‘Bharathiyar’ is the name that reminds Indians of nationalism, patriotism and Tamil prose and poetry. Born in 1882 he was conferred the title of ‘Bharati’ for his poetic talent at a tender age. Bharati emerged as a prolific poet earning the name of ‘Mahakavi’, meaning a Great Poet. He died at the age of 39 but in his short span of life he had made immeasurable contribution to his country and language.

Life of a patriot

He lived in the eventful years of our country’s freedom struggle. He had met his contemporaries who influenced his political thinking like Mahatma Gandhi, Tilak, Sister Nivedita, Aurobindo Gosh, VVS Iyer and Lajpat Roy. The Tamil poet and writer’s life itself is a shining example of upholding the spirit of freedom, equality, justice and love despite poverty and against the oppressive British rule. He was the assistant editor of ‘Swadesamithran’ a Tamil daily from 1904 to 1907. He launched ‘India’ the Tamil weekly of which he was the editor and later edited a newspaper ‘Bala Bharatam’ in English. He had a turbulent life laced with living in exile, arrest, being jailed amidst abject poverty. He resumed as editor of Swadesamithran a year before his death in 1921.

Social reformist

His lofty dreams about our society and the country came out brilliantly in his songs and prose. He had the uncanny ability of using his literary skills to the best to kindle the patriotic feelings of the masses and about the evils of the society which caused all their problems.
Patriot

He proudly proclaims that the there is no other country in the world can equal the greatness of India which has the Himalyan mountains, the sacred river Ganges and the Upanishads in his song “Mannum Imaya malai’ and ‘paarukkule nalla naadu’. He is equally proud about the Richness and sweetness of the Tamil language in his lines ‘yamarindha mozhiugalile’. He proclaims with equal pride the richness and uniqueness of the Tamil language.

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The life of man is a continual change of visions. As experiences come to a man one after another, it is as if he rises from one level to another as he climbs up to a mountain side, and therefore, his visions steadily change. As it is also well-known that man has two types of visions possible, one for the ordinary man of the world and other for the great ones; poets come within this ambit who like the true sages depict the sores of mankind and solutions for the malady. Poets like Baldev Mirza always convey the heart-stirring ideas blended with purposeful message. We know that scientists admit that all the aspects of nature and man are still undiscovered. Advancement of science has not succeeded in casting a brilliant light on the cause of man’s existence and its relation to nature and the most thrilling phenomenon called love. Poetry alone has explored new milestones in this field and Baldev Mirza, the poet and researcher of man seems to have scrutinized much more than even scientists.

“Dr. Baldev Mirza,” says Oliver Friggeri, “is now well-known for his constant efforts to produce verse which is neither complicated nor inane and devoid of meaning.”1 Mirza’s poems do not interpret man in terms of the knowledge of the external world, intellectualism, fantastic El dorado of imagination, or fake and false dreams but they voice the delicate feelings of a poetic heart well. He admits:

“I am not talking about hands/I am talking about feet that/Feel the warmth of earth/I am not talking about lips/I am talking about eyes that/Feed the emptiness lurking in me/I am not talking about me/I am talking about the heart that/ Never shuts its door.” 2

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Do a search on Google for Sit Stay Fetch and you will find pages after pages of information about this training program. In fact, search SitStayFetch, Sit Stay and any other combination of these three magical words and the guide by Daniel Stevens will show in the top search results.

But what makes this book so great? Is it really worth $37? Why does it stand out amongst other online dog training guides? The answer may not be so clear until you actually download the guide and read it.

The first thing that I noticed about Sit Stay Fetch is that it’s over 150 pages of information that will help you with all your dog’s behavior problems. Daniel Stevens, the author of this guide takes you through a dog’s life. You will learn about bringing your puppy dog home and work your way to advanced obedience training.

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In the book The Next Millionaires by Paul Pilzer, the idea is put forth that our personal financial success is not only based on what resources we have available to us, but also what tools we use.

The Next Millionaires is a great book on the new economics that will shape our current and future generations and it challenges many old economic principles. One of the great gems found inside is an equation that Paul discovered.

W = P * T

Wealth = Personal resources * Technology

This theory suggests that our wealth (as a society) is determined not only by the resources we have, but those resources times the technology that we have. This is a very interesting way of looking at things. The example is given of the oil/gas crisis of the 1970s in America. There was a projected shortage of gas and so, it was even rationed at the time. Then, average gas mileage was about 9 miles/gallon from a $300 mechanical carburetor. Newer technology in the next decade brought the computerized electronic fuel injector at a cost of $25 and yielding mileage of 22 miles/gallon. The amount of gas (the resource) remained about the same (actually it went down slightly as usage continued) but the technology effectively doubled the supply.

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