Tamils on this forum should hang their head in shame

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Today (December 11) is the birthday of the great Tamil poet and nationalist Subramanya Bharati. It is shameful that no tamilian on this forum has bothered to remember this great man on his birthday.

[Guest]

Today (December 11) is the birthday of the great Tamil poet and nationalist Subramanya Bharati. It is shameful that no tamilian on this forum has bothered to remember this great man on his birthday.

தமிழன் என்று சொல்லடா தலை நிமிர்ந்து நில்லடா
--Subramanya Bharati

[Guest]

Today (December 11) is the birthday of the great Tamil poet and nationalist Subramanya Bharati. It is shameful that no tamilian on this forum has bothered to remember this great man on his birthday.

தமிழன் என்று சொல்லடா தலை நிமிர்ந்து நில்லடா
--Subramanya Bharati

The words in tamil mean "Say that you are a Tamilian and walk with your head held high (because you are a Tamilian)."

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Tamil Nadu is celebrating the birth day of our Super Star Rajnikanth on 12th December. People were reminded about this “auspicious birth day ” for the last one week. Neither TV channels nor FM stations can neglect such an auspicious day. All the media were busy planning special programs and none of them missed to celebrate this day. It is unfortunate that Bharati was born on 11th December!!! No one remembered his birth day including those who say “Uyir Tamilukku, Udal Mannukku”. You may wonder why I am so concerned about such unknown person.



Subramanya Bharati was a patriotic poet of India born on 11th December 1882 in Ettayapuram of Tamil Nadu. He was fluent in many languages including Telugu, Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit, Kutchi, French and English and frequently translated works from other languages into Tamil. He fought for the freedom of India along with other Indian leaders.

The politicians of Tamil Nadu have forgotten or not finding any use of Bharati, a great Tamil poet and Indian freedom fighter, worth to celebrate the birth day! For the last seven years, I have not seen a single program on Bharati’s birthday celebration worth remembering in Tamil Nadu.

In contrast, the north Indians from Bihar, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh (may be many more states) had been celebrating the birth day of Subramanya Bharati regularly. I was an office bearer of Tamil Sangam at Rourkela and Ranchi in 1980s and 1990s. We were reminded and supported by those Odia and Hindi speaking governments about Bharati’s birthday and they liberally gave financial support to celebrate this great Tamil Mahakavi and freedom fighter’s birth day. We arranged drama, concert, dance etc based on Subramanya Bharati’s songs and biography. Such program was well attended by top executives of government organizations, district collector, DIG, other local politicians and of course the members of the Tamil Sangam (association). Tamil politicians might have eliminated Hindi language from Tamil Nadu school curriculum but the North Indians still love and celebrate Subramanya Bharati’s birthday. Bharati is remembered as a student of BHU (Benaras Hindu University), as a patriot and a great poet of Tamil, a classical Indian language!!!

Vande Mataram,

Jai Hind.

http://sakthidaran.learningprofessor.info/blog/?p=1353

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- Hindi movie lovers on the forum should hang their heads in shame for not making a big deal about Dilip Kumar's birthday.

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