Sep 11, 2021
Bharati 100 explores the life and work of C. Subramania Bharati, an iconic Indian writer and visionary of the early twentieth century. It is being launched on September 11, 2021, the hundredth anniversary of his death at age 38, and is based on a new Penguin Modern Classics book of Bharati's original writing in the English language, edited by podcast host and the poet's great-granddaughter, Mira T. Sundara Rajan. Episode 1 introduces the podcast themes and features music by violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan and S. Vijaya Bharati, and text by Mira T. Sundara Rajan.
Executive Producer & Host: Mira T. Sundara Rajan
Producer: Bradley W. Vines
Engineer: Ausma Lace
Production Consultant: Jacqueline Santos
Musical Selections: "Gurushree," composed by Ganesh Rajagopalan and performed by Ganesh Rajagopalan, Akshay Ganesh & Anantha R. Krishnan, https://music.apple.com/us/album/gurushree-single/1581049060, https://youtu.be/ISo6XAKuYA8 ; "Sahana" from album "Meditate With Ganeshji," produced by Emam, https://ganeshji.bandcamp.com; "Chuttum vizhi chudar than," composed by C. Subramania Bharati and performed by S. Vijaya Bharati, recorded by R.A. Shankar in Adelaide, Australia, January 1, 1988.
With thanks to Jean-Louis Andral.