Monday, March 07, 2005

Forgotten Freedom Fighters

Chidambaram Subramaniam - Guess who he is?

He is the grandson ( son's son) of VOC Pillai the great freedom fighter from South India. Chidambaram is a great friend of mine . We worked together for about 15 years. He lives in Madras now with his wife and daughter.
Do you know what happened to VOC Pillai during his last years?

He did not even have the money to take a train to go back to Tirunelveli. He was broke. The people of Perambur ( near Chennai ) bought him a train ticket.

Isn't that a pity? From owning a ship to going to such a state of poverty.
Do you know of the current generation of freedom fighters, where they are? what they do?

Here are some names, please add other people if you are aware of
1. Bharathiyar ( we know a little bit)
2. Bharathi dasan
3. Subramaniya Siva
4. Kodi katha Kumaran
5. Vanchi nathan
6. Katta Bomman

Chidambaram and I are planning to start a website about the 'Forgotten Freedom Fighters'. It doesn't matter where they are from. All your inputs will help.

4 comments:

Amrita said...

Narayan, that's very true. Its really sad that people who fought and got freedom for us are so neglected.I am glad to hear about your website.

Chakra said...

thats a new piece of info abt VOC. didn't know that he was in dire straits towards the end. very sad.

looking fwd to your new website.

Narayanan Venkitu said...

Chakra/amrita

Thanks.

I'll let you know once the project is completed.

Anonymous said...

hi sir,
iam thankful to u for making us to know about our great people.