The power of poetry to bring different cultures closer
(WorldNews Health)

Only from the portrait hanging at home did I know the handsome, immaculately dressed old man with twinkling eyes, beaming smile and bushy mustachios. However, fond recollections by three generations of family members made him an intimate presence in my life. This man lived in a small town where he did nothing but hold court before spellbound listeners. Exactly what he did when he came on periodic visits to our home in old Madras. It will be hard for people living today to believe that his sole subject of discourse was Tamil poetry. TK Chidambaranatha Mudaliar (TKC) had given up a lucrative career in law, and political prominence in the Justice Party, to do nothing but enjoy poetry, and share...