115 Years of Savarkar’s Poem ‘Sagara Pran Talamalala’:
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation addressed a cultural programme in Sri Vijayapuram to mark 115 years of Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s poem Sagara Pran Talamalala.‘Sagara Pran Talamalala’ (often rendered as Sagara Pran Talmalala / Ne Majasi Ne…) is a Marathi patriotic poem expressing an exiled revolutionary’s torment, homesickness and yearning for the motherland, with the sea personified as a messenger between the patriot and India.Written by: Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883–1966), revolutionary, social reformer, writer and Hindutva ideologue.The poem was later immortalised in song form by Lata Mangeshkar, with music by Hridaynath Mangeshkar.
