', 'கண்ணன் பாட்டு' முதலிய நூல்களை வெளியிட்டவருமான பரலி சு. நெல்லையப்ப பிள்ளை, பாரதியாரின் வீட்டில் கடைசி நாள் நிலவரத்தை இக் கட்டுரையில் குறிக்கிறார். இது 'தினமணி' சுடரில் வெளிவந்த கட்டுரை. -- ரா.அ.ப.)<br /><br />பழந்தமிழ் நாட்டுக்குப் புத்துயிர் அளித்த பெருங் கவியான பாரதியாருக்கு வறுமையின் கொடுமையாலும், ஒரு சாமியாரின் கூட்டுறவாலும் அவர் புதுவையில் இருந்த பொழுது கஞ்சாப் பழக்கம் ஏற்பட்டுவிட்டது. அதுபற்றிப் பாரதியாரைக் குறைகூறுவதைவிட தமிழ் நாட்டின் தவக் குறைவைச் சிந்திப்பது நலம். பாரதியார் புதுவையிலிருந்து வெளியே வந்த பின்னர், திருநெல்வேலி ஜில்லாவில் அவருடன் சில ஊர்களுக்கு நான் சென்ற பொழுது நண்பர்களிடம் பணம் பெற்றுக் கஞ்சாவை ஏராளமாக வாங்கிச் சாப்பிடத் தொடங்கினார். அதனால் அவரிடம் பணம் கொடுக்க வேண்டாமென்று நண்பர்களிடம் அந்தரங்கமாகச் சொல்லவேண்டிய விரும்பத்தகாத கடமையும் எனக்கு ஏற்பட்டது. <br /><br />பின்னர், பாரதியார் சென்னைக்கு வந்தார். 'சுதேசமித்திர'னில் துணையாசிரியராகப் பணியாற்றினார். அப்பொழுதும் அவரது கஞ்சாப் பழக்கம் வளர்ந்தே வந்தது. திருவல்லிக்கேணியில் அவர் குடியிருந்தார். 'காக்கை குருவியெங்கள் ஜாதி' என்று பாடிய பாரதியார் பார்த்தசாரதி கோயில் யானைமீது அன்பு கொண்டார். கவியரசருக்கும் கஜேந்திரனுக்கும் நட்பு வளர்ந்து வந்தது. ஆனால், ஒரு நாள் பாரதியார் கஜேந்திரனுக்குச் சிற்றுண்டி அளிக்கச் சென்றபோது அது அவரை எக் காரணத்தினாலோ தூக்கியெரிந்துவிட்டது. யானைக்குச் சிறிது தூரத்தில் உணர்விழந்து கிடந்த பாரதியாரை அடுத்த வீதியில் இருந்த குவளை கிருஷ்ணமாச்சாரியார் விரைந்தோடி வந்து தூக்கியெடுத்து அவரது வீட்டுக்குக் கொண்டு சென்றார். 'வீரர் பிரான் குவளையூர்க் கண்ணன்' என்று பாரதியார் பாடிய அந்தக் குவளை கிருஷ்ணன் சமயத்தில் வந்திராவிட்டால் வாழ்நாள் அன்றே முடிவெய்தியிருக்கும்.<br /><br />கஞ்சாவை அளவுக்கு மிஞ்சித் தின்று வந்ததனால் அளவுக்கு மிஞ்சிச் சூடேறியிருந்த பாரதியாரின் மென்மையான உடல் யானை தூக்கி எறிந்ததன் பயனாகக் கலகலத்துப் போய் விட்டது. அதனையொட்டி அவருக்குச் சீதபேதி ஏற்பட்டது. பாரதி பாயும் படுக்கையுமாய் இருந்த செய்தி சிந்தாதிரிப்பேட்டையில் இருந்த எனக்குக் கடைசி நாளில்தான் தெரியவந்தது. லக்ஷ்மண ஐயர் என்ற ஒரு நண்பருடன் மாலையில் நான் பாரதியாரைப் பார்க்கச் சென்றேன். அவரது நிலை கவலைக்கிடமாக இருந்தது. அவர் மயக்க நிலையில் கிடந்தார். திருவல்லிக்கேணி மாட வீதியில் குடியிருந்த டாக்டர் ஜானகிராம் என்ற வைத்தியரை அழைத்துக்கொண்டு வந்து காட்டினோம். (இவர் ஆந்திர கேசரியும் ஆந்திர நாட்டு முதன் மந்திரியுமான ஸ்ரீ தங்கதூரி பிரகாசத்தின் தம்பியென்று எனது நினைவு.) அவர் பாரதியார் உடம்பைப் பரிசோதித்து எதோ மருந்து கொடுக்க விரும்பினார். ஆனால், பாரதியார் மருந்தை அருந்துவதற்குப் பிடிவாதமாக மறுத்துவிட்டார். டாக்டர் அவதிடம் பேசி மருந்தை அருந்துமாறு வாதாடிய பொழுது பாரதியார் தமக்கு எந்த மருந்தும் வேண்டாம் என்று கண்டிப்பாக மறுத்து விட்டார். வைத்தியர் ஏமாற்றத்துடன் திரும்பினார். இரவெல்லாம் பாரதியார் மயக்க நிலையிலேயே கிடந்தார். <br /><br />பாரதியாரின் நிலையை அறிந்த நானும் அன்பர் லக்ஷ்மண ஐயரும் இரவில் அங்கேயே தங்குவதென முடிவு செய்தோம். எங்களுக்குத் தூக்கம் வரவில்லை. அடிக்கடி எழுந்து எமனுடன் போராடிக் கொண்டிருந்த பாரதியாரைக் கவனித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தோம். பின்னிரவில் சுமார் இரண்டு மணிக்குப் பாரதியாரின் மூச்சு அடங்கிவிட்டது. உலகத்தாருக்கு 'அமரத்வ' உபதேசம் செய்த பாரதியார் மரணம் அடைந்தார்.<br /><br /><br />Bharathi's addiction to kanja-Was this true?<br /><br />Some where it was stated that Barathi’s poverty and his association with a saint landed him into the habit of using Opiam.<br />So far as I could gather his association was only with Kulluchami who was an ardent follower of Vadalur Ramalinga swamigal and his suddha sanmargam.<br />Please read the article below:<br />Arutperum Jodhi Arutperum Jodhi Thaniperumkarunai Arutperum Jodhi<br />National Poet Bharathi -A Sanmarge <br />Every one is aware of Bharathiyar as a poet, but not aware of that he was a yoga practitioner of a Grace Path called Suddha Sanmargam for-Immortal Life. During the Independence struggle, British police searched him for his revolutionary articles, speeches and patriotic songs. So he fled to Puducherry for asylum –It was the French colony then.<br /><br />In this period, he happened to meet a sage by name KULLACHAMI – who was following Suddha sanmargam. <br /><br />It was the turning point of his life and birth for initiating into suddha sanmarga. As he hibernated, Bharathiyar didn’t attend his mother’s funeral for the fear of British Police. He was longing to see his mother’s face, so he went to his Guru and expressed his desire – who superimposed his mother’s face .Bharathiyar was all in tears and was so grateful to his Guru and fell on His feet.<br />Sanmargam – is a commune which follows the path of Truth and Harmony – Universal brother hood which believes “I and He” the same. After merging with Sanmargam, he wrote many poems in line with this school of philosophy - Grace Path. <br />He wrote many poems, which were on the name of Kannan and Kannamma. The whole world thought and even now thinks that Kannamma is the nick name by which he addressed his wife and Kannan – The Divine child who played on the banks of river Yamuna. They are the not the human beings indeed – but the personifications of mystical experiences arising out of an organ in the human body so he termed as such. This will be very well understood by those who got initiation in this path. He had a big fire in his body through yoga, his mind and soul longing for the liberation from this earthly life, so he was not able control on it. <br />On the other hand he spent his time & energy for the liberation of the nation, so he was not able to continue the Immortal Life practice. <br />Had he not participated in the freedom struggle, India would have witnessed yet another saint like Ramalinga Swamigal. <br /><br />With thanks and regards BG Venkatesh.<br /><br />This is what Yadugiri has stated : "Bharathi came under the spell of a sAmiAr--kuLLach chAmiAr. He came to know him because KuLLach chAmi frequented Murugesam Pillai's house. The poet who had a thirst for new ideas, found a guide in him. From then on, whether it did him any good or not, Bharathi started seeking the company of some mendicants"<br />These mendicants refereed to by her is notonly of Kullachamiar but also possibly about Shri Neelakanta Brhmachari-See detail about him down below...<br /><br />His association with Kulluchami had not repeat not made Bharathi a drug addict. On the contrary, it was a <br />“turning point of his life and birth for initiating into suddha sanmarga. As he hibernated, Bharathiyar didn’t attend his mother’s funeral for the fear of British Police. He was longing to see his mother’s face, so he went to his Guru and expressed his desire – who superimposed his mother’s face .Bharathiyar was all in tears and was so grateful to his Guru and fell on His feet”<br />“Bharathi spent his time & energy for the liberation of the nation, so he was not able to continue the Immortal Life practice “ about which he mentioned to yadugiri .<br /><br />There have been some forces bent upon discrediting Bharathi, and his compositions .<br />They were from later generations and not contemporaries of Bharathi.<br /> <br />This what Shri.Nadhivarman The General Secretary of Dravida Peravai, a political party for unifying global Tamils observes:<br /><br />“If in all languages such derogatory remarks against Bharathiar reaches all the nook and corner of the world, what should we do ? <br />Is it time to just sing sonnets on Bharathi sitting at our homes, while in world Bharathiar is portrayed as an oppressor of women, drug addict, casteist, selfish convert to nationalist cause etc.<br /><br />See the link:<br />http://www.madeinthoughts.com/BharathiLastDay.html<br />This contains almost similar material about as to what had happened on the last day of Bharathi<br />except the portion quoted above regarding his addiction. See below:<br /><br />பாரதியாரின் கடைசி நாள்<br /> <br /><br />1921 செப்டம்பர் 11ம் தேதி இரவு பாரதி வீட்டில் கவலையுடன் விழித்திருந்த நண்பர்களில் ஒருவரான நீலகண்ட பிரம்மச்சாரி கூறுகிறார்...<br /><br />""அன்றிரவு பாரதி தமது நண்பர்களிடம், "அமானுல்லாகானைப் பற்றி ஒரு வியாசம் எழுதி ஆபீஸ?965;்கு எடுத்துக் கொண்டு போகவேண்டும்' என்று சொல்லிக் கொண்டிருந்தார். அமானுல்லா கான் அப்பொழுது ஆப்கானிஸ்தானத்து மன்னனாக இருந்தவர். 1914 ?2990;ுதல் மகாயுத்தத்தில் ஜெர்மானியருக்கு சாதகமாக இருந்தார் என்று சண்டையில் வெற்றி பெற்ற பிரிட்டிஷார் அவர் மீது கறுவிக் கொண்டிருந்தனர்.<br /><br />முன்னிரவில் பெரும் பாகம் மயக்கத்தில் இருந்த பாரதி, இறப்பதற்கு இரண்டு மணி நேரம் முன்னால் சொன்ன இந்த வார்த்தைகளே அவர் பேசிய கடைசி வார்த்தைகளாகும்'' என்கிறார் நீலகண்ட பிரம்மச்சாரி.<br /><br />இன்னொரு நண்பரான பரலி சு. நெல்லையப்பர் கூறுகிறார்...<br /><br />பாரதியார் பாயும் படுக்கையுமா யிருந்த செய்த சிந்தாத்திரிப் பேட்டையிலிருந்த எனக்குக் கடைசி நாளில்தான் தெரிய வந்தது. நான், லக்ஷ்மண ஐயர் என்ற எனது நண்பர் ஒருவருடன் அவரைப் பார்க்கச் சென்றேன். பாரதியார் நிலை கவலைக்கிடமாய் இருந்தது. அவர் மயக்க நிலையில் கிடந்தார். திருவல்லிக்கேணி மாட வீதியில் குடியிருந்த டாக்டர் ஜானகிராம் என்கிற வைத்தியரை அழைத்துக் கொண்டு வந்து காட்டினோம்.<br /><br />அவர் பாரதியார் உடம்பைப் பரிசோதனை செய்து ஏதோ மருந்து கொடுக்க விரும்பினார். ஆனால், பாரதியார் மருந்தை அருந்தப் பிடிவாதமாக மறுத்துவிட்டார். டாக்டர் அவரிடம் பேசி மருந்தை அருந்தும்படி வாதாடியபொழுது பாரதியார், "எனக்கு எந்த மருந்தும் வேண்டாம்" என்று கண்டிப்பாகக் கோபமாகச் சொல்லிவிட்டார்.<br /><br />எனவே, வைத்தியர் ஏமாற்றத்துடன் திரும்பி விட்டார். பாரதியார இரவெல்லாம் மயக்க நிலையிலேயே இருந்தார்.<br /><br />பாரதியார் நிலையை அறிந்த நானும் நண்பர் லக்ஷ்மண ஐயரும் அவ்விடத்திலேயே இரவில் தங்கி வந்தோம். எங்களுக்குத் தூக்கம் வரவில்லை. அடிக்கடி, எழுந்து, எமனுடன் போராடிக்கொண்டிருந்த பாரதியாரைக் கவனித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தோம்.<br /><br />பின்னிரவில் சுமார் இரண்டு மணிக்கு பாரதியாரின் மூச்சு அடங்கியது. உலகத்தாருக்கு "அமரத்துவம்" உபதேசம் செய்த பாரதியார் மரணம் அடைந்தார்.<br /><br />"கரவினில் வந்து உயிர்க்குலத்தினை அழிக்கும்காலன் நடுநடுங்க விழித்தோம்"<br /><br />என்றும்,<br /><br />"காலா என் கண்முன்னே வாடா ?3;ன்னைக்காலால் உதைக்கிறேன்"<br /><br />என்றும் பாடிய பாரதியார் காலனுக்கு இரையானார்.<br /><br />பாரதியாரின் மரணச் செய்தியைப் பொழுது விடிந்தவுடன் நகரத்திலுள்ள நண்பர்களுக்குச் சொல்லி யனுப்பினோம். எங்களுக்கு நண்பர்கள் என்று சொல்லக் கூடியவர்கள் அப்பொழுது மிகச் சிலரே. அப்பொழுது மண்ணடி ராமசாமி தெருவில் குடியிருந்த வக்கீல் சா. துரைசாமி ஐயர், இந்தி பிரசார் ஹரிஹர சர்மா, மாஜி மேயர் சக்கரை செட்டியார், அப்பொழுது புரசைவாக்கத்தில் ஒரு பங்களாவில் குடியிருந்த எதிராஜ் சுரேந்திரநாத் ஆர்யா ?4;ால்வரும் குறிப்பிடத்தக்கவர்கள்.<br /><br />பாரதியாரின் குடும்பத்திற்கு எப்பொழுதும் ஆதரவு புரிந்து வந்த வக்கீல் துரைசாமி ஐயரே பாரதியாரின் கடைசி நாள் கிரியைக்கும் உதவி புரிந்தார்.<br /><br />பாரதியார் உடலை மறுநாட் காலை எட்டு மணிக்குத் திருவல்லிக்கேணி மயானத்திற்கு தூக்கிக்கொண்டு போனோம். நானும் லக்ஷ்மண ஐயரும், குவளைக் கிருஷ்ணமாச்சாரியார், ஹரஹர சர்மா, ஆர்யா முதலியவர்கள் பாரதியார் பொன்னுடலை இறுதியாகத் தூக்கிச் செல்லும் பாக்கியம் பெற்றோம். பாரதியார் உடலம் மிகச் சிறியது. அன்று தீக்கிரையான அவர் உடலம் சுமார் அறுபது பவுண்டு நிறை இருக்கலாம்.<br /><br />இன்று உலகம் போற்றும் கவிச் சக்கரவர்த்தியுடன் அன்று கடைசி நாளான திருவல்லிக்கேணி மயானத்திற்குச் சென்றவர்கள் சுமார் இருபது பேர் இருக்கலாம்.<br /><br />பிராமணர்களுக்குகென்று குறிக்கப்பட்டிருந்த பகுதியில் அவர் உடல் தகனம் செய்யப்பட்டது.<br /><br />பாரதியார் பொன்னுடலை அக்னி தேவனிடம் ஒப்புவிக்கு முன்னர் நண்பர் சுரேந்திரநாத் ஆர்யா சிறியதோர் சொற்பொழிவு நிகழ்த்தினார்.<br /><br />?;வ்வாறு நெல்லையப்பர் பாரதியின் கடைசி நாளை உருக்கமாக விவரித்துள்ளார்.<br /><br />பாரதிக்கு பிள்ளை இல்லாததால் யார் அவருக்கு கொள்ளியிடுவது என்று பேச்சு வந்தபோது யாரோ, நீலகண்ட பிரம்மச்சாரி கொள்ளியிடலாம் என்று சொன்னார்கள். உடனே அவர், ""என்ன, நானா? இந்தச் சடங்குகளில் எல்லாம் துளி கூட நம்பிக்கை இல்லாதவன் நான். என் தகப்பனாராகவே இருந்தாலும் நான் இந்த சடங்குகளை செய்ய மாட்டேன். அப்படியிருக்க பாரதிக்காக நான் செய்வேன் என்று எப்படி நினைத்தீர்கள்'' என்று மறுத்துவிட்டார்.( This is contested by some)<br /><br /> முடிவில், பாரதியின் தூரத்து உறவினரான வி. ஹரிஹர சர்மாதான் கர்மங்களை செய்தார்.<br /><br />தென் தமிழ்நாட்டில் சித்திரபானு கார்த்திகை 27, மூல நட்சத்திரத்தில் (1882 டிசம்பர் 11) தோன்றிய அந்த சித்த புருஷர், சென்னை திருவல்லிக்கேணியில் துன்மதி வருஷம் ஆவணி மாதம் 27ம் தேதி (1921 செப்டம்பர் 12) ஞாயிறன்று, அதிகாலை 1.30 மணிக்கு பூத உடல் நீங்கி புகழ் உடல் எய்தினார். அப்போது அவருக்கு வயது 39 கூட நிரம்பவில்லை. சரியாக 38 வயதும் 9 மாதங்களுமே ஆகியிருந்தன.<br /><br />DR. (MS.) MIRA T. SUNDARA RAJAN, D.Phil. (Oxon.) LL.M. (UBC), J.D. (Osgoode), B.A. Hons. (McGill & Paris)<br />(Great grand daughter of C Subramania Barathi-Grand daughter of Thangammal Barathi)<br /><br />has this to say on his drug addiction:<br /><br />info@professormira.com to me<br /> <br />Dear Sir,<br />Thank you for your message.<br />There is indeed some false information circulating about Bharatiar - mostly, I think, because people do not know the facts. Please do not distress yourself on account of these false websites. The great man's writings will testify to his clarity of mind!<br />If you are interested, please keep watching for my mother's Bharati-editions, which will offer inspiring insight into the poet's work and life! Progress is slow, but we will update the website with information on these publications as they become available. If you like, you will be able to order books from us in due course.<br />All best wishes,<br /><br />Mira Sundara Rajan<br /><br /><br />Courtesy:"பாரதி - என் தந்தை" திருமதி சகுந்தலா பாரதி. வெளியீடு: பழனியப்பா பிரதர்ஸ்.<br />( Copied from : Bharathi Ilakkiya Payilagam )<br /><br /><br /><br />"பார்த்தஸாரதி கோயில் யானை<br />காலை நேரத்தில் சில சமயம் என் தந்தை பார்த்தஸாரதி கோயிலுக்குப் போவார். அங்கு வாசல் மண்டபத்தில் கட்டியிருக்கும் யானைக்குப் பழம் வாங்கிக் கொடுப்பார். பின் அதனுடன் விளையாட்டாகச் சிறிது வார்த்தையாடிவிட்டு வருவது வழக்கம். சில நாளாகக் கோயில் பக்கம் போகாதிருந்த என் தந்தை ஒரு நாள் வழக்கம்போல யானைக்குப் பழம் கொடுக்கப் போனார். யானைக்கு மதம் பிடித்திருந்ததால் நான்கு கால்களும் சங்கிலி போட்டுக் கட்டப் பட்டிருந்தது. ஜனங்கள் கம்பி வேலிக்குப் புறம்பே நின்று வேடிக்கை பார்த்துக் கொண்டிருந்தார்கள். என் தந்தை உள்ளே சென்றபோது அவரை யாரும் தடுக்கவில்லை போலும்! வழக்கம்போல வாழைப்பழத்தை யானையின் அருகில் சென்று கொடுத்தார். துதிக்கையை நீட்டிப் பழத்தை வாங்கிய யானை, பின் அவரைத் துதிக்கையால் கீழே வீழ்த்தி விட்டது. யானையின் நான்கு கால்களுக்குமிடையில் விழுந்து விட்டார். கீழே பாறாங்கல் பரவிய தரை. என் தந்தை எழுந்திருக்கவில்லை. முகத்தினின்றும் இரத்தம் பெருக்கெடுத்து விட்டது. யானை, தன் நண்பனுக்குத் தீங்கிழத்து விட்டோமே என்ற பச்சாதாபத்துடன் தன் பிழையை உணர்ந்தது போல, அசையாமல் நின்று விட்டது. அது தன் காலை ஒருமுறை அசைத்திருக்குமானால் அத்துடன் "பாரதியார்" கதை முடிந்திருக்கும். சுற்றி நிற்கும் ஜனங்கள் திகைத்து விட்டார்கள். உள்ளே நுழைந்து அவரைத் தூக்க ஒருவருக்கும் தைரியம் இல்லை. அந்த வேளையில் எங்கிருந்தோ வந்தான், குவளைக் கண்ணன். தன் உயிரைத் திரணமாக மதித்து, உள்ளே குதித்து, என் தந்தையைத் தூக்கிக் கொண்டு வந்தான். பின்னர்க் கேட்க வேண்டுமா? ஜனங்கள் அவரைத் தாங்கிய வண்ணம் கோயில் வாசல் மண்டபத்திற்குக் கொண்டு வந்தார்கள். எதிர் வீட்டில் குடியிருக்கும் ஸ்ரீ ஸ்ரீநிவாசாச்சாரியாருக்கு விஷயம் எட்டியது. அவர் ஓடி வந்து ஒரு வண்டியில் என் தந்தையைப் படுக்க வைத்து ஆஸ்பத்திரிக்குக் கொண்டு போனார். குவளைக் கண்ணனும் கூடவே போனான்".<br /><br />"ஸ்ரீநிவாசாச்சாரியார் பெண் ரெங்காள் என்பவள் எங்கள் வீட்டிற்கு ஓடிவந்தாள். சகுந்தலா! அப்பாவை ஆனை அடிச்சுடுத்து என்று அழுது கொண்டே கத்தினாள். கடவுளே! அந்த ஒரு நிமிஷம் என் உள்ளம் இருந்த நிலையை எதற்கு ஒப்பிடுவேன்? - அப்பாவை ஆனை அடிச்சுடுத்து - ரெங்காவுடன் பார்த்தஸாரதி கோயில் வாயிலுக்கு ஓடினேன். அதற்குள் அவரை ஆஸ்பத்திரிக்குக் கொண்டு போய்விட்டார்கள். எந்த ஆஸ்பத்திரி என்று தெரியாது, என்ன செய்வது?"<br /><br />"திருவல்லிக்கேணியில், விக்டோரியா ஹாஸ்டலில் என் தாயாரின் இளைய சகோதரர் வசித்து வந்தார். அவரைப் போய் அழைத்து வருவதற்காக விக்டோரியா ஹாஸ்டலுக்குப் போய்ச் சேர்ந்தேன். அங்கு அவர் குடியிருந்த அறை நெம்பர் தெரியாது. ஒருவாறு தேடிக் கண்டுபிடித்து அவரிடம் செய்தியைத் தெரிவித்தேன். ஜெனரல் ஆஸ்பத்திரிக்குத்தான் கொண்டு போயிருப்பார்கள் என நினைத்து அவர் அங்கு சென்றார். பின்பு நான் வீடு திரும்பி வந்தபோது என் தந்தையை வீட்டுக்குக் கொணர்ந்து விட்டிருந்தார்கள். மேல் உதட்டில் யானையின் தந்தம் குத்தியதால் ஏற்பட்ட காயம். தலையில் நல்ல பலமான அடி. மண்டை சிதைவுற்று இருந்தது. நல்ல காலமாக அவரது பெரிய தலைப்பாகையிருந்தபடியால் தலை தப்பிற்று."<br /><br />"என் தந்தையின் உயிருக்கு ஆபத்து இல்லையெனக் கேட்டு என் மனம் ஒருவாறு ஆறுதல் அடைந்தது. காயங்கள் சிறிது குணமடைந்து அவர் திரும்ப வேலைக்குச் செல்லப் பல நாள்களாயின. யானை அவரைத் தள்ளிய சில காலத்திற்கெல்லாம் ஏதோ ஓர் பத்திரிகையில் பிரசுரிப்பதற்காக என் தந்தை தனிமையாக நாற்காலியில் உட்கார்ந்திருக்கும் படம் (தாடியில்லாமல்) எடுக்கப்பட்டது. யானை தள்ளிய கதையையும், தம் சொந்தக் கற்பனையையும் சேர்த்துக் "காளி கோயில் யானை" என்ற கதையொன்று எழுதியிருந்தார். அது சுதேசமித்திரனில் பிரசுரிக்கப் பட்டிருந்தது."<br /><br />"யானை மதம் பிடித்தபோது கீழே தள்ளியதையும் அவர் பொருட்படுத்தவில்லை. உடம்பு சற்று குணமானதும் வழக்கம்போல யானைக்குத் தேங்காய் பழம் வாங்கிக் கொடுப்பதையும் நிறுத்தவில்லை. மதம் தெளிந்து சுய அறிவு திரும்பப்பெற்ற யானையும் தனது குற்றத்தை உணர்ந்து மன்னிப்புக் கேட்பது போல, என் தந்தையைக் கண்டவுடன் தும்பிக்கையை நீட்டி அழைக்கும். ஆறறிவு படைத்த மனிதர்களைப் போலவே மிருகங்களும் அவர்மீது பாசம் காட்டின".<br /><br />மகாகவியின் இறுதி நாட்கள்<br />"என் தந்தையார், தமக்கு உகந்த தொழிலான பத்திரிகைக்கு வியாசம் எழுதுவதிலும், பாட்டுகள் புனைவதிலும், நண்பர்களுடன் சல்லாபம், கடற்கரைக் கூட்டங்கள், நிபுணர்களுடன் சங்கீத ஆராய்ச்சி முதலியவற்றாலும் சிறிது மனச்சாந்தி பெற்றவராகக் கூடியவரை உற்சாகத்துடன் இருந்து வந்தார். ஆனால் யானையினால் தள்ளப்பட்டு நோயில் வீழ்ந்த பின், அவரது உடல்நிலை அத்தனை திருப்திகரமானதாக இல்லை. மிகுந்த பலஹீனமாகவே காணப்பட்டார். ஸ்ரீ வ.வெ.சு.ஐயர் 'தேசபக்தன்' பத்திரிகையை அப்பொழுது நடத்தி வந்தார். அவரும் அடிக்கடி என் தந்தையாரைச் சந்தித்துப் பேசுவார். சில சமயங்களில், காலை வேளையில் தெருக்கள் தோறும் பஜனை செய்துகொண்டும் போவோம். என் தந்தை ஒரு அடி பாடுவார். நாங்கள் அதைத் திரும்பப் பாடுவோம். ஸ்ரீ ஐயருக்குப் பாடத் தெரியாது. எனினும் ஆவல் மிகுதியால் கூடியமட்டில் எல்லோருடனும் சேர்ந்து பாட முயல்வார். திருவல்லிக்கேணியில் சில பெரிய தெருக்கள் வழியாகச் சென்று பார்த்தஸாரதி கோயில் வாசலில் வந்து பஜனை முடிவடையும்."<br /><br />"இவ்வாறு நாட்கள் சென்று கொண்டிருந்தபோது என் தந்தையார், திடீரென வயிற்றுக் கடுப்பு நோயால் பீடிக்கப்பட்டார். ஏற்கனவே, மிகுந்த பலஹீனமடைந்த உடலானபடியால் வியாதியின் கடுமையைத் தாங்கமுடியவில்லை. உற்ற நண்பர்கள் சிலர் எப்பொழுதும் வந்து கூட இருந்து உதவினார்கள். ஸ்ரீ வ.வெ.சு.ஐயரைத் 'தேசபக்தன்' ஆசிரியர் என்ற ஹோதாவில் அவரது பத்திரிகையில் வெளியான கட்டுரை ராஜத் துவேஷம் உள்ளது என்ற குற்றத்திற்காகக் கைது செய்தார்கள். ஸ்ரீ ஐயர், போலீஸ் ஸ்டேஷனுக்குப் போகுமுன், வாரண்டுச் சேவகர்கள், போலீஸ் உத்தியோகஸ்தர்கள், மற்றும் சில நண்பர்கள் யாவரும் பின் தொடர நோயுற்றுப் படுத்த படுக்கையாக இருந்த என் தந்தையாரிடம் கடைசி முறையாக விடை பெற்றுச் சென்றார்."<br /><br />"கடைசிவரை, தாம் பிழைத்தெழுந்து விடுவோம் என்றுதான் என் தந்தை எண்ணியிருந்தார். சாகாதிருக்கும் வழியைப் பற்றிச் சதா காலமும் பிரசங்கம் புரிந்தவருக்குச் சாக மனம் வருமா? ஆயிரத்துத் தொள்ளாயிரத்து இருபத்தொன்றாம் ஆண்டு செப்டம்பர் மாதம், பதினொன்றாம் தேதி - சாயங்காலம், விளக்கேற்றும் நேரம், 'இன்றிரவு, தப்பினால்தான் பிழைப்பார்' - அதாவது, இனிமேல் நம்பிக்கையில்லை - என்று வைத்தியர் சொல்லிவிட்டார். எது நேருமோ வெனக் கிலி பிடித்த மனத்துடன், என் தந்தை படுத்திருக்கும் அறை வாயிலில் உட்கார்ந்திருந்தேன். சில நாட்களாகவே என் தந்தையார் மருந்து சாப்பிட மறுத்து விட்டார். மிகுந்த சிரமத்துடன் கட்டாயப் படுத்தித்தான் மருந்து கொடுக்க வேண்டி வந்தது. அன்று, "அப்பாவுக்கு மருந்து நீ கொடுத்தால், ஒருவேளை கோபிக்காமல் சாப்பிடுவார்" என்று என் தாயார் என்னை மருந்து எடுத்துக் கொடுக்கும்படி சொன்னார். மங்கலான விளக்கு வெளிச்சம். நான் மருந்தென்று நினைத்து, பக்கத்தில் கிளாசில் வைத்திருந்த 'பார்லி' தண்ணீரை அவரிடம் கொடுத்தேன். மருந்து வேண்டாமென்றார். உடனே அவர் மனத்தில் என்ன தோன்றியதோ? என் கையிலுள்ள கிளாஸை வாங்கி ஒரு வாய் குடித்தார். "பாப்பா! நீ கொடுத்தது மருந்து இல்லையம்மா! கஞ்சி!" என்று சொல்லிவிட்டுக் கண்ணை மூடிவிட்டார். எனக்கு மறுபடியும் அவரை ஹிம்சை பண்ணி மருந்து கொடுக்க மனமில்லை. அப்படியே வெளியில் கூடத்தில் வந்து படுத்திருந்தேன். தூங்கிவிட்டேன் போலும்!".<br /><br /><br /><br />: பாரதியின் கடிதங்கள்<br />మొత్తం 2 టపాలు చూపిస్తున్నాము.<br /><br />Chandramohan<br /><br /><br />கடிதம் -1 - 1901ம் ஆண்டு தன் மனைவி செல்லம்மாளுவிற்கு எழுதியது. <br /><br />He Assured Chllama that he will never deviate from the righteous path.<br /> <br />(கடிதம் எழுதும் போது பாரதிக்கு வயது பத்தொன்பது. பாரதி பயங்கரவாத இயக்களுடன் சேர்ந்துவிட்டான் என்று உறவினர் எழுதிய கடிதம் கண்டு பயந்து போன செல்லம்மாள் எழுதிய கடிதத்திற்கான பதிலிது.)<br /><br />ஒம்<br />ஸ்ரீகாசி<br />ஹனுமந்த கட்டம்<br /><br /><br />எனதருமைக் காதலி செல்லம்மாளுக்கு ஆசிர்வாதம். உன் அன்பான கடிதம் கிடைத்தது. நீ என் காரியங்களில் இத்தனை பயப்படும்படியாக நான் ஒன்றும் செய்யவில்லை. விசுவநாதன் அனாவசியமாக உனக்குப் பயத்தை விளைவித்திருக்கிறான். நான் எப்போதுமே தவறான வழியில் நடப்பவனல்ல. இதைப்பற்றி உன்னை சந்திக்கும் சமயங்களில் விவரமாகக் கூறுகிறேன். நீ இந்த மாதிரி கவலைப்படும் நேரங்களில் தமிழை நன்றாகப் படித்து வந்தாயானால் மிகவும் சந்தோஷ முறுவேன்<br /><br /><br />உனதன்பன்<br />சி.சுப்ரமணியபாரதி<br />****<br /><br /><br />கடிதம் 2 எட்டயபுரம் வெங்கடேச ரெட்டுவுக்கு கடிதம். 1919<br /><br /><br />கடயம்.<br />30 ஜனவரி. 1919<br /><br /><br />ஸ்ரீமான் வெங்கடேச ரெட்டுவுக்கு நமஸ்காரம்<br /><br />இந்த ஊரில் ஒரு வீடு மூன்று வருஷத்துக்கு வாடகைக்கு வாங்கியிருக்கிறேன். அதைச் செப்பனிடுவதற்கு அவசியமான தொகை நாம் கையிலிருந்து செலவிட்டு, மேற்படி தொகைக்கு வீட்டுக்காரரிடமிருந்து கடன் சீட்டெழுதி வாங்கிக் கொள்வதாக ஒப்பந்தம் செய்யப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. இந்த ஊரில் வேறு வீடு கிடைக்காதபடியால் இவ்வித ஒப்பந்தத்தின்மீது செப்பனிட வேண்டிய வீட்டை வாங்கிக் கொள்ளுதல் இன்றியமையததாகயிருக்கிறது.<br /><br /><br />இந்த விஷயத்தைக் குறித்து மஹாராஜாவிடம் தனிமையாகத் தெரியப்படுத்தி, அவர்கள் கொடுக்கும் தொகையுடன் நீயும், உன்னால் இயன்றது சேர்த்துக்கூடிய தொகையை ஸ்ரீமான் சி. சுப்ரமணிய பாரதி பழைய கிராமம் கடையம் என்ற விலாசத்துக்கு ஸ்ரீமதி சின்னம்மாச் சித்தி மூலமாக வேனும் நேரிலேனும் விரைவில் அனுப்பும்படி வேண்டுகிறேன்<br /><br /><br />உனக்கு மகாசக்தி அமரத்தன்மை தருக <br /><br /><br />உனதன்புள்ள<br />சி. சுப்ரமணிய பாரதி.<br /><br />( இந்த கடிதம் பெற்ற வெங்கடேசுவர எட்டுத்தேவர் பாரதியின் நெருக்கமான நண்பர்களில் ஒருவர். சமவயது நண்பர். கடையம் வந்ததும் தனது மைத்துனர் அப்பாதுரையின் வீட்டில் தங்கியிருந்த பாரதி கடையம் ராமசாமி கோவிலுக்கு வடக்கே பட்டர்வீடு என்ற ஒட்டுக்கட்டடத்துக்கு குடியேறுகிறார். இதை பற்றிய விபரங்கள் தான் கடிதத்தில் உள்ளது. ஜமீன்தார் பொருளதவி செய்து உதவினாரா என்ற தகவல்கள் தெரியவில்லை.)<br /><br /><br />***<br /><br /><br />கடிதம் 3 பரலி சு.நெல்லையப்ப பிள்ளைக்கு கடிதம் 1915<br /><br /><br />ஒம்<br />புதுச்சேரி<br />19 ஜுலை 1915<br /><br /><br />எனதருமைத் தம்பியாகிய ஸ்ரீ நெல்லையப்ப பிள்ளையைப் பராசக்தி நன்கு காத்திடுக<br /><br /><br />தம்பி - மாதத்துக்கு மாதம் , நாளுக்கு நாள் , நினதறிவு மலர்ச்சி பெற்று வருவதைக் காண்கிறேன். நினது உள்ளக்கமலத்திலே பேரறிவாகிய உள் - ஞாயிற்றின் கதிர்கள் விரைவிலே தாக்கி நினக்கு நல்லின்பம் உண்டாகுமென்றே கருதுகிறேன்<br /><br /><br />நெஞ்சம் இளகி விரிவெய்த விரிவெய்த அறிவிலே சுடர் ஏறுகிறது. நம்மிலும் மெலியாருக்கு நாம் இரங்கி அவர்களை நமக்கு நிகராகச் செய்துவிட வேண்டுமென்று பாடுபடுதலே நாம் வலிமை பெறுவதற்கு வழியாகும். வேறு வழியில்லை<br /><br /><br />ஹா! உனக்கு ஹிந்தி, மராட்டி முதலிய வடநாட்டு பாஷைகள் தெரிந்திருந்து, <br /><br />அந்த பாஷைப் பத்திரிக்கைகள் என்ன அற்புதமான புதுமை பெற்றுள்ளன என்பதை நேரிடத் தெரிந்து கொள்ள முடியுமானால் தமிழ் நாட்டிற்கு எத்தனை நன்மையுண்டாகும், தமிழ், தமிழ், தமிழ் என்று எப்போதும் தமிழை வளர்ப்பதே கடமையாகக் கொள்க ஆனால் புதிய செய்தி, புதிய யோசனை . புதிய புதிய உண்மை, புதிய புதிய இன்பம் - தமிழில் ஏறிக்கொண்டே போக வேண்டும்<br /><br /><br />தம்பி - நான் ஏது செய்வேனடா<br /><br /><br />தமிழை விட மற்றொரு பாஷை சுகமாக இருப்பதைப் பார்க்கும் போது எனக்கு வருத்தமுண்டாகிறது. தமிழனை விட மற்றொரு ஜாதியான் அறிவிலும் வலிமையிலும் உயர்ந்திருப்பது எனக்கு ஸம்மதமில்லை. தமிழச்சியைக் காட்டிலும் மற்றொரு ஜாதிக்காரி அழகாகயிருப்பதைக் கண்டால் என் மனம் புண்படுகிறது<br /><br /><br />தம்பி - உள்ளமே உலகம்<br /><br /><br />ஏறு ! ஏறு! ஏறு ! மேலே! மேலே! மேலே! <br /><br /><br />நிற்கும் நிலையிலிருந்து கிழே விழாதபடி கயிறுகள் கட்டி வைத்துக் கொண்டு பிழைக்க முயற்சி பண்ணும் பழங்காலத்து மூடர்களை கண்டு குடல் குலுங்கச் சிரி<br /><br /><br />உனக்குச் சிறகுகள் தோன்றுக. பறந்து போ ! <br />பற. ! பற ! - மேலே மேலே! மேலே! <br />**<br /><br /><br />தம்பி - தமிழ்நாடு வாழ்க என்றெழுது <br /><br /><br />தமிழ்நாட்டில் நோய்கள் தீர்க் என்றெழுது<br /><br /><br />தமிழ்நாட்டில் வீதி தோறும் தமிழ்ப் பள்ளிக்கூடங்கள் மலிக என்றெழுது<br /><br /><br />அந்தத் தமிழ் பள்ளிக்கூடங்களிலே நவீன கலைகளெல்லாம் பயிற்சி பெற்று வளர்க என்றெழுது<br /><br /><br />தமிழ்நாட்டில் ஒரே ஜாதி தான் உண்டு. அதன்பெயர் தமிழ் ஜாதி. அது ஆர்ய ஜாதி என்ற குடும்பத்திலே தலைக்குழந்தை என்றெழுது<br /><br /><br />ஆணும் பெண்ணும் ஒருயிரின் இரண்டு தலைகள் என்றெழுது<br /><br /><br />அவை ஒன்றிலொன்று தாழ்வில்லை என்றெழுது<br /><br /><br />பெண்ணைத் தாழ்மை செய்தோன் கண்ணைக்குத்திக் கொண்டான் என்றெழுது<br /><br /><br />பெண்ணை அடைத்தவன் கண்ணை அடைத்தான் என்றெழுது<br /><br /><br />தொழில்கள், தொழில்கள் என்று கூவு<br /><br /><br />தப்பாக வேதம் சொல்பவனைக் காட்டிலும் நன்றாகச் சிரைப்பன் மேற்குலத்தான் என்று கூவு.<br /><br /><br />வியாபாரம் வளர்க, யந்திரங்கள் பெருகுக<br /><br /><br />முயற்சி ஒங்குக. ஸங்கீதம், சிற்பம் யந்திர நூல், பூமிநூல், வான நூல், இயற்கைநூலின் ஆயிரம் கிளைகள் இவை தமிழ் நாட்டிலே மலிந்திடுக என்று முழங்கு<br /><br /><br />சக்தி ! சக்தி! சக்தி! என்று பாடு<br /><br /><br />தம்பி - நீ வாழ்க<br /><br />**<br />உனது கடிதம் கிடைத்தது. குழந்தைக்கு உடம்பு செம்மையில்லாமல் இருந்தபடியால் உடனே ஜவாப் எழுத முடியவில்லை. குழந்தை புதிய உயிர் கொண்டது. இன்று உன் விலாசத்துக்கு நாட்டுபாட்டுக்கள் அனுப்புகிறேன். அவற்றைப் பகுதி பகுதியாக உனது பத்திரிக்கையிலும் ஞானபானுவிலும் ப்ரசுரம் செய்வித்திடுக. புதுமைப்பெண் என்றொரு பாட்டு அனுப்புகிறேன். அதைத் தவறாமல் உடனே அச்சிட்டு அதன் கருத்தை விளக்கி எழுதுக. எங்கேனும் எப்படியேனும் பணம் கண்டுபிடித்து ஒரு நண்பன் பெயரால் நமக்கனுப்புக. தம்பி - உனக்கேனடா இது கடமையென்று தோன்றவில்லை ? நீ வாழ்க.<br /><br /><br />உனதன்புள்ள<br />பாரதி<br />**<br />பாரதியாரின் கடிதங்கள் பாரதி ஆய்வாளர்களில் முக்கியமானவரான ரா. அ. பத்மநாபனால் தொகுக்கபட்டு தனி நூலாக வெளிவந்திருக்கிறது. நான் அடிக்கடி பாரதியின் படைப்புகளை வாசிக்க கூடியவன். மனம் சோர்வுறும் நேரங்களில் பாரதியை வாசித்தால் மிகுந்த உத்வேகம் கிடைக்கும் என்பதை என் அனுபவத்தின் வழியே பலமுறை உணர்ந்திருக்கிறேன்.<br /><br /><br />பாரதியின் கடிதங்கள் மிக அபூர்வமானவை. இந்த கடிதங்களின் அடிநாதமாக அன்றாட வாழ்வின் சிக்கல்களில் உழன்றபடியே தன் பெருங்கனவை சுமந்து கொண்டிருந்த கவியின் பெருவாழ்வு வெளிப்பட்டுள்ளது. <br /><br /><br />தனது புத்தகங்களை சிறப்பாக பதிப்பிக்கவும், அதை முறையாக விநியோகம் செய்யவும் தமிழ் மொழியின் வளரச்சியை உலகம் அறிய செய்யவும் பாரதிக்கு இருந்த விருப்பங்கள் இந்தக் கடிதங்களில் மிக வலிமையாக வெளிப்பட்டுள்ளது<br /><br />பாரதியின் இந்த மூன்று கடிதங்களும் மிக முக்கியமானவை. முதல் கடிதத்தில் அவர் தன் மனைவியை காதலியாக அழைப்பதும் அவளது மனக்கவலையைப் போக்க உள்ள அருமருந்து தமிழ் படிப்பது ஒன்று தான் என்று சுட்டிக்காட்டுவதும் குறிப்பிடப்பட வேண்டிய ஒன்று<br /><br /><br />இரண்டவாது கடிதம் சிறிய கிராமத்தில் ஒரு வீட்டை வாடகைக்கு எடுத்து தங்குமளவு கூட பொருளாதார வசதியின்றி அவர் சிரமப்பட்டதும் பொருளதவிக்காக எதிர்பார்த்திருந்ததும் வெளிப்படுகிறது. இந்த கடிதத்தில் உதவி கேட்பது தனிமையாக இருக்கும் போது கேட்கவும் என்ற வரி முக்கியமானது. அது போலவே அமரத்தன்மை பெறுக என்று ஆசி தரும் பாங்கும் அற்புதமானது<br /><br /><br />பரலி சு. நெல்லையப்பருக்கு எழுதிய கடிதம் பாரதியின் சத்தியவாக்குகள். அவரது உள்ளத்தில் இருந்த கோபம் அப்படியே பீறிடுகிறது. பரலி சு. நெல்லையப்பர் சுதந்திர போராட்ட வீரர். 1910ம் ஆண்டு திருவாசகம் நூலை இரண்டனாவிற்கு மலிவுப்பதிப்பாக்கி பல்லாயிரம் பிரதிகள் விற்றவர். பதிப்பு துறையில் நல்ல அனுபவம் பெற்றவர். இவரது சகோதர் சண்முக சுந்தரம் பிள்ளை. வ.உ.சியின் நெருங்கிய தோழர். சுதேசி கப்பல்கம்பெனி உருவாவதற்கு உறுதுணையாக இருந்தவர்கள். பரலி. சு. நெல்லையப்பர் பாரதியின் கண்ணன்பாட்டு, நாட்டுபாட்டை புத்தமாக்கி வெளியிட்டார். லோகோபகாரி என்ற வார இதழை நடத்தியுள்ளார். பாரதி பாடல்களை லட்சக்கணக்கில் அச்சிட்டு வெளியிட வேண்டும் என்ற பெருங்கனவு கண்டவர்.<br /><br /><br />கடிதத்தில் பாரதி பயன்படுத்தும் சொற்களும் அதன் உணர்ச்சி வேகமும் கடிதத்தின் வழியாக ஒலிக்கும் அவரது குரலும் தனிச்சிறப்பு கொண்டவை.<br />இந்த கடிதத்தில் பாரதி பயன்படுத்தும் ஜாதி என்ற சொல் இன்று நாம் குறிக்கும் ஜாதி என்ற பொருளில் பயன்படுத்தபடவில்லை. வாய்விட்டு இந்த கடிதத்தினை வாசித்து பார்த்த போது அடையும் உணர்ச்சி பெருக்கு அலாதியானது.<br /><br /><br />**<br /><br />-நன்றி : எழுத்தாளர் எஸ்.ராமகிருஷ்ணன்<br /><br />Bharathar's Marriage<br /><br />பாரதி திருமண வைபவம்<br /> <br /><br />1897ம் வருஷம் ஜ?85;் மாதம் பாரதிக்கும், செல்லம்மாளுக்கும் அதிவிமரிசையாக நாலு நாள் கல்யாணம் நடந்தது.<br /><br />அந்தக் கல்யாண விமரிசையைச் செல்லம்மா பாரதி பின்வருமாறு விவரிக்கிறார். ""கிருஷ்ண சிவன் (பாரதியின் அத்தை கணவர்) அவர்களின் நண்பர்களான ராமநாதபுரம் ராஜாவிடமிருந்தும், சேத்தூர், தலைவன்கோட்டை ஜமீன்தார்களிடமிருந்தும், பட்டும் பட்டாவளியுமாகச் சால்வைகள், மோதிரங்கள், முத்து மாலைகள் முதலிய வெகுமதிகள் ஏராளமாய் வந்தன. தங்க நாதஸ்வர வித்வான் ரத்னசாமியை ராமநாதபுரம் ராஜா அவர்கள் அனுப்பியிருந்தார்கள். அந்தச் சமயம் கியாதியடைந்திருந்த திருநெல்வேலி அம்மணி பரதநாட்டியம். பாரதியாருக்கு பால்ய விவாகத்தில் அவ்வளவாகப் பிரியமில்லாவிடினும், ரசிக்கத் தகுந்த கேளிக்கைகள் மிகுதியாயிருந்தமையால் விவாகத்தில் உற்சாகமாகவே காணப்பட்டார். அப்போது பாரதிக்கு வயது பதினாலரை. செல்லம்மாளுக்கு வயது ஏழு.<br /><br />விவாகமானவுடன் கணவன் மனைவி பேசுவது வழக்கமாக இல்லாத அந்தக் காலத்திலேயே, பாரதி தமது புதிய கருத்துக்களைக் காட்டத் தொடங்கினாராம். எல்லோருக்கும் எதிரில்,<br /><br />""தேடக் கிடையாத சொன்னமே ?;யிர்ச்<br />சித்திரமே! மட அன்னமே!....<br />கட்டியணைத் தொரு முத்தமே ?;ந்தால்<br />கை தொழுவேன் உனை நித்தமே''<br /><br />என்று காதல் பாட்டுகள் பாடினாராம்.<br /><br />""நான் நாணத்தால் உடம்பு குன்றி, எல்லாரையும் போல் சாதாரணமான ஒரு கணவன் கிடைக்காமல், நமக்கென்று இப்படி ஓர் அபூர்வமான கணவர் வந்து வாய்க்க வேண்டுமா என்று எண்ணித் துன்புறுவேன். கிராமத்தில் பழகிய, ஒன்றும் தெரியாத ஏழு வயதுச் சிறுமிக்குக் கவிஞர்களின் காதல் ரஸ அனுபவம் எப்படிப் புரியும்?'' என்று செல்லம்மாள் கூறுகிறார். மேலும்,<br /><br />""விவாகத்தின் நாலாம் நாள், ஊர்வலம் முடிந்து, பந்தலில் ஊஞ்சல் நடக்கிறது. ஓர் ஆசுகவி இயற்றினார். அதை இனிய ராகத்தில் பாடி, பொருளும் உரைத்துக் குட்டிப் பிரசங்கம் ஒன்றும் செய்தார். கல்யாண விமரிசையைப் புகழ்ந்து, அதை நடத்தியவர்களின் சலியா உழைப்பையும். என் தகப்பனார் கல்யாணத்திற்குக் கஞ்சத்தனமின்றி மிகத் தாராளமாகச் செலவு செய்ததையும் வியந்து, வித்வான்களின் சங்கீதத் திறமையை மெச்சி இயற்றிய பாடல் அது. அதைக் கேட்டு யாவரும் "பலே பேஷ்!' என்று ஆரவாரித்து, "மாப்பிள்ளை வாய்த்தாலும் செல்லப்பா அய்யருக்கு வாய்த்தது போல் வாய்க்க வேண்டும். மணிப்பயல், சிங்கக்குட்டி!' என்றெல்லாம் அவரவர் போக்கின்படி புகழ்ந்தார்கள். என் தகப்பனார் மாப்பிள்ளையைக் கண்டு உள்ளம் பூரித்து, உடல் பூரித்து மகிழ்ச்சியடைந்தார்.''<br /><br /><br />WHO IS KUVALAI KANNAN??<br /><br />குவளைக் கண்ணன் குறிப்புகள் <br /><br />இருபத்தைந்து வருஷங்களுக்கு முன் நான் புதுவையில் பாரதியுடன் இருக்கும்போது, ""மகான்கள் தீர்க்காயுசா யில்லாமல் போய்விடுகிறார்கள்? பாரதியாரே, அதற்குக் காரணம் என்ன?"" என்று கேட்டேன்.<br /><br />""மகான்கள் பூலோகத்திற்குத் தேவ தூதர்கள். ஜனோபகாரார்த்தமாக அவர்கள் உதிக்கிறார்கள். பூலோகத்தில் அவர்கள் வந்த காரியம் ஆனதும் அவர்கள் இவ்வுலகத்தில் நிற்க மாட்டார்கள். மறைந்துவிடுவார்கள்"" என்றார். அவர் வாக்கையும் அனுபவத்தையும் கவனித்தால், அது சரியென்றே தோன்றுகிறது.<br /><br />ஏனென்றால், ஸ்ரீ விவேகானந்தர் நாற்பதாவது வயதில் காலமானார். அவருடைய சிஷ்யையும் வேத புத்திரியுமான சகோதரி நிவேதிதா தேவி, தமது நாற்பதாவது வயதில் காலமானார். நிவேதிதாவுக்குச் சிஷ்யரான பாரதியும் நாற்பதாவது வயதில் காலமானார். இவ்விதம் குரு பரம்பரை காலமான விஷயம் அதிசயமாக இருக்கிறது.<br /><br />புதுவையில் அவர் எங்கேனும் நடந்து செல்லும்போது, பாரதியாருடன் நானும் போக விரும்பி நடந்தால், அவருக்குச் சரியாக என்னால் நடக்க முடியாது. அவருக்கு வீதிகளில் மெதுவாக நடக்கத் தெரியாது; எனக்கு அவசரமாக நடக்க முடியாது. எனவே, என் ஓட்டம் அவர் நடைக்குச் சரியாக இருக்கும்.<br /><br />புதுவையில் அவர் எழுதிய "பாஞ்சாலி சபத"த்தின் முதல் பாகத்தை ஒரு ஜமீன்தாரிடம் படித்துக் காட்டினேன். அவர் அதிசயமாக கேட்டுக்கொண்டிருக்கையில், அவருடன் இருந்த அவரது காரியதரிசி, என்னை, ""இந்தப் புத்தகம் யார் எழுதியது?"" என்று கேட்டார். அதற்கு நான், ""பாரதியார் பாடியது"" என்று சொன்னேன்.<br /><br />அவர், ""பாரதி எந்த ஊர்?"" என்றார்.<br /><br />""அவர் எட்டையபுரம்"" என்றேன்.<br /><br />""இப்படிப்பட்ட பாடல் எழுதியவர் எட்டையபுரம் அல்ல"" என்று அவர் சொன்னார்.<br /><br />காரியதரிசி அப்படிச் சொன்னதற்கு, நான் ""இல்லை ஐயா, அவரே பல தடவைகளில் தாம் எட்டையபுரம் என்று சொல்லி யிருக்கிறாரே?"" என்றேன்.<br /><br />""கிடையாது; அவர் எட்டையரும் இல்லை. வேண்டுமானால் நீர் நேராகப் போய் இந்தத் தர்க்க சந்தர்ப்பத்தைச் சொல்லி, இன்னொருதரம் கேளும்; என்ன சொல்கிறார், பாரும். இருந்தாலும் நான் சொல்லுகிறேன், கேளும். இப்படிப்பட்ட பாட்டு எழுதியவரின் ஊர், பாஞ்சாலங் குறிச்சியாகத்தான் இருக்க வேண்டும். பாஞ்சாலங் குறிச்சி தவிர, மற்ற ஊர்களில் பிறந்தவர்களால் இப்படிப்பட்ட வீரப் பாட்டு எழுத முடியாது"" என்றார்.<br /><br />அந்தக் காரியதரிசியின் சொல்லில் கொஞ்சம் சந்தேகப்பட்டு நான் பாரதியாரிடம் சென்று, ""ஐயா, தாங்கள் எந்த ஊர்?"" என்று கேட்டேன்.<br /><br />""என்ன கிருஷ்ணா, அடிக்கடி எந்த ஊர் என்று கேட்கிறாய்? எட்டையபுரம், எட்டையபுரம் என்று எத்தனை தடவை சொல்லுவது!"" என்றார். அதன் பேரில் நான் மேற்படி ஜமீன்தார் வீட்டில் நடந்த சம்பவங்களைச் சொன்னேன். பிறகு புன்சிரிப்புச் சிரித்துக்கொண்டே, ""அந்த ஓரந்தான்"" என்றார் பாரதியார். எட்டையபுரம் ஓரந்தானாம் பாஞ்சாலங்குறிச்சி.<br /><br />ஒரு நாள் பாரதியாரை, ""ஐயா, இந்த ஊரில் நல்ல மடு ஒன்று கொஞ்ச தூரத்தில் இருக்கிறது. தாங்கள் தினம் அங்கு ஸ்நானத்திற்கு வர முடியுமா?"" என்று கேட்டேன்.<br /><br />""எங்கே? எங்கே?"" என்று அவர் பரபரப்புடன் கேட்டார்.<br /><br />""நமது வீட்டிற்கு மேற்கே சுமார் இரண்டு மைல் தூரத்தில், அந்த மடுவிற்கு விடியற்காலை நாலு மணிக்கெல்லாம் சென்றால்தான், நிம்மதியாகக் கும்பலில்லாமல் ஸ்நானம் செய்யலாம்"" என்றேன்.<br /><br />""விடியற்காலம் நீ எப்பொழுது வந்து எழுப்பினாலும், உன்னுடன் வருகிறேன். தப்பாமல் விடியற்காலையில் வீட்டில் வந்து என்னை எழுப்பு"" என்றார் பாரதி.<br /><br />அவர் சொன்னபடி மறுநாட் காலையில் நாலு மணிக்கு அவர் வீட்டுக் கதவைத் தட்டினேன்.<br /><br />""யார்?"" என்றார் பாரதியார். ""ஏன்?"" என்றேன். உடனே சந்தோஷமாக எழுந்து வந்து கதவைத் திறந்து என் கூடவே மடுவுக்குக் கிளம்பினார். போகும் மார்க்கத்தில், இவர் வீட்டிற்கும் மடுவிற்கும் இடையில் ரஸ்தாவிற்கு இரு புறத்திலும் நஞ்சை வயல்களும் தென்னந் தோப்புகளும் இருந்தன. இவற்றின் செழுமையையும், பிரகிருதீய அழகு ஆனந்தங்களையும் ---பிறப்பிலேயே வரகவியாதலால் எனக்குத் தெரியாமலேயே தாம் கவனித்து கவனித்து, குயில் பாட்டுக்கு அடிப்படை தேடிக்கொண்டார்.<br /><br />அன்று அவரும் நானும் ஒரு மடுவில் ஸ்நானம் செய்தோம். இவ்வாறு இரண்டு நாள் ஆயிற்று. மூன்றாம் நாள், நான் அவர் வீட்டிற்குப் போகாமையால் அவர் என் வீட்டிற்கு விடியற்காலையில் நடந்துவந்து கதவைத் தட்டி எழுப்பினார். உடனே நான் விழித்து, குரலிலிருந்து பாரதி என்று தெரிந்து, என் தாயாரிடம் அம்மா, ""இவர்தானம்மா பாரதி"" என்றேன்.<br /><br />என் தாயார் உடனே கதவைத் திறந்து, பாரதியை உள்ளே அழைத்து உட்காரச் சொன்னாள். பிறகு, ""பையா! பாரதி, பாரதி என்றாயே, அவரைச் சுப்பிரபாதம் சொல்லச் சொல்லு, பார்ப்போம்"" என்றாள்.<br /><br />அதற்குப் பாரதியார், ""சுப்பிரபாதம் என்றால் என்ன?"" என்று கேட்டார்.<br /><br />உடனே என் தாயார், ""சுப்பிரபாதம் என்றால் என்ன என்கிறாரே! இவ்வளவுதானா உன் பாரதி!"" என்றாள்.<br /><br />இதனிடையே நேரமாகவே, நாங்களிருவரும் மடுவுக்குப் புறப்பட்டோம். பாரதியாருக்கு மனதில் நிம்மதியில்லாமல் "சுப்பிரபாதத்திற்கு" என்னை அர்த்தம் கேட்டார்.<br /><br />""சமஸ்கிருத சுப்பிரபாதம், தமிழில் திருப்பாவை, திருப்பள்ளியெழுச்சி"" என்றேன். திருப்பள்ளியெழுச்சியில் ஒரு பாட்டுச் சொல்லச் சொன்னார். நான் சொன்னேன். அதைக் கேட்டு, அதே மாதிரியாகப் "பாரதமாதா திருப்பள்ளியெழுச்சி"யை எழுதி, என் தாயாரிடம், அந்தப் பாடல்களை நேராக முதல் முதலில் பாடிக் காட்டினார்.<br /><br />பாதியார் வீட்டில் நான் நாலாயிரப் பிரபந்தம் பாராயணம் செய்வதுண்டு. அவர் மெ?5;மாக ஆழ்ந்த கவனத்துடன் பத்திரிகைகளுக்கு வியாசங்கள் எழுதிக்கொண்டிருக்கும் ஒரு சமயம், என்னை மெ?5;மாகப் பாராயணம் செய்து கொள்ளும்படியாகச் சொன்னார்.<br /><br />அதற்கு நான், ""ஐயா, எழுதும் காரியம் தங்களுடையது. படிக்கும் காரியம் என்னுடையது. அவாளவாள் காரியத்தை அவாளவாள் ஏககாலத்தில் கவனத்துடன் செய்துவந்தால், யாருக்கு என்ன நஷ்டம்?"" என்றேன்.<br /><br />அதற்கு அவர், ""நீ சத்தம் போட்டுப் படிப்பதால், நான் எழுதும் காரியத்துக்குத் தடையாக இருக்கிறது"" என்றார்.<br /><br />அதற்கு நான், ""ஐயா, நீங்கள் மற்ற மனிதர்கள் மாதிரி சாதாரண மனிதராக என் புத்தியில் படவில்லை. ஆகையால்தான், தாங்கள் எழுதும் போது நானும் கூசாமல் பாராயணம் செய்து வருகிறேன். ஏககாலத்தில் ஒரு காரியத்திற்கு மேல் காரியங்கள் செய்யவல்ல சக்தி தங்களிடம் இருப்பதாக எண்ணி நான் படித்து வருகிறேன்"" என்றேன்.<br /><br />உடனே அவர், ""நான் உன் வழிக்கு வருவதில்லை. நீ எப்போது வேண்டுமானாலும் படிக்கலாம்"" என்றார்.<br /><br />ஒரு நாள் பாரதியார், ""கிருஷ்ணா, இந்த நாலாயிரம் எத்தனை ஆழ்வார்கள் சேர்ந்து பாடியது?"" என்று கேட்டார்.<br /><br />""பத்து ஆழ்வார்களின் பாடல்களெல்லாம் சேர்ந்து ஒரு நாலாயிரப் பிரபந்தம்"" என்றேன்.<br /><br />""பத்து ஆழ்வார்கள் சேர்ந்து நாலாயிரம் பாடினார்களே! நான் ஒருவனே ஆறாயிரம் பாடுகிறேன், பார்!"" என்றார்.<br /><br />""உங்கள் ஒருத்தரால் ஆறாயிரம் பாட முடியாது. ஏனெனில், கலி முற்ற முற்ற மனிதனுக்கு ஆயுசு குறைவு. கலி முற்றிய காலத்துச் சிறிய மனிதர்கள் நாம். ஆகையினால் முடியாது"" என்று நான் சொன்னேன்.<br /><br />""நல்லது பார்"" என்ற அவர், பாரதி ஆறாயிரம் என்று ஒரு நூல் எழுத ஆரம்பித்தார். இதனிடையில் குடும்பக் கவலை, சள்ளை, வறுமை, வியாதி, முடிவில் மரணம். ஆறாயிரம் பாடல்கள் பூர்த்தியாகவில்லை. அறுபத்தாறுதான் பாடி முடிந்தன. அவர் காலத்திற்குப் பின் இதை அச்சிட்டவர்கள் பாடல்களைக் கணக்கிட்டு இந்த நூலுக்கு "பாரதி அறுபத்தாறு" என்று பெயரிட்டு அச்சிட்டார்கள் போலும்.<br /><br />""ஐயா, பாரதியாரே! உங்கள் கொள்கைகள், கருத்துக்கள் எல்லாம் எனக்குத் திருப்திகரமாக இருக்கின்றன. தாங்கள் சொல்வதை நான் ஒப்புக்கொள்வதும், நான் சொல்வதைத் தாங்கள் ஒப்புக்கொள்வதும் நமக்குள் இயல்பாக இருக்கிறது. ஜனங்களில் பலர் நாம் தப்பிதமான கொள்கைகளை வைத்திருப்பதாகச் சொல்லுகிறார்களே. அதற்கென்ன சொல்லுகிறீர்கள்?"" என்று நான் ஒரு சமயம் கேட்டேன்.