![]() ![]() ![]() This is what has enabled his poems to resound in every age and every place. One Hundred Poems of Tukaram is a translation of selected poems of this. Tukaram's poetry hold its rejuvenating powers even in the turbulent times of our own twenty-first century. On every word of these poems, the reader gets the feeling that what is being expressed is exactly their own heart's cry- no matter at which place and in which times they are born! Chokhoba's expression becomes the expression of each of his reader overcoming all the barriers of social, cultural, historical and geographical restrains. Tukaram was a sixteenth century Indian poet who challenged the norms of the day, whether literary, social or religious in his poems that not only energized a decaying society but also influenced the centuries to come. ![]() So strong is the poignant self-expression of his poems that it find its resonance even in our own digital age! His poems have withstood the onslaught of Time for last seven hundred years to become a timeless classic of Indian poetry. Expressions of the human soul that dares to aspire against their 'lot'!!!Ĭhokha Mela was a thirteenth century poet from India, who was born in the most downtrodden community, yet rose to become one of the most significant poets in Indian literary history. ![]()
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