I am sharing the feeling with you in the form of a poem," Modi tweeted, tagging its Tamil version on Sunday.The Tamil rendition of Modi's poem comes against the background of a series of gestures in recent times which are seen as a bid to reach out to the Tamil people after the Centre was accused by political parties in the state of trying to impose Hindi.The charge was made after Home Minister Amit Shah batted for Hindi as a common language last month. Later, he clarified he did not mean imposition of Hindi.On September 27, Modi, addressing the United Nations General Assembly quoted Tamil poet Kaniyan Poongundranar's famous phrase, "Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir. It is home to the oldest language in the world, Tamil. "At Mamallapuram, he had also welcomed Xi in Tamil.The Prime Minister's ocean poem in Tamil captures the magnificence of the ocean, its strength, humility and endless journey which taught lessons of life and gave the "mantra that growth is life." His verses also has shades of philosophy and spirituality.Modi had said while strolling on the beach, he got lost in "conversation" with the ocean.He had also had released a three-minute video of his plog on the beach where he was seen collecting waste and urged the people to ensure that public places are clean and tidy.His collection of poems titled "A Journey" is already available.

Source: Economic Times October 20, 2019 14:48 UTC