<br /><br />""நாம் இப்போது சொல்லுபவற்றையெல்லாம் நானூறு வருஷங்கள் கழித்து உலகம் ஒப்புக்கொள்ளும். நாம் இன்னும் நானூறு வருஷங்களுக்குப் பின்னாலே தோன்றவேண்டியவர் முன்னாலேயே தோன்றிவிட்டோம். அதற்கென்ன செய்வது?"" என்று பதிலளித்தார் பாரதியார். அவர் இவ்வாறு சொல்லி 25 வருஷந்தான் ஆகிறது!<br /><br />(பாரதியாரின் ஆப்த நண்பர் குவளைக் கிருஷ்ணமாச்சாரியார், "ஹிந்துஸ்தான்" வாரப்பதிப்பின் 1938ஆம் ஆண்டு பாரதி மலரில் எழுதிய சில குறிப்புகள்.)<br /><br /><br />About Arugur Neelakanta Brahamachari:<br /><br />பாரதியார் "தனி ஒரு மனிதனுக்கு உணவில்லை எனில்<br />இந்த ஜகத்தினை அழித்திடுவோம்" என்று பாடியது<br />எருக்கூர் நீலகண்ட பிரமச்சாரிக்காக என்கிறது இக் கட்டுரை.<br /><br />நா. கணேசன்<br /><br />"தனி ஒரு மனிதனுக்கு உணவில்லை எனில்<br />இந்த ஜகத்தினை அழித்திடுவோம்"<br />இது பாரதியின் பாடல், பாரதி இதை எப்போது? ஏன் பாடினான்? என்ற விவரத்தைக்<br />கேட்டால் கலங்காத மனம் கூட கலங்கிவிடும். நீலகண்டன். இவர் சீர்காழிக்கு<br />அருகில் உள்ள எருக்கூர் என்ற கிராமத்தில் பிறந்தார். எனவே இவரை எருக்கூர்<br />நீலகண்டன் என்று அழைப்பார்கள்.<br /><br />சென்னையில் வங்கப் பிரிவினைக்கு எதிராக மெரினா கடற்கரையில் பேசிய விபின்<br />சந்திரபாலின் ஆவேச முழக்கம் இவருடைய வாழ்க்கையில் ஒரு திருப்பு முனையான<br />அமைந்தது. இச்சமயத்தில் தான் வ.உ.சி தன்னுடைய சுதேசி கப்பல் நிறுவனத்தை<br />துவங்கினார். கப்பல் கம்பெனியின் பங்குகளை விற்கும் முழுநேர<br />விற்பனையாளராக வேலையில் சேர்ந்தார். பாரதியாரின் உதவியோடு புரட்சி<br />இயக்கத்தில் சேர்ந்து புரட்சியாளராக மாறினார்.<br /><br />பாரதமாதா சங்கம்<br /><br />சுதந்திரப் போராட்டத்தில் தீவிரமாக பங்கு கொண்ட மிகப் பெரிய புரட்சிவிரன்<br />நீலகண்ட பிரம்மச்சாரி. இவர் துவக்கிய பாரதமாதா சங்கத்தில் உறுப்பினராகச்<br />சேருவதற்குரிய விதி முறையைப் பாருங்கள்!<br /><br />காளியின் படத்திற்கு முன்னால் குங்குமம் கலந்து நீரை கையில் எடுத்து<br />வெள்ளைக்காரர்களின் ரத்ததைக் குடிப்பதாகச் சொல்லி பருக வேண்டும். பின்பு<br />கத்தியால் அவரவர்களின் வலது கை கட்டை விரலின் நுனியை அறுத்துக் கொண்டு<br />வழியும் ரத்தத்தை அங்குள்ள வெள்ளைக் காகிதத்தில் ரேகைக் குறியிட்டு<br />அடையாளம் செய்ய வேண்டும்.<br /><br />என்ன பேராபத்து நேர்ந்தாலும் சங்க ரகசியங்களை வெளிநபருக்குத்<br />தெரிவிக்கக்கூடாது. எதிர்பாராத சந்தர்ப்பத்தில் போலீசில் மாட்டிக்<br />கொண்டால், தேவையானால் தன்னைத் தானே மாய்த்துக் கொண்டு உயிரை விட<br />வேண்டும். இது தான் உறுப்பினர்கள் ஏற்கும் சபதமாகும்.<br /><br />நீலகண்ட பிரம்மச்சாரி மூலம் வாஞ்சிநாதன் சுதந்திரப் போராட்டத்தில்<br />தீவிரமாக பங்கேற்கிறான். மணியாச்சி ரயில் நிலையத்தில் கலெக்டர் ஆஷை<br />வாஞ்சிநாதன் சுட்டுக் கொன்று விட்டு தன்னைத் தானே சுட்டு உயிரை<br />மாய்த்துக் கொள்கிறார். நீலகண்ட பிரம்மச்சாரி ஒரு பெரிய புரட்சிப் படையை<br />உண்டாக்கி 1857ல் நடந்தது போன்ற மிகப் பெரிய புரட்சியை ஒரே நேரத்தில்<br />நாடு முழுவதும் உண்டாக்க வேண்டும் என்று நினைத்தார். தனி நபரைக் கொலை<br />செய்வதில் அவருக்கு உடன்பாடு கிடையாது.<br /><br />வாஞ்சிநாதனை ஆஷ் கொலைக்கு தயார் செய்து அனுப்பியது வ.வே.சு.ஐயர்தான்.<br />தவிர நீலகண்டனுக்கு எந்தவிதமான தொடர்பும் கிடையாது. ஆஷ் கொலையில்<br />சம்மந்தப்பட்டாத நீலகண்ட பிரம்மச்சாரி முதல் குற்றவாளியாகச்<br />சேர்க்கப்படுகிறார். பெல்லாரி சிறையில் 71/2 ஆண்டுகள் சிறைவாசம்<br />அனுபவித்தார். விடுதலை பெற்றவுடன் சென்னைக் வந்தார்.<br /><br />பிச்சை எடுக்கும் நிலை<br /><br />பகல் முழுவதும் சுதேசி பிரச்சாரம் செய்தார். தங்க இடம் இல்லை. உணவு<br />கொடுக்க யாருமில்லை. பசி, பட்டினியால் உடல் தளர்ந்தது. இரவு நேரத்தில்<br />ஒரு போர்வையால் முகத்தை எல்லாம் மூடிக் கொண்டு சில வீட்டு வாசலில் நின்று<br />கொண்டு," அம்மாராப்பிச்சைக்காரன் வந்துள்ளேன், பழைய சோறு இருந்தால<br />போடுங்களம்மா" என்று பிச்சை எடுக்க ஆரம்பித்தார்.<br /><br />சில நாட்கள் கழிந்தன. அவருடைய மனதில் "இது என்ன கேவலமான பிழைப்பு?" என்ற<br />எண்ணம் தோன்றி பிச்சைக்குச் செல்வதையும் நிறுத்தி விட்டார். மூன்று<br />நாட்கள் தொடர்ந்து பட்டினி கிடந்தார்.<br /><br />பாரதியின் பாடல்<br />அப்போது பாரதியாரும் திருவல்லிக்கேணியில் தான் தங்கியிருந்தார்.<br />பாரதியாரைப் பார்த்தாவாவது ஏதாவது சாப்பிடக் கிடைக்குமா என்று நினைத்து<br />பாரதியைத் தேடிவந்தார். நீலகண்டனைப் பார்த்து பல வருஷங்கள் ஆனதால்<br />பாரதிக்கு அவரை அடையாளம் தெரியவில்லை.<br /><br />"பாரதி ..... நான்தான் நீலகண்டன்" என்று சொன்னவுடன் நினைவு வந்தவராய்<br />பாரதி ஆசையோடு, "டேய் பாண்டியா எப்படி இருக்கிறார்? என்று அவரைக் கட்டிப்<br />பிடித்து ஆரத் தழுவினார்.<br /><br />"பாரதி எனக்கு ஒரு நாலணா இருந்தால் கொடேன், நான் சாப்பிட்டு நான்கு<br />நாளாச்சு" என்றார். இதைக் கேட்டு அதிர்ச்சியில் உறைந்த பாரதி, அவரை<br />அழைத்துக் கொண்டு போய் முதலில் சாப்பிட வைக்கிறார்.<br /><br />அப்போது தான் பாரதியின் உள்ளத்தில் இருந்து வந்த உணர்ச்சி மிக்க பாடல்<br />"தனியொரு மனிதனுக்கு உணவில்லை எனில் இந்த ஜகத்தினை அழித்திடுவோம்" என்று<br />பாடுகிறான்.<br /><br />எனக்காக பாரதி ஒரு பாடலை பாடிவிட்டானே" என்று மனம் நெகிழ்ந்தார்<br />நீலகண்டன்.பாரதியின் மரணச் செய்தி கேட்டு நீலகண்டன் ...<br /><br /><br />The Hindu 03-09-2011<br />Bharati's legacy<br />K.R.A. Narasiah <br />Share <br /> <br />Long after Subramanya Bharati's death, his poetic legacy continued to be contested by the eminent literary personalities of the time. A look at the debate.<br />When Bharati passed away on September 11, 1921, The Hindu carried a tribute to Bharati from S. Satyamurthi:<br /> “Had he been born in England he would have been the poet laureate and been adored by his race. Had he born in any other free country, he would have risen to such heights of eminence that he would have lived longer and enriched his language and race more than he was able to do here. Had he born even in Bengal, he would have been a Rabindranath Tagore. Those who know his poems will know I am indulging in no exaggeration. But born in India and in Tamil India Subramania Bharati had to spend the best part of an all too short life an exile from those who were near and dear to him. No wonder that he pined and suffered and has gone to a premature grave. So long however as the Tamil language lives and there is a spark of patriotism in Tamil India, Subramania Bharati's songs will live.”<br />There were very few at the funeral, and V. Chakkarai Chettiar, Krishnswamy Sharma and Ramachandra Aiyar spoke in Tamil while Surendranath Arya paid tributes in Telugu. The pyre was lit by Harihara Sharma, a relative and while the mortal remains were consumed, the fire he lit in the minds of the people continued to glow. <br />However, due recognition to Bharati came much later, but even then with such debates that made one feel that Tamil India had not remembered Bharati well enough! <br />One such debate took place in 1935, and the dramatis personae were, Va. Raa, Kalki R. Krishnamurthy, Chitti Sundararajan and Ku. Pa. Rajagopalan. <br />Keen reformer<br />Va. Ramaswami Aiyangar (Va. Raa) was a close associate and a great admirer of Bharati. Va. Raa. wrote in simple readable Tamil and his novel Sundari was a path breaker in which he brought out the ordeals of a Hindu widow, showing him to be an idealist and a social reformer. After editing Swatantram, a weekly from Thanjavur, he joined Dr. P. Varadarajulu Naidu to run the Tamil journal Thamizh Nadu. Va. Raa was the first biographer of Bharati.<br />But the best period of his life was editing Manikkodi, the renascent Tamil journal that was started by Stalin K. Srinivasan. T.S. Chokalingam was the publisher and the leading Tamil writers of the time took pride in writing for it. After he left Manikkodi, he joined the Veera Kesari, a daily from Colombo, in October 1934, as desired by V.O.Chidambaram Pillai. <br />In “Three days with Va. Raa.” an article that appeared in Manikkodi, (August, 1934) N. Ramarathnam, another Manikkodi writer, mentions what Va. Raa. seem to have stated during one of his campaign speeches: “I have read the great poets of English, Shelly and Shakespeare and India's Nobel Laureate Tagore, but I can say that all the writings of them put together will not equal a line of what Bharati had written”. Quoting Va. Raa's views, P. Sri Acharya, writing under the name of Nellai Nesan, disputes this view and says “Bharati is a good poet but not a great poet” (Dinamani 1935 Bharati Malar).<br />On November 3, 1935, in its Letters to the Editor column, Ananda Vikatan, edited by Kalki Krishnamurthy, had published a letter supposedly written by a “Student of Literature” (it was the editor Kalki himself!) in which a question was raised whether what was said by some one in Karaikudi (the name of Va. Raa was omitted) is correct, as the correspondent felt it was not.<br />Commenting on the letter the editor had given his views: “The name of the person was also given. I have omitted the name purposely, as I think he could not have said so.” Continuing, the editor says, “If someone had said so, it should be understood as this person does not have any idea about either literature or poetry. It is possible to conclude that he is an illiterate (Nirakshara kutchi). It is doubtful if he had read Shelly, Tagore and Shakespeare and if he had, probably he has not understood them. It is also doubtful, if he has understood even Bharati properly” (courtesy Anada Vikatan).<br />Opposing views<br />Va. Raa followed up with a detailed essay titled “Bharati and literary review” in Swadesamithran on November 30, 1935 and Kalki openly wrote opposing his views in the same journal on December 7, 1935, in which he went on to say that if Tolstoy had read “Vallippaattu” of Bharati, he would have burnt all the works of Bharati! <br />In the meanwhile, Va. Raa wrote from Colombo to Ku. Pa. Rajagopalan lamenting that no one ha objected to Kalki's statement that Bharati is a good but not great poet. Then followed long articles by Chitti and Ku. Pa. Ra., questioning Kalki's statement and the contents were later published under the title Kannan en kavi by Sangu Ganesan in 1937. <br />Later Kalki became a great admirer of Bharati and took the initiative of building the Manimandapam at Ettayapuram in October 1947 and Rajaji, then the Governor of West Bengal, declared it open. Again, it was Chitti, as a member of the team, who covered the function from Ettayapuram through the All India Radio! <br /><br />Va ve su Iyer:<br /><br />From Wiki:<br />Va ve su Aiyar's militant attitude prompted the British Government in 1910 to issue a warrant for his arrest for his alleged involvement in an anarchist conspiracy in London and Paris. Aiyar resigned from the Lincoln's Inn andescaped to Paris. Although he wished to remain in Paris as a political exile, he had to return to India. Aiyarlanded in Pondicherry on December 4, 1910 disguised as a muslim to escape arrest and remained there as exile.Aiyar remained in Pondicherry for over ten years. While in Pondicherry, Aiyar met with fellow revolutionariesSubramanya Bharathi and Aurobindo. In Pondicherry, Aiyar was involved in the plot to assassinate Mr. Ashe,the Collector of Tirunelveli. One of his students, Vanchinathan assassinated General Ashe. Thus more troublearose for V.V.S. Aiyar and his companion Subramanya Bharathi. On 22 September 1914 the German cruiser SMS Emden<br /> entered the Madras harbour and bombed the city. TheBritish colonial government blamed this on the activities of the exiles in Pondicherry, and urged the FrenchGovernor to deport V.V.S. Aiyar and his companions to Africa. The French police brought several chargesagainst the revolutionaries, but failed to convict them. During this period Aiyar translated the Tirukkural intoEnglish. He later revealed that he wanted to leave a legacy behind if he were forced to leave the country.Aiyar returned to Madras after World War I and worked as the editor of the newspaper Desabhaktan Patriot<br />-- From Wiki<br /><br />He edited `Desapakthan' for some time and spread revolutionary political philosophy to the youths through his forceful and fearless articles. Perturbed over the consequences, the British imprisoned him for nine months. He served the term in Chennai and Bellary prisons. But he utilised the jail term to author nine literary works. He also translated Thirukkural and Kambaramayanam into English. <br />Bharathi, Va.Ve.Su and Madaviah were the trendsetters for authoring short stories in Tamil, hitherto alien to Tamil readers. Iyer founded the `Tamil Gurukulam', an educational institution in Cheranmahadevi with a focus on vocational skills. <br />Iyer passed away at the young age of 44 on June 3, 1925. The State Government honoured him by converting his house at Varahaneri into a memorial. <br /><br />Vanchinathan's valour <br />Many would be aware of the historical episode involving Vanchinathan's valour in shooting down Tirunelveli Collector Ashe in a train at Maniyachi railway station in 1911. All may not be aware of the truth that it was Iyer who trained Vanchinathan to execute the plan in all perfection. <br />In 1916, Iyer arrived at Pondicherry from London where he imparted training to youths in using arms. He was instrumental in formulating several sedative plans against British in coordination with Poet Bharathi and Sri Aurobindo. He also organised cells for revolutionary activities. Iyer remained in Pondicherry till 1920 and then went to Chennai where he continued his activities. <br />Iyer was not only a nationalist and revolutionary person, but also a scholar and above all a litterateur. Iyer was a linguist and was well versed in Tamil, English, Sanskrit, Latin and French. <br /><br />Above Extracts from The Hindu of 16-08-2006<br /><br /><br />Kannan Natarajan <br />View profile <br /> More options May 9 2010, 7:04 am<br />"ஆனந்த விகடன்" உரிமையாளர் எஸ்.எஸ்.வாசனிடம் "கல்கி" கிருஷ்ணமூர்த்தியை<br />அழைத்துச் சென்று அறிமுகப்படுத்திய பெருமைக்குரியவர் பரலி<br />சு.நெல்லையப்பர். இல்லாவிட்டால், ஒரு வேளை "கல்கி"யின் பெருமை<br />தமிழ்நாட்டுக்குத் தெரியாமலே போயிருக்கலாம்.<br /><br /> <br /><br />ஏராளமான புலவர்களைப் பெற்றெடுத்த பொருநை வளம் சேர்க்கும் மண்ணில்,<br />திருநெல்வேலிக்கு அருகே பரலிக்கோட்டை என்ற சிற்றூரில், சுப்பிரமணியம்<br />பிள்ளை - முத்துவடிவு அம்மையாருக்கு 1889ஆம் ஆண்டு செப்டம்பர் மாதம்<br />18ஆம் தேதி பிறந்தார்.<br /><br />பாரதியாரால் "தம்பி" என்றழைக்கப்பட்ட பரலி சு.நெல்லையப்பரின் பெருமை<br />பரவலாகத் தெரிந்திராத நாள்கள். உரிமையுடன் பாரதி, "தம்பி" என்று பரலி<br />சு.நெல்லையப்பரை அழைத்ததுபோல் மற்றும் யாரையாவது அழைத்திருக்கிறாரா என்று<br />தெரியாது.<br /><br />1908ஆம் ஆண்டு கப்லோட்டிய தமிழர் வ.உ.சிதம்பரம் பிள்ளையின் கப்பல்<br />கம்பெனியில் பரலி சு.நெல்லையப்பர் குமாஸ்தா வேலை<br />பார்த்துக்கொண்டிருந்தார். ஒரு நாள் சிதம்பரனாரைச் சந்திக்க பாரதியார்<br />அவர் வீட்டுக்கு வந்தபோதுதான் முதன்முதலில் பரலி சு.நெல்லையப்பர்,<br />பாரதியாரைச் சந்தித்தார்.<br /><br />"ஓய்! நம்மோடு வாரும்'' என்றவாறு பாரதியார், இளைஞர் நெல்லையப்பர்<br />கரத்தைப் பற்றி வெளியே அழைத்துக்கொண்டு சென்றார். தன்னை உரிமையுடன் கரம்<br />பற்றி அழைத்துச் சென்றவர் பாரதியார் என்று அப்போது நெல்லையப்பருக்குத்<br />தெரியாது. பிறகு பாரதியார் தங்கியிருந்த அறையில், கிருஷ்ணசாமி அய்யரின்<br />உதவியுடன் அச்சிடப்பட்டிருந்த பாரதியாரின் சுதேச கீதங்களைப் படித்த<br />பிறகே, தன்னை அழைத்துச் சென்றவர் சுப்பிரமணிய பாரதியார் என்பதறிந்தார்.<br />கப்பல் கம்பெனிப் பணிகளில் மூழ்கியதால் பாரதியாரைப் பற்றி<br />நெல்லையப்பருக்கு நினைக்க நேரமில்லை. பிறகு அவரைச் சில காலம் கழித்தே<br />சந்திக்கும் வாய்ப்பு ஏற்பட்டது.<br /><br />பரலி சு.நெல்லையப்பரைப் பற்றி தமிழ் மக்கள் அறிய வாய்ப்பு இல்லாதபோது,<br />நீலகண்ட பிரம்மசாரியைப் பற்றி எவ்வாறு அறியமுடியும்! புதுவையில்<br />பாரதியின் குழுவில் இருந்த பல மேதைகளுள் நீலகண்டரும் ஒருவர்.<br />திருநெல்வேலி ஆஷ் துரை வழக்கில் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட நீலகண்டரை - நீலகண்ட<br />பிரம்மசாரி என்று அழைப்பார்கள். சென்னையில், நெல்லையப்பர் தற்செயலாக<br />அவரைச் சந்தித்தார். சிதம்பரனாருக்கு அரசு அவமதிப்பு குற்றம்<br />சாட்டப்பட்டு, சிறையில் கொடும் தண்டனை விதிக்கப்பட்ட பிறகு இளைஞர்<br />நெல்லையப்பர் அடுத்து என்ன செய்வது என்று திகைத்தார். தூத்துக்குடியிலேயே<br />நீலகண்டரை அறிவார்.<br /><br />அவரைச் சந்தித்த அந்த நேரம் நெல்லையப்பர் வாழ்க்கை வரலாற்றில் ஒரு<br />திருப்புமுனையாக அமைந்தது.<br /><br />புதுச்சேரி பத்திரிகைத் தொழிலில் தான் ஈடுபட்டிருப்பதாகவும்,<br />விரும்பினால் அவருக்கும் பத்திரிகையில் வேலை கிடைக்கும் என்றும், "உடனே<br />என்னுடன் புறப்படலாம்",என்றும் நீலகண்டர் தெரிவித்தார்.<br /><br />மகாகவி பாரதியின் வாழ்க்கையில் பெரும் பங்கு வகித்தவர் பரலி<br />சு.நெல்லையப்பர். நீலகண்ட பிரம்மசாரியுடன் புதுவை சென்ற நெல்லையப்பர்,<br />பாரதியாரைச் சந்தித்தார். தூத்துக்குடியில் சந்தித்த பிறகு இரண்டாவது<br />முறையாக இப்போதுதான் சந்திக்கிறார். ஆனால், இம்முறைதான் பரலி<br />நெல்லையப்பர், பாரதியாரை முழுமையாக அறிந்தார். அதற்கு வழி வகுத்த<br />நீலகண்டரை நாம் மிகவும் பாராட்ட வேண்டும்.<br /><br />பாரதியார் ஆசிரியராக இருந்த "விஜயா" என்ற நாளிதழிலும் "சூரியோதயம்" என்ற<br />வார இதழிலும் பாரதியாருக்கு உதவியாக - துணையாசிரியராகப் பணிபுரியும்<br />வாய்ப்பு நெல்லையப்பருக்குக் கிடைத்தது. இதழிகளின் துணை ஆசிரியராகத்<br />தொண்டாற்றும் வாய்ப்பைவிட, புதுவையில் பல மேதைகளை அறிமுகப்படுத்தி<br />கொள்ளும் வாய்ப்பும் ஏற்பட்டது.<br /><br />இளைஞர் நெல்லையப்பரின் சுறுசுறுப்பு, அழகிய கையெழுத்து, அச்சுக்<br />கோர்த்தவற்றைப் பிழையறப் பார்க்கும் திறமை போன்றவை பாரதியாரை மிகவும்<br />கவர்ந்தன. அதற்கு முன்பே, விடுதலை வேள்வியில் நம்பிக்கையுடன்<br />தொண்டாற்றக்கூடிய "நம்பிக்கைக்குரிய வீரர் இந்த இளைஞர்" என்று முடிவும்<br />செய்துவிட்டார் பாரதியார்.<br /><br />புதுவையில் இருக்கும்போதுதான் பாரதியார் பல புதிய இலக்கியங்களைப்<br />படைத்தார். பாஞ்சாலி சபதத்தின் முதல் பகுதி புதுச்சேரியில்தான்<br />வெளியாயிற்று; பாரதியார் தம் புதிய படைப்புகளை நெருங்கிய நண்பர்களுக்குப்<br />படித்துக் காட்டுவது வழக்கம். குறிப்பாக பாஞ்சாலி சபதத்தின் இரண்டாம்<br />பகுதியைத் தனக்குப் படித்துக் காட்டினார் என்ற விவரங்களையும் பரலியாரின்<br />நூல் மூலம் அறியமுடிகிறது.<br /><br />பாரதியாரின் நூல்கள் அச்சாகும்போது அதன் அச்சுப்பிழையைத் திருத்தும்<br />பணியைப் பரலி சு.நெல்லையப்பரே செய்துவந்தார்.<br /><br />சென்னையில் பல இடங்களில் வேலைக்கு முயன்ற நெல்லையப்பர், இறுதியில்<br />"லோகோபகாரி" பத்திரிகை அலுவலகத்தில் துணை ஆசிரியராகச் சேர்ந்தார்.<br />லோகோபகாரி இதழில் சேர்ந்தவுடனே புதுவையில் இருந்த பாரதியாருடன் தொடர்பு<br />கொண்டார். அப்போது சுதேசமித்திரன் பத்திரிகைக்கு மட்டுமே, பாரதியார்<br />கட்டுரைகள் எழுதிவந்தார். நெல்லையப்பரின் வேண்டுகோளின்படி லோகோபகாரி<br />இதழுக்கும் பாரதியார் எழுதத் தொடங்கினார்.<br /><br />பெரும்பாலும் பாரதியாரைப் பற்றிய உரையாடல் நடைபெறும். "பாரதி" என்றொரு<br />இதழில், (பன்மொழிப் புலவர் தெ.பொ.மீனாட்சிசுந்தரனார் நடத்தியது)<br />பிற்காலத்தில் பணியாற்றியபோது பாரதியாரின் புகழ்பெற்ற கவிதைகளான<br />"செந்தமிழ் நாடெனும் போதினிலே", "பாருக்குள்ளே நல்ல நாடு", "பாரத தேசம்<br />என்று பெயர் சொல்லுவார்", போன்ற புகழார்ந்த கவிதைகளை, தான் "பாரதி"<br />இதழில் வெளியிட்டதையும் பெருமையாகக் கூறுவார் பரலியார்.<br /><br />பிற்காலத்தில், நெல்லையப்பரைத் தன் குருவாக மதித்துப் பழகிய எதிரொலி<br />விசுவநாதன் என்ற இளைஞர் (அப்போது) நெல்லையப்பர் கூறிய பல செய்திகளை<br />"பாரதியின் தம்பி" என்ற நூலில் பதிவு செய்திருக்கிறார். அந்த நூல்<br />ஒன்றுதான் பரலி சு.நெல்லையப்பரின் பாரதி தொண்டையும், பாரதியார் பாடல்களை<br />முதன்முதலாக அச்சிட்டு வெளியிட்டதையும் தெளிவாகக் கூறுகிறது. அவர் அருமை<br />பெருமை தெரிந்த பலருள் இளைஞர் எதிரொலி விசுவநாதனும் ஒருவர்.<br /><br />புதுவையிலிருந்து பாரதியார் அனுப்பும் பாடல்களை நூல் வடிவில் அச்சிட எந்த<br />அச்சகமும் அந்தக் காலத்தில் துணியவில்லை. ஆங்கில அரசாங்க அடக்கு முறைக்கு<br />அஞ்சினர். "இந்தியா" என்ற அச்சுக் கூடத்தின் உரிமையாளர் சீனுவாச<br />அய்யங்கார் அச்சிட்டுக் கொடுக்க முன்வந்த செய்தியை நெல்லையப்பர் கூறி,<br />"இங்கே அருகிலுள்ள அரண்மனைக்காரன் தெருவில்தான் அந்த அச்சுக்கூடம்<br />இருந்தது" என்றும் தெரிவித்தார்.<br /><br />1917ஆம் ஆண்டில், பாரதியின் "கண்ணன் பாட்டு"<br /><br />பரலியார் எழுதிய முகவுரையுடன் இரண்டாயிரம் பிரதிகள் அச்சிடப்பட்டன.<br /><br />திரு.வி.க, வ.வே.சு. ஐயர் இவர்களுக்குப் பிறகு 1919இல் நெல்லையப்பர்,<br />"தேசபக்தன்" இதழில் துணை ஆசிரியராகச் சில மாதங்கள் பணியாற்றினார். அந்தக்<br />குறுகிய காலத்தில் கண்ணன் பாட்டின் இரண்டாம் பதிப்பு வெளிவந்தது.<br /><br />எந்தப் பத்திரிகையில் பணியாற்றச் சென்றாலும் பாரதியார் பாடல்களை<br />வெளியிடவும் அச்சிடவும் மறுப்பதில்லை நெல்லையப்பர். 1919இல் தேசபக்தன்<br />பத்திரிகையின் ஆசிரியர் பொறுப்பேற்றார். தேசபக்தன் மூலமாக பாரதியார்<br />பாடல்களை அச்சிட்டு விற்பனை செய்ய ஏற்பாடு செய்தார். அதனால், தமிழ்<br />நாடெங்கும் பாரதியார் பாடல்கள் பரவின. தமிழர்களிடையே தேசிய உணர்வு<br />மீண்டும் பொங்கலாயிற்று.<br /><br />பரலி சு.நெல்லையப்பர், தன் குருநாதரைப் போலவே வளமாக வாழ்க்கையை நடத்தவில்லை.<br /><br />தூத்துக்குடியிலும், புதுவையிலும், சென்னையிலுமாக பாரதியார் பணி,<br />பத்திரிகைப் பணி, பாரதியார் நூல்களை வெளியிடும் பணி என்றே தன் முழு<br />உழைப்பையும் இரவு பகல் பாராமல் நல்கியதால், திருமண நினைவே வராமல்,<br />பிரம்பசாரியாகவே காலத்தைக் கழித்தார்.<br /><br />இறுதி நாள்களில் பொது வாழ்க்கையில் பின்னடையவில்லை. பாரதியார் சங்கம்,<br />சைதாப்பேட்டை பாரதி கலைக்கழகம், தமிழ் எழுத்தாளர்கள் சங்கம் என்று தம்மை<br />ஈடுபடுத்திக்கொண்டு அவர்களிடையே பேசுவதும், இளைஞர்களை<br />உற்சாகப்படுத்துவமாக சுறுசுறுப்பாக இருந்தார்.<br /><br />காந்தி மகானிடமும் மிகுந்த பக்தி கொண்ட நெல்லையப்பர், 1941இல் தனிநபர்<br />சத்தியாகிரகத்தில் ஈடுபட்டுச் சிறை சென்றார். 1908லும் ஒருமுறை சிறை<br />சென்றிருக்கிறார். பலாத்காரக் கொள்கையில் இளவயதில் ஈடுபாடு கொண்ட<br />பரலியாரை அகிம்சாவாதியாக மாற்றியவர் பாரதியே!<br /><br />பாரதியின் உயர் நண்பர்கள் என்ற பட்டியலில் - கம்பருக்குச் சடையப்ப வள்ளல்<br />போல முதலில் இடம் பெறும் சிறந்த பத்திரிகையாளரான பரலி சு.நெல்லையப்பர்,<br />1991ஆம் ஆண்டு மார்ச் 28ஆம் தேதி இவ்வுலக வாழ்வை நீத்தார். மகாகவியின்<br />பெயருள்ள வரை பரலி சு.நெல்லையப்பர் பெயரும் நிலைத்து நிற்கும்.<br /><br />கலைமாமணி விக்கிரமன்<br /><br />நன்றி:- தினமணி<br /><br /><br />Bharathiar's Daughter Smt Sagunthala Narrates an incident--See below:<br /><br />ஒரு தீபாவளியன்று நடந்த சம்பவம் இன்றும் எனக்கு ஞாபகம் வருகிறது."<br /><br />"முதல் நாள், ஜவுளிக்கடை சொந்தக்காரரான நண்பர் ஒருவர், வழக்கம் போல, என் தந்தைக்கு வேஷ்டிகள், எனக்குப் பாவாடை சட்டை, என் தாயாருக்குப் புடவை இவற்றை இனாமாக அனுப்பி வைத்தார். அன்பிற் சிறந்த சீடர் பலர், எனக்குத் தேவைக்கு மிஞ்சியே பட்டாஸ், மத்தாப்பு, வாண வகைகளும் மற்றும் பூ, வெற்றிலை, பழங்கள் யாவும் கொணர்ந்து தந்தார்கள். தீபாவளியன்று இரவு, நாங்கள் குதூகலமாக விளையாடிவிட்டுத் தூங்கிப் போய்விட்டோம்."<br /><br />"என் தந்தை மட்டும் ஆழ்ந்த யோசனையுடன் உட்கார்ந்திருந்தார். கவிதை எழுத யோசிப்பதானால் அவர் அங்குமிங்கும் உலாவுவார். பிறகு எழுதத் தொடங்கினால், கை சளைக்காமல் எழுதிக் குவிப்பார். எனவே, அவர் யோசனையுடன் உட்கார்ந்திருப்பதிலிருந்தே அவர் எதையோ நினைத்துக் கவலைப்படுகிறார் என்று அறியலாம். நடுநிசி. இரண்டு நண்பர்கள் வந்து கதவைத் தட்டினார்களா. என் தந்தை தாமே போய்க் கதவைத் திறந்தார். வந்தவர்களில் ஒருவர் ஓரணாவும் இரண்டணாவுமாக மாற்றிப் பணச்சுருள்களை என் தந்தையின் பாதத்தில் வைத்து நமஸ்கரித்தார். அவர் வியப்புடன், "நான் பணம் வேண்டுமென்று யாரிடமும் சொல்லவில்லையே! நீங்கள் எவ்வண்ணம் என் உள்ளக் கருத்தை உணர்ந்து சில்லறை மாற்றிக் கொணர்ந்தீர்கள்? என்று கேட்டாராம். வந்தவர்கள் பணக்காரர்கள் அல்ல, சாதாரணக் குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்து துணி நெய்யும் தொழிலாளிகள். அந்த அன்பர்களில் ஒருவர் பின்வருமாறு பதிலளித்தாராம்."<br /><br />"சுவாமி! நாங்கள் யாவரும் சாப்பிட்டுப் படுத்து நித்திரை போய்விட்டோம். என் கனவில், மாதா பராசக்தி காளிதேவி தோன்றி, அடே, உத்தராவதி! எழுந்திரு. என் பக்தன் பாரதி நாளைக் காலையில் தன்னைக் காணவரும் ஏவலர், தொழிலாளிகள், நண்பர்களுக்குப் பரிசளிக்கக் கையிலே காசில்லாமல் நொந்து மனம் வருந்துகின்றான். உடனே உன் கையிலுள்ள பணத்தைச் சில்லறையாக மாற்றி எடுத்துக் கொண்டு போய்க் கொடு என்று சொன்னாள். நான் உடனே எழுந்து, என் கையிலிருந்த ரூபாய் பத்துக்கும், காசுக்கடை செட்டியாரை எழுப்பி, சில்லரை மாற்றிக்கொண்டு, தனியே வரப் பயமாக இருந்ததால், என் சிநேகிதனையும் உடனழைத்துக் கொண்டு வந்தேன் என்றார்."<br /><br />"தமக்குத் தேவையான துணி முதலியன இருந்தும், மறுநாள் காலையில் தம்மைக் காணவரும் வேலையாள்கள், ஏழைகள், முதலானவர்களுக்குக் கொடுக்க ஓர் பைசாக்கூட இல்லாததை நினைத்து, எங்கு யாரிடம் போய்க் கடன் வாங்கி வருவது என்று என் தந்தை வருத்தத்துடன் யோசித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தாராம். பராசக்தியருளால் அந்தத் தீபாவளி மனக் கவலையின்றிக் கொண்டாடப்பட்டது."<br /><br />Courtesy: Bharathi Ilakkiya Payilagam<br /><br />When this Song was composed??<br />"ஓடி விளையாடு பாப்பா, நீ ஓய்ந்திருக்கலாகாது பாப்பா"<br /><br />"ஒரு நாள் காலை பாரதி வெள்ளாளர் வீதியிலிருந்த கிருஷ்ணசாமிப் பிள்ளை வீட்டில் அவரோடு உரையாடிக் கொண்டிருந்தபோது மாடியின் தளத்தில் அவரது பெண் குழந்தை தடதடவென்று ஓடியது. இந்த சத்தம் கேட்டதும் கிருஷ்ணசாமி பிள்ளை சிறிது அதிர்ச்சியடைந்து, 'ஓடாதே பாப்பா, விழுந்திடுவே' என்று குரல் கொடுத்தார். 'காக்கா ஆப்பத்தைப் பிடுங்குது' என்றது குழந்தை. உடனே பாரதி, "ஓடி விளையாடு பாப்பா, நீ ஓய்ந்திருக்கலாகாது பாப்பா, எத்தித் திருடும் அந்தக் காக்கை, அதற்கு இரக்கப்பட வேணும் பாப்பா" என்று சொல்லிவிட்டு பிறகு அந்தக் கவிதையை எழுதி முடித்தாராம்."<br /><br />Courtesy: Bharathi Ilakkiya Payilagam<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/543701150063487311-846742624030190042?l=e-swari.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>venkatakailasamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967158777392294107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-543701150063487311.post-35142009388039307552011-07-29T08:56:00.000-07:002011-12-12T06:19:52.111-08:00Some views on the music clips provided therein by ME<br /><br />arasi<br />Re: Oy BhAratiyArE!--A Child's Eye View of the Poet » 06 Sep 2011 07:05<br /><br />Just now had a chance of looking at the links V. Kailasam had sent me. Please go and have a look at his website. He has taken the trouble to post the translation there, interspersing it with songs which are mentioned there, sung by various vocalists. I was bowled over to hear NCV sing piLLaip pirAyattilE! Hadn't heard that one at all before! Spring cuckoo, have you?<br /><br />It is impressive with the imbedded music.<br />Vkailasam may also add the lyrics to those songs.<br />He has even added a picture of arasi!<br />Good work!<br /><br />He has done an impressive job with the in place linking to the audio. This kind of multimedia collaboration and production is possible only in this connected age.<br /><br />Litento all ofg Barathi's songs at:<br /><br />http://e-swari.blogspot.com/2011/08/subramania-barathiyar-compositions.html<br />http://e-swari.blogspot.com/2011/08/compositions-of-subramania.html<br />http://e-swari.blogspot.com/2011/08/subramania-barathiyar-compositions-iii.html<br /><br /><br /><br />Oy BhAratiyArE!-Yadugiri Ammal-her childhood memories of Barathi-Translated by ARASI<br /><br />INTRODUCTION<br />Oy BhAratiyArE!--A Child's Eye View of the Poet » 06 Jul 2011 02:44<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HLXSv45wPwk/TmKb6ROsFNI/AAAAAAAAAw4/F6ZNlWSobh0/s1600/bharathiar4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HLXSv45wPwk/TmKb6ROsFNI/AAAAAAAAAw4/F6ZNlWSobh0/s400/bharathiar4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648248308035753170" /></a><br /> <br />Arasi ( Rajee Krishnan )<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Aie8n77BflA/TmOjTneWibI/AAAAAAAAAxA/Y-Id7gfXOm8/s1600/ARASI%2BADDRESSING%2BRASIKAS2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 202px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Aie8n77BflA/TmOjTneWibI/AAAAAAAAAxA/Y-Id7gfXOm8/s400/ARASI%2BADDRESSING%2BRASIKAS2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648537915061864882" /></a><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />I am filled with awe and excitement, sharing what follows with my fellow rasikAs here at Rasikas.org. Let me fill you in on what this is all about. <br />A dozen years ago, Dwaraki Krishnaswamy, a musician, teacher and composer in Bengaluru gave me a wonderful gift. She happens to be the grand daughter of Mandayam Srinivasa Iyengar, a freedom fighter and friend of Bharathi. When she told me that her mother Yadugiri Ammal had written a book about her childhood memories of the poet called bhArathi ninaivugaL, my first question was: where can I find this book? She said it had been out of print for many years but she kindly offered me the only old copy she had for me to read. I was so moved by the book that I asked her permission to photocopy it. Thanks to her, I could share the copy with relatives and friends. She said at that time that they were trying to get the book reprinted and I was happy. I don't think it happened <br />Soon after I translated Sanjay Subrahmanyan's interview from KAlachchuvaDu here at Rasikas.org and it was well received, I felt that I should translate a precious book like this so that others will get a chance to read it. A pity, I could not locate my copy anywhere I felt sad.<br />Recently, while looking for old memorabilia, I came upon this little treasure and am I thankful!<br />Bharathi is mighty. A child is precious--a sensitive child, more so. The families in the community were one during the freedom movement. Great adults figured in the lives of children. Their lives were simple but their thoughts and imagination were fueled by the fervor of the adults around them. <br />Many books have been written about Bharathi but this one is unique. A fine-tuned mind of a child who was filled with curiosity and verve had the good fortune to interact with Bharathi! <br />Yadugiri Ammal wrote this book in 1938-39. It was not until 1954 that it got published by Amuda Nialyam. She knew the book was coming out but did not live to see the book.<br />Amuda Nilayam is very much there in Chennai's publishing world. How I wish to see this book in reprint!<br /><br />I will type her introduction to the book as an epilogue since I prefer the child telling her story first!<br /><br />As I did with the interview (and our young Srinivasaraghavan did with his grand story of Shreya and Hari, the CM idols), I will bring this translation in installments).<br />INTRODUCTION By Publisher<br /><br />I write the introduction to Smt. Yadugiri Ammal's book with two opposing emotions. I am delighted that this book which for fifteen years has awaited a publisher, is in print today. Alas, just when her desire to see it in print was nigh, the author of this book left us which fills me with sadness. Yadugiri Ammal had done everything she had to, to get this book ready for the publisher. She was very happy when things started moving and even exclaimed: this book is going to be ready by the coming Bharathi Day! <br />She passed away on August 2nd. For someone who was ailing for a long time, she perhaps waited a bit more to make sure that her book about Bharathi was going to see the light of the day, after all.<br /><br />Bharathi arrived in Chennai in 1904 to be a sub-editor at SvadESamitran. Within two years, he became the editor of the weekly INDIA, the thunderous voice of Chennai Jana Sangam, a youth brigade. Its members considered Lokamanya Tilak as their leader. The leading among them were Bharathi, va vu chi (kappalOTTiya tamizhan, Chidambaram piLLai--Arasi), Mandayam Srinivasachari, S Duraiswamy Iyer and others. It was the Mandayam family which financed the publication. INDIA had fire-breathing articles, editorials and cartoons which ridiculed the British Raj and those who fawned on it. The journal created a revolution in Tamizh nADu politics. <br />It was feared that Bharathi would be arrested. The police did come with a warrant but something unexpected happened. Since the official editor for the journal was M. Srinivasan, he got arrested and went to jail.<br />The youth decided that they should run the paper from French India and fight for freedom. Bharathi escaped the police and reached Puduvai. Within weeks, Srinivasachari followed him. So did the press. INDIA which was silent for a few weeks, started its work with renewd energy. Bharathi's idea that they could fight the British Government from Puduvai worked and brought two more political leaders, Arabindo Ghosh and Va ve su to Puduvai. <br />The unity among these men who had left their land was very much evident among their families too. Srinivasachari's family was a support system for Bharathi's family. This was mutually so. After Va ve su arrived with his family, they became part of this family of friends. <br />Va ve su Iyer's wife Bhagyalakshmi has said this: Chellamma, Bharathi and Srinivasachari's families and our family were like one family. We went to the beach almost every day. Sometimes, Bharathi, on seeing the sea and the sky, would forget himeslf and start singing...<br /><br />Yadugiri Ammal who is the author of this book is the eldest daughter of Mandayam Srinivasachari. When Bhaarthi was in Puduvai, she was a little girl. She moved intimately with Bharathi and gained his affection. In this book, she describes Bharathi as she had knew him then. <br />Bharathiyar's political friends like Va vu chi and his disciples like va rA and Bharathidasan, Bharathi's wife Chellammal and his daughter Thangamma have written books about him from their perspectives. Here, we see a child's perspective of the bard and the freedom fighter. She brings to us Bharati the man and the householder. Her homespun style of writing gives this work a distinct flavor. <br /><br />A genius can be compared to a diamond's sparkle. It is difficult to discern its thousands of rays of light with the help of just one individual. Each sees its play of color from his or her own point of adoration. Some times, they may aver that their points of view alone count! It's possible that they are right, but an opposing point of view may not be invalid, either! To fully understand a genius like Bharathi, you have to bring together all perspectives and then try to understand him. Yadugiri Ammal has spoken of some important and valuable incidents in Bharathi's life from 1912 to 1918 in this work which contributes to our fully understanding the life of Bharathi.<br />Though it is a pity we have lost the author, we are fortunate in that her old father Sri Srinivasachariar, Bharathi's friend and publisher is still alive at this ripe old age, and lives with his son in Delhi. Bharathi's friends Parasu Nellaiyappar and Doraiswamy Iyer are too. It is the duty of the lovers of Bharathi to seek their help by asking them to describe the Bharathi they knew and publish a book about it. <br />This way, we will know all the facets of Bharathi's life.<br /><br />3-9-54 rA. a. Padmanabhan<br /><br /><br />Yadugiri dedicates this book to the lotus like feet of her father.<br />(bhArathiyin thOZharAga viLangiya en pithA Sri.SrinivasAchAriyin pAda kamalangaLil ich chiRu nUlai samarppikkiREn)<br />Yadugiri's FOREWARD <br /><br />Next only to the love of parents for their children, is the love gurus have for their students. The teacher's love and care for their wards is abundant, indeed. <br />About forty years ago, I had the great fortune of being Bharathi's disciple and a favored 'daughter'. I'm thrilled to share my experiences with you today. <br /><br />At that time, patriots were called svadESis. Those who moved to Puduvai to escape arrest and those who went to live there even otherwise--were kaviyarasar BharathiyAr, va ve su Iyer, Aravinda Ghosh, the publishers of Bharthi's weekly INDIA--my father and Thirumalachari and others. There were frequent visitors too.<br />My father and Bharathi were close friends in Chennai, also our families.<br />Bharathi came to our house often. He would sing or recite his creations to us. There was no particular time or rhyme about his visits. Sometimes, I'd be occupied with my studies or will be reciting the nAlAyiram that my mother taught me. Whenever Bharathi came, my attention would turn to him. If I heard him sing upstairs, I would try to copy singing the first line of the verses. If Bharathi noticed it, he would ask me to come upstairs and give me the piece of paper on which the verse was written. I had safeguarded those in a book of mine. As luck would have it, the book was ruined by getting caught under a broken wall in Puduvai in the terrible storm in naLa varusham on kArthikai 6th (1916).<br />Since I was a mere child when I knew Bharathi, I did not have the capacity to appreciate his lofty thoughts which sparkled in all that he said. With what I can recollect, I realize that every word of his was precious--his thoughts were something which the world could learn from and some, beyond our comprehension.<br />It was my duty every time he came to see us, to offer him a Sembu ( little pot ) full of water and betel leaves and areca nuts. Va ve su came with bharathi regularly in the evenings, occasionally in the mornings. It was not so with Bharathi. He appeared at any time of the day. <br />There were many students, friends, relatives and others who knewof his greatness. They adored him and praised him no end. Yet, all put together, they could not bring him the peace of mind which could have made him sing his heart away without a care in the world. Still, Bharathi mostly spent histime adoring Nature and its beauty and in conversing joyously with others.<br />Bharathi was a fierce reformer. He used to say: 'tamizh world' has just opened its eyes and is like an infant, learning to turn on its belly and hasn't developed its ability in looking around in all four directions...<br />He was intense in wanting to uproot many old so-called traditions. Smt. Chellamma often differed from him on this. Chellamma kept her orthodox ways in the kitchen. While she was cooking, observing 'maDi', Bharathi, after washing his hands and feet, would enter the kitchen and handle the utensils. "paTRu! Don't touch them!", Chelamma would object. Bharathi would not care and an argument would follow but Bharathi prevailed. Chellamma would keep quiet after that.