I feel it is a blessing to be from Bharathiyar’s lineage. Even as I read his many works, I fell in love with the Tamil language. It was actually when I was 16 that I started to write poetry. The Goddess, it is said, appeared in the landlord’s dream and instructed him not to take rent from the poet. There’s another story in which it is said that a poor Bharathiyar, who didn’t have money to pay rent to his landlord, prayed to Parashakthi to extricate him from the predicament. It is said that he proudly told the lion -“Kaatuku raja nee, paatuku raja naan” (You are the king of the jungle, I’m the king of poetry). One involves him visiting a zoo and coming face to face with a lion. Growing up in a household filled with Bharathiyar tales, I have heard many interesting moments about his life. One of my favourite works is Chandrikaiyin Kadhai, a short story. If many people associate him with his patriotic work, there’s another side to Bharathiyar - the way he sees nature through a scientific angle, in his works titled Vasana Kavithai. He has many facets and I have grown up in awe of them. As I have his genes, writing poetry was perhaps always in my blood. Mahakavi Bharathiyar has been a great influence for all modern-day writers and poets, including me. It’s a blessing to be from Bharathiyar’s lineage Niranjan Bharathi, his great-greatgrandson, shares his thoughts…
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