A twentieth century Tamil poet, Bharathidasan was born in Puducherry (earlier Pondicherry) as Subburathinam. He was deeply influenced by the Tamil poet and freedom fighter, Mahakavi Subramania Bharathi, who mentored him and hence named himself Bharathidasan. A participant in the Indian independence movement, he opposed the British and the French. He was imprisoned for voicing his views against the French Government that was ruling Pondicherry at that time. A poet in his own right, writing mostly on socio-political issues like caste, women's liberation and rationalism, Bharathidasan was one of the key figures in the Dravidian rationalist movement. He was called 'Puratchi Kavingyar' by the great rationalist leader and social reformer, Periyar E V Ramaswami.
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