<br /><br />Bharathi ate at anyone's house when he was invited to a meal. Religion or caste did not mean anything to him. Whatever he said in his verses, he observed in his life. His thoughts were translated into his deeds. However tough it seemed, he was tireless in doing this. He did not care what others said about his behavior either. <br /><br />Bharathiyar sang his songs with such bhAvam. He sang majestically. It gave goose bumps to those who heard him. He has described his life in some of his songs. How many precious songs he has created in simple kummi tunes, folk tunes and in hindusthAni mode!<br />Nowadays, great artistes sing his songs in many rAgAs and varNa meTTus. Still, those who have heard him sing will not be as thrilled. His majesty and his becoming one with hi ssong is something no one can match. <br />Bharathi's glory has spread far and wide today. We hear his poems everywhere. I heart often aches to think that he did not live to see all this. Then I console myself. Though he is gone,.he has left behind his greatness in his writings for us to cherish him eternally.<br />We could not do much for Bharathi's peace of mind then. At least now, tamizh folks should make it their duty to support poets who still live among us.<br />I felt I should share wha I know about Bharathi with others. These impressions were written in 1938-39. They are going to see the print now. I am not a woman of today, a college-educated one. I was schooled at home by my father. I humbly request that 'periyOrgaL' (lofty readers) forgive me for my inadequacies and see only the essence of what I have presented here.<br /><br /><br />ma. gO. Yadugiri<br /><br /><br />Bangalore<br />28-7-1954<br /><br />Chapter ONE<br />The ElElO Song <br /><br />Bharathiyar loved the music of snake charmers and washermen--songs which were sung by women pounding rice. He liked listening to fishermen and workers in the field more than he did to musicians in concerts.<br />Bharathi, Chellamma and six of us (children of both families) were walking on the beach of Puduchery. The fishermen had come ashore, their boats filled with fish. They were singing happily. Bharathi interrupted our jovial conversation with several shabhAsh-s in response to their singing.<br />I asked: This is funny! There is neither rAgam nor any sense to their singing. What makes you appreciate them so much?<br /><br />Chellamma: You know him! He gets all excited when that man who carries the MAriamman image and beats that uDukkai (mini hand drum) comes to our street. He starts dancing! He loses his senses. This evening, hearing the sound and beat of the waves and their nonsensical music thrills him!<br />Bharathi went to the fishermen with a paper and pencil and asked an old man to sing the song line by line. He corrected some of his words and came back to us.<br /><br />Bharathi: You make fun of me as usual--but listen to this. That old man taught me the fundamentals about this Universe. <br /><br />Chellamma: Indeed! You are the student of every paRaiyan and fisherman. Yet, you refuse to be a Sishya of the guru at the maTam!<br /><br />Bharathi: I do not want to believe in superstitious, far-from-the-truth dogmas. The fishermen do their work and we are not any different in the way we are made.<br />Me: Let not our fun-filled outing end in an argument! Oy BharatiyAre! Why don't you explain the meaning and the beauty of the fishermen's song?<br /><br />With that piece of paper in hand, Bharathi started singing the song. His singing went on for more than half an hour and we were all lost in it. I can still hear that tune now...<br />My brother Sami said, "You haven't given us the meaning of the song yet. It's eight o' clock already!"<br />None of us were aware of the time.<br />Bharathi: Sami, before God, before the creation of this universe, what do you think existed? <br />Sami: We ask a question and you ask us for an answer?<br />Bharathi: I'm a crazy man who is both a guru and a student. If I am to tell you everything, how may I learn the things that you know?<br />Me: nAlAyira divya prabandham says there was water before everything came into existence.Our perumAL was afloat on a banyan leaf. <br /><br />Bharathi: Yadugiri! You say your perumAL and ours are different? When are you going to give up these silly notions? <br />Me: I'm still young. I do not have that much knowledge. It's late. Give us the meaning of the song.<br />I tugged at his shirt. <br /><br />Bharathi: At the very beginning, God took on the form of a fish.Then a turtle which lived both in water and on land.<br />He then changed into a boar which stayed more on land and less in water. As Narasimham, He was half man, half beast. How much relevance there is in this to our lives is what this ElElO song beautifully describes. Yes, bhAgavatam, purANam, pATTuk kachEri, but how oblivious you seem to be to the joy there is in this song!<br />Chellamma: Tell us more.<br />Bharathi: Aha! You seem to like this song now!<br />Chellamma: How could I make all this out in their garbled words!<br />Bharathi: By paying attention! To continue the story, Mahavishnu was born as a dwarf and then took the form of a human, the father of all men, an inspiring model--Rama, representing justice and righteousness. Then on to Krishna,<br />illustrating action which was carried out in dharma. He did so in this avatAr and also through Arjuna. As BuddhA, he taught renunciation and ahimsA. Now, as Kalki, he is going to unify all religions. We may not live to see it, but our descendants will. This is the meaning of the song.<br /><br />Chellamma: Why isn't there the name of SivA in all this?<br />Me: VishNu is the one who took on the ten incarnations. He is the beginning.<br />Bharathi: SivA? VishNu? They are the same. Chellamma, you say SivA and Yadugiri says VishNu, I say they are all oneI<br />It's getting late. Let's go home.<br /><br />How many years is it since this happened? Yet, I see it as if it is happening now, like a day dream...<br /><br />* * * * * <br />TWO<br />ViTTu ViDudalaiyAgi...<br />(To Feel Freedom...)<br /><br />Barathi-069-Vittu Viduthalai Keeravani - Unni Krishnan <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/701005009/58f18efb" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />One Friday evening, Swaminatha Dikshitar's daughter Meena and I went to Bharathiyar's house in Easwaran Dharmaraj Koil Street. Chellamma was not her usual self. It was the end of the month. Meena left at six. Bharati was out. Chellamma and I were alone in the house. <br />A silence prevailed. After a few minutes, I started the conversation.<br /><br />Me: Chellamma, what's bothering you? Are you not well?<br /><br />Chellamma: Nothing ails me, Yadugiri. It's just as if a worm is eating through my heart. I need to share this with someone but you are a mere child. I don't want to burden you with all this.<br /><br />Me: I don't mind at all. I will ask Bharathiyar--"is it mere lip service that you pay for the freedom of women? Can't you show it in your actions at home?"<br /><br />Chellamma: My dear child! It's the month end and we still owe money to the milkman from last month. He demanded it yesterday and I could not appease him. Bharathiar was supposed to send his article to Swadesamithran today. I got his coffee and betel leaves after he bathed and kept the ink bottle, pen and paper ready on the desk for his writing. I picked the rice and then went to change into my maDi sari. I knew he wasn't in a mood to write. When I went back to fetch the rice, I found that he had scattered a portion of it to the sparrows. He was singing to them. I was in tears. He says, "Come Chellamma! Look how happy these sparrows are! Why can't you and I be just as happy? You nag me and I get impatient with you. Don't they teach us unity? What fools we are!"<br />I couldn't bear this. "why do you provoke me like this?", I burst out. I wanted to finish my cooking before the children returned from ANNi Amma's (Ponnu Murugesan Pillai's wife) house. You have scattered away part of the rice to the sparrows. How long is it going to be before we see some money? You haven't even started your writing yet. The milkman puts me to shame. The maid hasn't turned up the past two days. Shouldn't you be thinking about these? Instead, you ask me to be as happy as the sparrows! God is unkind. He punishes me by giving me children to take care of..." Then I went away to make the meal. When I came out of the kitchen, he was singing 'viTTu viDudalaiyAgi' to baby Shakunthala and she was jumping with joy. He was in a blissful state. The sparrows were pecking away. When they were all so happy, i did not want to spoil it and so I kept quiet. The dancing and singing came to an end around noon. Baby Shakunthala said, "Appa, come, let's eat. I'm hungry." Bharathiyar sat down for the meal in silence.<br />Then he said, "Chellamma, are you still angry with me? Look, I'm sending the sparrows song to the newspaper. You will have the money on the Ist of the month. Don't fear!"<br />Yadugiri, he's a good man, an innocent soul. When he gets the money, he will give it to me. But they won't pay him if he does not send his articles to them and it frets me."<br />I did not respond to it straight away. Then I said this to make her feel better: "What if it's a poem, so long as he has sent it away today?"<br />Chellamma said, "No wonder that you're his favored child! You come to his defense very easily!" <br />"You make me feel much better, anyway!", added the good woman.<br />Bharathi came home and asked, "Yadugiri, have you read my new song?"<br />"No, but Chellamma told me abut it. May I have a look?"<br />Bharathi fetched me the paper.<br /><br />Chellamma: Every little word that comes out of your mouth is picked up by Yadugiri. She's a little child, but when I told her what happend this morning, she asks, "What difference does it make, a poem or an article, so long as it has been sent away today?"<br /><br />Bharathi: She's absolutely right. You may not relish it now Chellamma, but wait and see. Yadugiri, I don't know if I will live to see it--you surely will. You are going to see that they will sing praises of me and revere me for these little verses. This land of tamizh hasn't opened its eyes yet. If it has, it is still in its infancy."<br />Saying this, Bharathi gave me the piece of paper. The last line of this song which I knew by heart, I remember to be 'vAnoLiyennum maduvin Suvai' which in the printed version reads as ' vAnoLiyin maduvin SuvaiyuNDu'. Did Bharathi change it? I don't know...<br />* * * * *<br />THREE<br />BhArata dESam enRu peyar SolluvAr<br />(This land called BhAratam)<br /><br />Barathi-081-Baratha desamendru-MSS<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/701028851/ade42889" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br /><br />On Sunday mornings, the 'svadESis' in Puduchery went for a dip in the ocean--leaving home for the beach at seven and returning by ten. My father, Bharathiyar, Iyer (Va Ve Su), Tirumalachari and Nagaswami (he worked at The India Weekly which was run by my father. He lived with the Iyer family at that time and moved to AravindAshram later). <br />Four or five of us (children) were part of this Sunday ritual. Then there were the plain clothesmen from the police, keeping a distance of a furlong from us, but shadowing us.<br />One Sunday, we were traversing Gowrla St where we saw a snake charmer in front of a house who was given a kAlaNA coin by the servant of the white man who lived there, asking him to move on.<br />"kAlaNA is enough for me to buy milk for the snake. DoraiyE! (addressing the owner of the house), offer me a handful of rice, so that I can eat too!"<br />Then he saw us approaching and played his maguDi again. The snake started dancing. As we passed him, he called to us: generous ones! I'm shivering with cold. I haven't eaten in two days. May God bless you! <br />We knew from our mother that the sea is a king (samudra rAjan).You don't go empty-handed when you go to see him.<br />She usually gave us a quarter aNA piece and a little packet of turmeric powder before we left for the beach. The snake charmer saw the kAlaNA in my hand and pleaded: Amma, give me that money and I can buy some iDlis and not go hungry!<br />I held on to my kAlaNA and walked on saying that it was meant for the samudra rAjan. Bharathi who was walking ahead of me stopped in his track. He pulled his anga vastram (top cloth)from his shoulder, wrapped it round his waist, drew his new vEShTi away and gave it to the snake charmer who blessed him and praised his generosity with all his heart. The man was also cross with me for my miserliness, I could tell.<br />We walked on to the beach. I threw the kAlaNA into the sea and smeared myself with turmeric. The elders held on to our hands once we stepped into the sea. Bharathi was holding my hand this time.<br />Bharathi: Yadugiri, why did you throw the coin into the sea? <br />Me: Samudram is a king. You have to throw a coin or a lemon in it before you step into the water.Otherwise, he gets angry.<br />Bharathi: Who told you this?<br />Me: My mother who knows everything. My brother gave away his kAlaNA to the snake charmer. You better hold on to him in case the sea gets angry with him!<br />Bharathi: Iyer is holding his hand. As for you, are you going to listen to what I'm going to say?<br />Me: Tell me.<br />Bharathi: Had you given the kAlaNA to the poor man, he could have fed his children with it. What's the use for this coin which is going to be buried in the sand? Had you offered some food to the sea, the fish would have eaten it. What can they do with the money? <br /><br />Me: You are right, but my mother told me to do this. Doesn't she know?<br /><br />Bharathi: These are meaningless gestures. In old times they threw money into ponds and tanks so that the karaiyALars who cleaned them got the money. Your throwing the coin into the sea is of no avail. The sea cleans itself with its waves. It does not need your help.<br /><br />Me: BharathiyArE! In that case, find that kAlaNA. We can give it to the man on our way back.<br /><br />Bharathi: Never mind. Don't do this again, though.<br /><br />Me: By the way, what have 'you' done, giving your brand new vEshTi away to the man? What's Chellmma going to say? You could have given him the worn upper cloth instead! <br /><br />Bharathi: Others give me things. He has no such luck. I didn't mind giving it to him, why does it bother you?<br /><br />I could not answer him. <br />We went further into the ocean, up to our chests, holding on securely to the hands of the elders.<br />When we were home, the children went to the back courtyard (muTRam)to bathe in warmed up water which awaited us. Bharathi, AiyyA (my father) and others drew water from the big toTTi (rectangular tub where drawn water gets stored) in the front courtyard and bathed.<br />They were putting on dry clothes when we were back.<br />Bharathi: AnnA! Yadugiri was upset that I gave away the vEshTi to the pAmbATTi. (turning to me) Yadugiri, I gave away one and got two back from your AiyyA! Now, tell me who is the generous one among us?<br /><br />Me: Fine! Bharathiyare!I loved the tune which the pAmbATTi played. If only you can sing in that rAgam!<br /><br />Bharathi: I will teach you one tomorrow. Once again, tell me. Who's the most generous among us all?<br /><br />Me: Aren't you all one? So, both of you are generous! I'm sorry I threw away the coin. I will not do it again.<br /><br />Bharathi was very happy to hear this. He started relating what transpired that morning to others--in English.<br /><br />He came the next evening and we assembled upstairs and heard him sing vandE mAtaram first. Then,<br />bhArata dESam enRu peyar SolluvAr--miDip, <br />payam kolluvAr tuyar pagai velluvAr<br />bhAratap pOr venRa kaNNanaruLAl--tuyar<br />bhAramaRuvar Selva bhAramuRuvAr.<br /><br />He sang fourteen stanzas of this song.<br />I'm known for asking questions all the time. Iyer and Bharathi answered me with patience every time. I asked a few questions now: This is fine, but when will all this happen? Do we really need machines for making needles and nails? I think arms are important (Ayudam) and you make only a fleeting reference to them in this song!<br /><br />Bharathi: The child raises tough questions. Let me think. How can we sew without a needle? Clothing is as essential as food for the people. You need nails to make boxes, hang pictures...<br /><br />I notice that in the printed versions of Bharathi's verses, four of the following lines have been omitted:<br /><br />bhAratap pOr venRa kaNNAnaruLAl--tuyar<br />bhAramaRuvAr, Selva bhAramuRuvAr<br /><br />and later on in the poem,<br /><br />bhArata rANiyin, kaNNanaruLAl--tuyar<br />bhAramaRuvAr, Selva bhAramuRuvAr <br /><br />* * * * * <br />FOUR<br /><br /><br />Manadil uRudi vENDum<br />(Fortitude, O Mind!)<br /><br />Barathi-068-Bombay jayashree-Manathinil Uruthi vendum <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/700751306/36f80e18" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br /><br />After Christmas, in the tamizh month of Thai (January-February), KoDiyAlam Rangaswamy Iyengar and C.Rajagopalachari (Rajaji) came to Puduvai--both were close friends of my father. After spending some hours with Bharathi, Iyengar could guess that the poet was living in a state of penury.Tamizh annai's grace and Iyengar's enchantment with Bharathi's poetry brought a bounty. Iyengar gave the poet a few hundred rupees to help out. <br />They were critical times. Bombs went off in Delhi. It was a trying time for the svadESis. When the gift came, Chellamma got some jewelry made. With the rest of the money, she bought provisions for a whole year--paddy, lentils, tamarind, chillies and so on. There were no mechanical grain-processing mills in Puduchery. Womenfolk came to our houses to pound the paddy and winnow it to get the rice ready for cooking. For very twelve sErs of rice they pounded, they were paid a quarter paDi of rice and a paDi of broken rice (noi).<br />On the day a woman came to pound the paddy, Bharathi was writing a story--Golden Tailed Fox or A Fox which Lost its Tail about Annie Beasant, I'm not sure (the editor's note says that the title was The Fox with A Golden Tail).<br />Bharathi could not continue writing and Chellamma sensed it.<br />Chellamma: I will ask the woman to come tomorrow to pound the rice.<br />Bharathi: Let her do her work.<br />Chellamma: The sound of the pounding might distract you.<br />Bharathi: That sound prompts me to ask parASakti for a boon. Don't stop her.<br />Chellamma: First of all, ask parASakti to feed us well.<br />Bharathi: You like to see me enslaved? I have already given you the money I had. Do not burden me anymore.<br />Chellamma: Am I forcing you to do anything? You wanted to publish a book and I am saying, do it when we have the funds. <br />Bharathi: Chellamma, if you trouble me anymore, I will go away.<br />Chellamma: If you walk away, I will take a walk in another direction. Let someone else bring up the children.<br />Bharathi: You mean to say I'm not capable of bringing them up? <br />Chellamma: I'm not capable of asking parASakthi of any boons, as you do. I can only ask you for boons. Is that wrong?<br />Bharathi: Don't I know my responsibilities? And, why drag the innocent children into all this?<br />Chellamma: Am I blaming the children? If you say that you want to walk away, I'm saying that I can do that too.<br />Bharathi: Don't agitate me. Go attend to your work.<br />Chellamma went away to mind her work.<br />Bharathi was writing but his mind was not in it. His attention now turned to the paddy-pounding woman's song. She finished each line of her song with a 'hum!' in rhythm. Bharathi's mind lingered over it and he picked up his pen and wrote a song:<br />manadil uRudi vEND 'um'. He also finished writing the story and went out to dispatch them both.<br />In the evening, Bharathi said to me: I found a new mantra today.<br />Me: Teach me that mantra.<br />Chellamma: He asks parASakthi for her boons and we all have to ask him for boons! <br />Bharathi started singing the song. At first, the woman was stunned. Then she questioned him: SAmi, are you teasing me? We sing while we pound to distract ourselves from the hard work. Are you poking fun at me and my work?<br />Bharathi: AiyyO ammE! Don't get angry. Your song is different and novel from the ones I've heard. I have a magic song born out of your singing. Should you be angry?<br />The woman wasn't convinced. She said, "If the children do this, you are supposed to tell them off! Who is to reprimand you if it's you who makes fun of me?" <br />Chellamma: aDiyE! Iyer did not tease you at all. He made up a song like yours because he liked it and wanted to remember you and your tune! Don't fight like a mad woman. Go home happy with your rice.<br />The woman widened her eyes and asked: Does Iyer make up stories and songs (kadai kaTTuvArA?)? How surprising! He even sings like me! How soon he got the drift! <br />She left in wonderment.<br /><br />To be continued...<br />Continuing Chapter FOUR (see post # 25)<br /><br />Bharathi: I got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. Two arguments today...<br />Me: Who was the other one?<br />Bharathi: Who else? My wife!<br />Me: What's the point in your celebrating the freedom of women when you indulge in fights with your wife!<br />Chellamma: Good question, Yadugiri! Ask him if it's fair. <br />Bharathi: True. But there are times when you cannot interfere.<br />Me: What happened?<br />Chellamma: I asked him--if he can walk away, can't I do it too?<br />Me: Yes, if you have the freedom to do it, she has too. <br />Bharathi: You are still a child, Yadugiri! It's tough for you to comprehend all this. A wayward bull can be tamed only by placating it first. If you tug at it mindlessly, it will run out of your grasp. I may be able to leave but she has more responsibilities. <br />Me: You talk to me in riddles. What did happen?<br />Bharathi: You tell her, Chellamma. That way, you can unburden yourself. <br />Chellamma described the incident.<br />Me: Oy Bharathiyare, you think you love the children more than Chellamma does?<br />Bharathi: I didn't say that. Yes, we both love them but she's the nurturer and I'm the bread winner. I don't need any rules about how to go about my responsibilities.<br />Me: Then, Chellamma, you can cook whenever you feel like it!<br />Bharathi: No Yadugiri. It's not like that at all. Whatever we do, we have to do it well and we have to be understanding.<br />Chellamma: You say that I am not understanding?<br />Bharathi: Don't underestimate yourself. Your prodding helped. I've already sent the story to the printers!<br />Chellamma: I don't like to hear women complain abut their husbands.I get annoyed at them. Yet, there's a limit to everything. When you cannot bear it anymore, you feel like crying to an inanimate door even!<br />Bharathi: All that prodding this morning has resulted in productive work, after all. Come, let's all go to the beach!<br /><br />The things that Bharathi spoke about at the beach that evening is something all the people of our land should know about. <br />Bharathi said: You women work hard at home, wearing yourselves out. It's a sin to look upon you without any respect. You bring up children. You carry out your responsibilities faithfully and are there for us when we need you.<br />We do not live in old times. Things are changing. If children are irresponsible, we have to guide them, not force or control them.<br />Yet, Chellamma was right. My kavidaip paiththiyam (Muse) possessed me. In the heat of things, arguments came about. We have tangak kiLis (golden parrots) for children, though we are not rich enough to adorn them with gold. <br />A poet's poverty is legendary. Tamizh has lost its prestige and pride. If we celebrate the tamizhk kuzhandai Lakshmi, grace will come to us. If the vITTuth thalaivi (the mistress of the house) runs the household in harmony and if the vITTuth thalaivan (the master of the house) can live a happy and healthy life, he will do all that she bids. What the thalaivi needs is some money. My Chellamma is capable of ruling the world, if only she had the means. The lack of it makes her ask me, fight with me. EVen after dealing with all this, she is there to feed me. <br />The one who thinks of the past is a fool. As we wash and dry our clothes every day, we should get rid of our own ills and troubles that way too. Just as the Sun rises every morning, we should see everything anew and rejoice.<br />Chellamma is my life, my treasure. She's bhAgya Lakshmi...<br />The land of the Tamizh people should know about Bharthi's angst. Supporting poets is one of the nation's responsibilities. Had we protected Bharathi from such heartaches, he would have lived a little longer...<br />Who knows of God's ways!<br /><br />* * * * * <br />FIVE<br /><br /><br />mUnRu kAdal<br />(Three Loves)<br /><br /><br />As on every Thursday, the band played in front of the statue of Dupleix for about an hour. The white kids danced around the band and that was a lovely thing to watch.<br />Bharathiyar did not like crowds that much. He led us away to the beach.<br />Thangam(ma): Appa, this music sounds strange. They play at such a high pitch. Is it possible for us to sing at that pitch? If we can, you think it's going to sound pleasant?<br />Bharathi: This music is very different from our music. It quickly jumps from low pitch to the high. In our music, we go up as if we climb the stairs, and descend the same way. They sing one note in the kIzhk kAlam and then they go up abruptly.<br />Thangam asked again: Appa, if we sing that way, do you think it will sound pleasing?<br />Bharathi: It depends on how you sing it. <br />Thangam: It's Sarasvati pUjai tomorrow. Appa! Teach us a song in this tune!<br />Bharathi: Yes, you can have a song in this tune.<br />The band started playing a new tune.<br />I said, "We can sing about Lakshmi in this tune?"<br />Bharathi said, "Why not? "<br />Chellamma: In Calcutta and kASi, they worship kALi. If you sing on Shakti, all our troubles will come to an end.<br />The band then played four lines in kIzh sthAyi and four in mEl sthAyi notes.<br />Bharathi: Chellamma, what you all say sounds good. Thangamma asked for a song about Sarasvati, Yadugiri wanted something on Lakshmi and you want one about kALi. I will sing on all the three of them tomorrow.<br />Thangamma: Appa, three songs in three different rAgams? You sing your verses in noNDich chindu, kAvaDich chindu,Anandak kaLippu and tunes in which the ANDis (mendicants) sing. I think I'm going to like a song where each verse is in a different rAgam! <br />Bharathi: You tell me how you want me to tune them.<br />Thangamma: We like the tunes this band plays!<br />It was mOOla nakshtram the next day. Some celebrate Sarasvati pUjA on that day (as we do in our house) and others on MahA navami day. We had a small kolu (dolls display for navarAtri) and we were just finishing our singing and were nearly ready for the finale,the Arati--when Bharathiyar arrived.<br />He said, "I'm going to sing for your kolu and you can observe your shAstrams afterwards."<br />We all sat down in a row, eager with expectation.<br />As he had promised us, Bharathi sang a verse about Sarasvati, Lakshmi and KALi, starting with the line 'piLLaip pirAyattilE'. These verses are known as mUnRu kAdal. He sang them in sarasvati manOhari, sri rAgam and in punnAga varALi.<br />We were thrilled to hear him sing our requests!<br />I think we can get a glimpse of Bharati's life in this song... <br /><br />Barathi-040-NC Vasanthakokilam-Pillai Pirayathile <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/699819468/de9be45d" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br /><br />SIX<br />Sentamizh nADenum pOdinilE<br />(By the mere mention of my great land's name...)<br /><br />Barathi-053-Senthamizh Naadennum-TM Krishna<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/699950510/dd17aa70" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Some Sangam (institution) in Chennai had announced in the papers, a contest and prizes for the best poems about our land.The cash prizes were three hundred, two hundred and one hundred rupees for the winners. We were all very keen that Bharathi should enter the contest.<br />He agreed. He composed Sentamizh nADenum pOdinilE and sent it away. Each word in that poem is worth a lakh of rupees (akshara laksham). Why? For each one of those ten verses, he should have been awarded ten crores, ten lakhs, ten thousand--at least a thousand? The Chennai sangam placed him third among the winners and sent him a hundred rupees. It didn't worry Bharathi. Va ve su was most upset. "Neither of the other winning poems were worth a line of Bharathi's poem which has sweetness, chandam, finesse and depth of meaning", he moaned. "They are poles apart from Bharathi's verse (malaikkum maDuvukkum uLLa vityAsam). They are like strewn flowers (the words), no strand binding them together! This land does not know the value of great poetry!"<br />Bharathi: As if you didn't know! They would have decided on the winners even before they announced the contest. All this is just for public display. Why do you rue? It's just our luck!<br />Iyer's constant regret was that there wasn't a figure in our times like RamanujA who spread the poetry of the AzhwArs--a giant like him to popularize Bharathi's poetry and to bring him into prominence.<br />Iyer nevertheless was thrilled when Bharathi's songs got popular, at least after his death--that the third prize winning song was heard in every corner of tamizh nADu, in several different rAgAs at that. There is no trace of the other two songs or the poets--the first and second prizes winners...<br /><br />SIX <br />Continued from Post # 34<br /><br /><br />Around this time, we lost my little brother. He was just two. It was a stomach ailment. The medicines did not work. My father was broken-hearted. Losing money in the svadESi ship venture, the banning of his beloved journal India and all the atrocities of the British government had not shaken him. He was brave. The loss of his little child shook him up. He became weak. To divert his mind, Va ve su and Bharathiar spent most of their time with my father, conversing with him and playing chess. They will all go to Arabindo's house in the evening to discuss the VEdAs and upanishads, returning home at ten or eleven.<br />On the day my baby brother died, they buried him and returned home. Bharathi was perturbed. He pleaded with dEVi for a boon. <br />He wrote nalladOr vINai SEidE (under the heading kETpana) and sang it to the children. <br /><br />Barathi-087-Neyveli shri Santhanagopalan-Nallathore Veenai Seithu <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/702259707/44103e27" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br /><br />My mother got sick with grief. The medicines did not work and they tried to heal her with herbal medicine. To get her out of the house, Chellamma and the children took my mother to a kuzhAik kiNaRu (huge well fitted with a giant tap--like a shower) called pATALa gangai to bathe. On some days, we left early at six and had our oil baths.<br />Chellamma insisted that my mother should join us every evening to spend some time by the sea. We were at the beach until nine at night.<br />Va ve su kept my father company. On a cardboard chess board, they played with chess pieces which were made out of cardboard again, with the first letter of the piece's name printed on them. My father ailed from headaches and chest pain. Iyer and Bharathi stayed by him.<br />One evening, we left for Villianur to bathe in the river. It was on the day of a festival at the temple. ArudrA dariSanam? A lad called Swaminathan came with us as our guide. We stayed at his relative's home there. The next morning, we bathed in the river, looked round the place and had lunch there. Around two in the afternoon, we engaged a cart and left for Puduchery. The wheel of the cart broke when we were three miles away from home and we could not find another cart. The maid carried my baby sister Ranganayaki and we walked home, chatting all the way.<br />Bharathiyar was surprised that Chellamma could walk all the three miles. After that day, if Chellamma ever complained about aching legs, he would tease her by asking, "enna Chellamma? Did you go all the way to see ArudrA dariSanam?" <br />Those were the times when the two families were together all the time. Six more months went by, with pAtAla gangai in the morning, and evenings at the beach. <br />About this time, Astronomy became a craze among us. There was a telescope in Puduchery. It was available to anyone who wanted to look through it at the skies.<br />This is how we spent our time...<br /><br /><br />* * * * * <br />SEVEN<br /><br />PeNgaL viDudalai<br />(Freedom for women)<br /><br /><br />On the morning of the festive day of mASi Magam, women, men and children of our families went to the beach to take a holy dip in the sea when PerumAL Himself--the utsava mUrthi idol from the VishNu temple was at the beach to have a bath in the sea. It is a beautiful sight to see in Puducheri.<br />That evening we were playing at the beach and Bharathiyar came around with little Shakunthala in tow who is the same age as my sister Ranganayaki. They both loved to play together.<br />Shakunthala: What did you have for lunch?<br />Ranganayaki: kottavaraikkAi (cluster beans) kaRiyamudu (vegetable), coconut and curd pachchaDi and paruppup pAyasam (dessert).<br />Shakunthala: What's so special today?<br />Ranganayaki: We bathed in the sea, worshipped PerumAL and ate dessert.<br />Shakunthala: What festival, you think?<br />Ranganayaki: I don't know!<br />Shakunthala: Silly you! It's mAsi Magam today! MAsi Magam!<br />Listening to all this, Bharathi burst out laughing. Then he said: Come here, little ones! You both speak like sweet parrots. One a golden parrot and the other an iron parrot! Who will be which? <br />Shakunthala: I'm the golden parrot! RangA is the iron parrot.<br />RangA: I'm the golden parrot, she's the iron one!<br />Shakunthala: No, it can't be! It was ' my' father who asked us to choose!<br />Ranga: Let's not fight over this. Both of us can be thangak kiLis (golden parrots)!<br />Bharathi was exultant. He picked RangA up and went to my father. "I spoke mindlessly, hurting the children's feelings and this little one of yours set everything straight!"<br />From that day on, Bharathi called RangA thangak kiLi.<br />Ranga said to my father, "I was right. We both are fair of complexion." Then she turned to Bharathi and asked him: Why don't you pick Shakunthala up too?"<br />"Come, Shakunthala!" said Bharathi, beckoning to her. "Ranga has turned you into a golden parrot!"<br />Shakunthala said, "I won't come. If you want, you can come and pick me up!" Bharthi hoisted her up and then put her down so that the children could continue their play.<br />I finished doing my homework. Then Bharathi asked: Do you want to hear about this hilarious incident which happened this morning? After the festival, I thought lunch was going to be late and thought it was a good idea to take the children to an eatery (hOTTal) when we left the beach. Shakunthala ate like a good girl. Thangamma made a big fuss. "I just had a holy dip in the sea and will not drink at this echcil (polluted) table! I asked the waiter to bring a maNai (plank) for her to sit on the floor and to bring some iDlis. The waiter brought water in a glass and Thangamma refused it saying, too many others have sipped from it. The waiter brought water again in a bell metal tumbler (from which one can drink without the utensil touching one's lips). By this time, the idlis were cold. He brought fresh iDlis again. The eyes of the customers were all on Thangamma. When we came out of the hOTTal, I asked her: ennamma? Why all that drama? I don't want to take you out to an eatery again. Are you an old lady to observe all this maDi (sticking to strict religious codes)? Thangamma replied: Do I have to be an old woman to say I won't drink from a glass which so many others have sipped from? I felt sick in my stomach when I saw the man put all the dirty glasses into a tub to rinse them. I would have happily gone hungry, waited an hour for the meal. I wouldn't have died! He even dropped a glass in it which a leper drank from. These eating places are very dirty. My periamma (aunt) shuns even a piece of jack fruit sold in the bazaar. The fruit has to be cut at home. She would not have approved of this place at all! What Chellamma cooks is fine by me. I think that's the healthy way to be. <br />Yadugiri: Thangam is not used to hOTTals. Our mother says we can't even buy the cashew and cardomom candy from the hOTTal.