We can see that many of his dreams have come true today. His dreams of a free India and a society that is educated, devoid of its social evils and living in harmony. They were distributed to the people during the freedom movement of India. ‘Swathesa Geethangal’ and ‘Janma Bhoomi’ which he dedicated to sister Nivedita are examples of his patriotic songs and serving the underprivileged and emancipation of women. Considering this to be a divine inspiration he went on to write revolutionary compositions that were packed with national unity and the spirit of freedom His songs brought a spiritual dimension to the freedom movement. These meetings have injected fearlessness into his writing. Advocating Freedom and Casteless society He fearlessly wrote about freedom for individuals as wells as nations being influenced by ‘Vande Mataram’ the patriotic song by Bankim Chandra. He proclaims with equal pride the richness and uniqueness of the Tamil language. He is equally proud about the Richness and sweetness of the Tamil language in his lines ‘yamarindha mozhiugalile’. Patriot He proudly proclaims that the there is no other country in the world can equal the greatness of India which has the Himalyan mountains, the sacred river Ganges and the Upanishads in his song “Mannum Imaya malai’ and ‘paarukkule nalla naadu’. He had the uncanny ability of using his literary skills to the best to kindle the patriotic feelings of the masses and about the evils of the society which caused all their problems. Social reformist His lofty dreams about our society and the country came out brilliantly in his songs and prose. He resumed as editor of Swadesamithran a year before his death in 1921. He had a turbulent life laced with living in exile, arrest, being jailed amidst abject poverty. He launched ‘India’ the Tamil weekly of which he was the editor and later edited a newspaper ‘Bala Bharatam’ in English. He was the assistant editor of ‘Swadesamithran’ a Tamil daily from 1904 to 1907.
The Tamil poet and writer’s life itself is a shining example of upholding the spirit of freedom, equality, justice and love despite poverty and against the oppressive British rule. He had met his contemporaries who influenced his political thinking like Mahatma Gandhi, Tilak, Sister Nivedita, Aurobindo Gosh, VVS Iyer and Lajpat Roy. Life of a patriot He lived in the eventful years of our country’s freedom struggle.
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