V. Kalyanasundaram Mudaliar
| T. V. Kalyanasundaram | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Thiruvarur Viruttachala Kalyanasundaram Mudaliar August 26, 1883 Kalakad, Tirunelveli district, Tamilnadu |
| Died | September 17, 1953 (aged 70) |
| Occupation | scholar, activist |
Thiruvarur Viruttachala Kalyanasundaram (August 26, 1883 – September 17, 1953), better known by his Tamil initials Thiru. Vi .Ka (Thiruvarur Virudhachala Kalyanasundaram Mudaliar), was a Tamil scholar, essayist and activist. He is esteemed for the strong humanism of his essays, the analytical depth of his commentaries on classical Tamil literature and philosophy, and the clear, fluid style of his prose. His works, along with those of V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Maraimalai Adigal, and Arumuga Navalar, are considered to have defined the style of modern Tamil prose.
Thiru Vi. Ka was born in the village of Thullam in kangipuram district, near Chennai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on 26 August 1883. He attended the Wesley College High School, and also studied Tamil under Maraimalai Adigal and N. Kathiravel Pillai of Jaffna. He worked briefly as a teacher, and in 1917 became an editorial assistant on Desabaktan, a nationalist Tamil daily. Thiru Vi. Ka. was soon involved in various aspects of the independence movement. During this period, he became a strong campaigner for worker rights. In 1918, he became active in the trade union movement as an associate of BP Wadia, and organised the first trade unions in the south of India.
In 1920, Thiru. Vi. Ka. started a new Tamil weekly magazine, titled Navasakthi. Navasakthi would be the vehicle for his thoughts for much of the rest of his life. Thiru Vi. Ka. sought to make his magazine a beacon to the Tamil people. His writings reflected his political and philosophical views. He published one of the first Tamil interpretations of the thought of Mahatma Gandhi, which is still regarded as an important milestone in Gandhian studies. He wrote a number of works on the religious and spiritual thought of Ramalinga Swamigal, an influential Tamil Saivite philosopher-saint of the 19th century. He wrote commentaries on a number of works of classical Tamil literature, which appeared as serials in Navasakthi.
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