<br />Bharathi: Let grownups be the way they want to be. Children needn't follow such restrictions!<br />Yadugiri: Isn't it good to cultivate good habits when you are young?<br />Bharathi: I shouldn't take Thangam to eateries anymore.<br />Yadugiri: I think what she said was sensible. We needn't drink from a glass contaminated by a leper, those with sores or a man with tuberculosis. <br />Bharathi: I can't win. You are Thangam's advocate!<br />Yadugiri: Then, explain it to me. I won't argue.<br />Bharathi. It was all very well, their laying down the rules in ancient days. It's wrong when you do it on the basis of caste. A brahmin could be afflicted with tuberculosis and that's fine by them. A SUdrA--he's strong and healthy--and it's a taboo to eat with him? <br />Here's something that happened on the train the other day. It was a small compartment and we were only three of us in it. Myself and a young couple. The husband and I were conversing.The young woman didn't say a word. The man got down at a station to get some coffee. The woman tuned to me and started asking me about my whereabouts, family and so on, and the moment the husband appeared, she turned mute. Then I got down to get some betel leaves and when I got into the train, I found them chatting away merrily. Seeing me, she was silent again! What kind of tradition is this? It all seemed so stupid. I felt like giving them a lecture on it but I restrained myself.<br />Yadugiri: Yes, it's like being a slave. She does not have the freedom to talk to others when the master is around. She could not contain herself when he went away. So she spoke to you.<br />Bharathi: Some slave! I would have said something, but didn't want to stir things up.<br />Yadugiri: Once this changes, women can interact with others without fear. Now they walk in the streets with their heads bent down, not being able to look up even at cattle and carts which come from the opposite direction! <br />Bharathi: I'm going to write a long article about freedom for women. I will write poems about it. <br />Yadugiri. Will that mean that freedom will come to women? <br />Bharathi: Listen, the old rules are of no use now. Other nations have marched ahead of us now. We have stayed behind because women have been enslaved.<br />Yadugiri: I would say that this nation has been stable because of women. Men wear vESHTis manufactured by mills while women wear saris woven by hand. Habits, traditions, festivals, poetry, history, purAnams and ethical works have all been preserved only because of women. Where is there the time for you English pundits, to take care of all this? <br />Bharathi: BhalE! You have swallowed every word of what Iyer said in his speech! As for me, I don't mind losing an argument to a child. It's a matter of pride for a guru to lose an argument to his student. There are many instances of it in our history.<br />Yadugiri: Please don't forget to make up a song for us in a new tune for our shObhanam dance!<br />Bharathi: Thangamma asked for a song for kummi today. You ask for one now. You both will have it tomorrow.<br />The song he brought to us the next day was: peNgaL viDudalai peTRa magizhchchigaL( The joys of women attaining freedom)<br /><br />* * * * * <br />EIGHT<br /><br /><br />Karumbuth thOTTaththilE<br />(In the sugarcane fields)<br /><br /><br />Someone had given a speech on Indian immigrant workers in Fiji, victims of cruelty at the hands of their employers. Bharathi's publisher had asked him to write a poem about it. I went with my father and Va ve su to Bharathi's house. <br /><br />Bharathi: Welcome! It's trimurthi darSanam for me today!<br /><br />Iyer: We are here because we hadn't seen you the past few days.<br /><br />Bharathi: I had a cold. I get one if I bathe in cold water at home. Bathing in the river, pond or the sea doesn't bother me. Chellamma has been ill. The maid hasn't turned up. The journal has been pestering me too. <br /><br />Va ve su: Before you bathe in cold water, walk two hundred or three hundred paces briskly. You won't catch a cold. <br /><br />Bharathi: I could as well go to the pond to bathe, look at the beauty of Nature around me rather than having to stare at an ugly wall at home, IyerE!<br /><br />Va ve su: Yes, it's good to be out. If you have to bathe at home, walk first. What are they pestering you about?<br /><br />Bharathi: They wanted me to write about the plight of the slaves in Fiji.<br /><br />Va ve su: What's the title of the poem? If you have included the country's name in it, Fiji will come into focus.<br /><br />Bharathi: karumbuth thOTTam is the title.<br /><br />My father: You did the right thing! 'India, our Mother' is how our anthem goes. Somehow, I don't think the word India goes well with tamizh words! I'm glad you left Fiji out of the title.<br /><br />Bharathi sang that song to us. I got upset hearing it and started crying. Bharathi consoled me."This is happening a thousand miles away. Don't cry!"<br /><br />Va ve su: When we grown ups have tears in our eyes, what will the child do? It's not surprising. Alas! The government refused to take action!<br /><br />My father: That's why Bharathi is invoking the Gods! <br /><br />Va ve su: What nastiness! The mEstri (leader of the work crew) lures those innocent men away to Fiji, only to subject them to such inhumane treatment!<br /><br />Bharathi: IyerE! You speak like a hundred year old man (nUTRuk kizhavan)! Don't you see? We can only stop the shipping of more such slaves. It's impossible to do much for the ones who are already trapped there. I saw it in the newspaper today. When a husband was away at work, a man went to his door and gave his wife a chit. The street was deserted. She read it. "Your husband is dying. Come immediately!" She panicked, locked the door and with the child on her hip, followed the man who took her to a ship which was ready to sail away at one in the afternoon. The beserk woman asked, "Why are you taking me to the ship?". The man said, "because your husband's boss asked him to take a message to the captain and while he was climbing up the steps, he got giddy, fell down and broke his head." The woman ran into the ship and before she reached the upper dek, the ship left the port. There were more women there, all crying. "We are slaves now. We're going to an island for the pleasure of the men who work there."<br />How many such families have been ruined like this! <br /><br />Va ve su: What about the husband?<br /><br />Bharathi: He found a note by the window when he got home. It said: I'm going on to better things. I can't live with you in poverty. Forget that I existed." He went to the police. What could they do when the ship had sailed away? End of the story.<br /><br />My father: Can't they do anything by legal means? This is wrong. There is no justice in this!<br /><br />Va v su: I don't get this. However poor and miserable, men might opt to go away to earn money, but will not think of letting their women go afar. The reason why this is happening is because there aren't many women among Indians in Fiji. That's the reason for the island's government to indulge in such atrocities. <br /><br />Bharathi: If there's just one such incidence like this, we can do something about it. Here's a phenomenon which is beyond control.<br /><br />Yadugiri: If all the women begged of the captain, won't he let them go ?<br /><br />Bharathi: He's a demon.He's ruthless in taking them away.If they ever open their mouths, he'd whip them.<br /><br />Yadugiri: Will he do that? What if the women jumped into the sea?<br /><br />Bharathi: Some among them are orphans who are starving. Some are illiterate.He rounds them all up and ships them away every few months. He sweet talks them into it, describing hell as paradise. <br /><br />My Father: Yadugir is an innocent child. Don't frighten her!<br /><br />Va ve su: Children should know a bit about suffering too. If they're protected too much, they may find it difficult to cope with life. <br /><br />Bharathi: We needn't expose them to all the problems we face, but we have to instil courage in them. That way, they'll be granted the strength to face the difficulties in life. <br /><br />Va ve su: Yes, they have to be brave.<br /><br />Bharathi: Yadugiri, go get some water from Chellamma for us. Look! All are fine in our families. Don't fret your little head over something which is happening far far away! Now, let's see you smile!<br /><br />Bharathi sent me away and the conversation continued until nine at night.<br /><br />* * * * * <br />NINE<br /><br />Enganam SenRirundIr?<br />(Where have you been?)<br /><br /><br />As days went by, police vigilance on Bharathi and other svadESis increased. Gradually, money orders and letters stopped coming and the letters they sent from Puduvai got burnt at Vizhuppuram--someone who worked in the post office informed us. During such difficult times, Bharathi wanted to send the first part of PAnjAli Sabadam to the press for a reprint. Copies of the first edition had either been sold or were given away by Bharathi as gifts. He could not locate the manuscript either. He came to our house to ask Aiyya (my father) and Iyer if they had a copy. They did not. <br /><br />Iyer said, "Bharathi, how could you do this? Why didn't you save a copy for yourself?"<br /><br />Bharathi: I thought I had one. Never mind. I will rewrite it. It may not turn out to be as good. Still, I can do it.<br /><br />Aiyya: Let's ask the children. They sometimes save books because they find the cover illustrations attractive. <br /><br />Bharathi called me and asked if I had a copy.<br /><br />I said I did but was not sure if I should part with it. I added, "I once gave you Adi Parvam and you lent it to someone and it did'nt come back!" <br /><br />"I will give you a new copy of Adi Parvam. I will give you a brand new copy of PAnjAli Sabadam too!", he pleaded.<br /><br />I said I did not want a new one but wanted this one back. Bharathi agreed.<br /><br />I did not get the book back. On the first page of the book, Bharathi had written: to SowbhAyavathi Yadugiri with affection--Subrahmanya Bharathi.<br /><br />Bharathi gave me a copy of his books whenever they came out--even the ones he wrote in English. Va ve Su gave me Mangaiyarkkarasi, Chandra gupthan and other books but he did not autograph them.<br /><br /><br />I did not fully understand it then, but when I look back, I wonder how Bharathi's household could have survived in those hard times. <br /><br />I asked my father why Bharathi was not writing anything now.<br /><br />"He has other things on his mind", was his answer. When I at last heard Bharathi's voice in our house, I ran up the stairs like a SAtakA bird to see him. He was happy to see me and asked me to sit next to him. He said, "Look at her! She's more eager today to hear my verses than ever!" <br /><br />Sri Sri said (Yadugiri refers to her father as Ayya (Dad) too at times--Arasi), "Yadugiri has been asking me why you don't write much poetry these days. I told her you are busy with other things."<br /><br />Bharathi: Fiddlesticks! Rajaraman (a friend of Bharathi in Puduvai. Editor's note says: look up the opening lines of the poem Guru darSanam in bhArathi aRubaththiARru) asked me to check his father's translation of the Upanishads.That took nearly three months! Well, I've composed a Sarasvathi stOTram today."<br /><br />He sang to us "enganam SenRirundIr?" in the noNDich chindu mode. Va ve su arrived soon after. Bharathi sang it again for him. <br /><br />Va ve su: Bharathi! Excellent! You have invested all the inspiration of the past few months in these fine verses!<br /><br />Sri Sri: bharathi alone has the gift of implying a hundred meanings in a single word! <br /><br />Bharathi: Let's see. The four of us make it all complete. You say I"m a good poet. I say you are an excellent writer, Iyer is the best translator there is and we know there is no equal to Babu (Arabindo) in translating the vEdAs. <br /><br />Sri Sri: Bharathi, Good times are around the corner. Let's not get impatient. These are hard times.<br /><br />Va ve su: When the celestials churned the milky ocean, it was poison that came out of it first. When we walk a new path, there will be obstacles. Our lot is a true example of that. Those who do not fall apart but put their minds to achieving their goal, are bound to attain AmrutA.<br /><br />Bharathi: We do not get any letters from home. Chellamma wants to go back.<br /><br />Sri Sri: I can understand her. Oh, you have sung Sarasvathi stOtram today. Just wait till tomorrow! You will get some news from swadESamitran.<br /><br />The next day, Chellamma came to our house. She was in a happy mood. She said, "Glad news! We got a letter from SvadESamitran asking for another article. We also received all the money which was pending the past three months. Yadugiri, what your Aiyya said yesterday came true!'' <br /><br />I said, "Bharathi says you want to go back home. I was wondering. Are you expecting?"<br /><br />Chellamma said, "No, I'm not. God doesn't test us to the extreme. Yadugiri, these two girls are more than enough. I don't need another child to add to the troubles." <br /><br />"Don't you want a son?"<br /><br />"What's a son going to do for me which the daughters won't? Look at him! He wears no pUNUl (holy thread), does not perform tharppaNam (rites for the departed parents) and with all this, I have the need for a son to do my last rites?"<br /><br />"Why doesn't BharathiyAr wear a pUNUl?"<br /><br />"He removed it after Thangamma was born. He contended that only those who do yAgams and yagnyams deserve to wear them! When the priest brought a new one, he gave it back to him!"<br /><br />By then, BharathiyAr arrived. We walked together. Chellamma told him of the questions I had asked. <br /><br />"A boy? It's said: puthrAt Sata guNam puthri. In English they say, a son is a son until he takes a wife but a daughter is a daughter for life. What have I done at all for my father? As if I need a son!"<br /><br />Around eight, we returned home after talking about many things. There was a tinge of bitterness and indifference in all that Bharathi said that day.<br /><br />Note: There are two words in the translation which I want to bring to your attention: 1. Song (and sing, too) which in Tamizh is pATTu (pADudal). We use the word both for a poem (and the recitation of one) and for a song (and for singing it). In Bharathi's case, he does both! <br /><br />2. avar, ivar: a wife refers to her husband as avar and ivar, since women did not call their husbands or refer tothem by their names.<br /><br /><br />* * * * * <br />TEN<br /><br /><br />PArukkuLLE Nalla NADu<br />(Ours, A Great Land in the World!)<br /><br />Barathi-072-DKP-pArukkullE_nalla_nAdu-valaji<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/701004080/5148db32" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />A friend called Balu came home and told us that Chellamma was upset and was crying all the time. "She did not eat all day yesterday," he added.<br />Bharathi was nowhere to be seen.<br />My father took me to see Chellamma. Bharathi got fed up with Puduvai. Wanderlust had grabbed him. Chellamma did not know. My father might have. <br />Bharathi got clean-shaven, and in disguise, had left home. Chellamma waited all day for him. Balu happened to go to their house the next day and he came to tell us.<br />I asked Chellamma to come and stay with us. <br /><br />"I'm not afraid of staying alone at home but I'm worried sick about him, Yadugiri! You know how bold he is! What if the police catch him? Doesn't he know I'm dependent on him? Shouldn't he let me know before he goes away?"<br /><br />My father was very shy to speak to women. "Yadugiri, ask her not to be afraid. Bharathi is very smart. He won't get caught easily. Tell her she needn't stay here alone. She can come and stay with us. We have plenty of room."<br /><br />"Oh no! It's no trouble at all, our being here. The neighbors are all very kind. It's just that I'm worried about him. I will write to my father and brother. I can at least go home. Without him, what's the point of my being here?"<br /><br />My father told me to stay with her. He gave me ten rupees and asked me to give it to Chellamma who had started cooking for me. Shakunthala ate at ANNiamma's house.Thangammal at that time was in kASi with her aunt.I ended up spending the whole day with Chellamma.<br />I again asked her go with me to our house.<br /><br />Chellamma said, "No, Yadugiri. There is plenty to be done at home. This isn't something new. My family has been pleading with him not to get active in the svadESi movement. He was adamant.That's how we ended up here, leaving our home and family. When the spies are giving us enough trouble, is there any sense in placing himself in danger like this? What if they send him to Andaman Islands? If they do, how can he ever return? Who will help us?"<br /><br />I said, "Chellamma, don't fear. Bharathi will come back soon!"<br /><br />"You know he can't keep a low profile. As my father says, Kumarak kaDavuL (Murugan) will dispel mountains of troubles and make them disappear like dew in the morning sun (malai pOl varum kaSHTangaLaip pani pOl nIkkuvAr). He alone can help us!" <br /><br />When I said I was going home, she asked me to stay on. "I will come with you in the evening. Until then, it'll be nice to have you around."<br /><br />After lunch, Bhagyalakshmi Ammal (Va Ve Su's wife) came.<br /><br />Bhagyalakshmi: Chellamma, You don't have to be alone. Come to our house. It will be a pleasant diversion for me to have your company.<br /><br />Chellamma: I'm not worried about myself. ANNiammal is right next door. Her children are here around me most of the time. Shakunthala virtually lives in their house like another child of theirs. My thoughts are all with him. He's much too reckless, that's what I'd say.<br /><br />Bhagyalakshmi: You can imagine how I felt when mine (Iyer) was abroad, so far away!<br /><br />Chellamma: If Bharathi were as calm and collected as Iyer, I wouldn't worry. What if he starts singing in spite of himself? <br /><br />Bhagylakshmi: What you say is true. Iyer would just quietly see the sights wherever he went, and that was all.<br /><br />Chellamma: What's the use in my worrying at this point? Dr. Nanjunda Rao in Chennai is his close friend. When it came to matters of SvadESi, Bharathi ignored his dear friend's pleas. I don't know how much more misery is in store for me!" <br /><br />Yadugiri: Let's only talk about positive things. God will not let us down. If we do good deeds, the results will not turn out be otherwise.<br /><br />When we were at home that evening, Chellamma spent her time talking to my mother.<br /><br />Ten or fifteen days went by without Bharathi showing up.<br />I went upstairs one day and found my father talking to a stranger. I started doing my homework at my desk and the stranger asked me: where's your usual offering (of a little pot of water, betel leaves and areca nut)? I was shocked. <br /><br />"Yadugiri! Even you could not recognize me!," he said.<br /><br />Yadygiri: Is it really you, Bharathiyare? Do you know how much agony Chellamma is in? How could you do a thing like that?<br /><br />Bharathi: What did I do? Even you, who would come running on seeing me, couldn't recognize me. How could those CID fellows spot me!<br /><br />I gave him water and the betel leaves and then asked him, "Where all did you go? What all did you see?" <br /><br />"How can I answer you if you ask about it all in one breath? I hear that you consoled Chellamma no end."<br /><br />"I didn't do anything. I couldn't help much. She wouldn't eat, wouldn't stay with us."<br /><br />"There was nothing I could have done about it either. I went away knowing that you were all there for her. Supposing I had told her, she would have stopped me."<br /><br />"Any new songs?", I asked.<br /><br />"I composed one on the train. I had to restrain myself often from singing it aloud. I will sing it tomorrow. I have a cold and my voice is not good today."<br /><br />As he promised, Bharathi sang it the next day. It was the patriotic song beginning with the words--pArukkuLLE nalla nADu, engaL bhAratha nADu. He said a beggar woman sang a hindusthAni song and he set the song to that tune.<br /><br />After Bharathi's agnyAta vAsam (living incognito), Chellamma had lost weight because she was not eating properly. Her father came to Puduvai and took his daughter and Shakunthala away with him saying that Chellamma had anna dvEsham (lack of appetite) and that she would not survive if she stayed on in Puduvai.<br />Bharathi did not mind. He would eat wherever he was invited.<br />When Chellamma came back after two months, she said: why should he care? He has all townsmen for his relatives. I came back because I was concerned about him and listen to what he says-- "Chellamma, I like to see you happy. You didn't have to hurry back for my sake!" Now, how do you like that?"<br /><br />Chellamma had brought Thangamma along with her who was growing up in her aunt's family which was steeped in orthodoxy. Often, there were arguments between her and Bharathi. He would prevail in the end. Thangamma gave in because he was after all her father.<br /><br /><br />* * * * * <br />ELEVEN<br /><br /><br /><br />UpadESam<br />(Counsel)<br /><br /><br /><br />The moon had risen early. We were at the beach as usual. I had made friends with Padmavathi, the daughter of Sankara Chettiar (another wealthy man like Ponnu Murugesam Pillai in Puduvai--Editor's note). The group now consisted of my mother, Chellamma, my sister, Thangamma, Padmavathi, Meena and me. My father had chest pain that day and my mother stayed back. Bharathi and Iyer saw us as they were walking back from Arabindo's house. Iyer did not want to intrude on us but Bharathi came to speak to us. "Do you mind if I join you?", he asked. <br /><br />Chellamma: All the children here are our children. Padmavathi too.<br /><br />Bharathi: I don't see Yadugiri much these days. She seems to be absorbed in the girls circle, it seems.<br /><br />Chellamma: Don't you know? She's getting married in Chitthirai (the month of April). Her parents are very keen. When Yadugiri goes to live with her in-laws, she cannot move with men freely. So, she's learning to be a docile young woman.<br /><br />Bharathi: Has the date been fixed?<br /><br />Yadugiri: I don't know, my grandmother is making all the arrangements. Amma says, 'but for Iyer and Bharathi, you shouldn't talk to any other men, now that you're getting married'.<br /><br />Chellamma: Yadugiri has been brought up like a boy until now. It's going to be difficult for her to get adjusted to life in her new home. This way, she can get used to it, little by little.<br /><br />Bharathi: Chellamma, she's still so young. Srinivasachari is an old-fashioned man. He wants to perform a doll's wedding of an innocent child!<br /><br />Chellamma: SAstrAs say that brahmin girls should be married off by the age of nine.We wait longer these days because it's not easy to find the right match.<br /><br />Bharathi: Chellamma, there is no end to traditions and SastrAs! Why don't you go ahead and arrange a marriage for Thangam--another meaningless doll's wedding?<br /><br />Chellamma: My sister brought her up. She'll take care of it.<br /><br />Bharathi: Yadugiri, you're going to find yourself in another world! <br /><br />Chellamma: Why do you say that? She'll be back here every now and then.<br /><br />Bharathi: Chellamma, after she gets married, I can't move freely with Yadugiri. I may need her husband's permission!<br /><br />Chellamma: There's no need to be concerned about it now. She isn't even married!<br /><br />Bharathi: Yadugiri is our adopted child. Still, If I go to her new home to see her, they might say, 'some vaDaman (Iyer) is here, and why should you talk to him?' Yadugiri, you have just known the one world you were brought up in. You're going to an entirely different one where they follow hundred year-old rules. Here, in our homes, we are free. That was why our families ended up here, leaving behind our home towns. It may take another thirty years before every family lives like ours. Until then, you have to go along with those traditions. <br /><br />Chellamma: Don't frighten her. You sound as if she's being taken to a prison!<br /><br />Bharathi: She does not know of the hurdles, stupid traditions and servitude that exist out there. Nowadays, in our caste, young couples may live on their own, it seems. It's not happening in the MaNDayam community. <br /><br />Chellamma: I'm the only one who has come away from my family--it has been five years now.<br /><br />Bharathi: It used to be so with us, Chllamma. Not any more! I noticed it in Tirunelveli yesterday. Joint family is not a strictly observed tradition now. Yadugiri, are you happy about this match?<br /><br />Yadugiri: I don't know. Whatever Aiyya and Amma say. They will make the decision. Even with them, they follow what my grandmother says. What is there for me to say? <br /><br />Bharathi: Have they found the boy? Have you seen him?<br /><br />Yadugiri: I haven't seen anyone. We have letters from several families. Amma says one thing, pATTi another about these matches and AiyyA says to them, 'You two come to a decision and then let me know.' That's all I know.<br /><br />Bharathi: This sounds like our marriage. The new trend is to get married to an educated woman. It appeals to the boys, it seems. Is it happening in your community at all?<br /><br />Yadugiri: No, they haven't given up their old ways. Women are tutored at home. Just a few officials have started sending their girls to schools. <br /><br />Bharathi: So, the wedding date is not far off. When the husband is by your side, everything else will fade away. Don't forget this poor father of yours, Yadugiri!<br /><br />Yadugiri: Is it ever possible for me to forget you! What if you are poor! Your poetry is richer than anything else. Yesterday, Iyer said, 'why can't we call Bharathi kaviarasar (the king of poetry)? Bharathiyare, wealth is easily lost but your poetry will stay forever.<br /><br />Bharathi: Yadugiri, If I have Sishyais like you, I don't even need to publish my poetry! You know all my songs by heart! Chellamma, on one of the days of Yadugiri's marriage celebrations, I want to sing a concert of patriotic songs. That's going to be our gift to her. When we see better times, we will buy her an unforgettable present!<br /><br />Chellamma: Your heart is bigger than this ocean! When luck knocks at our door, we can give the best possible gift to Yadugiri!<br /><br />Yadugiri: What can be a better gift than your singing at my wedding? On top of it, since Aiyya isn't feeling well at all these days, Iyer and you have to lend a hand in organizing the wedding. Hard work, I'm afraid! <br /><br />Bharathi: You don't have to worry about that. We'd happily help. I know we won't be allowed in the kitchen, though! <br /><br />Yadugiri: That's my grandmother's job. She likes to feed crowds. She's going to be disappointed if all the invitees don't turn up. Anyway, she's even capable of running a government. That's how good she is!<br /><br />Bharathi then gave me what sounded like a lecture. He said: Yadugiri, I will give you some counsel (sounds like kaNva maharshi sending SakunthalA away to her husband's house--Arasi). <br />He said: Fidelity (kaRpu) is the most essential asset for a woman to possess. You should treasure it most. It does not mean that you have to be like a caged bird! But for your husband, all young men are your brothers. So, you don't have to be afraid and you don't need to avoid them.You don't have to be shy. You can talk to them. At first, you will feel shy with your husband but as you get to know him, you don't need to be. All the old rules about achcham, nANam and payirppu (fear, shyness and shunning ) make slaves of women. The women of this country need to be brave in order to give birth to courageous children. Cowardice has ruined India. Over the times, it has become worse. <br />Be brave in your husband's house! Do not eavesdrop. Don't read other people's letters. It's better to say to the elders how you feel than to bottle it all up. As much as possible, listen to what they say and do all that you can do. If you are not capable of doing what is asked of you, it's better to simply tell them that. You are not a commodity that they have bought in the market. You are there to light up their home and to bring forth a new generation of children. You should feel free in that house, but don't ask questions about money matters. Leave it to the elders. <br />Don't shun hard work but don't overdo. Whatever you do, do it willingly.<br />Don't give up your studies. Your parents have taught you important and ever-lasting values. If possible, improve on them. if not, don't forget what you already know. <br />I won't, like Iyer, teach you renunciation. We have come into this world to enjoy all that is given to us. You should also lead a life of service. You should shine like a lamp in both your families.<br />All this is not easy at first. But you will learn. Above all, do not agree to slavery. You have your rights, a bright mind and the freedom. <br />Walk with your head held high. Look around you and savor Nature. Look straight ahead. Your husband is the only one whom you may look at from the corner of your eyes. Other men are fathers, brothers and sons. Look them straight in the eye and speak clearly and with courage. Sit straight. All these show character. Be genuine. You don't need to put on an act.<br /><br />Bharathi gave me a lot of advise that evening and I considered his words as words from the vEdAs. Whenever I was discouraged in my life, his words gave me strength. As years go by, I feel the need for sharing his words with other women. <br />Though Bharathi is no more, his message will stay with us. <br /><br /><br />* * * * * <br />TWELVE<br /><br /><br />KaNNan ThiruvaDi<br />(The Beautiful Feet of KrishnA)<br /><br />Barathi-060-Kannan Thiruvadi-P Unnikrishnan<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/699971065/268b3ed6" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />The lives of our family and that of Bharathi's family were interwoven for ten or twelve years. My family was like the strand which binds together flowers and in turn gains their fragrance (pUvODu SErnda nArum maNakkum). When I write about Bharathi, I invariably write about the happenings in my family. <br />I got married in the Kalavai BungaLA on the twenty seventh of April, 1913. <br />The night before the celebrations began, my father suffered from severe chest pain. It was an all night vigil for us. In the morning, Bharathi brought Kalavai Sankara Chettiar and a french physician (I can't decipher his name since it's written in tamizh--Arasi). Bharathi went to the pharmacy and fetched the prescribed medicine. My father felt better by the time of the muhUrtham (the hour when he had to give his daughter away). <br />We were married. All the elders were there. Soon after mAngalya dhAraNam (the tying of the tAli), my husband and I fell at their feet, seeking their blessings--first, it was periya kAraikkAl Swamy, who was the oldest among them, then Bharathiyar and then Iyer. Then the relatives--my uncles and all the rest of the family. <br />Vara dakshNai (the demand of a dowry) had not reared its ugly head at that time in our community. My husband's family graciously accepted all that my family offered by way of courtesy and gifts. It was a five day wedding and everything went off without a hitch. Bharathi and Chellamma worked hard all along, helping out. On the first day, there was muhUrtham, Unjal (swing ceemony), uruTTANi (nalungu--fun and games time) and the aupAsanam (ritual with the lit fire). On the second day, the precious concert of Bharathi, singing dESIya gItam (patriotic songs). It was like nectar from heaven. On the third day, Sri TiruvengaDattAn sang and it sounded as if he was playing a flute! On the fourth day, my father's sister, the elder in the family and a renowned vocalist, gave a performance. Once again, there was Unjal and uruTTANi--and NAgavalli as the finale on the fifth day.<br />After my wedding, many happy celebrations followed. In Chennai, my brother got married, then my sister, my cousin and Chellamma's sister Swarnam. Chellamma went home for the wedding, stayed on for two months, bringing Thangam back with her. <br />Thus, both our families were busy with happy events for a few months.<br />Then, my grandfather, pATTi and my uncle came with our sister to Puduvai for a stay. My ThAthA was a mahA vidvAn. A smart man who could enthrall his audience with his kathA kAlakshEpams based on some of the great works in vaishNavism. Even children were attracted to his kAlakshEpams. <br />He and Bharathi had many discussions. My grandfather lauded Bharathi's poetry and his brilliance. ThAthA was a gem merchant too. He knew how to choose blemishless stones. All this fascinated Bharathi.<br />One day, my grandfather explained the nuances of some of nammAzhvAr's verses. He spoke of the message in them and Bharathi was drawn to them. He loved the rhyme and rhythm of those verses. Among them, nammAzhvAr's ivaiyum avaiyum uvaiyum which conveys so beautifully the all-pervading nature of God (There is a translation of this verse by A. K. Ramanujan, if I'm not mistaken--Arasi).<br />My grandfather wasn't a great music lover, but listening to Bharathi sing the verses made him exclaim: AzhvAr would have sung them the same way as Bharathi does! In all our years of learning them by rote, we have lost the bhAvA. It's not an easy feat, to sing like Bharathi!<br />Bharathi would discuss ten verses with my grandfather every day and the next day, he would have tuned them and would sing them to us. I would catch the tune and then slip away. I did not understand or appreciate the philosophical talk which followed.<br />Iyer, Bharathi, Aiyya and Chinnaiah (uncle Thirumalachari) listened to my grandfather's discourses every single day.<br /><br />Soon after, my rutu snAnam (holy bath after the first periods) was celebrated. Women in the neighborhood were invited and were given turmeric and betel leaves. They danced the Sobhanam (an auspicious dance) and the kummi. My grandmother said, 'Had your aunt come, she would have sung many songs from the tiruvAimozhi! Do any of you know them?' An old lady did and from the pattAm pattu, she sang 'kaNNan kazhaliNai'. Bharathi was watching all this from upstairs while still in conversation with my grandfather. <br />When he came the next evening and was singing to my thAthA, I started to go upstairs. My grandmother stopped me. "You cannot mix with men as you used to, now that you've come of age."<br />Not seeing me upstairs even after he had finished singing two verses, Bharathi came down to call me. I was in the middle part of the house, surrounded by women.<br /><br />He asked me: Aren't you well, Yadugiri? Why haven't you come to listen to the verses?<br /><br />I smiled sheepishly and said, "I'm fine."<br /><br />Bharathi asked again: Don't you want to listen to the songs?<br /><br />"pATTi does not want me to."<br /><br />Bharathi asked my grandmother: PATTiamma, am I a stranger in this house? Yadugiri is our child too. Should daughters shy away from their fathers?"<br />He then gave me a piece of paper. With the heading 'manamE', there was his new song, kaNNan thiruvaDi eNNuga manamE (Meditate upon the beautiful feet of KrishnA)!<br /><br /><br />* * * * *<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/543701150063487311-3514200938803930755?l=e-swari.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>venkatakailasamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967158777392294107noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-543701150063487311.post-55091701250638232822011-07-27T13:56:00.000-07:002011-09-23T04:13:46.333-07:00Oy BhAratiyArE! Yadugiri Ammal-her childhood memories of Barathi-Translated by ARASI<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HLXSv45wPwk/TmKb6ROsFNI/AAAAAAAAAw4/F6ZNlWSobh0/s1600/bharathiar4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HLXSv45wPwk/TmKb6ROsFNI/AAAAAAAAAw4/F6ZNlWSobh0/s400/bharathiar4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648248308035753170" /></a><br />Arasi ( Rajee Krishnan )<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Aie8n77BflA/TmOjTneWibI/AAAAAAAAAxA/Y-Id7gfXOm8/s1600/ARASI%2BADDRESSING%2BRASIKAS2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 202px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Aie8n77BflA/TmOjTneWibI/AAAAAAAAAxA/Y-Id7gfXOm8/s400/ARASI%2BADDRESSING%2BRASIKAS2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648537915061864882" /></a><br /><br />THIRTEEN<br />Sakti ViLakkam<br />(The Meaning of Sakti)<br />Murugesam Pillai's family had held on to old traditions. On new moon and full moon days, on Fridays and whenever eclipses occured, the family gifted grains and things to swAmis, paNDArams, ANDis and all kinds of mendicants. It was called paDi aLattal (literally, 'giving' by measures--Arasi). The alms included rice, lentils, brown sugar, coconuts and so on. Bharathi was not keen on this custom."Blind faith!", he would say. "These ANDis and paNDArams are lazy men and cheats. Don't encourage them. Give alms only to the physically impaired and to the elderly!"