Penchant for equality in songs

For him, the birds, the mountains, the seas and everything that he saw around were one and no different from human beings. Yes, nationalist poet Subramania Bharathi, whose 100th death anniversary is b

For him, the birds, the mountains, the seas and everything that he saw around were one and no different from human beings. Yes, nationalist poet Subramania Bharathi, whose 100th death anniversary is being observed in a fitting manner by the State government and others, had a penchant for treating every object and person equally, with an aim to bring about unity among the masses of the country. “When he saw that Indians did not have the will to fight the enemy, he took every opportunity to unify them. In the poem Jayaberigai, kaakai Kuruvi engal jaathi, neel kadalum, malayum engal koottam, he goes beyond grammar, and says he sees life even in inanimate objects,” said Ma. Ki. Ramanan, a Tamil scholar.