Mahakavi Subramanian Bharathiyar

About:

• Mahakavi Subramanian Bharathiyar was a Tamil writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist, social reformer and polyglot. 
• He was bestowed the title "Bharathi" for his excellence in poetry.
• Bharathiyar fought for the emancipation of women, against child marriage, vehemently opposed the caste system.
• Sister Nivedita inspired Bharathi to recognise the privileges of women and the emancipation of women exercised Bharathi's mind.

Literary works:

• Bharathi joined as Assistant Editor of the Swadesamitran a Tamil daily in 1904.
• In1907, he started editing the Tamil weekly India and the English newspaper Bala Bharatham with M.P.T. Acharya.
• He assisted Aurobindo in the Arya journal and later Karma Yogi in Pondicherry.
• Three of his greatest works namely, Kuyil Pattu, Panchali Sapatham and Kannan Pattu were composed during 1912
• He also translated Vedic hymns, Patanjali's Yoga Sutra and Bhagavat Gita to Tamil.