<br />Yet, Bharathi came under the spell of a sAmiAr--kuLLach chAmiAr. He came to know him because KuLLach chAmi frequented Murugesam Pillai's house. The poet who had a thirst for new ideas, found a guide in him. From then on, whether it did him any good or not, Bharathi started seeking the company of some mendicants.<br />After DIpAvaLi, it is a custom in our part of the country to light two earthen lamps in front of our homes every evening until the beginning of kArtigai. At Murugesam Pillai's house, they started with two lamps and added two each day until the festival came to an end--when the TiruvaNNAmalai dIpam (flame) was put out. <br />On a Friday evening, I went with Meena, Padmavati and my sisters to Murugesam Pillai's house which was four doors away from where Bharathi's family lived. I saw Chellamma in front of her house.She was angry with the vANichi (woman who sold oil).<br /><br />The oil woman: Amma! The man at the oil press was too busy today. I will bring you the oil tomorrow.<br /><br />Chellamma: It's Friday evening and there's no oil in the house to light the lamps! I was sure you would bring it. Otherwise I would have asked ANNiammA. It's getting dark now, and you know we are not supposed to borrow anything after sunset! <br /><br />Bharathi was listening to this conversation. <br /><br />The oil woman: Amma, what could I do? I waited and waited at the press to no avail!<br /><br />Bharathi: No big deal, Chellamma. It's not her fault. Just light a couple of candles.<br /><br />Chellamma: When everyone else lights oil lamps, you want me to light candles? How weird! Candles are made of fish fat and are taboo! Would Lakshmi ever want to enter such a house? <br />(To the servant maid) Go girl! Run to the shop and get a mAgANi measure (a tiny amount) of oil!<br /><br />Bharathi: Why do we need oil lamps when the electric lamps brighten the street? Lakshmi will surely visit us. Don't send the girl out now. It might rain. <br /><br />Chellamma: Do you have to interfere in all this? She won't get wet, going to the nearby shop!<br /><br />Bharathi: Just put this hurricane lamp out, Chellamma!<br /><br />Chellamma: maN eNNai (kerosene) is from the bowels of the earth and is not acceptable! Oil lamps are traditional and there's no smoke from them. They look pretty and they burn evenly. If you bug me like this, I don't think I'm going to light any lamps at all this evening! <br />Little girl, run along home! Otherwise Iyer here might get a chill if you get drenched in the rain!<br /><br />Bharathi (to the girls): Why does Chellamma get angry with me when I'm just being sensible?<br /><br />Yadugiri: Women believe in traditions.You suggested candles and the hurricane lamp. No wonder Chellamma got upset! <br /><br />Chellamma: You tell him, Yadugiri! Shouldn't we go along with the community? ANNiammA has lighted twenty lamps today. Shouldn't we light at least two? <br /><br />Bharathi: Let's pretend that this argument took place just for the sake of our whiling away our time! Now, tell me--why do you think we light the lamps? <br /><br />Chellamma: Shakti, AmbAL, Lakshmi and GangA come in a procession on these special evenings. They will stay in the houses which are clean and welcoming--and where traditions are kept. <br /><br />Meena: In TiruvaNNAmalai, starting from DIpAvaLi, they light lamps in front of every house until the light goes off on the hill. Even those who cannot afford to buy the oil, continue lighting them until kArtigai. My grandmother says, that's the way we welcome Parvathi and GangA into our homes. <br /><br />Bharathi: There is yet another reason for it. While concentrating on traditions and SAstrAs, we tend to overlook some other reasons. In olden times, they did not have a row of electric street lamps as we do now.<br />In the rainy season, the sky gets very dark. If there were lit lamps in front of every house, there was light for those who had to walk in the street at night.These days, we have no need for glimmering lamps with the street lights giving us light. <br />My grandfather grew up in darkness. Do we also have to live like that, thinking that it's tradition? By the way, Lakshmi is not happy just with earthen lamps. Dirt, out-moded ways, devious thinking, faith without any depth and our being hypocritical are things which drive her away. She prefers love, truth and devotion. She is happy when you sing of her with conviction. She's not one bit impressed with pomp and circumstances. <br />Chellamma, the children are all here. Let them sing the songs they know. I will join in later. Light a couple of candles and put them outside. Lakshmi will surely come! We will put her picture upon the chair and sing to her!<br /><br />Chellamma half-heartedly did what Bharathi asked her to. We all started singing. Bharathi sang vandE mAtaram (We worship our Motherland!) <br /><br />Barathi-009-Vande matharam-DKP<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/696304141/c03f8dd7" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />and then he said: I will sing a new song today. <br /><br />I will pause after each line, so that you all can repeat after me, as in a bhajanai.<br /><br />That song is known as Sakti viLakkam. It starts with the line: Adi param poruLin Ukkam.<br /><br />Listening to nine voices singing in unison, the women from the surrounding houses started coming in. ANNiammAL thought we were dancing the kummi and joined us.<br />ChellammaL spread the mats for all of them to sit on.<br /><br />Our singing went on for two hours.<br /><br />Bharathi: Chellamma! Lakshmi has truly come to our house! Let's celebrate it by giving turmeric and kungumam to all! <br /><br />When the women left, Chellamma joked: You said it would rain today. After listening to your bhajanai , it was scared away, I think!<br /><br />Bharathi: It will certainly rain tonight. Send the children home soon! <br /><br />The minute we reached our homes, it came down in torrents.<br /><br />True to Bharathi's words, Lakshmi did visit his house, but she did not take permanent residence there. She kept coming and going...<br /><br />* * * * * <br />FOURTEEN<br /><br />bhArata samudAyam vAzhgavE!<br />( Long live this land called India!)<br />Barathi-018-Neyveli shri Santhanagopalan- bhArata samudAyam<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/702245933/157812ff" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Before the festival of Pongal, there were mounds of grains at Ponnu Murugesam Pillai's place. Iyer and Bharathi got their annual provisions from him. Because they both were svadESis, Murugesam Pillai marked down the prices for them.<br />I was going to Bharathi's house when I met them both on my way.They asked me to go to Pillai's house with them. Welcoming them, the host unrolled a spread and placed a tray of betel leaves before them. After pleasantries, Pillai said: I still don't know what the prices are going to be like this year. As soon as I know, I will supply all that you need--for a lesser price, of course. After providing their shares to muRaikkArargaL, I will let you know.<br />We left for Bharathi's house and I asked what the word muRaikkArargaL meant. Bharathi explained the village tradition to me. <br />Bharathi: We are an agricultural country where ideally, no one should go hungry. People tend to spend their money rather quickly and in its place, if they are given portions from the harvest as wages, that can last them the whole year to live by. So, the tradition was that when landowners brought home the harvest, they shared it with farm workers, washermen, scavengers, brahmins who performed pUjAs, teachers at the tiNNaip paLLiIkkUDam-s (tiNNai=the raised platforms on either sides of the front door of a house; paLLikkUDam=school. So, schools conducted on tiNNais--Arasi), pujAris at the temple, the barbers and so on. Each of them got a specific amount of share for rendering services to the landowners all through the year. If each gave them, say five measures of rice, the workers got enough rice which lasted them to the end of the year. Giving sesame and lentils was considered a good thing, so they got them too, as part of this tradition of paDi aLattal (literally means, given in measures--Arasi)--these added nutritive value to the health of the poor (sesame yielded oil too).<br />So, the well-to-do in the village gave portions of their harvest for the services they received, in place of money. This is what is meant by giving to muRaikkArargaL (those who 'deserve' to be recipients. MuRai is also the way, hence, the way it is done--Arasi). This is what Murugesam Pillai meant. His family has not given up this tradition of its ancestors. <br /><br />Yadugiri: How about giving money as a gift for pongal?<br /><br />Bharathi: Of course, money comes in handy during the festival. They do need ten or fifteen rupees along with the gifts of the harvest. We find that the conch blower, servants and others ask for new clothes. The washerman, barber and scavenger too. If one has the money, it's a great gift to give. If you don't have it, you feel bad, sending them away empty-handed. Still, when you think about it, money isn't a great idea after all, because money is spent in no time. Then, all year long, their women complain about the empty larder. By getting paid in kind, they have grains at home which last for a while. <br />For people like us who do not own any land to cultivate, this is a good system devised by the villagers. If there are only a few in the village who have cultivable land, others are glad to render their services to get their wages in kind--to feed their families.<br /><br />Yadugiri: It's our custom on Kanu--the day after pongal--to make four different kinds of rice and place them by the pond. Why do we do that?<br /><br />Bharathi: Yadugiri, I don't know. Ask that bearded Iyer! He would have done his research in the SastrAs and would have found some explanation for it. I don't go near SastrAs and purANAs.You asked me about muRaikkArargaL and I knew something about them. <br /><br />Iyer: Yadugiri, I can explain that. Birds and fish aid a great deal in helping the farmers against insects which may ruin their crops. When new harvest comes in, the farmers want to share their bounty with them. They first give the rice to the temple where it's cooked and is given to the birds and fish. The idea is that it's as if the goddess of the temple herself feeds them first! On the day of kanu, the girls who are given manjaL kANi come to the home of their parents (manjaL kANi='token share' of the family's land which the female child gets when she gets married. manjaL= turmeric--essential for cooking, symbol of prosperity and 'sumangali'hood (life with a long-living husband). kANi is a small measure of land. Remember bharathi's song kANi nilam vENDum!--Arasi). <br /><br />Barathi-025-kANi_nilam_vEndum-bindhumAlini-Rajkumar Barathi<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/698776765/226e7a2e" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />At the kanu festival, the daughters of the house are asked to feed the cattle, fish, birds and frogs. They are given gifts of grains, clothes and rupees, according to the ability of their parents. This is a very old custom in southern India. <br />Things are very different now. How would the poor man who earns ten rupees a month find joy in a festival like this? Every day is the same to him. Unless he's the kind who even in poverty has the ability to set aside a paisA here and there--because all that he earns ends up at the provision store!<br /><br />Bharathi: IyerE! When he buys the grains from the shop, where has he got the room to store it all, in a rented, one rupee-a-month dwelling, keeping them away from mice and rats? <br /><br />Iyer: True, but a man works hard to keep himself and his family fed. Yet, if he happens to be as generous as you are Bharathi, that would be impossible! Only a man who even in penury has the good sense to build a store of grains manages to feed his family. He knows that suffering lies ahead if he's not careful in his spending. Even if he gets fortunate and starts earning more, such a man is mindful about his spending--unlike those who are not careful about saving for the future.<br /><br />Bharathi: Chellamma says that instead of buying the prepared lentils, if we buy it whole, we can get it ready for cooking by preparing it ourselves at home. I'm not keen on it because it's all a big fuss. Mixing them with wet earth, drying them, and then splitting them too! The whole house fills with dust and it's a mess. If we get it from outside, we don't have to go through all this.<br /><br />Iyer: Do you think that the cheTTichi (the woman who gets it ready) renders her services for free? Instead of getting the lentils from her every year for ten rupees, you can get it all done at home by spending five or six rupees on the whole tuvarai. We save about four rupees! <br /><br />Bharathi: Isn't it a good thing that the woman who labors over it gets the money?<br /><br />Iyer: Bharathi, if we have money enough, what you say is right. Without it, my point is, what's wrong about doing it all ourselves? We can also save by buying in bulk tuvarai, tamarind, paddy, chillies and uLundu.The rest of the provisions, we can buy in small amounts.<br /><br />Bharathi: Our women don't even have the energy to cook the prepared rice, and you list all this work for them!<br /><br />Iyer: Bharathi, It's all because we haven't kept up with the good old ways. Still, they can ask the servant-maid to help them.<br /><br />Bharathi: It isn't as simple as all that. If the work doesn't turn out to be satisfactory, our women are going to complain about it all year! IyerE! What you say is ideal for those who stay comfortably in their villages all their lives in their own homes and have a piece of land to cultivate. It's not easy for folks like us.<br /><br />Iyer: It's only proper that we honor good traditions. Even if we can't appreciate or follow them, we can at least refrain from criticizing them!<br /><br />Bharathi: I don't think it's practical at all, at least for me. I've asked Chellamma to throw out the stone pots, cast-iron vANali (wok) and like the white folks, use china and glass. She says they are not traditional. Glass and china break easily and they are poisonous. She makes up all these stories.<br /><br />Iyer: She has a point. I was crazier than you once, about new fads. When I lived alone in Rangoon, instead of using the metal pot, I boiled some water in a glass on the spirit stove and went to fetch the tea leaves. When I was back, the glass had broken into a hundred pieces. The spirit lamp was ruined as well. I had to buy a brand new one! Research indicates that china dishes may contain tuberculosis-causing poison. Our old ways are fine. We don't need fancy things, just for show. <br /><br />Bharathi: Well, you make a fine lawyer for Chellamma! Keep singing the refrain 'Traditions', IyerE ! <br />Now, how about my singing a new song? <br /><br />Bharathi sang to us: <br />bhArata samudAyam vAzhgavE!<br /><br />Iyer was so moved by the song. All the way home, he explained the meaning of it to me, line by line. "Bharathi sings, 'tani oruvanukkuNavillaiyenil jagattinai azhittiDuvOm!' (Even if a single soul is left without food in the land, we will destroy this world!). A praiseworthy line, indeed!"<br /><br />* * * * *<br /><br />FIFTEEN<br /><br />PeN kalvi<br />(Educating Women)<br /><br />Around the year 1914, the question of education for women generated quite a bit of interest and controversy. So too, the idea of freedom for women which was vehemently argued against by some. The popular opinion was that women did not need any education but the number of supporters of uplift for women increased. Among them were some highly-placed professionals who ignored the old orthodox ways and started sending their daughters to schools to be taught in English. Child-widows were enrolled in schools which the conservatives thought was outrageous. <br />Many complained that because of all this breach in tradition, a hundred appaLams which you could get for four annas in VaikuNDa VAdyAr Street, were now being sold for eight annas! <br />Others who were for educating women but were afraid of the conservative society they lived in, engaged white women to tutor their daughters at home. <br />Changes did occur in the mandyam community as well. Even those who were against the idea, changed their minds, it seemed. From Ananda varusham onwards (1914-1915), friends and relatives from our extended family started sending their daughters to schools. <br />My father narrated stories to me and to my brother after dinner--of of Alexandre Dumas, Shakespeare and Moliere's plays, and Alain Rene Le Sage's Gil Blas , parts of which he translated into Tamizh. We listened to those stories eagerly. <br />Bharathi who readily got inspired by new thoughts and ideas, decried child marriages and championed remarriages for child-widows. He felt that though women did not have to vie with men in pursuing higher education, they certainly needed to be educated to be well-equipped with self-confidence, cultural values and lessons in hygiene. For his part, he praised the greatness and dignity of womanhood in his poetry.<br /><br />I was keen on going to school with my peers. I argued with my mother that she should let me go to school. She objected to it by saying that I was learning from my father at home, and that was enough. I cried all day and kicked up a big fuss about it.<br />In the evening, as usual, Bharathi and Chellamma came by, and we went to the beach together. I was wearing a dour expression due to all the unhappy exchanges with my mother that day. <br /><br />Bharathi: Yadugiri, you seem upset! Was your mother cross with you for something? <br /><br />I did not answer him. I just sobbed. Chellamma gathered me in her arms and put my head on her lap and tried to console me. When I calmed down, I said: Chellamma! All the girls that I know go to school now but my mother won't let me go!<br /><br />Chellamma: Is that all? Silly girl! Don't you see? Though they are of your age, they perhaps haven't started menstruating. It's not a good idea to send girls who have matured to schools. Moreover, did you think of your in-laws? They might not approve of it at all!<br /><br />Bharathi: Just because your peers go to school, it doesn't make them any better than you, Yadugiri. Why should it matter if you don't get to know the names of the rivers and lakes in the english countryside? Study Tamizh even more eagerly! Going to those schools sometimes tend to introduce girls to unwanted trends in fashions which are worthless. Honestly, I don't see much benefit in your learning English.<br /><br />Yadugiri: Do you mean to say that other parents want to send their girls to school because it's useless to do so? I mean, is it because they're foolish--and we are smart?<br /><br />Chellamma: Yadugiri, you don't need to go to work! Then, why do you need an English education? My father says, girls need to be literate only to the extent of being able to write a letter, and for keeping household accounts. Nowadays, we women read epics, poetry and stories. To learn the languages of our own land is important. We can learn Sanskrit, Telugu, KannaDam and Hindi. Only men need English for their work, to read letters, the newspapers and meaningless stories!<br /><br />Yadugiri: The problem is, most things are written in English! Not that I do not love Tamizh. When my grandmother says: telugu tETa, KannaDa kastUri, aravam advAnam (Telugu is honey, KannaDa precious and Tamizh is useless), I fight with her by saying that literary works in Tamizh are the best!<br /><br />Bharathi: Your grandmother has a point. No need to get upset with what she says. Just as you seem to want to get an English education, many in tamizh nADu are crazy about the English language. I see new works of translations in Kannada and Telugu from other languages. Tamizh used to ride high once. Now it is at its nadir. That's why we are being teased.<br /><br />Yadugiri: Why has this happened to Tamizh?<br /><br />Bharathi: The Tamizh people are not as resolute. After reading works in English, they develop a disrespect for Tamizh literature. There is very little patronage for our language among the public.The Bengalis are prepared to give generously for the betterment of their language whereas our people, even the wealthy ones, do not like to spend a paisa for the good of our language. The poor also want to spend whatever they can on giving an English education to their sons hoping that they can get a good job to support the extended family. When the sons do get a job, they don't have enough to support their own families! How can they help their parents and siblings? In all this, where do they have the care or means to see if their language is alive or dead? If a few among us speak up about it, we get to be the enemies and traitors of this deprived society!<br /><br />Chellamma: We are in the Age of Kali. Everything is upside down. It's all mayhem!<br /><br />Bharathi: No, Chellamma! It's the age of the VEdAs! In the VedAs, you find mostly entreaties: destroy the rAkshasAs! Keep diseases away and give us good health! Please protect our children! Grant us our wishes! Make this land prosperous! varuNA! IndrA! Keep our crops from being destroyed by the rAkshasAs! Wind! You are our favored god! and so on. They are a compilation of all these pleas. It's the same with the Koran of the Muslims: make our children walk the righteous path! Make them good warriors! Provide them with food and clothing, make them live with sufficient means so that they can keep their heads high among their fellowmen, let good air and water be theirs like nectar! <br />The same is true of the Bible. They all ask for the same favors. It's just that they are in different languages!<br /><br />Chellamma: Do you mean to say that peria purANam and the stories of SankarAchAryA are false? <br /><br />Bharathi: No. Long ago, it was the time of the Upanishads. After having lived with Nature for a long time, they got tired of it and started saying, 'all this is an illusion, God alone is the truth'.To negate everything was in vogue then. Amid all this, they could not give up the Saiva-vaishNava conflict! They all taught lessons in 'giving up' but did not abide by it.<br />YugAs change.That's the way it's supposed to be. Then, when we started getting to know the ways of the west, our desires and wants increased. Even children seem to get influenced by it.Fashions are fleeting. If you get drawn to them, soon you will tire of them too. No wonder, people are eager for a new career and to follow new modes but they realize later that there is no substance to all these vanities.<br /><br />Chellamma: How was it, when the Muslims ruled our country?<br /><br />Bharathi: Akbar was the only one who treated the Hindus with sensitivity. Babar too, perhaps. Akbar had said in his final days: my descendants will try to treat the Hindus cruelly and will try to convert them toI islam. By doing so, they will not be able to achieve even the little that I have, but end up as the very axes which bring down our religion--and sure enough, it happened. <br />The Christians on the other hand, used kind words to convert the Hindus. When in DhAtu varusham the famine came, they boiled gruel in huge cauldrons and fed the nearly-dying and converted them to Christianity. Priests of the missions promised money and good jobs to them for their conversion, but left many of the poor families in the lurch.<br /><br />Chellamma: Then, why do you often say that all religions are equal?<br /><br />Bharathi: I do, but it does not mean that you have to be without your manjaL and kungumam like women from other religions! We are all the same, whatever our religion--when it comes to goodness. At the same time, whatever goes with our culture need not be be forgotten. Now, Yadugiri wants to study in an English school and you all do not want her to.<br /><br />Yadugiri: BhArathiyArE, how about you? Are you for it?<br /><br />Bharathi: Not really. If all youngsters work for the good of Tamizh, the whole world would get to know of its glory. Instead of grumbling about Tamizh being ridiculed as an useless language by others, it's better for us to do our bit for Tamizh with renewed enthusiasm for the language. Instead of bossing around with the knowledge of a bit of English, it's better to venerate Tamizh. It means, studying anew important old books in context with the present times, making old verses more understandable by splitting the words and explaining the meanings, translating great works from the literature of other languages into Tamizh and doing the same with books on natural and modern sciences, astronomy, and other works. Doing all this will benefit us no end. <br /><br />Yadugiri: My father told us of a story which appeared in The Modern Review with the title Kshutita PAshAN. How do you say it in Tamizh? Had I known the language, I would have read it myself!<br /><br />Bharathi: It means, hungry stones (Bharathi has translated and published this story and calls it ASA Bhangam--The publisher's note). It's Ravindranath's story. it's a good thing to translate such meaningful short fiction into Tamizh. <br /><br />Chellammal: The other day, you told me the story of mAna Bhangam or Giri bAlA's Story (this has also been translated by Bharathi--publisher). I don't think the beginning or the end of the story is right. It was like a puzzle. The story ends with this line: GopinAthan jumped up and down and said, 'I will kill him!'. The curtain falls...We don't understand this at all!<br /><br />BharathI: Chellamma, normally, our way of starting a story is, 'once up on a time, there was a king--then we end the story with, 'he lived happily ever after.' In this new way of writing, a story comes in as a storm, gives us a glimpse of a scene, and disappears. If we ponder about the story, we will find the meaning of it all by ourselves. This is good for sharpening our wits. If you too start reading stories like this, you will get to understand them easily.<br /><br />Yadugiri: We neither know Bengali nor English to read them. We rely on the menfolk to tell us about them!<br /><br />Chellamma: Yadugiri! On top of it, we have to wait until they are in a mood to tell us the stories!<br /><br />Bharathi: More than the made-up stories, a true story can be appealing. Chellamma, yesterday, you were telling the children the story about what happened during your trip to the falls. I've written it all down just as you narrated it. Do you know how humorous it is! I'm sending it to svadESa Mitran. When you described your uncle, how the children fell out laughing! There is wonderment even in our mundane lives. If you write such incidents down regularly, there can't be any better stories. Even if you made up such a story, it will do Tamizh some good. Srinivasachari wrote to Tagore asking for permission to translate his stories into Tamizh. To publish them in Tamizh is a very good idea. <br /><br />Bharathi sent that story told by Chellamma to svadESa Mitran and it was published in its annual December special issue in 1917. It was called Aruvi or VaLLi VANa tIrthamADiya kadai (The Falls or When VaLLi Bathed in vANa tIrtham).<br />* * * * * <br />SIXTEEN <br /><br />EngaL vELvik kUDamIdil<br />(In Our Place of Sacrifice)<br /><br />Ananda varusham was not a year of joy at all as its name suggests. It brought a lot of unhappiness with it. The World War and many other ills were in store for us in the so-called happy year. <br />My life changed too. I was in Chennai now. After a while, I went to Puduvai for a week with my mother to see my father. When the schools closed, my husband came, and I went with him to Puduvai again. He went back to Mysore after a week. I stayed on. The World War which had started in Ananda varusham went on and it was RAkshasa varusham now. <br />A french scholar called Paul Richard had come to Puduvai to spend some time with Aravinda Ghosh to study the vEdAs with him. He also became a friend of BharathiyAr, Iyer and my father. <br />I don't know why, but because he had seven children, he had to fight in the war (Bharathi told us), and Richard was going back to Paris because of that. <br />A farewell tea party was arranged for him. We were there. Richard, Madame Richard (later, The Mother!), her two daughters and friends were sitting at a round table which had chairs all around it. The table was piled with china plates and cups. That was the first time I had been to a tea party. But for my mother and Bhagyalakshmi Ammal, we partook of the tea and tiffin, while they chewed on betel leaves. After the party, we walked in the beach. <br /><br />Bharathi: Listen to this! It's interesting. Richard and Madame Richard have no children and yet, because he's the father of seven children, he has to fight in the war! Why is it so? Can anyone guess?<br /><br />Chellamma: It's beyond me! Who knows? His brothers may have children. What strange laws!<br /><br />Bharathi: Chellama, I agree it's puzzling but it's true. Richard has three children by his previous wife and Madame has four who were born to her first husband and his former wife. Since these two married, they are counted as their children.<br /><br />Chellamma: Siva SivA! Enough about the way they live! To have four children with one, and marry again!<br /><br />Bharathi: That's their way. I mentioned Ravindranathar's story called Giribala or mAna Bhangam to you. It's a very good story. In it, he says that more than when we humans are still like sculptures, it's in the walking, the movements of our hands, our smiling and in our looking in all four directions that we can truly see beauty in the human form. Anyway, in this story, the husband controls his wife at first. Eventually, the wife does the same to him! This is the new way. What do you think of it? <br /><br />Chellamma: I don't like it. If a cow or oxen gets old, you get a new one. It's fine when it comes to animals. It is not the same with us humans (I do not understand why she says this, or why Yadugiri writes so! Or, was there more by way of conversation in the manuscript and this reference is not about Tagore's story at all but was about Richard? Were some lines omitted and got mixed up while printing it?--Arasi). <br /><br />Bharathi: What do you say to this, Yadugiri? <br /><br />Yadugiri: It's difficult to argue with you. I'd say it's not easy for a woman to live with such a husband in the first place, and I agree. Yet, what follows is unacceptable. Just because foreigners do anything they wish, is it a civilized thing for us to copy it? (You see what I mean about the mix-up--Arasi). <br /><br />Bharathi: You are saying exactly what Chellamma has said, but in a different way. Never mind! Did you notice that your mother and Iyer's wife didn't drink any tea at all? Madame Richard and I noticed their putting the tea cups under the table. Why did they do that?<br /><br />Yadugiri: My mother would not drink from anything else but a silver tumbler. She does not like tea or coffee either. Do you expect her to drink from the same cup which had been sipped from by others? Bhagyalakshmi Ammal is the same. She might not like tea either. <br /><br />Bharathi: They had their own cups--not something others had sipped from!<br /><br />Yadugiri: And then there was a single tablecloth touching everyone. They don't like it either. Chellamma didn't protest because of you. No one can persuade BhayathammaL.<br /><br />Bharathi: I thought the svadESi families are open to new ways! Doesn't seem to be so! We may have to wait a bit longer, perhaps.<br /><br />Yadugiri: When my mother had a severe stomach problem, Dr. Ambeau said that drinking coffee was good for her. We asked her to drink it as if it were medicine. She refused.<br /><br />Chellamma: Our ways are the best. You are the one who gets excited about all that is new!<br /><br />Bharathi: It's eight o' clock! Let's head back home.<br /><br />I stayed in Puduvai for a month. A marriage in Bangalore in my in-law's family meant that I had to go back. I went to Bharathi and Iyer's house to say goodbye. Bharathi had just finished writing a poem called agni dhOmam. He sang it to us: engaL vELVik kUDamIdil. He sang one line with vigor and majesty. The next one, tragically, alternating his tone to the end of the song. The crying out of the asurAs melted our hearts. There were tears in Chellamma's eyes.<br /><br />Bharathi: Great! Are you crying because all the diseases perish! My, my! <br /><br />Chellamma: When you sing with such feeling, I can't help crying! <br /><br />Yadugiri: May I have that piece of paper, BhArathiyArE? Last time, the police in Vizhuppuram took away the song you had given me.They are a load of trouble. I hope they don't do it this time! <br /><br />Bharathi: Write on it in block letters--agni dhOmam, and they won' touch it!<br /><br />Chellamma: If they see your name on it, they will seize it. Yadugiri, write this song down in your note book. Don't take it with you.<br /><br />Yadugiri: I've written down 'pudumaip peN' already. I don't have the time now. Let me just keep this paper in my notebook and take it. As BharathiyAr said, I will write on it in block letters--agni dhOmam.<br /><br />Bharathi: Do that. If they still take it away, I will send you another copy, don't worry. Have a good journey.<br /><br />I then went to Iyer's house. He had recently written Mangaiyarkkarasiyin kAdal and KuLattangarai arasa maram. Both were tragic stories. I cursed Nagarajan (hero of the second story--publisher). Iyer said, we have plenty of happy stories, but tragic stories have their own charm.<br /><br />I left that very night. As Bharathi had said, they did not bother to snatch away his song from me this time!<br />* * * * *<br />SEVENTEEN<br /><br />dEvar varugavenRu<br />(Welcoming the Celestials)<br />After a family wedding in Bangalore, I went back to Mysore to my in-laws. Four months later, my grandmother took me to Chennai. My mother went to Puduvai soon after. She took with her the two silver images of Krishna I had brought for Sakunthala and Subhadra (Iyer's daughter). I heard that Sakunthala played with her Krishna all day long, bathed him and sang to him at bed time. Bhayalakshmi Ammal put Subhadra's Krishna in a box lined with red silk and put it in her pUjA nook. <br /><br />My friend Meena and I had been corresponding regularly. In one of her letters, she had said that Sakunthala had lost her Krishna and that very same day, she got high fever. "She is still very ill. Bharathi asked me to write to you to ask you if you could send another one for her. Please do, without fail." I sent another idol of Krishna through my mother.<br /><br />In naLa varusham, in the month of aippasi, I went to Puduvai. Sakunthala was well now.<br />Iyer and Bharathi came to see me. I had heard that Bharathi was not his cheerful old self. My mother used to say: BharathiAr is always surrounded by people. It's because of his greatness as a poet. <br />It was not so now. It would have taken Bharathi some time to get used to the absence of his admiring crowd, I thought.<br /><br />I was not that well myself. I could not go out freely as I used to. Still, after a few days, I went to Bharathi's house with my baby. He had just broken his vow of silence. <br />The baby was playing on the mat. Bharathi was very happy to see the way it was kicking its legs and gurgling. He was thrilled to see its play that he sang 'chinnanjiru kiLiyE kaNNammA' to it.<br /><br />Barathi-032- Chinnachiru kiliye-DKP<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/698785540/f3530072" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />He said, "Look, Chellamma! The baby is playing divinely! "<br /><br />Chellamma: Yadugiri, he hasn't seen a baby play in a long while. That's why he's so excited! <br /><br />Bharathi: When a child plays happily, we are so happy. If it gets sick, we cannot bear it!