BHARATHIAR'S VISION SEEN THROUGH TITLES OF HIS ENGLISH ARTICLES

Mahakavi Subramania Bharathiar after whom the Tamil Department of Pondicherry University which is undertaking this research project under University Grants Commission is named.

The Great Bard proclaimed “The historic necessity of my works for the uplift of the Tamil Land which again is a sheer necessity of the inevitable, imminent and heaven-ordained revival of the East”, says Mahakavi. 

These words firmly reflect the inner feelings of the most enlightened Tamil mind of our times, which was destined to leave an everlasting impact on the Tamil society. 

His book Essays and Prose Fragments contains the following topics 1) To the being of the Universe 2) The Service of God 3) The Siddha and the Superman 4) Immortality 5) Fatalism 6) The Dawn 7) Rasa- The Keyword of Indian Culture 8) Blunting the Imagination 9) The Crime of Caste 10) The Place of Women 11) Women’s Freedom 12) Love and Marriage 13) Patriotism and Religious Differences 14) The National Congress 15) New Birth 16) Matri Puja 17) India and the World 18) In Memoriam 19) The Coming Age 20) Reflections 21) Some Political Maxims 22) Free Speech 23) India and war 24) Nammalvar 25) Andal 26) Rights and Duties 27) Vernaculars 28) The occult element in Tamil speech.

The list of the essays will reveal the subjects that were near and dear to his heart.

  

It is high time that Subramania Bharathiar School of Tamil Language & Literature under Pondicherry University to start focussing on Siddha Medicine and Siddha Yoga in the Siddhar Literature. It should be followed with study of Siddhar philosophy.

Hence for this report [January 2016 ] I have chosen to deal with the mystical aspects of Tamil Language. Let Siddhar Science and History be scientifically updated through this project