V. V. S. Aiyar

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Varahaneri Venkatesa Subramaniam Aiyar
literary works

Varahaneri Venkatesa Subramaniam Aiyar (2 April 1881 – 3 June 1925), also known as V. V. S. Aiyar, was an Indian revolutionary from

Pondicherry, then under French rule
, when his militant activities attracted a warrant for his arrest from the British colonial government.

Aiyar was also a

Tirukkural into English. V.V.S Aiyar is mentor of Vanchinathan
.

Early life

Venkatesa Subramaniam Aiyar was born on 2 April 1881 in the suburb of

Rangoon in 1906 and started practising as a junior in the Chambers of an English Barrister. From Rangoon, he left for London in 1907 and enrolled in Lincoln's Inn aiming to becoming a Barrister at Law. While in London, Aiyar became member of India House. Aiyar then began to take an active role in the militant struggle for Indian independence. Aiyar had a son and two daughters.[1]

Friends

Venkatesa Subramaniam Aiyar was a close friend of Shuddhananda Bharati; he started with him the Bharadwaja Ashram at Cheranmadevi.

Political activities

Aiyar's militant attitude prompted the

Aurobindo. In Pondicherry, Aiyar was involved in the plot to assassinate Ashe, the Collector of Tirunelveli. One of his students, Vanchinathan
assassinated Ashe. Thus more trouble arose for Aiyar and his companion Subramanya Bharathi.

On 22 September 1914 the German cruiser

Tirukkural
into English. He later revealed that he wanted to leave a legacy behind if he were forced to leave the country.

Aiyar returned to Madras after World War I and worked as the editor of the newspaper Desabhaktan (Patriot). He was arrested in 1921 on sedition charges and spent nine months in prison. While in prison Aiyar wrote the book A Study of Kamba Ramayana.

As a writer, Aiyar has often been referred to as the "founder" of the short story genre in Tamil.[2]

Literary works

Aiyar translated the entire work of the Kural text in English prose, which became the first complete English translation by a native scholar. Aiyar's work is considered by various scholars, including Czech scholar Kamil Zvelebil, to be the most scholarly of all the English translations made until then, including those by native English scholars.[3][4] He also translated the Ramavatharam written by Kambar in the 12th century CE.

Personal life

V.V.S. Aiyar married Bhagyalakshmi Ammal and had a daughter named Subhadra and a son named Krishnamurthy.[

Trichirapalli.[citation needed
]

Death

Aiyar drowned in the Papanasam falls, when trying to save his drowning daughter Subhadra, on 3 June 1925.[citation needed]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ISBN 9781438488783
    .
  2. ^ Ebeling (2010), p. 244
  3. ISBN 978-81-908000-2-0
    .
  4. ^ Zvelevil, K. (1962). Forward. Tirukkural by Tiruvalluvar. Translated by K. M. Balasubramaniam. Madras: Manali Lakshmana Mudaliar Specific Endowments. p. 327.

Bibliography

External links
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