<br /><br />Chellamma: Yadugiri, I'm scared even now, to think of what we went through last year! This man who tells us forever to be brave, was squirming like a worm in grief. AmbAL saved Sakunthala. Even though he sang out most of the time, he couldn't calm down. <br /><br />Bharathi: Chellmma spouts all this about me. You should have seen her! She wouldn't stay in a place for a moment, She would go about the place with a long face. "God, give me the fever and spare the child!," she would keep mumbling. I had to take care of her along with the child!<br /><br />Chellamma: As if he did! He wouldn't let me go near her without my washing my hands in that horrible-smelling medicine! Whatever I touched, reeked of that stuff!I If I refused, he would fight with me. The child kept calling out 'Chellamma, Chellamma!'. I got fed up with his fussing. It's all like a nightmare now, when I think about it.<br /><br />Bharathi: How would the germs die if we don't wash our hands? The doctor had warned us about it a hundred times. It was a dangerous kind of fever! <br /><br />Chellamma: She suffered that burning fever, and the second week, he stuck the thermometer into her mouth and saw that she had very high fever. He shook it to check the temperature again, but it fell and broke because he was afraid and his hand was shaking! What could I do? I sent the servant maid to fetch the doctor. He said, "We have to wait until tomorrow to see how she does. Don't worry, though."<br />He gave her an injection. "I shouldn't have given you that thermometer," he added. <br />The child didn't seem conscious. She didn't utter a word, but we could see that she was suffering. I sat by her side without moving. Bharathi was wailing. "PApA!, I thought you were going to orate in big gatherings! That you would be a scholar! You can't even utter a word now!" He hit his head against the wall. I had to console him. All night, he kept crying out: Sakti, Sakti!<br />The fever came down the next morning. We had no money. How could we put up with all this? <br /><br />Bharathi: Truly, those two months were hell. When Thangamma had the pneumonia, it wasn't that bad. Nanjunda Rao (in Chennai) looked after her as his own daughter. Swarnam (?) was there. <br /><br />Chellamma: Appadurai (Chellmma's brother--publisher) was also there. You didn't have to be around. You were happy, being with your friends at work. Who's there for us here, though? <br /><br />Yadugiri: Meena had written to me about Sakunthala. My father had written later that she was feeling much better.<br />BharathiyArE! How many new songs have you written?<br /><br />Chellamma: Nowadays, it's all about the stupid vow of silence. More of those than verses! Yadugiri, I can't bear it. He used to sing or speak all the time. Now, it's all silence. He only communicates with signs and by writing things down. What weirdness is this! <br /><br />Bharathi: Chellamma, you try to be silent too. There is happiness in it. <br /><br />Chellamma: Yes, It's happiness I'm seeking! Who's to take care of the milkwoman, oil woman and the rest? I don't know which worthless (Chellamma uses the expression--maNNAIp pOgiRa=one who turns to dust) fellow led him to this!<br /><br />Bharathi: No one had to. I tried it one day and it was bliss. So, I'm continuing it. If I do not utter a word for three days in a week, my writing flows unimpeded. Then, SvadESa mitran sends us the money regularly. Does it bother you?<br /><br />Chellamma: The rainy season is here. The tiles on the roof are broken. The owner of the house has said that we have to get the roof repaired ourselves. ANNiammA told me that the house at the end of the street, a two-storied one, is vacant and the rent is reasonable. The owner had come to see us yesterday. Bharathi was observing silence. So, I had to tell him that Bharathi would see him in his house tomorrow. SAmiArs and paNDArams can indulge in vows of silence, not a householder! Where is it written that you can't write unless you observe silence? Everything at home comes to a standstill when he does this. I've gone through all kinds of drama with him. This is one of them! I don't know how many more I have to endure!<br /><br />Bharathi: Chellamma, You don't have to go that far! You sound so bitter. I've spoken to the man and we are moving there on the next auspicious day. I will observe silence only for a few days in a month. How about that? Yadugiri, I do this because I want to find a new word in Tamizh, an equivalent for the word Aum. <br /><br />Bharathi then sang dEvar varugavenRu.He also gave me copies of some other verses. Saktikku Atma samarppaNam, jayamuNDu bayamillai manamE, iyaRkai enRunai uraippAr, ulagattu nAyagiyE engaL muttumAri, kAlamAm vanattil, pozhudu pularndadu, manamEvu tiruvE and a part of kuyil pATTu were all there. I took them home with me.<br /><br />* * * * * <br />EIGHTEEN<br />kANi nilam VENDum<br />(A Piece of Land!)<br />Barathi-025-kANi_nilam_vEndum-bindhumAlini-Rajkumar Barathi<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/698776765/226e7a2e" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />In naLa varusham, in the month of Aippasi, on the eighth (16-11-16), a wednesday, an auspicious day, Bharathi's family moved house. <br />We were waiting for the rains, and on that day, a storm came, bringing with it the rain. In the afternoon, dark clouds gathered ominously. <br /><br />Our house was a haven in summer but not so in the rainy season. But for the sunken room in the middle of the two stories, the road-side room and the room with a cradle in it--all other parts of the house got soaked if it rained hard.<br /><br />We finished dinner at seven and went upstairs. My father, my two sisters and I, with the baby on my lap, sat on two benches. My mother was still downstairs in the kitchen.Heavy rains started in about an hour. We had read in the bhAgavatam of such a rain--the one IndrA had brought about. Now, we saw it with our own eyes. With every thunderbolt, the house shook. The lightening blinded our eyes. <br /><br />Finger-thick strands of rain came down ceaselessly. One side of our house had a high wall. There was a law against building a wall that high.The owners had obviously ignored it when they built the house. It was an old house and the owner was no more. His wife was keen on collecting the rent but had not kept the house in good repair. <br /><br />Whenever it thundered, the house shook violently. Around midnight, the wall on the eastern side with glass-paned windows came crumbling down. We were sheltered against the western wall. We were concerned that it might tumble down too. My father said, "If it does, we will all get crushed under it, but I don't think it will come to that, with God's grace." <br /><br />We were petrified about how my mother was faring downstairs, all alone. There was no way to reach her. The wind blew mercilessly and we couldn't even hear each other in its fury, though we were huddled together. We realized that the back wall of the house was down too. It was horrendous all night.<br /><br />At dawn, things calmed down and we stirred, and looked around us. On the floor, we saw pictures and the clock crashed to pieces. We hurried downstairs to look for my mother, hoping nothing had happened to her. She was fine and was relieved to see that the storm had spared us all. <br /><br />After an hour, we opened the front door and saw that a river was flowing in it. About a furlong from us was a big drain and it had flooded. Wherever we looked, we saw fallen trees. Tree limbs were floating in it. Coconut and pUvarasu trees were uprooted. Electric posts and wires were in a sorry state.<br /><br />Bharathi and Iyer came by and were relieved to see that our family was safe. "Who cares about house and belongings at this hour!", they said.<br /><br />Iyer: Yadugiri, clean up as much as you can and try to get some food together. The poor are in a pathetic state. We are helping them as much as we can. Please ask your mother not to go the pond to take her customary bath. Corpses are floating around. After things get better, you can go out. Stay indoors!<br /><br />We stayed in, but my mother went out to bathe. She would not listen to us. Those who were outside, asked her to go back home--"In such chaos, you won't be able to find the pond", they said. It didn't stop her. She did take her dip in the pond and came back home at noon!<br /><br />The svadESis pooled together all the money they had and then sent Nagaswamy and others to collect more money to relieve the distressed. They gathered all the homeless in one place, treated the injured and took care of the dead. They arranged to cook gruel at Dharamarajan temple to feed them. Other good-hearted townsmen joined the volunteers. They gathered the fallen coconut tree fronds and started weaving panels for roofs. Workmen were herded to build walls for the huts. They made sure that all this work was done without any delay. They allotted work for themselves and helped the workmen. <br />Even in this calamity, Bharathi's love for Nature did not abate. <br /><br />The next day, he told us a story: There was an old lady who came to me when I was learning the art of making a roof panel. She said, 'AppEn! My son! My house crumbled, melted in the rain and floated away. Will you rebuild it for me? I can't see very well and I have no one to call my own. Will you build my home up for me? God will bless you!". I asked her where her hut stood. She showed me a mere door frame with no trace of a door, windows or a roof and I laughed out when I saw this 'house'. <br />She said, "Had you seen my house before the rain and the wind, you would not have laughed but would have said what a beautiful place it was.You laugh now. These bodies of ours have the same fate in store. This wind came as yamA too!<br />My heart went out to her. She was right. After death, all you see is the skeletal frames of us. I said: Yes, AyA! You will get your house back. <br />Then we all worked together to build a hut for her.<br />This incident was published as an essay by Bharathi in the svadESa Mitran the next day.<br /><br />I saw the meaning of SankarAchAryA's saying all around me--"When mAyA leaves us, then it's the state of nirvANA".<br /><br />That afternoon, beating their drums, the town criers announced that it would take a month to restore water and electricity. For a week, women and children had to stay indoors. We had to get alternative sources for lights. <br /><br />The town which was lush with coconut and pUvarasu trees looked like sandy terrain. It took the municipality a month to clear the debris and clean up the streets. <br /><br />Kalavai Sankara Chettiar moaned: Had they made saplings out of the fallen pUVarasu, they would have grown into trees in four or five years. The municipality wants to plant new trees! What craziness!<br /><br />After building the huts up, the volunteers found jobs for the poor. The liquor shops had been leveled in the storm and the drunkards of the town looked like normal people. <br /><br />For nearly a month, gruel was made twice a day at the temple and the poor were well-fed. The svadESis worked as coolies for a month.<br /><br />Our house was not repaired until after three months. Masons were hard to come by. It was the same with all others. We knew what vana vAsam (forest dwelling) would have been like, during those months of living without the facilities of a town. <br /><br />In all this, Bharathi was as spirited as joyful as ever. He would do abhinayA to eTTU dikkum SidaRi and mimic the mammoth rain.<br /><br />Barathi-079- Nitya Shree Mahadevan-dikkugaL eTTum chidaree - hamsanAdam<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/702251485/a53543b5" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />After the storm, he went to see all his favorite haunts--the beach, ponds and groves. A small coconut grove with not more than a hundred trees, but for a few fallen trees looked as if the storm hadn't touched it. Seeing that made him thank parASakti for saving a poor man's grove. This song is called pizhaitta tennandOppu. "Even the wind has been kind to a poor man", he exclaimed. We went to see that grove the next day. After Bharathi sang about it, it became the place of a miracle as it were, and crowds of people went to see it and were happy.<br /><br />At this time, Japan had brought about a new law in their country. Cultivable land was divided equally among its people, to do away with beggars and lazy people. On learning about it, the svadeSis figured out how much land a small Indian family needed to live by. Bharathi sang about it in kANi nilam vENDum.<br /><br />He also felt that after the age of twenty, the young should live independently and take care of themselves--without being a burden to their parents.<br />* * * * *<br /> NINETEEN<br />VENDumaDi viDudalai<br />(Yes, Freedom!)<br />Bharathi and Chellamma thanked parASakti with a celebration for saving us all from the storm. Meena, her sister-in-law, her mother, Padmavathi, her baby Raji, vAdyAr's wife and Bhagyalakshmi Ammal were also invited. After the pUjA, Bharathi sang vandE mAtaram as usual, and then his new poem 'peNmai vAzhgenRu' (victory to womanhood) in an english meTTu (tune). He then asked each of us to sing a song. Meena's mother was reluctant at first about her girls singing.<br /><br />Bharathi: Let them sing, Amma. You know that there are no strange men in this gathering--just us, who are like your brothers. <br /><br />Then, Meena's mother asked her daughter and daughter-in-law to sing.<br /><br />Meena's mother: I didn't realize until now how genuine and open you are! I'm old-fashioned. Men in my younger days, if they asked us to sing, like you did, would gossip behind our backs later. Don't misunderstand me for my refusing at first!<br /><br />Bharathi: We are not such hypocrites, AmmA. In fact, we want to do away with the enslaving of women. We detest gossiping about them!<br /><br />Meena's mother: I understand. Oh, are you looking for a match for Thangamma?<br /><br />Bharathi: Not yet. <br /><br />Meena's mother: In our days, they would get busy when the girls were eight. Nowadays, even when they're sixteen, people don't seem to bother! Chellamma, don't delay. Find a match for Thangam.<br /><br />Chellamma: Don't we need money for it, AmmAmi? <br /><br />Meena's mother: The important thing is to find a boy. Money, you can somehow manage. Don't take me wrong for telling you this. <br /><br />Chellamma: There's nothing wrong in what you say. My sister is coming from kASi this year. Thangamma is more her daughter than mine. She will not return to kASi without seeing Thangamma married.<br /><br />It looked to me as though Chellamma was suffering a lot inwardly. BharathiyAr did not seem to be happy either. I could not figure out as to what was ailing them.<br /><br />My mother was away. I wasn't well-versed in giving the baby an oil bath. I would keep everything ready for Chellamma who came to our house every day at four to give the baby a bath. Then we freshened up and went to the beach. Bharathi came with us sometimes, but it wasn't like old times. He barely sat down with us. Even if he did, they both started arguing. He would walk away and sit alone by the sea but he joined us when we returned home.<br /><br />The Sivan Temple asked for a bhajanai song for SivarAtri from him. He wrote the song murugA murugA and gave it to them. "If six of you sing it together, it will put you all in a trance", he said.<br /><br />Barathi-058-Muruga Muruga S.P.Ramh Ragamalika<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/699972622/cabbbd2d" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />He was very fond of chanting nammAzhvAr's ten verses at that time, acting it all out that God dwells in every particle of us. He did this by gestures, pointing to the top of his head, his tongue, his chest, shoulders and so on. I did not understand NammAzhvAr's verses very well then. All I could think then was that Bharathi proclaimed that God lived in him, but in reality, he was helpless when it came to driving away the problems he and Chellamma had to cope with.<br /><br />ivaiyum avaiyum uvaiyum, ivarum avarum uvarum<br />evaiyum yAvaiyum tannuLLE Agiyum Akkiyum kAkkum<br />tani mudal emmAn, kaNNapirAn en amudam<br />Suvaiyan, tiruvin maNALan ennuDai SUzhaluLAnE<br /><br />(The following is A. K. Ramanujan's translation--Arasi)<br />pasuram-045-ivaiyum avaiyum-Divya prabandham <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/760909301/59ad54d3" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />The Paradigm<br />We here and that man, this man, and that other in-between,<br />And that woman, this woman, and that other, whoever--<br /><br />Those people and these, and these others in-between,<br />This thing, that thing, and this other in-between--whichever,<br /><br />All things dying, these things, <br />those things, those others in-between,<br />good things, bad things,<br />things that were, that will be--<br /><br />Being all of them, He stands there.<br /><br />Bharathi was not the same anymore, but my devotion, affection and esteem for him remained the same.<br />I knew he had changed and that the changes came in rapid succession. It looked as though he was drawn to unwelcome influences. No one could stop him, it seemed. I could see that he was mindless of Chellamma's pleas. When I was a child, I could question him boldly, but I was a mother of a child now. I also realized that I couldn't communicate as freely with him as I did with Chellamma. <br /><br />Bharathi had a way of looking at everything intently, without batting an eyelid. The glow and the beauty of his eyes were gone now. Chellamma said that it was because he was now given to staring at the sun a lot.<br /><br />When Bharathi came to our house, he sang vENDumaDi viDudalai in the kIRtanai mode .<br /><br />Yadugiri: Why have you set the music for this song as in a kIrtanai?<br /><br />Bharathi: Thangamma says she's not keen on my old tunes any more. She wanted it sung like a traditional kIrtanai. That's why. Do you like it?<br /><br />Yadugiri: I do.<br /><br />Bharathi: I'm searching for something new. <br /><br />Yadugiri: What is it? <br /><br />Bharathi: I don't want to die. I'm going to find a way to live forever. <br /><br />Yadugiri: They say miracles are possible, but not this. If you can, that would be the wonder of wonders. <br /><br />Bharathi: I'm searching and I will find it.<br /><br />My father happened to hear this. He said, "Bharathi, what's the need for a young woman to get into the realms of vEdAntA? kuruvi talai panangAi pOla (like placing a burden of a palmyra palm fruit on the head of a sparrow to carry around). She can wait until she gets older to ponder over such things." <br /><br />Bharathi did not answer him. Without saying a word, he got up and went away. <br /><br />As for me, I kept singing the song 'vENDumaDi viDudalai with the help of the notes* he gave me. <br />*Yadugiri uses the word kuRippugaL sometimes when she speaks of the copies of the songs that Bharathi gives her. I wonder now if they are notations--Arasi.<br />* * * * *<br />TWENTY<br /><br />nIrOTTam<br />(The Flow)<br /><br />Dr. Ambeau had said that my health would improve if I walked for an hour every day. I followed his instructions. My mother looked after the baby, and I went to the beach for a walk every morning. This went on for a month. My father and sister kept me company. <br /><br />One day at the crack of dawn, as we were walking, we heard someone sing in a morning rAgA. It melted my heart. When I listened intently, it sounded like a tiruvAimozhi verse. On my listening for a minute more, it sounded clear as a bell and sounded like a familiar voice--that of Bharathi. I asked my father what he thought.<br />My father said, ''Let's find him."<br /><br />We walked in the direction from which the voice came. We saw Bharathi, seated on a kaTTumaram (boat). He was wearing a black top and a vEshTi. He was facing the sun with joined hands. It wasn't light yet. The song sounded majestic. The beautiful rAgam and the meaning of the words gave me goose bumps. It seemed like a divine vision. I was filled with joy. <br /><br />Sri Sri: Bharathi, what are you doing here? <br /><br />Bharathi: Is that Anna? Why are you and the children here so early in the morning?<br /><br />Sri Sri: The doctor said that it was good for Yadugiri's health to walk for an hour every morning. Yadugiri thought she heard your voice and when we came closer, we realized that it was you, after all!<br /><br />Bharathi: I came here last night. I was flying in the world of my imagination. I woke up and realized that I was on the beach. Such a pleasant hour, this. I was lost in the inspiring verses of the tiruvAimozhi, and you called!<br /><br />Sri Sri (in a rather irritated voice): Some world of imagination! Do you realize how worried they'd be at home! Is it fair? What are you doing here at this hour?<br /><br />Bharathi: (with his head bent): It was unbearably hot last night. The beach and the world of imagination were beckoning. Did Chellamma come to your house and ask about me? Am I a child? <br /><br />My father got Bharathi down from the boat, and like a dear brother would, put his arms around him in a hug. He told me and my sister to keep walking and said that he would soon join us. He started talking to Bharathi in English. Bharathi did not answer but tears fell freely from his eyes. I can never forget that scene. We walked to Bharathi's house now. Chellamma was standing at the door. Thangamma and Sakunthala were asleep. Chellamma did not ask Bharathi where he had been. Seeing my father, with her head down, she went into the house. I woke the children up and then we went home. <br /><br />My sister Ranganayaki questioned my father: Why did Bharathi cry like that? The tears wouldn't stop!<br /><br />Sri Sri: Perhaps some sand got into his eyes.<br /><br />Yadugiri: Bharathi wasn't home all night and yet Chellamma didn't say a word! Why?<br /><br />Sri Sri: No, I don't think it's something new. Who knows where all he roams at night? The beach, the groves, by the pond...<br /><br />Yadugiri: AiyyA! He doesn't look the same. I've been observing him ever since I came to Puduvai. Things seem so different when I go to see them now.<br /><br />Sri Sri: Please don't ask Bharathi or Chellamma about it. It may upset them.<br /><br />Iyer came home that evening and I told him about the incident at the beach. <br /><br />Iyer: Did Bharathi recognize your father as soon as he called him?<br /><br />Yadugiri: Yes, he did and he was surprised to see us so early in the morning. I don't know what's ailing him. AiyyA didn't say much. It's all puzzling to me. Chellamma looks grief-stricken. At least, you can tell me what this is all about.<br /><br />Iyer: Yadugiri, when something new captures his imagination, Bharathi doesn't stop to think if it's right for him or not. I have appealed to him many times. He just keeps going. I don't know where it's all going to lead him.Trouble at home, too. A woman in our country can somehow manage to cope with problems when it's about children and others at home, but not with a husband. I don't think there is an easy solution for the problems. If a husband behaves justly and adheres to his duties, there won't be any trouble at all. If he doesn't, there will be no cheer--just tears and upheavals. Their home becomes a prison. The woman cannot give up her children--nor can she leave her husband. Troubles multiply and the husband, forgetting the problems at hand and forgetting even his own stature and his greatness, finds solace in hallucinating substances--just for those fleeting moments of pleasure--and starts living in an ivory tower. As the effect of the stimulant wears away, he is spent as a rag and his health deteriorates. If you stop a stupid man from going to the liquor shop, he would get annoyed with you and say, 'who are you to stop me? I'm drinking, spending my own money'. Yet, It's possible to restrain that fool for a while. It's impossible to do that with an enlightened man who is weak and is weak-willed. The one who tries to stop him ends up being the fool. We are all helpless. All that we can do is rue over it.<br /><br />Yadugiri: The udaya (dawn) rAgam which he sang was divine.<br /><br />Iyer: Bharathi's voice sounds like bell metal. Early morning, the birds singing, the sound of the waves and his majestic singing! I can imagine how it would have felt. <br />His association with a few sAmiArs and paNDArams is leading him to all this. A man who has control over his mind is a strong man. The one who follows the manakkurangu (a mind like that of a monkey) goes any which way, doing things as that quirky mind of his dictates. It isn't a good thing for him, and surely, not for his family!<br /><br />Iyer sighed. His heart was heavy. What he said agitated me. I felt very sad. <br />* * * * *<br /> TWENTY ONE<br /><br />SAgA varam<br />(Immortality)<br />Barathi-052-Sahavaram arulvai-Dharmavathi-Adhi-Rajkumar barathi<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/699953225/91aab457" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />In PingaLa varusham, many things happened in succession--all heart-wrenching.<br /><br />I got a letter from home announcing the arrival of my baby brother. My father needed help and he had asked me to come to Puduvai. I stopped with my uncle in Banaglore on my way. Unfortunately, my child got sick and died there. <br />I went to Puduvai, my heart heavy with my loss. Another sad news awaited me there. My friend Meena had lost her baby too and was terribly sick. She was longing to see me. Chellamma took me to her house. Meena looked pathetic. When she saw me, like a possessed woman, she cried out: Yadugiri! Bring back my child! <br />After calming down a bit, she poured out her aching heart to me, about the loss of her child and of her ill health. I contained myself and consoled her. "Meena, don't you remember what Bharathi has said? Fear is like poison, to be brave is amruta. Don't lose heart, Meena!", I begged of her. She could not be pacified. She started screaming, "Baby, my baby!" Then she fainted. They said she fainted often. It was painful to see her like that.<br />I was reluctant to leave her side. I had turned my heart into stone when I was with her, but when I left her, all my grief which I had kept in check, flooded out of me. Leaving Meena behind in the shadow of death broke my heart. Chellamma and I cried copiously. <br />When he saw me, Bharathi had tears in his eyes too. He had started a fifteen day vow of silence that day. After some time, he signaled to us to come upstairs. He wrote on a piece of paper: It's our misfortune to see you without your child!<br />I looked up at him. He was a mere skeleton. His eyes were red and he looked very weak and drained. I couldn't bear to see him like that. <br /><br />As if he had read my thoughts, Bharathi wrote down: I'm practicing a new kind of yoga. That's why I've lost weight.<br /><br />He had just finished writing the tugiluriyum sargam of PanJAli Sabadam (the part where Draupadi is disrobed by the kauravAs). He sang the verses to me (he did not give up singing when he observed silence).<br /><br />Then, Chellamma said with a heavy heart: Yaduguri, we have seen enough of the quirks of fate. If the gods deal out misfortunes to us, should we on our part add to the misery by our own actions?<br />Bharathi sang, 'eLLattanaip pozhudum payaninRi irAden nAvinilE' (without my being idle even for a moment, Sakti, let my tongue pour out poetry incessantly), and now to see him gesturing like a mute person breaks my heart! I don't wish this terrible thing even to my enemies.The Way, he calls it--and the tragedy of it! I can't bear to see him like this!<br /><br />Bharathi wrote again: In my search for the magic word, I stay silent and Chellamma teases me for that!<br /><br />I sat there for a while, saying nothing. Chellamma made me eat with her (had Bharathi eaten before, or was he fasting?--Arasi).<br /><br />We went back upstairs and I asked: Will Meena survive, Chellamma? <br /><br />Chellamma: I'm afraid not. Not for long.<br /><br />Yadugiri: BharathiyAr told me once that he was going to find a way to immortality. AiyyA stopped him before he could tell me more about it. When my child died in Bangalore, I was thinking about what he had said. Death is such a horrible thing. If only he could save Meena from death!<br /><br />Bharathi started writing something down. Reading it, Chellamma got up, caught hold of my hand and took me downstairs. "Yadugiri, it's not wise to speak of it to him now. It's getting late. You better go home!"<br /><br />As I left them, I thought, Bharathi sang of freedom for women with all his heart but he made Chellamma do things his way. Rarely had she acted on her own accord. However much she had begged of him, he observed his vow of silence for days. <br />He once was silent for forty days in a row. That was when he started writing bhArathi aRubattARu.<br />When you read it now, you realize that it is a work born out of great penance.<br /><br />*<br /><br />After a few days, SivakAmi ammal and Subramania SivA came to Puduvai, bearing BhArata mAtA's flag. Since they went straight to Bharathi's house, he had to break his silence. They went with him to rishi Aravindar's house, to Iyer's and to other places and came to our house. We did not meet them because they were hurrying back. My father said that they stopped by and had spent a few minutes with him by the door.<br />* * * * * <br />TWENTY TWO<br /><br />Inda daivam<br />(This God)<br />Chellamma was arguing with Bharathi when I entered their house. <br /><br />Chellamma said to me, "Yadugiri, he's supposed to be a brahmin and he isn't one bit bothered about getting his daughter married! Isn't it shame enough? On top of it, he goes all over town and broadcasts all that happens in our house! Even if he doesn't bother, shouldn't he at least care about what other people will think? How can I face them? What will my parents say? (I have not heard Chellamma mention her mother before and I wondered if she was living--Arasi).<br /><br />Bharathi: Yadugiri! You came at the right time! Why should Chellamma scream like this? Has the world come to an end?<br />I'm not a brahmin at all. I don't wear the holy thread. I don't do sandhyA vandanam, no SrArdham. I'm a SUdrA. The man of the house is SUdrA--how can his woman be a brAhmin? What I am, she is too! What's the big deal?<br /><br />Chellamma: You may not care to observe traditions, but why shouldn't I?<br /><br />Bharathi: Come, Chellamma! Do you perform aupAsanam and agni hOtram every day? How many orphans do you feed? Do you observe japam and tapam? Do the dEvatAs come directly and partake of your offerings? Tradition is just an empty word which is still with us. True traditions left us a hundred years ago! We have the left-over shell. In twenty years, that too may disappear. <br /><br />Chellamma: All that you are supposed to perform, you make it seem as if I'm the one who has to do them! On top of it, you tease me as well! <br /><br />Bharathi: Ah! Now that you have brought the question up, listen to what I have to say, without interrupting. You may not be as angry with me then.<br />In the times of the vEdAs, they were eating fruits and roots. Women did not have much work to do. They swept and mopped their parNa sAlAs and brought water from the river. Since the celestials were supposed to come in person to accept the offerings, women who had their periods were kept away from the sanctified parNa SAlA where the rituals took place. Even then, the women would take their baths, wash their linen and kept themselves clean--unlike the way in which I see you women now, not bathing for three days but sweating in your dirty clothes! <br />Only the infants they nursed stayed with them and they relaxed. They were not fit for religious rites at that time, or to be with their husbands. So, it was a sensible custom in those days. Even then, if there were philosophical discussions with women, they let them participate with a screen between them.<br /><br />As centuries passed, women started doing hard work at home--from the pounding of the rice to the cooking of it. They had to do it because they wouldn't let women from other castes come into the house. It wasn't a good thing to make the woman of the house work so hard during those three days. So, they were kept away from the house and from all the heavy work. <br /><br />Later, when they settled in the cities, there were no facilities for them to bathe during those menstrual days. There was not enough room for the women to move about. To isolate them, they put them in a little cell-like room and made them suffocate and stay there, even without a wash!<br />In a joint family, men had no problem about getting fed, If not, they did the cooking themselves. They did not go to a an eatery. Nowadays, the SudrAs cook and the brahmins eat there. <br />There aren't that many joint families anymore in the cities. When the woman of the house is not in a position to cook, the food prepared in restaurants by kitchen maids is fine by them, but at home, the same maid is not allowed to come into the kitchen!<br />The food in those eateries are not at all sanitary like the home-cooked food. Yet, they don't mind. What they don't see is fine by them! <br /><br />Brahmin girls tend to mature sooner these days. It wasn't so before. Even if they got married at eight, they did not mature until sixteen or so. They don't seem to bother about marriageable age when it comes to boys. Why does this rule apply only to girls? It should be the same for both boys and girls. The boys have to finish their studies and then get a job. They are twenty or twenty five by then. Only eighteen or twenty year old women will be right for them, not a child! <br />We live in the British RAjyam. We do servile work. After hard work, we return home with dinner on mind--not on japam or tapam. Whatever is done, is just for show. I don't like hypocrisy. <br />Yes, I did mention our Thangam entering womanhood to others.What's wrong about it? I'm going to find a good man for her. Why do you worry? <br />I don't want Thangamma to feel imprisoned during these three days! She can rest and if you don't want her to, she needn't come into the kitchen or to the pUjA nook. <br />It's a good thing for her to shower in running water every day. We have the tap water now, which is like the falls! Let her bathe on all three days. It's stupid to make her stay in a cell!. Give her warm water to bathe in if you want--separately in a pail if you wish, Chellamma. She should be happy, be clean and wear fresh clothes.The only things she can't do is lift heavy things or walk too far. That's all. <br />All the things you seem to observe are like taking the skin of a snake (which it has shed) for the snake! These so-called traditions have become larger than life, but they make no sense at all.<br /><br />Chellamma: You got shaved yesterday, on an inappropriate day! How many more transgressions!<br /><br />Bharathi: Silly! The barber used to handle corpses. He does not deal with them now. So, there were those specified days for his coming to our houses to give us a shave. Now, it's just the upper class brahmin boys who do what the barbers did, in the medical schools! Those who work, can't observe vizhuppu (that this is not acceptable; this is untouchable). It' s only the ones who are idle who indulge in the habit of observing all this nonsense! <br /><br />The kOmuTTis, mudalis and nAiDus have changed their ways to suit the times. When it comes to marriage, it's only the brahmins who follow the customs of the dark ages! <br />We will get to be more civilized when things change with the brahmin community too.<br /><br />Chellamma: Is bathing in the pond not good for you? Or, is that also a superstition? (Yadugiri's mother sticks to this custom even after the calamity of the worst storm! Anything new was taboo, and running water from a tap surely was!-Arasi).<br /><br />Bharathi: It's good to bathe in clean ponds. It will cool you down, more so on such days. The old custom of immersing yourself in the water for specified number of times, makes a lot of sense. We find that in the cities, there are no clean ponds. Instead of getting sick by bathing in filthy ones, it's better to shower with the running tap water. White people fill water in wide baths and soak in them. That's a good thing too. Luckily, we have plenty of clean ponds in Puduvai. You may bathe in them to your heart's content.