Chellammal bharathi biography of christopher

Chennai

THE long-suffering wife is an integral part of the history of poets but regrettably what people get to know about her is so negligible. These forgotten people have endured the idiosyncrasies of the celebrity and perhaps even inspired them to greatness.

Chellamma Bharathi went one step further and ensured the immortality of her luckless husband while gently fading into anonymity herself.

Bharathi wrote what he believed in and women rights were his pet fixation. It must have been a pleasure being the wife of such a husband but Chellamma must have surely differed.

He praised the activities of Sevalaya and spoke about the greatness of Chellamma and Bharathi.

The poet lived in poverty until his death in , earning little from his poetry and publications.

Substance use among creative artists is very common.

He is shown as a flawed and human genius and his wife Chellamma is shown as a long suffering yet strong woman trying to keep the home front.

Bharati is considered as one of the pioneers of modern Tamil literature.

As she confesses in a radio talk a few decades later, “it was tough being the wife of a poet”.

Chellamma was a child bride who lived with a Mahakavi for a quarter of a century, enduring his outlandish ideas and behaviour. Chellamma was seven when she married 14-year-old Subramaniam.

The groom already had principles against child marriage but was distracted by the gala entertainment that accompanied the function. Th