He had a turbulent life laced with living in exile, arrest, being jailed amidst abject poverty. He launched ‘India' the Tamil weekly of which he was the editor and later edited a newspaper ‘Bala Bharatam' in English. He was the assistant editor of ‘Swadesamithran' a Tamil daily from 1904 to 1907.
The Tamil poet and writer's life itself is a shining example of upholding the spirit of freedom, equality, justice and love despite poverty and against the oppressive British rule.
He had met his contemporaries who influenced his political thinking like Mahatma Gandhi, Tilak, Sister Nivedita, Aurobindo Gosh, VVS Iyer and Lajpat Roy. He lived in the eventful years of our country's freedom struggle. He died at the age of 39 but in his short span of life he had made immeasurable contribution to his country and language. Bharati emerged as a prolific poet earning the name of ‘Mahakavi', meaning a Great Poet. Born in 1882 he was conferred the title of ‘Bharati' for his poetic talent at a tender age. ‘Bharathiyar' is the name that reminds Indians of nationalism, patriotism and Tamil prose and poetry.
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