<br />By the way Yadugiri, how's your little baby brother Valimai maindan? <br /><br />Yadugiri: He's fine, but why do you call him that? <br /><br />Bharathi: Chellamma told me that when he was born, it was stormy and windy. So, I call him 'the mighty wind's son'! (You find this expression valimai maindan in one of his verses-Arasi)<br /><br />Yadugiri: With your blessings, may he be as mighty as HanumAn! Let him live a hundred years!<br /><br />Bharathi: Yadugiri, don't think of your lost child and cry all the time. Plead with Sakti. At dawn, meditate upon her. She will bless you. You are young. Don't groan and moan like an old woman. What's the use of your reading the gItA? Your prayer to Sakti shows that you are brave in asking her to give back what has slipped out of your hands. Only worthless people groan and moan. You may ask me, 'how do you know my grief?' and you have a right to ask me that. Yet, it's not a good thing to cry over it. Be strong!<br /><br />Chellamma: What do men know? What would you know about how the mother who gave birth to the child feels? Will gItA and vEdAntA come to her aid? However much you may beg of Sakti, will the child come back to Yadugiri? Will her sorrow disappear? <br /><br />Bharathi: We should strive to do what we are supposed to do, and have the grace to accept what God deals out to us.We should do all that is humanly possible. Beyond that, we should not kill ourselves with grief. When trouble comes, we cry, and we should.Yet, we shouldn't cry all the time and be a tragic figure. The saying goes: Console yourself in sorrow by looking at those whose suffering is greater than yours. And with wealth, look at those who have less than what you have, and take heart. Some face sorrow when they are young, others in their old age. Yadugiri, you are going to see only better things from now on. Don't pine for what is not there. Look forward to all good things which are going to be yours, and meditate upon Sakti.<br /><br />He then said, "Let me sing to you the poem which came to me on the day pApA Thangamma entered womanhood!<br />He gave me a copy of the song:<br /><br />* inda deivam emakkanukUlam<br />ini kavalaikkiDamillai (inda daivam)<br /><br />1: mandirangaLai SOdanai SeidAl<br />vaiyagattai ALvadu daivam<br />anda deivam gatiyenRiruppIr--<br />AkkamuNDenRanaittumuraikkum (inda deivam)<br /><br />2: marattin vEril adaRkuNavuNDu<br />vayiTRiniIE karuvukkuNavuNDu<br />tarattilotta darumangaL uNDu<br />SaktiyenRilO muktiyuNDu<br /><br />3: ulagamE uDalAi adaRkuLLE<br />uyiradAgi viLangiDum deivam<br />ilagum vAnoLi pOl aRivAgi<br />engaNum parandiDum deivam<br /><br />4: Seigai yAvum deivattin Seigai <br />Sindai yAvum deivattin Sindai<br />uygai koNDadan nAmattaik kURin<br />uNarvu koNDavar dEvargaLAvAr<br /><br />5: nOyillai vaRumai illai<br />nOnbizhaippadilE tunbamillai<br />tAyum tandaiyum tOzhanumAgi<br />tagudiyum payanum tarum deivam<br /><br />6: achchamillai mayanguvadillai<br />anbum inbamum mEnmaiyum uNDu<br />michcham illai pazhanduyar kuppai <br />veTRiyuNDu viraivinil uNDu<br /><br />inda deivam namakkanukUlam<br />ini manak kavalaikkiDamillai<br /><br />*This poem has not appeared in any of Bharathi's anthologies so far (the publisher) <br /><br />* * * * *<br />TWENTY THREE<br /><br />UpanyAsam<br />(The Speech)<br /><br />In the month of Chitra in the year kALayukti, on a friday, Bharathi had a gathering at his house.<br />He started with vandE mAtaram and sang the peNgaL viDudalai kummi. He had asked us to speak on any subject we chose to. I spoke on the rewards of effort. Bharathi published this in svadESa Mitran. In Chennai, our relatives subscribed only to English papers and journals. The women in the family of judge M.O.Parthasarathy used to get the svadESa Mitran.They read it and decried it. 'The world has come to an end!', they moaned. It was the talk of the town in tiruvallikkENi's ManDyam community.<br /><br />The week after, TiruvaLLuvar Day was celebrated in Iyer's house. They fed the poor. Bhagyalakshmi Ammal and Chellamma did all the cooking. Iyer spoke of VaLLuvar's life and works. Bharathi sang. I spoke about the advancement of women. I quoted Gandhiji and spoke about satyAgrahA. I ended my speech by saying, 'Women are their own enemies in their progress'.This angered the older generation of women no end. My father told me that they read about it in the svadESa Mitran.<br />Soon after reading both my speeches, my grandmother, my elder aunt and her daughter happened to be in Puduvai. My aunt said that they couldn't show their faces in TrtuvallikkENi because of my women's emancipation speeches! They argued against my taking part in them with my father and finally made me put a stop to my speaking in public.<br /><br />The week after, we gathered in Bharathi's house. Bharathi had invited my grandmother and aunt. My aunt spoke instead of me and she said that women should not learn English but should stay home and be good housewives. Bharathi spoke after her, with quotes which supported women's education. They did not agree with him. They also asked Bharathi not to print what was said by my aunt that day. Bharathi did not, but in his own essay, he has quoted my aunt without mentioning her name, in a humorous way! <br /><br />* * * * *<br /> TWENTY FOUR<br /><br />Van tALiNai vaNangi<br />(At His Mighty Feet)<br /><br />Chellamma told me that Murugesam Pillai's son Raja Bahadur was coming back to India from Paris after finishing his studies in engineering. The world was still in the grips of the war.<br /><br />In all their pride and excitement, Raja Bahadur's parents had planned a grand welcome for him. They had decorated their home like a wedding house and had invited friends and family from everywhere.<br /><br />Man proposes and God disposes. The day that Murugesam Pillai thought was going to be jubilant, turned out to be the saddest day of his life. On a day of such joy, a telegram came in place of Raja Bahadur. The ship that he was on was bombed by the Germans and was destroyed, it said.<br /><br />Murugesam Pillai fainted after reading this. When he came back to his senses, he fell on the ground and wept. Any amount of consoling did not help. He did not get up again. <br />Bharathi sat by his side to pacify him. He said that Pillai was in the same plight as daSarathA was when Rama was banished. <br />Murugesam Pillai recalled amid sobs, Raja Bahadur being an adorable infant. He went on weeping, recounting how his son was such a delightful baby who charmed them with his crawling, baby talk and play, and how he grew into a fine man, possessing such a keen mind.<br />ANNiammAL wailed. When she was pregnant with her child, Pillai had heard from a holy man that the early morning sun's rays were good for a pregnant woman, and that the child she was carrying would grow up to be strong and healthy. Pillai took her every morning to a hill top for her to catch the rays, in spite of protests from the family. <br /><br />Bharathi tried very hard to console the couple. He sang in a moving way, verses from kamba rAmAyaNam of MaNDOdari's cry when Indrajit was killed--kulaSEkara AzhvAr's van tALiNai vaNangi about daSarathA's grief and dEvaki's Alai nIL karumbannavan tAlO, where she grieves about infant Krishna being taken away from her. Murugesam Pillai and ANNiammAL were quietened for while, but started wailing again. <br /><br />Pillai was already a sick man. The doctors couldn't help him. His grief shook him up and he got worse. He kept repeating: Has Raja Bahadur come back? <br /><br />To let him die in peace, family and friends decided to tell him a white lie--that Raja Bahadur had survived, and that he was expected to arrive a week later. They sent a false telegram to this effect and decided that Arabindo should take the telegram to Pillai. This, they thought was bound to convince him. Arabindo, who never left his house, agreed to do this because of his love for Pillai. Even then, Pillai would not believe in the news. After listening to Arabindo calmly, he said: Not that I don't believe you, but my inner being does not believe in it. What I had in hand, slipped away. You took the trouble to come out of your house for my sake! How can I ever repay you?<br /><br />When this ploy didn't work, they tried another. They found a young man who resembled Raja Bahadur, dressed him up in a suit and brought him to Pillai who was speechless at first. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the man for a while. Then, he looked cynical. His hopes were shattered. He turned in his bed, as if to turn away from this performance. Within a few hours, death came to him.<br /><br />As if what the holy man had told Pillai was the truth that the rays of the sun would make him grow into a healthy man, to lead a long life, and as if the father's plea to God to bring back his son did work, on the twenty seventh day after his father's death, Raja Bahadur arrived safely in Puduvai. He had floated to an island with the help of a broken piece of the ship, and was spotted by another ship soon after! <br />He was welcomed with a sigh of relief but with heavy hearts.<br /><br />Bharathi said, "Murugasam Pillai gave his life away for his son. Had he not died, his son might not have returned. Who knows?"<br />* * * * * <br />VeLiyETRam<br />(The Exit)<br /><br />When I was in Puduvai, Chellamma went to Kadayam to take part in the preparations of her brother's wedding. Bharathi was observing a month of silence. He did not come to see us and we did not go to his house. <br /><br />Chellamma came back after the wedding. Within a few days, her father died. She went back, leaving the children behind. They were in our house most of the time. She was back soon after. She now was intent on going back to British India. It was evident that her relatives at home had fortified that wish in her. Bharathi too was getting bored of living in Puduvai but could not go back with all the police vigilance. Chellamma's family had also urged Bharathi's siblings to write to him and persuade him to come back to Kadayam. Yet, Bharathi didn't. Not having the heart to leave Bharathi on his own, Chellamma stayed behind.<br /><br />In the month of puraTTAsi, she came to our house to see my new baby. She said she was intent on her family returning to Kadayam. She did not say when. We did not think Bharathi could go.<br /><br />The next morning, Bharathi came to our house to tell us that Chellamma had left for Kadayam with the children, taking some of their belongings, however much he begged of her to stay. "She wouldn't listen to me. I need to get married again, I think," he quipped.<br /><br />Chellamma came back again after a week with her brother Appadurai. In the month of aippasi, around the fifteenth, they went to Villianallur with Appadurai. The border police arrested Bharathi there and took him to the Cuddalore prison. They released him soon after. Bharathi came to Chennai and stayed with us for a few days. He spoke at public meetings at the beach.<br /><br />Some of his relatives tried hard to get him back to Kadayam and settle the family there in a place of their own, but it didn't work. <br /><br />*<br />For about a year and a half, I was out of touch with Bharathi's family. I used to read his writings in the issues of svadESa Mitran, and that was about all.<br /><br />* * * * *<br />TWENTY SIX<br />iRudi<br />(The End)<br /><br />In roudra varusham, in the month of Chittirai, my father, Iyer and others returned home. After the end of the war, they were free to come home. My father stayed on until Iyer was free to come to British India. But for Aravindar, the rest of them had left Puduvai. <br /><br />Soon after, the Puduvai mUvar (Bharathi, Iyer and my father) started living in the same place again--Chennai. Bharathi worked at svadESa Mitran and Iyer at dESa Bhaktan. My father went back to his old business.<br /><br />At the end of the month of aippasi, I had gone to Chennai from Mysore. Chellamma and Bhagyalakshmi Ammal came to see me. The Iyers lived in George Town then, I think. Bharathi and Chellamma lived in TiruvallikkENi in TuLasingap perumAL Koil street. We lived in PEyAzhvAr kOil street, facing the mantapam in front of Parthasarathy Swamy temple.<br /><br />Bharathiyar was home only from seven to nine in the morning. Then, he left for work. He came home during the break, occasionally. <br /><br />Hindi prachAr (propogation of Hindi) had started just then. Devadas Gandhi taught Hindi and national songs in our upstairs hall. <br /><br />When seeing little babies saying 'Ao, Ao, Ao', BharathiAr had a habit of singing to them, 'AO sakala bhArath kumAr!' (Come, little son of all India!). "The little ones are saying, 'come, let's all be one!', but we foolish adults don't pay any attention to it!"<br /><br />The political scene then was tense. The Ali bothers, on their way to Chennai were arrested. Their mother was a brave woman. She spoke at the beach meeting. At the end of it when people were starting to disperse, Bharathi got on stage and sang 'jaya bErigai koTTaDA, koTTaDA!' and the crowds came back in throngs. They loved to hear Bharathi's songs and his speeches. His voice and his verses charmed them all. That day, he sang the verses, interspersing them with the sounds of the drums (bERigai ), with his own voice!<br />*<br />When I was in Chennai, Bharathi overheard my saying, "Both children that I have are daughters and the one son I had, is no more". He chided me. "Daughters are more affectionate than sons, Yadugiri. You were a little child when you were in Puduvai. You still are the same in your affection for me. Your brother Sami is too occupied with family affairs. He does not find time to come and see me, as you still do".<br /><br />I was in Chennai until ugAdi. Bharathi came to our house almost every day. Chellamma, Thangamma and Sakunthala came to see us often. <br />On the day I left for Bangalore that month, Bharathi came by in the morning. "Chellamma said it was an inappropriate day for a shave. So, I came to your house," he said and got shaven in the front of our house .<br /><br />Bharathi came again that evening. I did namaskArams to him and asked him when he would come to visit us in Bangalore.<br /><br />Bharathi: What business do I have in Bangalore, Amma? Have a good journey and be well. The next time you come to Chennai, I don't know where I'm going to be. That was why I came to see you again.<br /><br />That was the last time I saw him. <br /><br />I was in Mysore. My mother wrote to me that Bharathiar was no more. I could not believe it. Soon, my father wrote a long letter, giving me all the details.<br />It was the misfortune of tamizh nADu that Bharathi died, and that too, in his prime.<br />*<br />In 1923, I was back in Chennai. Chellamma, Thangamma and Sakunthala came to see me. It was a sad moment.<br />Chellamma: He asked about you even on the day that he passed away. "Where is Yadugiri now? How many children has she?". "Two girls, like us," I answered.<br />"I don't know when she will come to Chennai. I miss seeing her. Wherever she is, let her be happy," he said. "Chellamma, finish cooking by eight in the morning. I have to go to the office early," he said. He died soon after. What could I do? It all seems like a play, this life of ours!"<br /><br />*<br />After so many years of our struggle for freedom, we are now free--because of great patriots like Tillakar, Bharathi, Chidambaram Pillai and V.V.S. Iyer. They laid the foundation for the freedom which we enjoy. <br /><br />Bharathi was inspired by some unknown force. When he sang, poetry flooded out of him .There were times when he was surprised with some of his own lines of poetry. He didn't go in search of words, style, grammar or rhyme. He was a vara kavi (born with a boon-poet).<br /><br />Bharathi had the habit of asking himself questions. I used to be surprised by this."Whom did you speak to at the beach?"--I'd ask. He would laugh and say, 'with parAsakti, with the sea!" I did not know the impact of it then. I realize now that to be a great poet, to develop one's sensibilities to that extent, one should do penance of a very high order. Bharathi was a living example of such a poet. Poets like him are born only once in a few centuries. Lucky indeed are the nations which produce such great souls!<br /><br />THE END <br />The translator's note:<br /><br />I reluctantly take leave of the company of Bharathi, Chellamma, Yadugiri, Iyer and their families. It was an inspiring (and perspiring!) summer for me to journey back with them into the past. If only a few young men and women have been reading this and have started discovering 'their' Bharathi, I'd be delighted. Bharathi's works have universal appeal, but for every Indian, particularly a tamizhan, he is a national treasure which we all own--which we can keep and also share endlessly.<br />Bharathi sought immortality and he got it. He lives forever in his poetry and his other works.There is immense value and beauty in his verses which are guaranteed to appeal to humanity until the end of the world.<br /><br />We are stepping into September, the month of Bharathi Day. I am glad I finished the translation well before that special day (as I promised) and now want to go back to his poetry which will feed me with inspiration and offer me renewal, as it always does. No, I revise my statement: go back to his poetry, so that all of us get inspired and are ready for renewal!<br /><br />We have many performers who are members on Rasikas.org. Those who are not, visit our forum to browse. If they include many Bharathi's songs in their repertoire, kudos to them all. Those who don't--please consider singing his songs, as joyfully as he did <br /><br />I thank Yadugiri's daughter Dwaraki Krishnaswamy for lending me, and letting me make a copy of her mother's book. <br /><br />Thanks to those who have been reading this translation and also for their patience when I took a break . Special thanks to friends on the forum who have always been extremely kind to the old lady.<br /><br />I thank srkris for making this thread a sticky to ensure that it didn't sink to the bottom of the page and disappear. Due to that, many more rasikAs have had a chance to read it. <br /><br />For those of us who already adore, admire and worship Bharathi, it was good to hear Yadugiri tell her story about him. I hope she inspires the young just as much, so that they can pass on their love for Bharathi to their children and they to theirs and so it goes on and on--Bharathi's immortality is ensured that way.<br />Thanks again, all!<br /><br />Arasi <br /><br />Tributes:<br />NCV 005-Paamaalai kinai undo Tribute to Barathi by Papanasam Sivan<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/549768795/7cb61ac2" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />E SWARA-MMD-007 Pattukkuru pulavan Barathiada-Shri MM Dandapani desigar <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/776984172/e101e178" width="420" height="266" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Here are some more links on Barathi:<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.madeinthoughts.com/BharathiWork.html">http://www.madeinthoughts.com/BharathiWork.html</a> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://baski-reviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-post_30.html">http://baski-reviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-post_30.html</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.madeinthoughts.com/KuvalaiKannan.html">http://www.madeinthoughts.com/KuvalaiKannan.html</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.madeinthoughts.com/Mayai.html">http://www.madeinthoughts.com/Mayai.html</a> <o:p></o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/543701150063487311-5509170125063823282?l=e-swari.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>venkatakailasamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967158777392294107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-543701150063487311.post-53173899170401830472011-07-25T01:37:00.007-07:002011-09-25T09:15:07.034-07:00Smt. Aruna Sairam vocalist and Shri. Hari Sivanesan (veena)) at BBC <br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6DuKvkkCCe4/TkB7XMThPqI/AAAAAAAAAvI/VYDnZwc--iE/s1600/Hari_Aruna_600.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6DuKvkkCCe4/TkB7XMThPqI/AAAAAAAAAvI/VYDnZwc--iE/s400/Hari_Aruna_600.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638642371838164642" /></a><br /><br />Sivanesan:<br />Sivanesan, born to Sri Lanka origin parents in London, is the latest graduate of BBC Radio 3's World Routes Academy.<br /><br /><br /><br />The concert:<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/729231202/3867868b" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br /><br />Participants: <br /><br />Set 1: Hari Sivanesan (veena)<br /> Pirashanna Thevarajah (percussion)<br />Set 2: Aruna Sairam (vocalist)<br />Set 3: Aruna Sairam (vocalist)<br /> Hari Sivanesan (veena with percussion and mrindangam)<br />Set 4.Aruna Sairam (vocals)<br /> Hari Sivanesan (veena)<br /> Pirashanna Thevarajah (percussion)<br /> Patri Satish Kumar (mrindangam)<br /> Bangalore RN Prakash (ghatam)<br /> Jyotsna Srikanth (violin).<br /><br />Song list:<br /><br />Tyagaraja — Manavyalakincha Radate (raga Nalinakanti)<br />Thirugnyana Sambandar??? — Kapali (raga Mohanam)is by Papanasam Sivan<br />trad — Ragam, Tanam, Pallavi, Swaram and Tani Avartanam (raga Shanmukapriya)<br />trad — Viruttam and Kantamaam (raga Sindhu Bhairavi)<br />Ootukkadu Venkatasubba lyer — Thillana (raga Gambhira Nattai)<br /><br />Courtesy:Link provided by Nick<br /><br />Internal view of Royal Albert Hall<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F-qj5El3XHg/TkSzPeR1_RI/AAAAAAAAAvw/iMql1kBuFnk/s1600/db70e9ac197b9c0806058b7ccee76048_xl.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F-qj5El3XHg/TkSzPeR1_RI/AAAAAAAAAvw/iMql1kBuFnk/s400/db70e9ac197b9c0806058b7ccee76048_xl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639829711782018322" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/543701150063487311-5317389917040183047?l=e-swari.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>venkatakailasamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967158777392294107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-543701150063487311.post-59543414277073667932011-07-25T01:37:00.005-07:002011-07-25T01:40:30.260-07:00These short audio clips are provided here only in the hope of enticing more audience for Carnatic music. <br />Not to have any commercial advantage.<br />venkatakailasam<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W3cYBC_2ayo/Te6_87RdkNI/AAAAAAAAAtM/X_m6dsg-mHU/s1600/side_column_image.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W3cYBC_2ayo/Te6_87RdkNI/AAAAAAAAAtM/X_m6dsg-mHU/s400/side_column_image.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615636838801576146" /></a><br /><br />May good befall all, May there be peace for all<br />May all be fit for perfection, May all experience that which is auspicious.<br />Om, May all be happy. May all be healthy.<br />May we all experience what is good and let no one suffer<br /><br /><br />Liten to Bhajan stream<br /><br />RADIO SAI<br /><font class="default"><font class="default"><b><a href="http://www.radiosai.org/">http://www.radiosai.org</a></b></font></font><br /><br />Shridi Sai Baba<br /><object width="320" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xohCvc8yLqY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xohCvc8yLqY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="240"></embed></object><br />'E'-SWARA-Misc 009-satya sai suprabadam<br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-c3bb7881dd3040c7" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" 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Raga: shankara. Adi tala.<br />P: saieshvara ni padamula sannidhilo serinanu<br />sadananda vanidhilo sada jola lohinanu<br />hare rama hare krsna hare sayi hare hare<br />bhaje sayi shantidayi satya sayi hare hare<br /><br />1: manasulona bhakti sudha madhuri mane intinanu<br />tanula lola kanti prabha kavita jyoti linitinanu<br />aradhana purva samuga anavatamu kolicinanu<br />tanivarada ranisedaki sariyincita svami ledu<br /><br />2: daya padamulo nilatamu padayugamulu nilitinanu<br />bhava ridhilo satatamu seva seya selasinanu<br />aredana punga ganalu Alukonaga vedinanu<br />paramadbhuta mahimanvita karuna kori nanu nedu<br /><br />3: tretayugamandu velayu sitapati nivukada<br />dvaparambulona velagu gopaludu nivekada<br />I kalikalamuna Adarici sayi nivikada<br />pattivara maravu purusa paramatmudu nivekada<br /><br />4: Ashrita jana kotikella abhayamosagu dasa nivu<br />nama kirtanamuna mariyu narayana murti nivu<br />lila manusa dehudu bhoya shankarudu nivu<br />tripujatma rupudavu dina bandhavudu nivu<br /><br />'E'-SWARA-008-Misc-Two Saints-Bahavan Ramanar and Maha Periava<br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-a1bd22b7fedb5058" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" 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Nath-001-ambashankari<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/250664954/11430ccb" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai Nath-002-chittachora<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/250665249/c200c9b3" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai Nath-003-gangajatha<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/250665534/f6bf354c" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai Nath-004-govinda<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/250665665/fe894fc6" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai Nath-005-govindakrishna<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/250666101/b8449532" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai Nath-007-jayapanduranga<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/250666111/a15fa473" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai Nath-008-madhava<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/250666123/647c969c" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai Nath-009-sathyamjnanam<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/250666883/91424599" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai Nath-010-shivayaparam<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/250667038/53cb7307" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai Nath-011-subramaniam<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/250667091/d0f82329" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai Nath-012-hare rama<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/250667148/1d488ff7" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Bombay sisters-Hey raghunandana <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/295145391/1ae50ccb" width="320" height="200" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai-Priya Sisters <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/246031348/8a645d8c" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Priya Sisters - Uyalaloguma Sri Sathya Sai<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579748253/cbe46693" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Priya Sisters MM2007 05_ sai Bhajan<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579763798/5b89e69d" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br /><br />Priya Sisters-saieswara Raga Sankara<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579786551/58a8b08" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />MSS-Sai-007-SAi Saranam-MS Subbulakshmi-marathi<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/246027938/d0b938f1" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />MSS-Sai-001-Innuho-MS Subbulakshmi-hindi<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/246027934/d90f74da" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />MSS-Sai-002-Sairama vinitha santhosham<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579642800/86ec757b" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />MSS-Sai-003-Anandha Bhava-MS Subbulakshmi-bengali<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579647683/ea7c73f1" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />MSS-Sai-004-Muruga unni unarthavar<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579652185/cee19c3" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />MSS-Sai-005-Bolo sai-MS Subbulakshmi<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579662993/b525a6df" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />MSS-Sai-006-Maname sumpoorna narayana<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579665742/e0c5fdb7" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />MSS-Sai-009-Saieesam Sadguru-<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579669244/45bb25d1" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />MSS-Sai-010-Om Jaya jagadeeswarere<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579671380/1775c5ac" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br /><br />Leela nataka-Satya sai Bajan-S.Gayathri<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/246030268/12c325c" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br /><br />SAI_SADANANDA_DAYI-Bv Sushela <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/246030265/7f9d4ee1" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Guruvanna Evvaro- Bombay Jayashree <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/246046771/f06bfa9e" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai 011-Ennathavam-S.Jayashree<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579727042/715f56dc" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Easwaramma Priya Tanaya Sai Narayana -<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/246037820/fbdbc205" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai 001-Anjanai Bala-Kalyani Soundarrajan<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579674455/e020a9d9" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai 002-Ayane nan undhan admai-Kalyani Sounderrajan <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579677644/9f0dd38e" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai 003-Kaliyuga Avathara-Kalyani Soundarrajan <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579684134/45e66bf3" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai 004-Priyakari Dayakari-Kalyani Sounderrajan<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579694132/91e5e776" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai 005-Nathane un padam-Kalyani Sounderrajan<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579698155/130d6aeb" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai 006-Ganapathiye-Kalyani Sounderrajan<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579700841/1523d07" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br /><br />Sai 007-Varavendum Sai deva-Kalyani Sounderrajan<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579708795/7d79e881" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai 008-Thai endral enna-Kalyani Sounderrajan<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579713192/df1af21" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai 010-Manam Irangatha-Kalyani Sounderrajan <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579718713/61a3ee0c" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai 012-Satya Sai Kavacham-Kalyani Sounderrajan-Nityashree Mahadevn<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579781080/5c3f3f81" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Sai 040-Sai var deejo - P.Unnikrishnan<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579797838/a70849ac" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br /><br />Usha-Sai-002-EKATHANTAM-Usha Sethuraman<br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579805412/2abe237b" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Usha-Sai-003-JAGATH_GURU-Usha Sethuraman <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/579820440/f4d91540" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />More songs on SAI you can view at the SIDE Bar<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/543701150063487311-1753432046547473193?l=e-swari.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>venkatakailasamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967158777392294107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-543701150063487311.post-40862904672174343582011-07-25T01:37:00.001-07:002011-08-09T07:02:28.263-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i0KusQo7tv0/TjB8UgCmPII/AAAAAAAAAuA/E4nPGQf6reA/s1600/muthu-thandavar-color-lstamp.