Collected English Writings
Collected English Writings
Published on 11. August 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-14-345340-6 (ISBN)
Description
C. Subramania Bharati (1882-1921) was one of the builders of modern India. An early nationalist thinker from South India, Bharati's literary genius ignited a Renaissance in the literature of his native language, Tamil. He is known as the Mahakavi (supreme poet) of the Tamils. Bharati can lay the claim to being one of India's foremost egalitarian writers, arguing for the supremacy of women and the irrelevance of caste. The popularity of his songs during the freedom movement, long after his death, led to the government of India 'giving' the copyright of his works to the people of India as a gift.
The book is a collection of the entirety of Bharati's own, original writings in English, edited and annotated with an introduction. It includes a variety of short essays and poems, journalistic pieces and historical essays--offering uniquely Indian perspectives on local, national, and international events of the day--to intensely personal journal entries exploring his fear of death, and his fascination with personal mastery of the mind and self.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
India
Publishing group
Penguin Random House India
Edition type
Annotated edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
204 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-345340-6 (9780143453406)
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C. Subramania Bharati (1882-1921) was one of the builders of modern India. An early nationalist thinker from South India, Bharati's literary genius ignited a Renaissance in the literature of his native language, Tamil. He is known as the Mahakavi (supreme poet) of the Tamils. Bharati can lay the claim to being one of India's foremost egalitarian writers, arguing for the supremacy of women and the irrelevance of caste. Mira T. Sundara Rajan is a Visiting Professor at UC Davis Law School, California. She holds a doctorate in Intellectual Property Law from Oxford University and has published several works in the area of copyright and intellectual property law. She is the great-granddaughter of C. Subramania Bharati.