LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 19:10 October 2019
ISSN 1930-2940

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Women and Children Glorified in the Poems and Songs of
Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram

Dr. S. Chelliah, M.A., Ph.D., D.Litt. and
J. Kavithanjali, Ph.D. Scholar (PT)


Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram (1930-1959)
Courtesy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattukkottai_Kalyanasundaram

Abstract

The paper aims at presenting the status of women and children as depicted in the writings of Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram. The poetry and songs of Kalyanasundaram heighten the status of women as both mothers and wives and highlight them as responsible individuals of the society. Recognizing the threat from the narrow-minded anti-social forces, he adorns woman as a goddess and as the embodiment of chastity. Pattukkottai believed that children chiseled in the proper way are certain to build up a healthy and progressive nation. The article identifies elements of social reformation in the writings of Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram.

Keywords: Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram, poetic works, social concerns, women’s status, progressive ideas, social reform, cultural revolution, women’s rights

It is said that Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram was born with poetry in his blood. He may be said to have lisped in notes before musical notes came to him, for his father himself was a poet given to the composition of folk songs. His poetic caliber coupled with his love of dramaturgy, went a long way in portraying the plight and predicament of the masses. Kalyanasundaram has been a Jack of all trades for he experienced all the ordeals through which he had to pass before he became a poet of the Tamil masses. His close association with the day-to-day affairs of the society is said to have planted a seed deep in his mind out of which spouted the best fruits of poetry. He had first-hand knowledge of the living and laboring conditions of the tillers and toilers exposed to unrelieved pangs of hunger and exploited by the inhuman landlords. Endowed with a social awareness, not only did he sing about the indignity, injustice and ill-treatment meted out to the weaker sections of the society, but also expressed rather excellently his views on women and children.

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Dr. S. Chelliah, M.A., Ph.D., D.Litt.
Dean of Arts, Humanities & Languages
Professor & Head
Department of English & Comparative Literature
Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai – 625 021
schelliah62@gmail.com

J. Kavithanjali, Ph.D. Scholar (PT)
Department of Library & Information Sciences
Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai - 625 021
shivakavitha1111@gmail.com
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