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 263px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i0KusQo7tv0/TjB8UgCmPII/AAAAAAAAAuA/E4nPGQf6reA/s400/muthu-thandavar-color-lstamp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634139825480547458" border="0" /></a> <br /> <br />MUTHU THANDAVAR: <br /> <br />“Muttu taandavar - In a town named Seerkaazhi, normally associated with the Tamil composer tirugnanasambandar, another Tamil composer, muttutaandavar was born in 1560 into a family that traditionally constructed and played musical instruments for temples. They belonged to a community named the Isai velala community. The child was named tandavan (one who dances) after nataraja, the god of dance, the presiding deity at neighbouring Cidambaram. <br />When he was young, tandavan was afflicted with an incurable disease which severely affected his appearance and his health. He was unable to follow his family's profession, and many in the town shunned him. So, he found relief in listening to the songs sung on Lord Shiva, by a lady called Shivabhagyam, who belonged to a family devoted to the arts. He would go everyday to her house and listen to her despite protests from relatives and family, who eventually stopped feeding him. As a result, he took the prasaadam (blessed food offered) at the temple once a day. But this weakened him. <br />One day, while worshipping, he found himself near the room that contained the vaahanams (the mounts and vehicles of the gods), and crawled in and fainted. No one knew, and soon the priests extinguished the lamps and left for the day. Guards locked the temple doors. When taanDavan awoke to consciousness, he realized he was locked in and cried out loud to the god of the temple, Brahmapureeshawa, asking him for help. Soon the temple priest's young daughter approached with a vessel of food. She fed him and asked him what his trouble was. When he told her, she told him to go to Cidambaram and compose a song a day on the Lord. When taandavan protested, saying he could never find words for so many songs, the little girl asked him to use the first words he heard from devotees as he entered the temple. <br />The child then disappeared. It was dawn. The guards came in and so did the priests. They could barely recognise the effulgent being they found in the sanctum. Gone was the emaciated figure. He was iridescent like the mother of pearl. They renamed tandavan muttutandavar. Then Muttutaandavar realised that the girl was Lokanayaki, the presiding Goddess of Seerkazhi who had come in the guise of the priest's daughter. <br />Muttutandavar began his journey to Cidambaram, an act that soon became a daily ritual. On the first day, he reached the sanctum there and heard the words Bhooloka kailaya giri Cidambaram. He used the words as the opening line of his first kriti. As he finished singing the piece, five gold coins appeared on the steps below the deity, which he took as the Lord's reward for his composition. Muttutandavar gratefully accepted the coins and also found that his illness was cured. Muttutaandavar continued to compose daily at the temple. But one day, when he entered the sanctum, Muttutandavar found complete silence. No one spoke. He waited patiently, hoping that someone would say something and he could use the words. But all the devotees remained silent. Muttutandavar could only hear his heart speaking, crying out in desperation. Thus sprang the composition - pesade nenjame (O mind! Do not speak!) . He realised that his dependence on the words of others had ended. He now began composing on his own. <br />Once, on his way to Cidambaram, he was bitten by a snake. To cure the poison, he composed "Arumarundondru tanimarundidu" (in mohanam, made popular by D.K. Jayaraaman). Another day, the river Kollidam was in spate and muttutandavar could not cross to reach Cidambaram. Out of sorrow sprang the piece - kanamal vinile kalam kazhittome. The speciality of this song is its graphic description of the Cidambaram Temple. Then, the river parted and on reaching the sanctum, out of gratitude, he sang - darisanam seivene. <br />He continued to compose songs, daily. The story is told that in 1640AD, in the month of aavani, the day of the star poosham, muttutandavar appeared in the sanctum and sang the piece manikkavacagar perenakkutaravallayo ariyen. A great light emanated from the sanctum and in that light, muttutandavar was gathered into the arms of the Lord and became one with him. <br />Very few of muttutaandavar's songs have survived. Annaamalai University, under the auspices of Sangita Kalanidhi Tiruppamburam N Swaminatha Pillai, collected sixty of them and set them to ragas. These are sung by many today and the kritis have been rescued from near oblivion.”VIKNESH WAREN <br /> <br />Here are some of his Compositions: <br /> <br />Muthu Thandavar 001-Sanjay-sivachidambarame-NAgaswarAli <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/713859291/b13ccafc" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Muthu Thandavar 002-Arumarundhu ondru-Suryaprakash <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/713857884/3505fdd7" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Muthu Thandavar 003-Carnatica Brothers Sevikka Vendum Ayya - Andolika <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/713868526/36ff8da4" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Muthu Thandavar 004-Nithyasree Mahadevan-Eeshane Kotisuriya nalinakanthi <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/713866373/dfb086ef" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Muthu Thandavar 005-Sanjay Subrahmanyam-Darisitalavil mukti-Lathangi <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/713867450/c97cc437" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Muthu Thandavar 006-Sudha Ragunathan-Adikkondar-Mayamalava Goula <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/713880221/d750980c" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Muthu Thandavar 007-Sanjay Subrahmanyan-Tillai chidambaramE-kApinArAyani <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/713879356/f8ef2904" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Muthu Thandavar 008-M Santhanam-sevikkavendumaiyya-Andholika <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/713878442/5b6aadbc" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br /> <br />Muthu Thandavar 010-Sugandha Kalamegham Ambara chidambara <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/713909215/7d34d838" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Muthu Thandavar 011-P Unnikrishnan-Adikondar-Muthuthandavar <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/713908783/fbe263ca" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Muthu Thandavar 013-TM Krishna-Sevikavendum ayah <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/713908568/f13743a2" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Muthu Thandavar 015-DKP 042-ayyane natanam sAvEri <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/713906832/8492ba99" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br /> <br />Muthu Thandavar 016-Alathur Brothers-chidambarame_ninai_maname-nadanamakriya <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/713918034/be5d1097" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Muthu Thandavar 017-maravAdiru nenjamE-malayamArudham <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/713917058/b9d2eb6c" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br /> <br />COMPOSITIONS OF LALITHA DASAR: <br /> <br />Lalita Dasar Kritis (1945) <br />Chembai had an old friend called T.G.Krishna Iyer in Tripunithura, who had settled in Madras (now Chennai) and offered a house to Chembai on Palace Road near Santhome, in a locality called 'Lalita Nagar' he had himself developed. He had composed some 155 kritis in Telugu, Tamil andSanskrit under the mudra 'Lalita dasar' and requested Chembai to set them to music and popularise them. Chembai accepted the invitation and set the kritis to classical music, and got them published under the name Lalita Dasar Keertanaigal. He made it a practice to sing these kritis in most of his concerts. He also released a record containing selected kritis from Lalita Dasar's kritis like Evariki Telusunamma (Dhanyasi), Ennil Kaninda (Shankarabharanam), Pavana Guru (Hamsanandi), Varijadala Lochani (Arabhi), among others.( courtesy : Wikipedia) <br /> <br />Lalitha_Dasar-001-KJY -Kannanai Kandayo <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/726484880/7338baae" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Lalitha_Dasar-002-Akhilandeshvari_jaya_jaya_shankari_Kanada_Adi-chambai <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/726295018/f1b775a5" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Lalitha_Dasar-003-Jsudas-Bhavana guru-hamsanandhi <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/726294217/da30db3f" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Lalitha_Dasar-004-Kailasapathe_-_Subhapantuvarali-chembai <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/726309171/53690edc" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Lalitha_Dasar-005-NandaNandana-Desh_Adi-chambai <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/726308838/f9b42f96" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Lalitha_Dasar-006-Sama_gana_vinodini-Hamsanandi-chembai <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/726304998/484f1293" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Lalitha_Dasar-007-Thirupurasundhari-Amrithavarshini-adhi-chembai <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/726315009/6487ec16" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Lalitha_Dasar-008-Sudha Balakrishnan - Kolapura Nilaye - Purvikalyani <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/726313928/b0cda51" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Lalitha_Dasar-010-Evariki Telusunamma -Dhanyasi-Chembai <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/726482478/d60a88eb" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Lalitha_Dasar-011-Nruthya thimana-Chembai <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/726313514/208d3cdd" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br />Lalitha_Dasar-012-RaRa muralidara-Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/726481392/bfa6f510" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/543701150063487311-4086290467217434358?l=e-swari.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>venkatakailasamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967158777392294107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-543701150063487311.post-91981056069738067742011-07-16T18:58:00.000-07:002011-08-21T19:37:35.688-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WWX4W9dkBwE/TjLYpv0HiPI/AAAAAAAAAuM/OiehN8z9xHg/s1600/guruvayur3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 135px; height: 170px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WWX4W9dkBwE/TjLYpv0HiPI/AAAAAAAAAuM/OiehN8z9xHg/s400/guruvayur3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634804295515212018" /></a> <br /> <br />Bhattathiripad, a well educated Brahmin, was afflicted by extremely painful arthritic condition at about the age of twenty seven. Therapeutic efforts failed entirely and by the time he decided to turn to the mercy of the Lord, he was a total wreck, not even able to walk without support. He reached Guruvayoor temple accompanied by his younger brother . <br />It was then that he had received an advice from the great Malayalam Poet, Thunchathu Ezhuthachan (considered as the "Father of Malayalam Language") to "start with fish", <br />a composition in praise of The Lord. <br />The suggestion was that the he should compose a work narrating the various incarnations of Lord Vishnu, Fish, Turtle etc... Melpathur. Bhattathiripad who knew all Puranas so well, straight away embarked on the project, assisted by his brother. <br /> Thus happened Sreeman Narayaneeyam. <br />It is said the deity eagerly listened to his work daily and responded with occasional comments. He even helped him once by giving a vision of the fierce sight of Narasimhavatara, as the poet could not figure out how the incident was. <br />Kesathipadham: <br />The last chapter is a gem of a narration of the deity from head to foot. The legend has it that after 99 chapters Guruvayoorappan had appeared in front of the poet and he was cured of his nagging ailment. Then on the 100th day he wrote about the vision he had. <br /> <br />You can listen here: <br /> <br />001-P Leela-SREE GURUVAYU PURESA SUPRABHATHAM – <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/242139223/b08996ec" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />02-P Leela-Rasakreeda varnanam & Kesadhi paada varnanam <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/242151358/232c6edb" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Narayaneeam: <br />An ardent devotee of Sri Guruvayurappan, Sri Sengalipuram Anantharama Dikshitar made a significant contribution to propagate the Narayaneeyam of Meppattur Narayana Bhattathiri all over the world today. <br /> <br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lD9Ee3JUuis/TjLZTCKvOZI/AAAAAAAAAuU/3QfSM_6EBwo/s1600/sengalipuram_anantarama_deekshitar.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lD9Ee3JUuis/TjLZTCKvOZI/AAAAAAAAAuU/3QfSM_6EBwo/s400/sengalipuram_anantarama_deekshitar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634805004816562578" /></a> <br /> <br />About Sengalipuram Anantharama Dikshadar: <br /> <br />VETERANS IN the age group of 75 and above all over the country will remember and recall attending Sri Anantharama Dikshitar's Upanyasams in the Matunga Asthika Samaj and Bhajan Samaj between the early 1940s and Sixties. And avid listeners included the President Dr. Radhakrishnan, Chakravarty Rajagopalachariar, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, and the Governors of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, Kalki Sadasivam and the heads of all Maths including the Kanchi Paramacharya and Sringeri Periayawal various industrialists, musicians and politicians, the members of the royal houses of Kozhikode, Kochi, Kollengode, Thanjavur and Pudukottai. <br /> <br />For more than 30 generations, every member in his family had performed yagna, especially Agnihotram, and attained the title of Dikshithar. All of them were well versed in the Vedas, Puranas and Ithihasas and Sasthras. To them goes the credit of introducing the Upanyasam style into our culture. <br /> <br />Born in August 1903 in Thanjavur district as the first son to Sri Subramanya Dikshithar , boy Anantharaman was initiated into the learning of the Vedas under his father and grandfather Muthannaval. <br /> <br />He learnt other Sastras and Vedangas from eminent scholars of repute including Kadalangudi Natesa Sastrigal who also was his father in law. <br /> <br /> The family has taken pain and efforts to bring out more than 200 audiocassettes of the great Yathenndrals upanyasams held in 1950s and 1960s in various places like Bombay, Madras Pudukkottai, etc. <br /> <br />A spellbound audience used to sit and concentrate for three hours, during his discourses. His chanting Dhyanaslokas, Vedic Mantras, Sasthram in Rig Veda recited during Yagas, slokas from the puranas, Itihasas and Dharma Sasthras was inimitable. Dikshithar used to narrate the importance of rituals in his daily Upanyasams. He had great respect for scholars and purohits. <br /> <br />His lectures on the Maha Bharatha or Srimad Bhaghvatham, Srimad Ramayanam, Skandam, Sri Devi Bhaghavatham, etc., were unique. <br /> <br />He has been conferred the following Titles: <br /> <br />• Amrutha Vaakvarshi <br />• Upanyasa Chakravarthi <br />• Vaidheeka Dharma Samrakshaka <br />• Pravachana Dhureena <br />• Vedha Yaaga Paripaalaka <br />• Raamayana Thathvopadesaka <br />• Ramaayana Kesari <br />• Bharatha Simham <br />• Pravachana Vaakeesa <br />• Sruthi Saakaram <br /> <br />Guruvayur-Why it is named so: <br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gvKQ7FEIbuM/Tag5yHhE_RI/AAAAAAAAAqM/16zkuQb1eLk/s1600/appan12.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gvKQ7FEIbuM/Tag5yHhE_RI/AAAAAAAAAqM/16zkuQb1eLk/s400/appan12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595786070181870866" /></a> <br /> <br />Guruvayur <br />Why it is named as Guruvayur? <br />Known as the ‘Dwaraka of the South', Guruvayur temple has very interesting traditions around it. The idol of Sri Krishna at Guruvayur is believed to be an ancient one, which was being worshipped by Brahma himself at Dwaraka. After the pilgrim city of Dwaraka became submerged in the sea, Sri Krishna decided to leave His mortal body at Prabhasa Kshetra in Sourashtra for His heavenly abode. According to tradition, it is believed that Sri.Krishna Himself gave his idol which was at Dwaraka, to His foremost disciple and devotee, Uddhava to be installed in a safe place. <br /> <br />As instructed by Sri.Krishna, Uddhava sought the help of Guru, the preceptor of the Gods and his disciple Vayu, the God of Winds, in finding an equally holy spot for installing the idol of Krishna . After a long quest for a most suitable site, they entered Kerala, which had been created by Parasurama. They approached Shiva and Parvathi who were staying near a beautiful lake of lotus flowers in Kerala, called Rudra Tirtha. As suggested by Shiva and Parvati and by their blessings, the idol of Krishna was duly installed at the spot beside the lake. As the site was selected by Guru and Vayu, the place came to be called as “Guruvayupura”, which later on became popular as ‘Guruvayur'. Krishna was lovingly called as 'Guruvayurappan' or the Lord of Guruvayur. Shiva and Parvati stayed on the opposite bank of the lake, which came to be called as Mammiyar, where a Shiva temple has now been constructed. It is believed that he original shrine of Krishna at Guruvayur, according to mythology, was built by Vishwakarma, the celestial architect at the instance of Guru and Vayu. <br />Listen to the Song. <br />Ms. Smitha Madhav-Guruvaur Appane-Ambhujam krishna <br /> <br /><object width="320" height="220" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-f54c75e136a7ecb8" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v22.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Df54c75e136a7ecb8%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332408298%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4469D6B6CD3F77E43D444F69C74238A40CEBE1D6.16216E46D5A59A0132784A765D19D0332434967%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df54c75e136a7ecb8%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Ds6ZI4EMSW5KGhBpX6ZZxVFrOdDk&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="220" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v22.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Df54c75e136a7ecb8%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332408298%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4469D6B6CD3F77E43D444F69C74238A40CEBE1D6.16216E46D5A59A0132784A765D19D0332434967%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df54c75e136a7ecb8%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Ds6ZI4EMSW5KGhBpX6ZZxVFrOdDk&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/543701150063487311-9198105606973806774?l=e-swari.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>venkatakailasamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967158777392294107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-543701150063487311.post-48065300211170646582011-06-13T04:53:00.000-07:002011-08-25T16:01:04.844-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jExwPi3cv5Q/TlQ9oaFQQdI/AAAAAAAAAwY/T6B7JrOjD9Q/s1600/saint%2Bkabir%2Bdas%2Bdoha.gif.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 265px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jExwPi3cv5Q/TlQ9oaFQQdI/AAAAAAAAAwY/T6B7JrOjD9Q/s400/saint%2Bkabir%2Bdas%2Bdoha.gif.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644203997407494610" /></a> <br /> <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Pw6dX70xGQQ/TlQ-DxBACII/AAAAAAAAAwg/jP7WWLzSgdc/s1600/kabir.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 376px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Pw6dX70xGQQ/TlQ-DxBACII/AAAAAAAAAwg/jP7WWLzSgdc/s400/kabir.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644204467420137602" /></a> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />sant Kabir Das. <br /> Kabir played the role of a teacher and social reformer by the medium of his writings, which mainly consisted of the two line verses called Dohas. He had a strong belief in Vedanta, Sufism, Vaishnavism and Nath sampradaya. He applied the knowledge that he gained through the various experiences of his life. He was always in the pursuit of truth and nothing could hold him back. Kabir was well known for his religious affiliation. Read further to know about the life history of Sant Kabir. <br /> <br />There are plenty of legends associated with the birth and death of Kabir (1440 -1518). Some people are of the say that, he was born in a Muslim weaver family, while others say that he was born to a Brahmin widow. It is said that, when he headed his way for heaven, tussle took place between the Hindus and Muslims over the issue of performance of the last rites. Eventually, in the memory of the great Kabir, his tomb as well as a Samadhi Mandir, both were constructed, which are still standing erect next to each other. According to another legend, in a short span of time before his death, Kabir took a holy bath in the two rivers, namely Ganga and Karmnasha, so as to wash away his sins as well as the good deeds. <br /> <br />Kabir Philosophy <br />Kabir's poetry is a reflection of his philosophy about life. His writings were mainly based on the concept of reincarnation and karma. Kabir's philosophy about life was very clear-cut. He believed in living life in a very simplistic manner. He had a strong faith in the concept of oneness of God. He advocated the notion of Koi bole Ram Ram Koi Khudai.... The basic idea was to spread the message that whether you chant the name of Hindu God or Muslim God, the fact is that there is only one God who is the creator of this beautiful world. <br /> <br />Kabir 001-OS Arun-NA MEIN DHARMI <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/750842279/7ea7d596" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 002-OS Arun-BEET GAYE DIN <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/750839664/7b256ba7" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 003-OS Arun-MANN LAGO <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/750863120/ba36132b" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 004-OS Arun-NAHERVA <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/750858967/de8cefe5" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 005-OS Arun-HARI BOLO HARI BOLO <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/750854563/9a2d6d20" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 006-OS Arun-SADHO <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/750881181/22e7bddd" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 007-OS Arun-GURU RANG LAGA <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/750878200/60276141" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 008-OS Arun-DOHE <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/750872957/e0dc0f22" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 009-OS Arun-JAI JAI AARATI <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/750910479/d39f3d7a" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 010-sant kabir das amritvani part 1 <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/750892679/813eb9fb" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 011-sant kabir das amritvani part 2 <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/750934394/c340befb" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 012-sant kabir das amritvani part 3 <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/750917475/47fe49e8" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 013-sant kabir das amritvani part 4 <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/751622164/876b957" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 014-sant kabir das amritvani part 5 <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/751609326/2c511d70" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 015-sant kabir das amritvani part 6 <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/751667650/e3276efa" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 016-sant kabir das amritvani part 7 <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/751648828/8a801e33" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 017-sant kabir das amritvani part 8 <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/751718338/9c729c46" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 018-sant kabir das amritvani part 9 <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/751703415/3fdb3a4d" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 019-sant kabir das amritvani part 10 <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/751742931/4f64ce20" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 020-Kabir Bhajan - BHAJANS <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/751742305/6eb3dc2c" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 021-Mat kar Moh tu - Sant Kabir - Pt. D.V.Paluskar <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/751737521/da9b2a27" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 022-moko kahan dhunde bande <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/753675227/35fd3550" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 023-Pandit Bhimsen Joshi-Kaya Nahi teri <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/753672018/103c97d5" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />Kabir 024-Shabnam Virmani Yugan Yugan Hum Yogi <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/753671252/85b4c04f" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br /> <br />Kabirdas Couplets <br />1-When a drop merges into the ocean, everyone understands it <br />But when the ocean merges into the drop, seldom does one understand it <br /> <br />2-Kabir says- searching over and over, O my friend! I lost myself in Him (God) <br />As the drop mixes with the ocean, where can one search for it <br /> <br />3-Oh God! By reciting your name all the time I merged in you and my ego disappeared <br />My troubles of transmigration disappeared. Now, wherever I look I see you. <br /> <br />4-The Street of love is very narrow, two can’t pass through it at the same time <br />When I was, there was no God (hari), now there is God but I am not <br /> <br />5-Love is not grown in the field, and it isn’t sold in the market <br />But a king or a pauper, who likes it, offers his head to obtain it <br /> <br />6-Those who searched by diving into the deep water found <br />I foolishly feared drowning and remained seated on the shore <br /> <br />7-The redness (illumination) of my beloved is everywhere <br />When I went to see the redness I also became illuminated <br /> <br />8-God is like fire dwelling in each and every heart <br />But because the flint stone does not spark in the heart, it does not give light <br /> <br />9-Power of Almighty dwells in every heart but is invisible <br />Just as the red color resides in the green Mahanadi leaves and is invisible <br /> <br />10-Though the bliss of God’s love is in the human heart, because of ignorance, people do not know it, and they search for happiness in worldly things. Instead of bliss <br />they get disappointment. One should realize that God is dwelling in every heart. And service to humanity is service to God <br /> <br />11-Don’t feel proud, don’t mock at anybody. <br />Your life is like a boat in the sea, who can say what may happen at any time <br /> <br />Saint Kabir Quotes <br /> <br /> If there be lust, how can love be there? <br /> Where there is love, there is no lust. <br /> <br /> It is the mercy of my true Guru <br /> that has made me to know the unknown. <br /> <br /> Your Lord is near: <br /> yet you are climbing the palm-tree to seek Him. <br /> <br /> Where is the night, when the sun is shining? <br /> If it is night, then the sun withdraws its light. <br /> Where knowledge is, can ignorance endure? <br /> <br /> Serve your God, who has come into this temple of life! <br /> Do not act the part of a madman, for the night is thickening fast. <br /> <br /> The man who is kind and who practises righteousness, who remains passive amidst the affairs of the world, who considers all creatures on earth as his own self, He attains the Immortal Being, the true God is ever with him. <br /> <br /> You are alone, you have no companion: <br /> you will suffer the consequences of your own deeds. <br /> <br /> You are weaving your bondage of falsehood, <br /> your words are full of deception: <br /> With the load of desires which you hold on your head, <br /> how can you be light? <br /> <br /> The flute of the Infinite is played without ceasing, <br /> and its sound is love: <br /> When love renounces all limits, it reaches truth. <br /> How widely the fragrance spreads! It has no end, nothing stands in its way. <br /> <br /> O my heart! the Supreme Spirit, the great Master, <br /> is near you: wake, oh wake! <br /> Run to the feet of your Beloved: <br /> for your Lord stands near to your head. <br /> You have slept for unnumbered ages; <br /> this morning will you not wake? <br /> <br /> Subtle is the path of love! <br /> Therein there is no asking and no not-asking, <br /> There one loses one’s self at His feet, <br /> There one is immersed in the joy of the seeking: <br /> plunged in the deeps of love as the fish in the water. <br /> The lover is never slow in offering his head for his Lord’s service. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/543701150063487311-4806530021117064658?l=e-swari.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>venkatakailasamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967158777392294107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-543701150063487311.post-15324147336484477482011-06-04T18:45:00.000-07:002011-08-09T07:03:52.624-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EMNvq0La9ns/Tj6HNiLP3rI/AAAAAAAAAu4/FDBM2_2jWpU/s1600/gkb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 167px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EMNvq0La9ns/Tj6HNiLP3rI/AAAAAAAAAu4/FDBM2_2jWpU/s400/gkb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638092450096471730" /></a> <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g0X05sF3uyA/Tj9ImOfw-_I/AAAAAAAAAvA/qAC5cz5F2Ic/s1600/1nataraja.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g0X05sF3uyA/Tj9ImOfw-_I/AAAAAAAAAvA/qAC5cz5F2Ic/s400/1nataraja.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638305080054709234" /></a> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Gopalakrishna Bharathi was born in 1810 at Mudikondan village in the Thanjavoor district in Tamil Nadu. His father Sivarama Bharathi was a veena exponent. From early childhood he studied music, Sanskrit and Tamil. He also got trained in Hidustani music under Ramdas. He has written musicals and keerthanans. His musical Nanthanar Charitram is <br />the most well known. He was devotee of Lord Siva . He has composed many songs praising the Lord in Tamil. He has incorporated tunes of folk tunes into his compositions. He was a social reformer too. He did not believe in caste or class differences. He distributed a huge portion of his earnings to charity institutions. In 1896 on the day of Mahasivrathri he died. <br /> <br />GKB 001-Smt. R Vedavalli-AdiyapAdathaikAn-Arabhi <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727483318/9bd45539" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 002-Priya sisters Karanam Kettu vadi Poorvikalyani <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728354245/17da0baf" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 003-smt. gayathri Girish-Innamum_sandEgapadalAmo-keeravAni <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727470355/11ecd4bf" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 004-Tanjaur s Kalyanaraman-Chidambaram_haraharA-bEgada <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727468655/eff3170b" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 005-Smt. Gayathri Venkat Ragavan-varuvAro_varam_tharuvAro-sAmA - <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727467453/5d777606" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 006-Maharajapuram srinivasan-cidambaram_pOghAmal-cenjuruTi <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727526656/a8f944e7" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 007-auDumchidambaramo_bEhAg <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727525556/b80a5550" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 008-MSS-EnneramumUndan-Devagandhari <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727522008/b9d97640" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 009-Smt. Gayathri Girish irakkam_varAmal-bEhAg-rUpaka <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727518170/d19c9836" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 010-MSS-ShivanandaLahari-SabhaPathikku-Abhogi <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727540300/900d7d00" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 011-MDR-Varugalamo_Ayyen_Undan_Arugil_Ninru-MAnji <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727537921/f75c4e6b" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 012-Smt. Suguna Varadhachari-ADiya_pAdattai_kAnArE-suraTi <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727536347/fd4eae6b" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 013-Smt. Suguna Varadhachari-ghaNTAmaNI_ADudu-kAnaDA - <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727535540/7512e894" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 014-Smt. Suguna Varadhachari-Edukkinda_saDalam-kAmavardani <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727573072/6611e18c" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 015-Smt. Suguna Varadhachari-adum_chidambaramo-behag <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727570839/89090356" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 016-Smt. Suguna Varadhachari-tA_tai_enru_AduvAr-dEshyatODi <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727562157/a0535363" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 017-Sriram gangadharan-bhavasAgaram_karaiEralAm-shanmughapriya <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727553508/b58e0fde" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />KB 018-Thiruchur V Ramachandran-innamum_orudharam-kEdhAragowla <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727569124/a11a131f" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 019-Smt. sugunavaradachari-tiruvAtirai_darishanattukku-dhanyAsi <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727597429/bbef4dab" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 021-DKP-eppOvaruvArO-jonepuri-gOpAlakrishna_bhArati <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727596434/64f96732" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 023-Ranjani Gayathri-virutham-idhuthane-behag <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727590526/b74502b4" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 024-Smt. Suguna Varadachari-Anandak_kUttADinAr-kalyAN <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/727588358/e3e5c499" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 025-V Sankarnarayanan-kAraNam_kETTu_vADi_pUrvikalyANi <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728344845/272da7c9" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 026-Priya sisters-Tillai_sthalam-sAmA <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728360229/80f40d85" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 027-Smt. Suguna Varadhachari-eppO_tolaiyum-gaurimanOhari <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728380948/12cccb15" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 028-Nitya shree mahadevan-DevaJagannatha_Kalyanavasantham <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728374668/2694ee2c" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 029-Sowmya 017-Satre Vilagi <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728444423/8c0b6ca6" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 030-Neyveli Shri Santhanagopalan-natam_Adum_nAthanadi-purvikalyAni <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728369007/2bf6d9e4" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 031-Smt. Suguna Varadhachari-ADiya_pAdattai_tArum-asAvEri <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728412120/fe422f5b" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 032-Smt. Suguna Varadhachari-pAdame_tuNai_ayyanE-hamsadhvani <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728407502/2fcd5dab" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 033-Sowmya 005-Sivaloka Nathanai- Mayamalavagaula <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728441016/e79b9304" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 034-Smt. Suguna Varadhachari-innamum_oru_taram-yadukulakAmbhOji <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728403705/3d4f8b31" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 035-Bombay Sisters-Mukti_Alikkum <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728463793/8aae60ed" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 036-Sowmya 010-Varugalamo-Manj <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728438081/67152e74" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 037-Sowmya 014-Tiru Nalai Povar-Khamas <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728775157/bb649388" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 039-Sowmya 018-Tillai Sthalam Endru-Sama <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728773914/6d790952" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 040-Sowmya 019-Ayye Mettakkadinam-Punnagavarali <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728771585/68afb362" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 041-Nityashree mahadevan-Pitham Theliya <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728901742/d1d000c3" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 042-Bombay Sisters-Chidambaram <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728899598/84d7dac5" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 043-Nityashree mahadevan-Pullai peranthalum <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728913857/2494630b" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 044-Bombay Sisters-Pathame_Thunai <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/728912500/77e3f6db" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br /> GkB-009-Dhanya Subramanian-Thandhye ThAi shanmukha priya <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/713877734/a76d3041" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="020" width="320"></embed> <br /> <br /> <br />Nandanar songs of MM Dandapani desigar <br /> <br />GKB-055-MMD-001-Varugalamo Ayya <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/730246901/dbfe9934" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB-056-MMD-002- Vazi Maraithu irkkuthu Mali pol <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/730246511/cbff5111" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB 057-MMD-004-Ayye Methha Kadinam <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/730246140/c6863d1e" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB-058-MMD-005-ENNAPPAN ALLAVAA <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/730245792/8b1ef123" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB-059-MMD-006-Harahara Jagagadeesa <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/730262861/79c490b2" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />GKB-060-MMD-007-Kanavendamo- <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/730262671/6a418cf9" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br />MMD-008-KAAMUM AGATRIYA NEIYAN AVAN <br /><embed src="http://www.4shared.com/embed/730262306/bdaf4d76" width="320" height="020" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/543701150063487311-1532414733648447748?l=e-swari.blogspot.com' alt='' 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