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Our heritage and customs are age old,
Shining across the globe,
Like a gold.

Not to be republished
Yes we are the flowers of India,
Blooming all the way…

You have read the poem ‘The Flowers of India’. Here is a
poem written during the struggle for Indian Independence.
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Introduction

The inspiration to fight for freedom came from different
sources and in varied forms. The well known Tamil poet
Subramanya Bharathi used verse as his medium to awaken the
slumbering people of India. He inspired the people to overthrow
the foreign rule and reform the country so that it could become
an India which every Indian could be proud of. Here is a poem
from the pen of this great patriot and idealist.

Listen to the poem read or recited by the teacher.

The Song of Freedom

(Memorization)

- C. Subramanya Bharathi

(Translation – Prema Nandakumar)

This is the hour
Of song and dance,
For blissful freedom

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