Poetry of India 21/100: Bharathidasan and the Voice of Social Equality
Part 21 of The Poetry Pulse’s 100-part journey through India’s poetic heritage.Bharathidasan, the modern Tamil poet whose name honours Subramania Bharati, used poetry to argue for social equality, rational thought, Tamil language and women’s freedom. His work belongs to a period when literature became an active participant in debates about caste, education, identity and social reform. This essay …
