On this day – the death anniversary of mahakavi Barathiyar, I would like to recollect these lines from his poem ”  பாப்பா பாட்டு “.  This is one of my favourite lines which we all should remember.
“நீதி, உயர்ந்தமதி, கல்வி – அன்பு
நிறைய உடையவர்கள் மேலோர்”.
I am not giving the tamil explanation because anyone who knows how to read and write tamil can understand these lines because it’s written in easy tamil.

These lines mean that, if you see who is a great person, educated person or a wise person or an intelligent person. None of them is greater than a person who has a high level of pure love with kindness ( I couldn’t find the equal word for  அன்பு in English.) . ( please note this is just a loose translation)
I am mentioning it in my blog so that all parents and teachers will spread this among the younger generation, so that the future world will live in peace and harmony.

Barathiyar is such a great poet, who has mentioned how a child should be, what are the problems a child would face and how to tackle them in life, in this single poem. That’s where I got impressed being a teacher.

He actually ends this poem saying ” a child should develop a heart as strong as a diamond”

In this poem he has also talked about child abuse, I will put a seperate post in this site when I find time.

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