Understanding Bharathiyar: interview with a Prof from NUS

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Dr.S.P.Thinnappan, a Tamil professor at National University of Singapore talks about the Nirpadhuve Nadappadhuve song from Bharathi. The professor interprets the song for us and takes us through Bharathiyar's intentions when he wrote it. Was Bharathiyar disillusioned with the world when he wrote this? Was Bharathiyar always an angry poet? Is he attacking someone's ideology through this song? This episode will answer all these questions for you. And here's our earlier episode discussing this song & the connections it has with Western philosophies & cinema - http://snd.sc/14oCBO7