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Not Bharathi
by Anbu Ilayavendhan on Dec 25, 2007 11:06 AM

Good analysis. But the poetic lines Tamizhanenru Chollada, Talai Nimirndhu Nillada was not composed by Bharathiyar. It was by Naamakkal Ramalingam Pillai, who is also famously wrote about Gandhiji's ahimsa war as "Kathi indri rathham indri yuththam ondru varugudhu ...sathiyathin nithiyathhai nambum yaarum seruveer". The meaning is "There is a war coming with out knifes and blood...all who believe in the perpetual nature of truth , join"

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