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Of course, the predominant theme in his poems is that of spirituality.

This continuum of human condition is what drew me more and more to the poems of Tukaram.ĭespite the fact that Tukaram was a widely revered saint, arguably the greatest of his times, his poetry is not conventionally devotional. Though he wrote almost four hundred years ago, in a very different social milieu than today’s globalised and digitized world, somehow he seems to be dealing with and overcoming exactly the same dilemmas faced by the human populace in the twenty first century the world over. This makes his poems penetratingly consistent in taking aim at the very core of the questions grappling human existence. By temperament, Tukaram is as candid and as forthright as imaginable and does not hesitate to write about anything under the sun nor does he consider anything too holy to be left untouched. This has given a distinct vigour to his compositions which appeal straight to the heart of his readers. Unlike most of the poets of the seventeenth century, Tukaram did not write in highly Sanskitised Marathi, instead he chose the colloquial language spoken by the common-most people of his times.

Tukaram’s reputation as one of the greatest poets born in India resides on his four thousand or so extant poems which he composed in Marathi, his mother tongue. One Hundred Poems of Tukaram is a translation of selected poems of this visionary poet who makes his reader see every aspect of life in a new light, enabling them to rethink the whole world in more positive terms. Tukaram's poetry hold its rejuvenating powers even in the turbulent times of our own twenty-first century. Tukaram was a seventeenth century Indian poet who challenged the norms of the day, whether literary, social or religious in his poems that not only energized a decaying society but also influenced the centuries to come.