MADURAI: An
art teacher
at a government school has drawn portraits of late DMK chief
M Karunanidhi and chief minister
M K Stalin using the famous sayings or ‘
golden words
’ of the
Kalaignar.
U
Sabarinathan
, 37, a part-time art teacher at
Government Higher Secondary School
, Gujiliamparai in Dindigul district, has many awards to his credit. A staunch DMK supporter, he said that he had always been impressed by the oratorical skills of Kalaignar and his mastery in Tamil.
Twenty-five of Kalaignar’s famous statements, such as ‘Naan (I) nee (you) endru sonnal, uthadugal ottathu, Naam, endru solavendum’ (Ones lips will not come together if you say I or you, but will come together to say ‘Name’ which means we), ‘Veeran savadillai (hero never dies), Kolai vazhvathillai (a coward does not live), Thendralai theendiyathillai (have not disturbed the breeze), and Theeyai thaandi irukkiren (have crossed the fire)’ have been featured on the drawings, with each sentenced appearing five times.
“I used a black pen and a red pen, to write the miniature letters on an A3 size white chart paper. The letters are visible only under a magnifying glass,” he said. After drawing an outline of the two leaders using a pencil, he filled it with the quotes and anecdotes.
With schools closed and livelihood affected, Sabarinathan says that he was impressed by the functioning of the chief minister as soon as he assumed charge. He said that he plans to laminate his drawings and present them to the chief minister if he gets a chance.
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